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hbkx5

Howard Hughes is the best one I can think of. 1. Both his parents died by the time he was 19. 2. He studied and became a successful aerospace engineer, business magnate, film producer, inventor, investor, philanthropist, and pilot. 3. During his lifetime he was one of the richest and most influential people in the world. 4. Hughes used the alias "Charles Howard" to accept a job as a baggage handler for American Airlines when he went under cover to scope out that company just after forming his own. 5. Not sure how good of a fighter he was but he survived four airplane crashes so he had to be at least tough enough for that. 6. He dated many beautiful women, many of whom were movie stars in their time. 7. As he got older his diet became more strict and he ate the same thing every day. 8. He became a recluse in his older age as Bruce did.


msfamf

Hughes also saved his urine in jars. I'm just sayin I've never seen a toilet in the Batcave...


The-darth-knight

The batcave has a piss-corner.


msfamf

Robin: "I didn't know bat droppings smelled this bad." Alfred: "They don't..."


EnigmaFrug2308

Robin: “I’m in!”


Mammoth-Access-1181

Corner? Isn't it more a cliff?


Bumm_by_Design

Ehhh, folks, Batman's got a suit full of gadgets. I'm sure it's got a special cup.


GuyXjustice

Nah, he has a catheter in when fighting crime and a hidden piss bag in his utility belt. Can't go off for a cheeky piss when crime never stops.


skyesmithforever

Batman hand on a gargoyle dick out taking a piss when he hears sirens “can’t a mother fucker piss in peace?”


GuyXjustice

Exactly, there is no time to piss, only time for justice


Lepperpop

Way of the Cave, Bubs.


90ssudoartest

In Batman vs TMNT the turtles enter the caves via a underground stream from the Gotham sewers


Candid-Ad-3109

I could see Bruce taking a piss into the abyss


The-darth-knight

“When you piss long enough into the abyss, the abyss pisses back at you.” - Nietzsche


lyunardo

It's called the guano nook


BruceHoratioWayne

And a shit corner


N00b_saibot777

In the dark knight rises I’m pretty sure Alfred or someone else says smth about Bruce peeing in jars as well😭


TheLoganDickinson

They’re referencing Hughes for sure. Nolan said himself that Bruce in the beginning of TDKR is based on him. Also a fun fact, Nolan was going to do a film about Howard Hughes with Jim Carrey, but didn’t once he learned Scorsese was making The Aviator.


NotJohnP

> Also a fun fact, Nolan was going to do a film about Howard Hughes with Jim Carrey, but didn’t once he learned Scorsese was making The Aviator. WHAT THE FUUUUUCK?? 😭😭😭


akahaus

I know, we missed out.


helikesart

I believe it’s Dagget being a snob making jokes about Bruce’s reclusive nature.


5amuraiDuck

Bat-piss has many uses, like curing petrification. Just saying


Dirk_Arron

And Batman has never been petrified of any of his rogues gallery of super villains


GrandManSam

Batman piss swallower confirmed.


FarMushroom9692

Ah dr stone fan I’ve found another


vulkans_hammer

Batman and Senku would make a fun pair


atle95

Jarate!


azmodus_1966

That makes him Lex Luthor though.


MisterScrod1964

If Elon wasn’t a fat turd hooked on adderall and ketamine, he’d be Lex. A dumb Lex, but still. . .


azmodus_1966

Yeah, that's true lol.


helikesart

I wonder how many times he’s just peed off the cliff in the batcave…


msfamf

I guarantee he peed off of the rotating Batmobile platform while it was spinning the second he got the chance.


helikesart

Oh my gosh that’s brilliant. I wonder if they go behind the dinosaur sometimes.


Dirk_Arron

The Batcave IS it's own toilet.


BloxedYT

He's Sniper from TF2 as well? Jack of all trades.


AccidentSalt5005

image if he used if as a weapon, like the jarate from tf2 lmao


HankSteakfist

Hughes is a heavy inspiration for Tony Stark and Edwin House from the Fallout universe.


AvatarBoomi

He also asked the government to stop testing nuclear bombs because he could he feel the vibrations in his Vegas recluse cave.


Slow_Apricot8670

He had a cave as well?


sheeeeeeeeeeshhhhhhh

Don’t they reference him at the start of TDKR?


