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    Who is the smartest Marvel genius???

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    Tony Stark

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    who is the smartest????

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    #2  Edited By LordStoop

    Thanos

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    #3  Edited By ImTheDamnBatman

    I'm tempted to say Thanos.

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    #4  Edited By jeanroygrant

    Thanos is the smartest.

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    Continental Geniuses:

    • Black Panther (T'Challa)
    • Doc Oct
    • Mr. Sinister
    • Leader
    • Mad Thinker
    • Tony Stark
    • Bruce Banner

    Planetary Geniuses:

    • Hank Pym
    • Egg Head
    • M.O.D.O.K
    • The Wizard

    Galactic Geniuses:

    • Reed Richards
    • Dr. Doom
    • Thanos
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    #6  Edited By beautifulrevery

    I'm going with Thanos with Doom in second place.

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    #7  Edited By MasterM0r0n

    @7am_Waking_Up_In_The_Morning:

    Yup I agree with this.

    You got a follow for it! xD

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    EDIT

    Sorry, my apologies, I have been watching too much of Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Doctor Doom is smarter than Reed Richards.

    1. Thanos

    2. Doctor Doom

    3. Reed Richards

    4. -

    5. -

    6. -

    7. T'Challa

    8. Bruce Wayne

    9. The Batman

    10. Hank Pym

    As far as I know... I'll edit if any opinions change my mind.

    I would think Hank Pym is a continental genius. He's not smarter than Tony Stark.

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    #8  Edited By AngryHulks

    Either Thanos or Doom. But Doom stole power from high-level being directly, so I think he should be #1.

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    I have Thanos and Doom tied for number 1. Dooms just as smart as Thanos, the only time he loses is when his arrogance clouds his judgement and he becomes too powerful. Remember he had P/R Beyonders Power and was practically God until his hubris came into play, The Marquis of Death master upgrade of BOSS Badass status then it disappeared, The Avengers Childrens Crusade he became a reality warper with infinite power and it somehow disappeared (Never really explained was it?), Now he has 2, count 2, Infinity Guantlets. Thanos has had the IG and the Heart of the Universe. Hes true love is LITERALLY Death. Doom and Thanos are tied for me giving the edge to Thanos due to advance tech and just the fact he's an alien titan that's immortal (I think) and dates Death.

    Thanos > Dr. Doom > Reed (although Tony's supposedly more intelligent now according to his Convo with Reed but I haven't seen anything incredibly smart yet) > Tony (Bleeding Edge) > The rest of the list

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    #10  Edited By gunmetalgrey

    There is only one Scientist Supreme!

    But seriously, though I love Hank, it's probably down to Thanos or Doom. Thanos just for his vast universal knowledge (he had some degree of cosmic awareness from his last upgrade, IIRC) and Doom for not being too far behind Thanos plus his knowledge in magic as well.

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    #11  Edited By usmuscle

    Got to put high evolutionary on the list

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    #12  Edited By demifiendninja

    thanos 
    reed 
    doom

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    #13  Edited By MasterM0r0n

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    Again, Doctor Doom would be smarter than Reed.

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    #14  Edited By BringnIt

    Doom is not smarter than Reed.

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    #15  Edited By YoungJustice  Online

    None of the above. H.E is the smartest.

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    #16  Edited By Pokergeist

    Doom is Smartest. he Accomplish more than Thanos ever has.

    1) Doom had for short time the IG as well.

    2)Doom had Omnipotent Power from PR Beyonder.

    3) Doom had Galactus power.

    4) Doom had Silver Surfer Power

    5) Doom was second place for Sorceror Supreme

    6) Doom has a Time Machine

    Doom has more amazing feats with less tech than Thanos EVER shown.

    Doom wins easy.

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    #17  Edited By Baldy

    Doom probably isn't smarter than Reed, but I suspect that he has more overall knowledge if you include his magical know-how.

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    #18  Edited By Hyperlight

    The problem with some of these people is their intelligence is superhuman and others are just really smart men. Reed is considered one of the smartest men but their are other smart people that arent just "men" like the high evolutionary or the leader; beings like them should be to build and constructs things that reed cant since there brains are far beyond what regular humans are without training.

    to be honest, if reeds intelligence was affected by the storm he should be taken off of the " 8th smartest men" list because of his unfair advantage. That list in itself only seems to deal with those in the spotlight anyway. I think a more fitting title for that list is the "8th smartest heroes" because there are others on earth that are smarter than those men.

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    #19  Edited By PaperRonin

    Kang.

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    @Supermanwithatan01 said:

    Thanos > Dr. Doom > Reed (although Tony's supposedly more intelligent now according to his Convo with Reed but I haven't seen anything incredibly smart yet) > Tony (Bleeding Edge) > The rest of the list

    Well, Tony is much more tactful as oppose to Reed is more diverse and overly smart in science. Furthermore, Tony is more cunning and a much better persuader.

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    #21  Edited By DocFatalis

    Shouldn't the Kree supreme intelligence and the High Evolutionary be on that list?

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    #22  Edited By kcaz

    wait, since when did bruce wayne join the marvel club?

    anyway, excluding omniscient beings like TOAA or LT, Thanos is the smartest. just look at his tech, an incomplete weapon was enough to trap a warrior's rage + power gem Thor, and he also created the IG, and many other techs

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    #23  Edited By Luster77

    Tough call on this one, but I would like to conclude Thanos as being the smartest (cosmically). On Earth, I'm going with DOOM too. He has more feats than most villains and he's a master at mystic arts like Strange. However, Bruce is a tight and close 2nd. Reed has more adventures, Tony's been bullshitting around, Hank is a knucklehead. But Bruce, Bruce has been very cunning as of late and him being the Hulk, you really can't top that.

