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Apr092011

Stark, Wayne, McDuck - The Forbes 'Fictional 15'

Ah, fiction: where the wealthiest of the wealthy toil day and night to fight corruption and protect the weak, and to help those most in need.

Yeah.

David Koch, you sir, are no Batman.

No, our real-world zillionaires are more like, at best, the playful Richie Rich and the maniacal Mr. Burns.

Of course there are endless real-world parallels for Tony Stark, the drunken fearmongering power broker who routinely goes off the rails and betrays those who trust him, and ALWAYS manages to get a pass.

One thing all these super-wealthy, fictional or real, seem to have in common, is that they seem to keep on raking in the dough, no matter what happens to the rest of the world.

Check out Forbes' Fictional 15 to see who wields the most wealth in the land of make-believe.

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