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\"'Gads!Forbes, famous for its list of the America’s Richest People and the World’s Richest People, now has its official list of America’s Richest Fictional <\/i>People<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Is your favorite fictional gazillionaire on there? Whilst I may quibble with the “American” description of a few of them, it’s actually a darned good list. Aside from Jed Clampett (who the editors say was under consideration, but his net worth wasn’t quite up to snuff), I can’t think of any significant omissions. (Robin Masters, mentioned in the reader comments, is obviously British, not American.) <\/p>\n

And somebody’s clearly been reading their comic books lately.<\/p>\n

(via Blogatelle<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Forbes, famous for its list of the America’s Richest People and the World’s Richest People, now has its official list of America’s Richest Fictional People. 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