who has the smarter characters ?

I would say DC.

Marvel seems to have more intelligent characters from what I have seen.

I think it's even when it comes to intelligence but Marvel seems to be far far more fictitious when it come to science than DC. With a guy like Reed there should be no world hunger, cars shouldn't run on gas and etc. Marvel earth as a whole should be a paradise but somehow it isn't.

The geniuses in Marvel make the Dc geniuses look like trained monkeys

(lolo jk)

I think part of the reason Marvel characters tend to be smarter than DC ones is because the Marvel U is largely centered around science fiction, which differs from the DCU which is more fantasy based.

1. Darkseid: genius level

2. Batman (Bruce Wayne)

3. Professor Hamilton

4. T. O. Morrow

5. Dr. Sivana

6. Lex Luthor

7. Brainiac

8. Vril Dox

9. Superman

10. Mr. Terrific

11. The Atom (Ray Palmer)

12. Professor Ivo

13. The Riddler

14. Steel (John Henry Irons)

15. Ras Al Ghul

16. Will Magnus (creator of the Metal Men)

17. Dr. Midnight

18. Sardath

19. Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)

20. Maxwell Lord

21. Brainiac 5 (from LOSH)

22. Robin (Tim Drake)

23. Martin Stein (original half of Firestorm)

24. Professor Zoom

25. The Flash (Barry Allen)

26. The Question (original guy)

Honorable mention to: Ozymandias and Dr. Manhattan.

@blackdog2009:

Why is Batman above Lex Luthor? Luthor has been repeatedly called the smartest human being in DC...........

@wolverine08: no particular order, just named them as they came to mind

@blackdog2009:

Ah, ok.

@blackdog2009:

@thetimestreamer said:

@blackdog2009:

The guy doesn't have the list in any particular order.

@wolverine08: oh im nor knocking his list for the order. im knocking it for its content. he doesnt know the meaning of genius.

@thetimestreamer:

Everybody on that list is a genius.

@thetimestreamer:

how am I trolling? you seem to be trying to do just that though.

Doom and Luthor are the smartest guys in comic history. But personally, I think Marvel.

@wolverine08: the question? robin? professor zoom? dr midnight? professor hamilton? even the riddler is questionable.

@spideyivydaredevilfan26:

Reed Richards is smarter than both of them.

No way kemosabe.

@thetimestreamer:

ok then, question them... i'll answer... there have been enough storylines to suggest these guys have brilliant minds... go, challenge my claim

@thetimestreamer:

The Question has been stated multiple times to be a genius, and is noted to be the second best detective in DC behind only Batman. Read his comics. Same wih Tim Drake, Professor Zoom, Hamilton, Midnight, and the Riddler.

I think he is trolling you, I saw nothing wrong with the contents of your list

@blackdog2009: i did

@spideyivydaredevilfan26:

Reed has been stated multiple times to be the smartest human being in the Marvel U, with Doom coming in at a close second.

@wolverine08: they are highly intelligent, yes. but are not even in the top 30 smartest people in dc.

@theocitylegend:

sorry I didn't mean you... I meant it for the guy with the funny Ed EDD and EDDY pic.

Marvel, though DC goes underrated for having plenty of highly intelligent characters because Marvel has a lot more focus on smartness in a lot of their stories.

8 smartest men in Marvel:

1. Reed Richards

2. Doctor Doom

3. Hank Pym

4. Bruce Banner

5. Tony Stark

6. Beast

7. Black Panther

8. Amadeus Cho

@wolverine08: where would you place high evolutionary? or kang?

DC.

@thetimestreamer:

I only listed human beings.

@wolverine08: they're both augmented humans

@wolverine08:

yes... they are great but the question states: who has the smartest? And here I'll show you how to challenge a claim

1. Reed Richards: I love him, great character. Amazing feats. For all his brilliance he is clueless in being a good husband, a responsible father figure, could never cure Ben and keeps putting his family in harm's way all the time! Did he ever realize that Namor wants to *&^** his wife?

2. Doctor Doom: He's not smarter than Lex Luthor or Brainiac or Brainiac 5. Hell, I would claim Bruce Wayne is more brilliant than he is if it weren't for the fact that Bruce is too busy and too obsessed trying to prevent every crime committed in his city. You see for all their genius showings, every one of these guys have some psychological glitch in their brains.

3. Hank Pym: Creator of the Avenger's number 1 enemy. Nuff said.

4. Bruce Banner: He's great but plenty of DC guys stomp his intellect. For example he's a hell of a scientist but could he discover Batman's true identity like Tim Drake did. Could he lead a team like Tim Drake leads the titans? Could he find Batman the way he figured out that Batman wasn't really dead after Final Crisis?

5. Tony Stark: I give you Henry Irons, minus the billionaire inheritance angle.

6. Beast: Nah

7. Black Panther: Ras Al Ghul. Can BP prolong his life for centuries the way Ras has?

8. Amadeus Cho: ouch, I don't remember him right now. lol. I'll get back to you on that one.

I initially thought Marvel but the more I think about it I give it to DC.

@blackdog2009:

Are you being facetious?

Tie.

@wolverine08:

sorry, no. your list is great, just making counter points for the guy that claimed I might be trolling.

@blackdog2009:

Oh, ok.

@blackdog2009: You forgot to list Superman. He might not be a genius or whatever but he is very smart and quick witted.

@frankenkong:

I did list him. Superman has genius intellect. He defeats most godlike beings with his smarts. Mxy is one of them. In Superman's line of work he must be a genius, able to deduct and out think nihilists like Brainiac, Darkseid and other cosmic despots.

Each character in Marvel and DC is exactly as smart as the writers need them to be. It's impossible to say really. Every character that has super intellect still has "holes" in their character's logic. Why can Reed Richards create darn near anything he wants in ten minutes, but can't cure the Thing? Wouldn't be good for the story. The same goes for any other character.