Superhero I.Q.

Why do people place Prof. X above Superman? Has he done ANYTHING to prove he's smarter?

He's apparently pretty good in the genetics department and was involved in some the engineering of a lot of the institutes facilities and resources. But nothing like Superman.

Originally posted by Mindship
From your perspective, as a biochemist, I can understand that. Guess what I do for a living? 😉

I'm an educator these days I lecture mostly - let me guess, as your in esoteric things like meditation and eastern philosophy it makes it difficult 😕 the fact you have read modern educational texts is a clue perhaps. I think your older than a student so... I'm going to go with teacher? 🙂

am I right?

Uh...where's Beast on this list? He definitely deserves to be up there.

Jean Grey certainly doesn't.

Where the hell is Lex Luthor? Or Brainiac 5 who makes Richards seem like a 1st grade remedial student?

Originally posted by Whirlysplatt
I'm an educator these days I lecture mostly - let me guess, as your in esoteric things like meditation and eastern philosophy it makes it difficult 😕 the fact you have read modern educational texts is a clue perhaps. I think your older than a student so... I'm going to go with teacher? 🙂

am I right?

Close enough. Psychologist: school/clinical, with a transpersonal bent.

*sigh* 1st grade remedial student? When has Richard's intelligence failed to deserve an anolgy like that?

And this isnt a list of all the smart people...I think they just wanted to know where these people fell particularly.

1. superman:all the knowledge of earth and surrounding planet, read a library in less than two minutes.
2. reed richards: very smart
3.professor x: finds the answers
4. jean grey: finds answers
5.tony stark: intelligent in science and manufacturing
6. bruce wayne: best schools money can buy when he was a kid
7. peter parker: book nerd, gifted
8. flash: normal, thinks of strategies
9. thing: acts before he thinks, stupid
10. hulk/juggernaut: big, buff idiots

how the heck are Jean Grey and Prof X above Batman?

Originally posted by Superherovandal
how the heck are Jean Grey and Prof X above Batman?

cuz they're above humans and get their way through life by cheating, reading minds for the answers.

Where is DareDevil or Alfred? One is a blind lawyer who was top of his class at Colomnia law and a super hero and the other is a butler who taught Bruce Wayne? 😑 wait...how is Batman smart then?

dude he took care of Bruce and taught how to act like a playboy so he could fool everyone not teach Batman the fighting or forensics and stuff.

oh i see how it is

dont sleep on superman. this guy builds androids that are almost on par wiht brainiac....so just becuase he's not in a white lab coat and spewing scientififc jargon that doesnt mean he's less intelliegent than anybody. also in case you all havent remeberred. the one facet of his being that was carried over from his pre-crsis days is his photographic memory. you know.....the skill where he reads entire libraries in minutes and retain all the info? as far as ppl one earth his skills in computers, architecture, engineering, quantum physics, cosmology and metaphysics are all but unparalled. i would only put J'onn above him cuz he has the same knowledge of everything plus can read ppl's minds and know what they know.

so its
reed
tony/bruce
superman
hulk(unless we're talking about savage hulk)
xavier
parker
everybody else is meaningless

Originally posted by manjaro
reed
tony/bruce
superman
hulk(unless we're talking about savage hulk)
xavier
parker
everybody else is meaningless

Agreed. Though Tony's probably a notch above Batman...

And Superman's IQ isn't necessarily high... He has a huge amount of knowledge, but he can take in much more knowledge at one time because of superspeed. But if you put it into a ratio, who's to say that he's really smarter than Batman or Tony Stark? It's like if I get 2 days to study material for a test, and you get an hour, does me scoring higher really mean anything?

And on a side note, as far as I know, Flash can't retain stuff that he reads at superspeed, while Impulse can. They're kind of setting him up to be the "new and improved" Flash, similar to how Wally turned out better than Barry. (just one man's guess, but Impulse is getting pretty huge)

Originally posted by Mindship
Close enough. Psychologist: school/clinical, with a transpersonal bent.

good stuff you deal with a lot of EBD etc?

Superman's brain is enhanced by the yellow sun?

bruce wayne
reed richards
peter parker
tony stark
hulk
professor x
jean grey
thing
superman
flash
juggernaut

that's overall, if its just booksmarts, reed beats batman but batman's #3 behind Parker as well, maybe.

Originally posted by NoFate007
bruce wayne
reed richards
peter parker
tony stark
hulk
professor x
jean grey
thing
superman
flash
juggernaut

that's overall, if its just booksmarts, reed beats batman but batman's #3 behind Parker as well, maybe.

Most flawed list ever.

If we choose to ignore the Phoenix's omniscience...

Richards/Starks/Banner
Wayne/Xavier
Superman/Parker/Grey
Flash/Juggernaut/Thing

i think xavier and banner would be second to reed. xavier is a "born genius" whatever that means. hes the worlds leading authority on genetics.

after that id say stark, then bruce maybe. stark invented alot more, and alot more complex stuff that batman has. then maybe parker. im not sure where superman would fit, i know hes supposed to be genius level, but ive never seen anything that hinted at it in regualr comics. it wasnt until one of the very last paged that he even tried damaging doomsdays bone spikes.

thinking about it in terms of reed being the most intellegent person on earth, thats a give. xavier leads his field, stark leads his. batman leads none as far as i know and had his money given to him so we dont know if hed be able to earn it like stark. batmans good at thinking on his feet and all that but i just dont think he is a major contender here. im tempted to put parker over him but i havent read enough of batman so ill leave it there.