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The problem is that they're supposed to be insanely rich, so Marvel and DC are constantly retconning exactly how rich they really are. Bruce Wayne has been described as a trillionaire in some stories, after having started out as a millionaire in the 40s and being upgraded to a billionaire later on (and at one point it was explicitly stated he had $100 billion). Any calculation to determine their "true wealth" is going to be obsolete shortly after being written. Doubly so when you consider that there are differences between how rich he is in the movies versus how rich he is in the comics versus how rich he is in various cartoons, and so on.


Though what's more impressive for Tony Stark is that he's lost his fortune multiple times and then had to basically rebuild his wealth from scratch. Half his major stories seem to involve hostile takeovers from other companies or corporate mergers that go wrong, with him ultimately having to form a new company from the ground up, then potentially leveraging his new assets to attempt to get the old ones back. Bruce's wealth is generally much more stable in general.

Though it's also worth remembering that Lex Luthor is supposed to be much wealthier than Bruce is. Because Lex is willing to make money in ways that Bruce isn't.