Nah, I'm not actually that up on my comics knowledge... I've barely touched a comic book since about 1993. Astro City, from what you say, sounds worth picking up a trade paperback...
Anyway, pish tosh, man. If I intimate anything, it's that it's extremely unlikely that someone starting from dirt poorness could become both Batman AND a millionaire. And for Batman, I'm not setting the bar at "packed to the gills with tech doodads"... The ideal is served well enough by a smart guy who's a good martial artist, dresses in a bat-like costume, uses some tech, and is out to stop criminals non-lethally. The world-class scientist stuff isn't essential, and the world-class athletics is overhyped.
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Anyway, pish tosh, man. If I intimate anything, it's that it's extremely unlikely that someone starting from dirt poorness could become both Batman AND a millionaire. And for Batman, I'm not setting the bar at "packed to the gills with tech doodads"... The ideal is served well enough by a smart guy who's a good martial artist, dresses in a bat-like costume, uses some tech, and is out to stop criminals non-lethally. The world-class scientist stuff isn't essential, and the world-class athletics is overhyped.