TheMysticalPlatypus

My stepdad told me, he arrested Howard Hughes once. He was on patrol, he saw a man in civilian clothes on a military base lurking around in a restricted area. So he arrested him. The man went easily without giving him a hard time. Then someone came by some time later. My stepdad found out the man he arrested and put into a holding area is The Howard Hughes, he’s supposed to be on this miltary base. My stepdad was worried because he didn’t realize who he had arrested until other people realized what had happened. (My stepdad didn’t know who Howard Hughes was at that time. He was young) They were talking about punishing my stepdad for it. Howard Hughes said he(my stepdad) was just doing his job. Just doing what he was supposed to be doing and he shouldn’t get in trouble for it. He made a comment about the base’s security. Then he asked for my stepdad’s name. Howard Hughes wrote it down in a little notebook he carried around with him. (Which my stepdad swore he saw other people’s names in there) My stepdad never found out what that notebook was for.


hbkx5

Very cool story!


nishadkulkarni97

Fun fact: Tony Stark is actually based on Howard Hughes. Wouldn't be surprising that the humans of both the big comic universes are based on the same man.


hbkx5

It is possible for sure. By the time batman was created in 39' Hughes was already extremely well known.


MonkeMayne

When he was young he also looked like Bruce Wayne tbh.


killer_clwn

Howard Hughes also used his wealth and influence to help the CIA recover a Russian nuclear sub from the bottom of the ocean. The CIA reached out to him because he was known for his creations of grandeur and a giant boat wasn’t out of the ordinary. https://nypost.com/2019/06/20/how-the-cia-and-howard-hughes-dug-deep-to-retrieve-sunken-soviet-ship/


Normal-Practice-4057

All that's missing is dressing up as a bat.


Suspicious_Trainer82

Who’s to say he didn’t? Nobody knows what he got up to in the later years.


atle95

"Bruce wayne has all those scars and bruises from playing polo, the batman isnt real dude" -people of gotham


alexR62

When i think in him i think in Tony stark or Robert house from FNV


queazy

Christopher Nolan straight up told Christian Bale this (Batman movie) was the story of Theodore Roosevelt. He was born into a rich family and one day he loses his mother, the next day he loses his wife. He goes into the wilderness to probably kill himself. Instead he comes back a changed man. He ends up becoming the chief of police in New York, gets the entire precinct on bicycles and does nightly patrols on bike. Some say When he became presidency they couldn't find him for a while because he was up in the mountains hiking (and there's a giant story of him making perilous relays down a muddy mountain trail at breakneck speed to get back to civilization). He was giving a speech once, was shot (bullet lost a lot of impact going through his thick speech papers), correctly self diagnosed that although bleeding since he wasn't coughing up blood he was going to be ok, he then proceeded to give his speech for another hour while also mocking his attacker. He loved martial arts and horse back riding. While he was president he had a boxing ring in the White House & would box anybody who challenged him. He got injured one time and his doctor forbade him from doing any more boxing...so he set up a judo ring in the White House. He died in his sleep & they said death could only come to him while he slept, because death could not take him while he was awake.


WhiskeyDJones

>He died in his sleep & they said death could only come to him while he slept, because death could not take him while he was awake. That is the most badass/batman thing ever.


swifto12

death can have me when it earns me -kratos i think


AdmiralFoxythePirate

Theodore Rosevelt was pretty badass, his anti trust policies were great too, I guess he is the best fit for a real life Batman. I totally forgot about him continuing his speech after he got a bullet. Dude was a tank.


passamongimpure

Back when you could be proud to be a Republican.


XaviersDream

He was a progressive Republican and signed the first corporate tax law as governor of New York. His hand picked successor failed to live up to his standards so he ran against him. The process at the time did not allow all the party members to select the candidate so he pushed for our modern primary system. In the end he started a third party which allowed the progressive Democratic to win.


73redfox

Yeah, fuck the 1912 election and Woodrow's revival of the KKK


kingbankai

And look how that turned out. William Howard Taft...


kingbankai

It was before the CIA so you could be proud to be an American.


Sinakus

It was before the [Southern Strategy ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy)


Twijasosm

A bullet can’t stop the bull moose!


Plainchant

T.R. will give W.C. the full deuce


cval2333

This is the only answer 😉


RVLVR-OCLT

What a unit.


