Who has the smarter characters? Marvel or DC?

It's pretty obvious that DC in general has the stronger more powerful characters with most of their roster being uber.

But I think that Marvel may have the smarter characters.

Here are a few that come to mind:

DC- Batman, Luthor, Ivo, Palmer, Brainiac, Superman 1M

Marvel- Reed, Doom, Thanos, Banner, Leader, Sinister

Those are just a few. Please mention anyone else that comes to mind.

Marvel do have smarter characters IMO.

It depends on how you judge smartest.

Marvel has more super scientists who claim insane IQs, but they tend to be savants. Reed Richards is great at science, but he's pretty dumb in a lot of ways.

On the whole, especially recently Marvel has placed a lot more emphasis in that area. Reed, Pym, Cho, that kind of IQ has gotten a lot of focus.

Its almost impossible to gauge since tech in DC seems to be more accesible for scientists, and its not that impossible to break boundaries of dimensions and time without cosmic artifacts. I would almost go as far as to say DC's dimensional barriers are much easier to pass through.

I think that Marvel have, in general, the smarter characters. At least, on "Earth".

Generally speaking DC science is more advanced than Marvel's U

Individually Reed is really smart, but B5 is smarter

Brainiac or Henshaw are extremelly smart.

Henshaw has traveled the whole universe and has aquired a lot of knwledge.

But I still believe that B5 is even smarter than Henshaw

Why am I saying this?

Because as smart as Reed He has not realized his kids are probably not even his but Namor's 😂

its a toss up.

but you wonder why with all the scientist in the universe that someone hasnt accidently created something that destroyed the universe

Realistically, universes are huge. Just because you can destroy a planet or cross dimensions doesn't mean you should be able to do jack to a universe.

Firstly, I think you need to clarify what you're talking about here.

I think that DC's most popular characters are more powerful - Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, etc.

I wouldn't say that DC is 'in general' more powerful than Marvel, I'd say that their powerful heroes are more VISIBLE than those at Marvel. You've still got SIlver Surfer, Thor, Beta Ray Bill, Gladiator, Quasar, Blue Marvel, Sentry (up until recently), etc roaming around the MU.

In that same way, I'd say that Marvel's more visible characters are smarter than DC's visible characters. You've got Reed Richards, Hank Pym, Bruce Banner (especially recently), Amadeus Cho, Valeria Richards, T'Challa, Dr. Doom, Tony Stark plus all the members of the Intellegensia, etc.

But by that same token, you've got guys at DC who can match pretty much any of those guys for feats (with the exception of Reed). You've got Batman, Lex Luthor, Ray Palmer, Will Magnus, Niles Caulder, Professor Ivo, Brainiacs 1, 2, 3, & 5, Sardath, Mr. Terrific, Steel, Anarky, Kilowog (who built a time machine and the Rocket Reds), Rip Hunter, etc.

Marvel has more omniscient beings.

Like who?

seriously?

Sure.

Like who?

Originally posted by Desaad
Sure.

Like who?

I just doubt anytime anyone says 'omniscience'...it's such a vague term, and it normally doesn't mean much.

Is Eternity omniscient? If he is, why does he get trapped, beaten and generally treated like a child in almost every one of his appearances? Why does he have a worse win/loss record than Paste Pot Pete?

Because eternity only fights when it's truly necessary.

forgot henry mcoy and dr strange and tony stark

Originally posted by amnesia
Because eternity only fights when it's truly necessary.

That doesn't actually explain anything, though.

He only fight enemies that are more powerful then himself.

Originally posted by Desaad
I just doubt anytime anyone says 'omniscience'...it's such a vague term, and it normally doesn't mean much.