RYAN PENAGOS: Wait, how much do the Avengers make?
Let's follow the money.
We are now taking your Marvel questions
with the hashtag #MarvelQuestions
because we have answers.
And this time, we asked you for your Avengers questions.
Oh, I like that.
We got this one from @gary_tallbloke on Twitter
asking, "Who pays the bills including property
damage and how" do the Avengers get paid "and who pays them?"
#MarvelQuestions.
OK, those are three big questions.
Thankfully, tall fella, we've got answers for you.
Yes, we do.
Yes, all right, so first part of his question, who's
paying for property damage?
That's a thing that happens in the Marvel universe.
Well, when it comes to New York City,
it's going to fall to the taxpayers.
I live in New York.
You do.
And so sadly, you would have to be
paying for most of the damages.
So like a shield comes through your window, that's on you.
That's as if you pay taxes.
You don't pay taxes.
You'll never catch me.
She said on camera.
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LANGSTON BELTON: Luckily, sometimes Damage Control
will step in to alleviate some of the expenses
by replacing property and stuff like that.
And if you go abroad, the federal government
gets involved.
But what if you're a Super Hero and you're what I
like to call obscenely wealthy?
That's the kind of obscenity I'm here for.
Exactly, wealth.
Like Tony and T'Challa, they can just throw their bank accounts
and be like, bill us, we'll nano print you
a new skyscraper if you want.
RYAN PENAGOS: Aw.
LANGSTON BELTON: I'm sure they can do that, right?
- That's so nice, yeah. - Sweet boys.
LANGSTON BELTON: They absolutely are.
OK, but that remains, the Avengers have expenses.
They need tech.
They need cool gear.
Who's paying the bills?
This actually got answered in a vendor's annual number
11 when the crew and Stan and everybody got real sassy
and they were like, hey, we're going to tell you how
the Avengers pay those bills.
Tony Stark set up the Maria Stark Foundation in the name
of his mom, Maria Stark.
They give a grant to the Avengers,
which is a non-profit organization.
They also take a grant from the United Nations
under the caveat that they get no say over their actions
or what they do.
Free money please.
It's like, listen, give us this money.
It's like, hey, can we find out what's going to happen
with those operations?
They're like, get out my office.
Also, what's the alternative?
If you don't give them money, you don't have
the protection of the Avengers.
Also Tony Stark, you know, he's been kicking
in his money for a long time.
But Tony has gone away.
So when he stepped away from the Avengers,
the Avengers were like, oh no, who pays bills now?
So T'Challa and Wakanda have really stepped up and filled
Tony's empty spot as he hangs out being AI and not entirely
a person.
All of this covers the operating expenses
for the Avengers, but not necessarily the last part
of the question we were asked, which is how
much do the Avengers get paid?
They don't actually really get paid for being an Avenger.
Oh, I've got to go.
Yeah, it's like it's not a career it
is sort of a public service, you know, the nonprofit part of it.
Robbie Reyes right now who is Ghost Rider,
he is sort of an exception to the rule.
Thankfully, T'Challa with all of his obscene amounts of money,
he actually covers Robbie's costs
of living because he has a brother,
he has things he needs to do.
Normally he's a mechanic.
So that's really helpful.
The rest of them, they kind of have side hustles.
They have things that they do that helps
them get a little bit of money.
You've got the Wasp is a world famous fashion designer.
She-Hulk is a lawyer.
Vision doesn't eat nor poops nor needs really anywhere to sleep.
Captain America, though, we think
maybe he has a military pension, I would hope so, probably.
Yeah, he deserves it at least.
- Yeah, for sure. - At least.
Do you think his bank account is like still open?
- Yeah, oh-- - Yeah.
--a lot of interest on that like
$4 he had in there in 1942.
But it's an interesting question.
I think they just don't get paid.
Sorry, guys.
Sorry, no money for the Avengers.
But, hey, there you go.
There's your answer.
You guys, if you have burning Marvel questions, ask them.
And #MarvelQuestions will answer them.
That's right.
We'll see you next time. - I'm Lorraine.
- I'm Langston. - I'm Ryan.
And this is Marvel--
ALL (IN UNISON): --Your universe.
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