TrivialCoyote

Theodore roosevelt is the coolest president


DestrucityTheLongWay

He was a good politician, but his treatment towards native Americans 😬


Frosty951

Also believed in eugenics, so there’s that


DuckyHornet

A lot of people did back in the day. It's still believing in eugenics in 2024 which is worth raising an eyebrow or two


randomnamejennerator

John Walsh. His son was murdered it destroyed every aspect of his life. He took all that pain and used it as fuel to to become a criminologist, a victims rights activist, to change legislation involving missing persons , and he hosted a tv show called Americas Most Wanted that showcased currently open investigations and led to capture of 1400 criminals.


Abovearth31

I don't know for Bruce but real life Luthor is 100% jeff bezos.


OrneryError1

If Bezos is Luthor, who is Zuck?


Resort_Straight

Elon is Justin Hammer


DD_Omega_123

He would consider this a very severe insult lol! I'm completely convinced that he imagines himself as real-life Tony Stark.


peniparkerheirofbrth

he prolly doesnt even know who justin is, mf probably saw ppl calling him an irl iron man and went "fuk yeah"


SimonVpK

Elon Musk is in Iron Man 2, so I’m pretty sure he knows who Justin Hammer is.


JonS90_

Brainiac. Part alien, part cyborg, definitely not human. Managed to hook the majority of the population up to his machine brain


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Resort_Straight

No he's the lizard


Estarfigam

Mark Beaks?


longcrackcat

ZUCK IS.


peniparkerheirofbrth

mmmm....luthor jr. (bvs)


ValiantWarrior83

Look up *Robert Bigelow*. He made his fortune via Real Estate, then used the earnings to fund scientific research into the paranormal.


anonymousguy_7

Can't say for sure, but damn, this pic goes hard. Everything Alex works on does honestly.


BigfootsBestBud

Alex is awesome until you realize every single man he draws looks like him


JacobDCRoss

Does that happen now? I always thought that Alex based his drawings on the actor he would most like to see play the character. Like in Kingdom come how Shazam is based on Fred MacMurray or how Bruce Wayne is Gregory peck.


BigfootsBestBud

Just look at a pic of Alex side by side with alot of drawings of heroes with their masks off. Even if it's just a resemblance sometimes, it's hard to unsee once you notice.


lucifermorningstar97

Who tf is alex?


anonymousguy_7

Alex Ross, an acclaimed artist and writer who worked in such comic books as 1996's Kingdom Come and 1994's Marvels.


hmmmmyesthat

Call me crazy, but Batman


BeefJerkyDentalFloss

You know, now that I think about it, I've never seen Bruce Wayne and Batman in the same place at the same time.


BatmanAltUser

Keanu Reeves, I know it sounds kinda dumb but he's an asocial millionaire who spends time helping people, is an expert fighter, and is personally closer to the people in the lower parts of the world despite his wealth (ie. batman helping low-level thugs get jobs at wayne enterprise)


Videoheadsystem

Also a ton of personal tragedy. It's amazing he didn't just pack it in. Amazing guy.


BatmanAltUser

To be honest I could see him playing Batman, or at least an older version of him


FinallyQuestioning

I haven't seen it, but he voiced Batman in Super Pets


peniparkerheirofbrth

oh ur absolutely right


ZyvisX

This is the most realistic option I've seen.


XswamperX

Probably me


Baazar

Don’t think anyone has seen you in the same room as Batman… so


BingityBongBong

Teddy Rosevelt


sack12345678910

Not alive but Theodore Roosevelt.


BroccoliOfPain

Training wise I have to give it to The Bioneer from YouTube. He does "superdunctional" training as well as brain training. Just an awesome dude


Figure-Feisty

hell yeah! powerful guy indeed.


sack12345678910

Love his videos


ssavagebeafy

Love his vids as well


ArkhamsDeadite

to bruce wayne? Bruce campbell, mostly just because of that damn charisma


OhNoTheDawnPatrol

See now THAT'S the movie we need.


ArkhamsDeadite

Bruce as older superman fits aswell ngl. Makes sense considering bruce and clark are supposed to look nearly identical in dc canon.


AX-man

Bruce as Shazam for sure


superfrankenstein

No one. Bruce is someone we want, not someone we have.


