Originally posted by carver9
Blue Marvel is a scientist...even during his recent showing he showed that he is a genius.Blue Marvel is just overall more powerful and his durability is high enough to withstand a blitz. One hit would take Flash out of the fight imo.
Classic Barry was the creator of the cosmic treadmill. Machine that allowed him to travel through time. He's also proficient in Chemistry, forensics, and criminology.
The Cosmic Treadmill is one of those Lex Luthor "ray gun from junk" Pre-Crisis type moments, you just have to go with it. I don't recall it's origin being retold Post-Crisis at any point.
Anyways, in terms of who is smarter in regards to scientific capabilities and acumen, Blue Marvel all the way imo. If you want more concrete feats, there's his teleportation equipment, bases, different experiments (I don't remember them all), anti-matter gear and so on. Barry Allen is obviously intelligent being a Forensic officer, but he's basically as smart as you'd expect someone who graduated University and applied himself to be. He was always the brains of the Flash family with his Flash facts and so on. That being said, this is like Reed Richards vs. Peter Parker on a lower scale.
Yes, he has the Cosmic Treadmill, but Thor was also a super genius in the 60's as well. That doesn't mean he's on Adam's level either. Not to mention there was some Speed Force shit going on. IIRC, he saw it in his mind as he was lost in time or whatever. He himself doesn't know it's origins, just it's purpose.
Originally posted by Golgo13
I still find it impressive. Kind of like Superman creating the Miracle Machine from plans he saw.
I agree, it proves he's very a capable and intelligent but there's a difference between that and a guy who's intended to be competitive with geniuses like Tony and Reed in his field.
