adjl posted...
I've seen estimates of the volume of gold in Smaug's hoard, and I don't think he even breaks the top 10. It says a lot that people writing billionaires in fiction can't even make them as wealthy as many real people because of how ludicrously implausible that real wealth is.
How do they estimate the Arkenstones worth? It's a priceless artifact
Also I feel like it's kinda stupid to judge Batman's or Iron man's wealth since they're is so many different interpretations of those characters. Are we talking in the comics? Shows? Movies? Batman built an entire space station for the JLA, if it's anywhere close to the ISS then it should have been like at least 60 bil if not more since they have teleporters and other sci-fi tech.