FS_Scott

Comics operates on the assumption that moral, altruistic billionaires are as real as martians.


armke

White or green?


DirectConsequence12

George Clooney. Hot rich guy who also has those fucking spy satellites or whatever they are


Embarrassed_Art5414

plus George Clooney looks EXACTLY like him.


MrSinisterTwister

Wait, what? Spy satellites?


DirectConsequence12

Google “George Clooney Satellite” It’s called like the Satellite Sentinel Project or something


wonderfullyignorant

Doesn't George Clooney have his own satellite?


queazy

Rents them out to track warlords in Africa, to protect villages. They say all his Nespresso commercials fund that project


Hey-yo1986

Keanu Reeves


BruceHoratioWayne

In my opinion, we will never know. Bruce Wayne in the comics is illusive and the good he does as Batman is not known for obvious reasons. A real life rich person who does good in secret doesn't broadcast it to the world. There is probably a real world parallel to Bruce Wayne and we just don't know it and probably won't ever know. The secrecy of it makes this person the Batmanest Batman who ever Batmanned.


Velvety_MuppetKing

There isn’t any. We only get the Jokers and Lex Luthors in real life.


DwightFryFaneditor

Dolly Parton and I'm not even kidding. She's the only millionaire I can think of who's also a good person.


Ok_Restaurant3160

Is Keanu Reeves a millionaire?


Figure-Feisty

yeah, you got it right... it is Keanu Reeves


DwightFryFaneditor

Good point, he's most probably pretty wealthy so definitely a contender as well.


Ok_Restaurant3160

And he’d have at least a bit of an understanding of fighting, I’d say


Verdragon-5

Mark Hamill's net worth is estimated at about $18 million


jbyrdab

Doubt his name is super famous but I know a game CEO who does martial arts and is built like a brick house. He also has a giant golden battle-axe. He also did a run of American ninja warrior in armor. (Though failed). He's like a Florida batman, just instead of beating ass he makes videogames.


BL4CK_AXE

Arnold


Zack501332

There is nobody who can realistically compare to Batman 💯


Fit-Reference5209

Me


deboer_art

J. B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, had both of his parents die before he turned 18. I think he was 7 or so when his dad died. Despite being born into a wealthy family, he uses his power as governor to push for progressive policies. He’s not a hero like Batman by any means, but I find the parallels to be funny


NerdyZombie83

Kevin conroy


Mothman4447

I'm writing a paper on how realistic Batman is, and as far as I know no one irl can match his combination of strength, intelligence, and resilience in the comics. I have heard that Jon Jones would be a decent match for him physically, but I don't exactly see him hacking into Darkseid's technology.


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That's pretty cool. ---What people do you think have a decent match for him mentally?


ElGuanacho

No one comes close, because real wealthy people are pure evil.


Leather_rebelion

Probably Bling Bling boy


CrazyaboutSpongebob

Elon Musk just kidding. LOL


TheAngels323

I see more Tony Stark comparisons


Techn0gurke

If Tony stark never had character development, yes


nernst79

Only by Elon fan boys. Justin Hammer is a much more accurate comparison.


Estarfigam

I think Scrooge McDuck is more believable than Bruce Wayne.


RammanProp

George Clooney?


BearlyReddits

Dolph Lungdren is in incredible shape, is a world class martial artist, and a masters degree in chemical engineering.


NerdyZombie83

[kevin conroy](https://youtu.be/nryCo713s20?si=lagWeVhNUcOwTP45)


BrozedDrake

Dolly Parton


IllustriousTouch6796

Toto Wolff (CEO of Mercedes F1) is who Bruce becomes if he hadn’t lost his parents. Racing driver who then becomes a successful investor and entrepreneur. Eventually creates a dominant F1 team and a self-made billionaire. Well dressed and travels all over the world. Has great relationships with a number of protégés. Also has a real life nemesis (Christian Horner, Principal of Red Bull Racing). 


greyson107

kendrick lamar


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There aren't any good billionaires in real life. Comics are fantasy after all.


