rjcurrie Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Re: Biggest Brains in DC You know I always considered the whole "third smartest man in the world" to be a PR thing and a reasonably shrewd one. After all, if he had called himself "the smartest man in the world" then he would be forever facing challengers who wanted to prove themselves smarter than him. As "third smartest" then most who would challenge the claim would just assume they were one of the two smarter than him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Re: Biggest Brains in DC I keep seeing this thread and thinking "Brains? They have any sort of brains there?" and then I realize we're talking comics. Carry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Re: Biggest Brains in DC I tried to assemble a similar list for Marvel, but I'm just too out of touch there. I can call up the classic names (Doom, "RICHARDS!," Stark, etc.) but there are a lot of new ones, apparently, that I've never heard of. Who is Amadeus Cho? Or any of the mega brains that the X-Men seem to conjure up every other month? I'm going to have to leave that alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodstone Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Re: Biggest Brains in DC I tried to assemble a similar list for Marvel' date=' but I'm just too out of touch there. I can call up the classic names (Doom, "RICHARDS!," Stark, etc.) but there are a lot of new ones, apparently, that I've never heard of. Who is Amadeus Cho? Or any of the mega brains that the X-Men seem to conjure up every other month? I'm going to have to leave that alone.[/quote'] Amadeus Cho is a really awsome (or really annoying) character that was created by Greg Pak as sort of a bizarre super genius Rick Jones replacement. He's supposedly ONLY the 7th smartest person on the planet (per Reed Richards), but he does positively unreal things with his intellect. He really makes most of the other geniuses in the MU look like amateurs at times. To pull off some of the stuff he's done would probably also require superhuman timing and reflexes though... He sort of has a Divinci Code visual effect to his ability, in that he sees numbers and computations overlay on top of whatever problem he's trying to solve. Anyhow, he was one of the only people that believed in and was trying to help the Hulk during the World War hulk story. In the process he befriended Hercules (and a few other heroes and SHIELD agents) and has been paling around with him ever since. They haven't officially declared who the other 6 smartest people in the MU are, as far as I know. Richards and Doom are presumed to be up there though, along with the likes of the Mad Thinker, Banner, Stark, Pym, McCoy, Forge and the High Evolutionary. That is excluding non humans though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Re: Biggest Brains in DC It's good to see Ted Kord getting some respect. Mind you, Guy's bias against Batman makes a lot of what he says suspect, but he did say Ted was smarter than Batman "although nobody ever noticed" Ted was not as confident in his intellect as most human DC Geniuses, but I would have him in my top 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princedarkstorm Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Re: Biggest Brains in DC The Batman or Lex Luthor . Brainac (any of them ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZootSoot Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 Re: Biggest Brains in DC Not a lot of Girl-Geniuses there, are there? (Marvel as well by the by) Though the smartest ladies I know of the DC Universe are: Oracle Rampage (when not berserk) ...Braniac 5's Mom? Which is where the Corvus had her best line in our current campaign: "Don't feel bad Dr. Richards, you are still the smartest man I've ever met . . ." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandidGamera Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Re: Biggest Brains in DC I love this topic. I am of the firm belief that the smartest human being in the DCU is Lyle Norg, but he doesn't count since he's a thousand years in the future. Ted Knight's work in physics is remembered in the 853rd Century. Ted Kord has an IQ of 180. but they're both dead now. (For the time being anyway) Barry Allen - I honestly don't think Barry is one of the DCU's ultra-geniuses. He and Bart are both knowledgeable, thanks to being able to absorb information at superspeed, and Barry certainly had a science-filled background to begin with. I would consider him smart, but no in a top 10 or top 20. Lex Luthor is clearly one of the smartest human beings on the planet. Ray Palmer would definitely make a top 20 list for me. Will Magnus and the Chief would also hit the top 20. Dr. Sivana, Ira Quimby, T.O. Morrow would definitely be up there. Batman... is a special case. I think Batman is a tactical genius, but the modern interpretation of him definitely downplays his inventor credentials - seems like he outsources most gadget building. He'd probably get in my top 20. More later if I have time.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 Am I the only one that thought of this? Ted Knight's work in physics is remembered in the 853rd Century. ... He's pretty unforgettable... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 Re: Biggest Brains in DC I can't believe that nobody has mentioned Ambush Bug yet. He's so smart he knows he's in a freakin' comic book for crying out loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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