Most intelligent villain

Luthor

Brainiac.

Doom's knowledge is deep and wide.

@red_rover said:

Doom's knowledge is deep and wide.

that's what she said.

@The Man of Yesteryear said:

@red_rover said:

Doom's knowledge is deep and wide.

that's what she said.

Softball right over the plate.

@red_rover said:

@The Man of Yesteryear said:

@red_rover said:

Doom's knowledge is deep and wide.

that's what she said.

Softball right over the plate.

What? No way, I am clearly a genius for recognizing sexual innuendo within your quote.

@The Man of Yesteryear said:

@red_rover said:

Doom's knowledge is deep and wide.

that's what she said.

Man your so amazing. You said an incredibly common stereotypical sexual innuendo. You should really get a cookie.

@Blacklightning13 said:

Man your so amazing.

that's what she said!

There was a similar discussion to this last week...do we mean IQ intelligence, ie BOOK SMART?

If so, then it's easily Brainiac 5.

Council of reeds

Ultimate Reed Richards.

@The Man of Yesteryear said:

@red_rover said:

@The Man of Yesteryear said:

@red_rover said:

Doom's knowledge is deep and wide.

that's what she said.

Softball right over the plate.

What? No way, I am clearly a genius for recognizing sexual innuendo within your quote.

My bad. Your genius is deep and wide.

Albert Wesker, of course.

As much as the DC fan boy in me wants to say Lex Luthor or Braniac, I think that Dr. Doom has shown more feats of genius over the years.

I believe it would be Darkseid. His intelligence stretches to more than just I.Q. In his ever searching quest for the Anti-Life Equation hes gaining more and more knowledge as he progresses.

Brainiac.

Doom.

I'm surprised no one has said the Leader. Here's my top 5:

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Brainiac has 12th level intelligence=win.
BB

and let's not forget Lyrl Dox.
BB

Marvel: Doom

DC: Brainiac.

The TVTropes article for "Magnificent Bastard" has a long list of comic book examples:

• Joker
• Hush
• Riddler
• Ra's al Ghul
• Lex Luthor
• Prankster
• Loki
• Doctor Doom
• The Kingpin
• Namor (not sure about this one)
• Thanos
• General Wade Eiling
• TAO
• Groucho Marx (in Cerberus)
• Rod Kingsley
• Bomb Queen
• Lucifer Morningstar
• Edwin Alva
• Romulus
• Daken
• Sinestro
• Ozymandias
• Amanda Waller
• Bruce Banner (Maestro)
• Maxwell Lord
• Zoom
• Dr. Eggman

There's also an article for "The Chessmaster" that includes it's own list of examples, including some not mentioned on the above list:

• Odin
• Metron
• Grandmaster
• Obadiah Stane
• Brainiac
• Darkseid
• Victoria (Y the Last Man)
• Mephisto

And then of course there's David Xanatos after whom was named the "Xanatos Gambit" page. He's a cartoon character, but I believe there was a comic book tie-in to Gargoyles.

It's definitely between Doom and Brainiac. So each company has their own, and everyone can be happy.

If they were intelligent, they would know good always wins in the end.

The Leader, MODOK or Doom

Luthor, Savage, & Ghul

Human Doom.

Braniac

Brain from Pinky and the Brain :p

Brainiac.

@The Man of Yesteryear: You got a follow from me. :P

Also, I'll say Joker, just because nobody else will. He's, in a way, TOO brilliant, so that not even he is totally sure what he's figured out. :D

@Deadcool said:

Ultimate Reed Richards.

Joker and Brainiac..

Rhino.

I think Thanos has very great plans too, very intelligent villain

@Ms. Omega: Definitely my pick as well.

Brainiac 

Brainiac. That's his entire shtick! 

Korvac is definitely somewhere in the running.

There is a reason as to why Brainiac got his name.

@BurningDoom1 said:

Brainiac.

Thanos is up there...

Kang?

Robot from Invincible is more proven of a villain than most I can think of. He casually took over the planet, and pretty much everyone that didn’t die was either on board or didn’t have a choice but to submit, and it was all part of his plan. And his victory lasted for half the run, unlike most stories where a villain might have taken over Earth for an arc or two, and with much more resistance than Robot had.

Brainiac only assumes he is the smartest. The smartest is Luthor.

Dr. Doom, Lex Luthor, The Maker, Ozymandias, Thanos, Ultron, Brainiac, High Evolutionary all come to mind and are contenders. I’m sure there’s more I’m just not thinking of tho