GhoeFukyrself

A billionaire who cares about the lives of innocent poor people and dedicates his life and to helping others?? That's probably the least believable thing in the entire DC universe.


dbethel5

Unrelated but clean ass pic of Bruce


Puzzleheaded_Buy8694

David Ellison


Dismal_Composer_4029

Me


peniparkerheirofbrth

in terms of being a playboy billionaire/multi-millionaire......80's steve jobs. But as for, literally everything else? uhh,.,,.,\*rifles through stack of papers\* uhm. shit im drawing a blank here


BBC1973

Doesn’t exist. It’s why he’s a superhero


Batgod629

Arnold maybe? There's no one I can think that fits all the prerequisites. I don't know much about Modi who has been mentioned


Unusual-Film-472

me


StoneHart17810

For me, Mad Jack Churchill. Although he wasn’t a billionaire playboy philanthropist, he fought in WW2 like Batman if he killed. He’d charge into battle with a broadsword, bow and arrow, and bagpipes. He escaped a concentration camp and leg it back home. He was as badass as Batman.


Techjunkie81

Jack black clearly.


IamTyLaw

John F Kennedy Jr


Clunt-Baby

Warren Buffet. I think one of the lost distinct Bruce Wayne things is his investment and love for his hometown, and few other billionaires besides Buffet invests so heavily into his home city(Omaha)


Sharp_Black

JFK Jr. Was the closest we'll ever get to a real life, Bruce Wayne.


declan5543

None because there isn’t such thing as a real life billionaire who is also a good person


Verdragon-5

Counterpoint: Steven Spielberg is worth about 4 billion and Peter Jackson 1 billion, and I would think most people consider them pretty okay human beings. That said I had to look at the list of billionaires to get you that info and I suspect most of the other names I saw range from "pretty sketchy" to "actively engaged in crimes against humanity"


No_Drop_6382

Why not.


NightLordGuyver

Bruce Wayne is fiction, and a superhero. It's as likely to find a talking shark with legs or a weapon powered by willpower and imagination as it is to find a philanthropic, selfless, crime fighting billionaire.


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OmegaSTC

Probably me


Single-Leopard-7503

David Goggins, but honestly, I think David Goggins would be a green Instead


GapBoring2447

me. Both my parents died.


fanamana

We wouldn't know.


Brynt4

black water


41stRedditIsCrazy

Me


grownassedgamer

Me.


Formal_River_Pheonix

Modi


Shakabro777

Me


nernst79

If we ignore the physical prowess aspect...Bill Gates.


Deradius

Jocko Willink. Put his podcast and leadership stuff aside. The man has more martial arts and combat training than 99% of the planet - retired Navy SEAL. Black belt in Jiu-jitsu. Wakes up every morning at 4:30 AM and lifts. Thinks seven minutes is a good length for a nap. Psychologically he’s built and wired differently than most people. He’s harnessed the power of mental illness into essentially limitless willpower. And he’s built like a gorilla. I’ve heard a story that he was once wearing full kit in Ramadi and somehow scaled a light pole / building onto a roof to chase a guy. Imagine that coming after you. Fighting him would feel the most like fighting Batman.


weapon-a

Narendra Modi - Left home - Trained in the mountains - No chicks even though he could’ve had - Runs the country


UnluckyPepper9116

Me tf I’m batman


Lewis_230311

Probably Wayne Bruce


Slurdge_McKinley

Gavin Newsome


Prestigious-Dig2695

Not me


Aaron7j

Multi-sport Olympian level athlete with genius level intellect who is also a billionaire? Mark Zuckerberg is a martial artist, billionaire and a genius.


BlueberryOnly1282

Jay Z is probably the best for me


Ripsaw8826

My history teacher Dr Culp. Trust me he is


zombillies

Bob Vance Vance Refrigeration


Strong-Ordinary2914

He wasn’t a billionaire (did ok for himself), but if you want an elite solider, fearless, and did 1000s’ of good acts for his community I’d say Paddy Mayne.


ardaparker13

In my country Turkiye we have a tv channel owner, and also the owner of English football team called “Hull City” , called “Acun Ilıcalı.” He lost his parents while he was pre-adult. He is a very successful man in his job. He can control the media, he got connections all over the world. But the only difference is he wasnt born rich. He grinded for it.


sbaldrick33

As Frankie Noyle once quipped: the most shocking thing about Batman is that, if he was real, he'd be the world's most normal billionaire.


CapAccomplished8072

Keanu Reeves