Forbes online has a fun article about what it would cost to be Batman. The bottom line is that you’d have to have a net worth of about 6.3 billion, and you’d be dropping about 3.4 million to actually be Batman, about 2 million of which you’d be incurring on an annual basis. Basically, you’d have to be the 28th richest person in the world.

But what if you were #1 on that wealthiest person list? Think about it: you’d have even more money to play with. You could shell out twice that much money, easy. So say you’re that person and at night you’re secretly an ultra-cool superhero. What kind of disguise might you go for during the day? Well, millionaire playboy has been done, so how about computer geek instead? While you’re at it, don’t be suave – that’s too obvious. Instead, get haircuts from your 80-year-old neighbor. You know, the one with the cataracts and the shakey hands. And wear really thick, dorky glasses, even though your vision is perfect and if it wasn’t, you could afford to pay for laser surgery for the entire population of Guam. I think you see where I’m going with this:

Bill Gates is freakin’ Batman! Forget about Bruce Wayne. The public face of Bill Gates is the best superhero disguise ever. Check this out:

By day, uber geek:

But at night, the cowl comes out: