Marvel

Let’s say Succession—or at least Waystar Royco and its characters—exist in Marvel 616. What would 616 be like with Waystar in it? How would that company compare to Roxxon Energy Corporation, Oscorp, or Stark Industries?

I saw a thread on Twitter and Reddit asking whether characters like Batman, Iron Man, and Iron Fist actually need to be wealthy for their stories to work. Some people were saying that, in the DCU, Batman doesn’t have to be rich—he could just be middle class and the story would still work. Similarly, if the MCU gets rebooted, Tony Stark wouldn’t necessarily need to be wealthy and could be working class instead.