Best use of prep

Who in all of comics makes the best use of prep? I'm talking short term (a few hours to a week) and long (months to years). I've come up with a short list, feel free to add any I've left out.

1. Thanos
2. Reed Richards
3. Lex Luthor
4. Batman
5. V (V for Vandetta)
6. Dr. Strange
7. Deathstroke
8. Darth Sidious
9. Tony Stark
10. Dr. Doom

reed

Alexander Luthor

Ozymandias, fool!

But Batman, Lex and Thanos come close behind.

Thanos is good with prep.But I don't know about him being top dog

The only real thing i've seen Batman do with prep is pwn Superman in Hush.

Of course thats no small feat either.

Doom should be near the top.

Originally posted by badabing
Doom should be near the top.

Damn forgot about Doom.

Yeah Doom pretty much would be at least in the top 5.

Heck he defeated the freakin' Beyonder with Prep! I would like to see Batman do that.

you should add Alex Luthor Jr. he definitely would be top 5

Originally posted by Grimm22
Damn forgot about Doom.

Yeah Doom pretty much would be at least in the top 5.

Heck he defeated the freakin' Beyonder with Prep! I would like to see Batman do that.

Guys, they're all great. This one is going to depend on the situation. All these guys are good, and all of them are best at what they do. If it's detective work that you need, it'll be Batman, etc. etc. There's no need to invalidate any of them, because they're all great. It's going to come down to the nature of the task.

Reed, Luthor, Batman, and Doom are the top 4. #1 is probably Batman or Reed.

Originally posted by superman41082
Guys, they're all great. This one is going to depend on the situation. All these guys are good, and all of them are best at what they do. If it's detective work that you need, it'll be Batman, etc. etc. There's no need to invalidate any of them, because they're all great. It's going to come down to the nature of the task.

What I said minus these guys.......

5. V (V for Vandetta)
6. Dr. Strange
7. Deathstroke
8. Darth Sidious
9. Tony Stark

My order would be:

Long term prep
1. Thanos of Titan
2. Darth Sidious
3. Bats
4. Lex Luthor
5 V
6.Doom...Can't think of ay long term feats for the other guys.

Short term prep
1.Reed
2. Thanos of Titan
3. Doom/Strange
4. Bats
5. Luthor
6. Tony Stark...It gets hazy after this, and I don't know eough of Deathstroke to place him.

Long term prep Alex Luthor should definitely be top five.

Originally posted by Superherovandal
Long term prep Alex Luthor should definitely be top five.

I'll have to take your word on it...never read anything with him in it.

he planned the entire Infinite Crisis. all of it.

Just finished reading Infinite Crisis...Alexander Luthor is definitely #1 with long-term prep...Wow.

Marvel
LongTerm, I'd say Thanos. 1. Thanos. He knew about the HOTU during the Infinity Abyss saga, but didn't do anything about it until Marvel: The End. He knew what players to grab when Warlocks good and bad sides went bonkers. He also grabbed "supreme" power 3 times.

Shortterm, Doctor Strange. In the Infinity Gauntlet series, he knew he'd have to fight Adam Warlock so he grabbed all of his most powerful artifacts and used the Eye of Agamotto to hide them. And was able to overcome the powers of the infinity gauntlets with shortterm prep.

DC
Longterm
It'd be a tossup between Lex Luthor and Alex Luthor. Lex planned for the eventual dead of Alex by Joker.

Shortterm, batman. That guys got mad detective analytical skills.

lex luthor.
http://www.superdickery.com/science/18.html

thanos and Dr. doom are cool so i pick them.