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    #24  Edited By agentxx

    @Luster77: what feats does bruce have?

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    #25  Edited By Baldy

    @Luster77 said:

    Tough call on this one, but I would like to conclude Thanos as being the smartest (cosmically). On Earth, I'm going with DOOM too. He has more feats than most villains and he's a master at mystic arts like Strange. However, Bruce is a tight and close 2nd. Reed has more adventures, Tony's been bullshitting around, Hank is a knucklehead. But Bruce, Bruce has been very cunning as of late and him being the Hulk, you really can't top that.

    Bruce smarter than Reed or Doom? Not likely.

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    #26  Edited By TheCannon

    I'd say either Reed or Doom is the smartest.

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    #27  Edited By Jayfournines

    Thanos is first...then either Doom or Reed

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    #28  Edited By Killemall

    Well marvel did put The Leader as the smartest man on earth, when the official list was produced (which does look all out of whack)

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    #29  Edited By bigcimmerian

    @7am_Waking_Up_In_The_Morning said:

    Continental Geniuses:

    • Black Panther (T'Challa)
    • Doc Oct
    • Mr. Sinister
    • Leader
    • Mad Thinker
    • Tony Stark
    • Bruce Banner

    Planetary Geniuses:

    • Hank Pym
    • Egg Head
    • M.O.D.O.K
    • The Wizard

    Galactic Geniuses:

    • Reed Richards
    • Dr. Doom
    • Thanos

    I agree with this, 7am you should be among these geniuses lol.

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    @7am_Waking_Up_In_The_Morning: Agreed. There was a scan of Reed deducing that Tony's enhanced intelligence is growing everyday that he has already surpassed him (Reed been surpassed by Tony that is)

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    #31  Edited By TDK_1997

    Reed or Thanos.

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    #32  Edited By cliffrice

    @7am_Waking_Up_In_The_Morning said:

    Continental Geniuses:

    • Black Panther (T'Challa)
    • Doc Oct
    • Mr. Sinister
    • Leader
    • Mad Thinker
    • Tony Stark
    • Bruce Banner

    Planetary Geniuses:

    • Hank Pym
    • Egg Head
    • M.O.D.O.K
    • The Wizard

    Galactic Geniuses:

    • Reed Richards
    • Dr. Doom
    • Thanos

    this sounds just about right :)

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    #33  Edited By Sufferthorn

    Reed Richards once created a Sun just to see if he could.

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    #34  Edited By icysloth

    It has been said in comics reed is smarter than doom, Thanos is the smartesy though in Marvel.

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    High Evolutionary outclasses everyone on this list in pure intelligence.

    Smartest Overall beings would be Thanos, then Doom, then High Evo and then Reed IMO.

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    #36  Edited By Alexander505

    Thanos

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    #37  Edited By fondofpacman

    Reed is generally considered to be Doom's intellectual superior (as per the two character's origin story). His absence of feats on Doom's or Thanos's level is due to the fact that he's not a guy with insane, evil ambition, and most of his energy is dedicated towards solving problems for the betterment of humanity. And although Thanos is clearly a genius, I'd attribute much of his intellectual feats to be due to his close association with cosmic entities that provides him firsthand cosmic knowledge. I'd say as far as raw brainpower goes, the list is:

    1. Reed

    2. Doom

    3. Thanos

    ...and I agree, High Evolutionary should have been in this.

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    #39  Edited By Hyperlight

    some of those genius's are of a superhuman standard of intelligence like The leader, or the high evolutionary, because there intelligence was enhanced by an outside source to beyond human potential. Obviously reed or doom wouldnt compare to the High evolutionary because he is still just a man. SO these lists should be tweaked and separated.

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    #42  Edited By kid Apollo

    Val Richards in 5 years, nuff said

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    #43  Edited By fojtikbt

    I'd say Reed Richards.

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    #44  Edited By Bitchgurl

    @ApatheticAvenger said:

    Richards > Doom > Stark

    Agreed, with Pym next, IMHO

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    #45  Edited By GodDamnIronMan

    1)Thanos (he and Doom and Reed is close , but due to Experience... Thanos has the advantage) 2/3) Reed or Doom 3) Mr. Sinister 4)Current Tony 5) BP 6) The leader 7/8) Banner or Hank 9) the leader 10) the wizard 11) egghead 12) oct 13) mad thinker

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    #46  Edited By Urliq

    Doom > Reed > Pym > Banner > Stark > rest

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    #47  Edited By Kramotz

    @urliq said:

    Thanos >>>> Doom > Banner/Reed> Stark (with intelligence upgrade, he's smarter than all humans) > rest

    Fixed it for ya'

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    Val Richards in 5 years, nuff said

    proportionally Valeria Richards obvious.

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    #49  Edited By AttitudeEraGuy

    I'll go with Thanos

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    I disagree that Thanos is smarter. I would say he is much more powerful that the others but not smarter. For me Reed Richards is the plateau against which all others are measured and I also think the only one with the potential to suplant him is Valeria Richards. One caveat reguarding Biology and Genetics alone I would rate The High Evolutionary and Mr Sinister at the top.

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