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" They are both smart in their own way.Who's going to build a machine capable of sucking Galactus dry of his power? Reed.Who's going to win in a chess game? Bruce. "

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Reed builds his own toys, Batman has them commissioned.  Batman is clever, Batman is very smart, but he is not one of the eight smartest men on the planet. Reed is.

NO

batman has street smarts more than tech smarts thats where hes smarter but technically reed is much smarter in general

Reed is smarter intellect-wise, but in practicality, Bruce takes it.

Scientist doesn't mean smarter...

I think Batman is smarter than Reed...

They are kinda different kind of smart and Batman is the smart that to find out something and know what to do when something is happen

and for people who only watch the old batman series and Batman Movie..

That isn't the Batman from now anymore and yet... Batman is a Genius too (Check on Wiki)

Batman is NOT smarter than Reed Richards

Depends on what you mean by ''smarter'' 
 
Does he have a higher I.Q? I say no 
  
Reed is a better physicist, chemist, and overall scientist, HOWEVER, I do believe Bruce has a better deductive mind and all around more common sense.

They both have their own smart... sometimes when they can make good toys, they smart enough to know how to use?

Well think about it... some people with intellectual disabilities might be good at crafting or stuff and that makes them Smarter?

sometimes Smart and Genius arent the same. Sometimes it's about doing something smart and know what to do.

You can't just say Reed is smarter because he is a Scientist right?

lmfao, no. Seriously, NO. Reed is a super scientist, Batman is a smart guy with some analytical smarts. We really don't need to be making Batman out to be the most broken, overpowered character ever :(

I don't care about Reed and I am a fan of Batman, but there is no chances Bruce could have a fair discussion with Richards about science.

Dr.Doom all the way

No he is not.

Not only is Batman smarter!!!!!1111

He beats Mr. Fantastic in the sack too! Because he uses prep(Foreplay)

@The Stegman said:

Depends on what you mean by ''smarter''
Does he have a higher I.Q? I say no
Reed is a better physicist, chemist, and overall scientist, HOWEVER, I do believe Bruce has a better deductive mind and all around more common sense.

Exactly.

@Sammo21: we are talking about "Smart" btw... not "scientist"

reed richards is beyond what batman is intelectually,

pls stop wanking batman people,it makes the rest of the batfans look bad :(

@matanuva135:

....did you even read what you typed before you finished? No, Batman is not smarter than Reed Richards in any sense outside of maybe detective skills/deductive reasoning. Even so, many of the high tech methods Batman uses would be incredibly amplified by Richards if he actually thought it was worth his time to mess with. Reed Richards would create some crazy robot who would be a better detective than Batman.

Seriously guys, stop making Batman out to be the most broken character on the planet. I'm surprised I don't see "Batman vs the anti-monitor" or "Batman vs Galactus" threads with people wildly siding with Batman. I love Batman but the lengths some people in this community go to make him the fastest, strongest, smartest, most indestructible hero ever is a little ridiculous. Dare I say "cray cray".

Reed have his own smart and Batman also have his own smart

I hate how people only watches the movie Batman... that Batman really did nothing but the real Batman's smart is at a very high Level and his mind... how he thinks, what he does.

Reed is science smart but not how he thinks how he think before he does... how he plan things, although Batman really weak at science (weaker than Reed but still an expert) Reed also weak at Batman's smart.

I might like bats better but obviously a scientist with cool gear is more intelligent than a detective.

@The Hottness said:

Reed is smarter...

@Pania: Guess that explains why Dr. Manhattan is power rank 1,000 something or other.

Batman's not smarter than Lex Luthor, and Luthor's probably a little smarter than Bruce Banner (and I rank Bruce at #5 on the Marvel scale).

And for the record, Reed's #3 on my list.

Batman is a detective Reed Richards is a scientist simple as that

In all honesty, smartness can be subjective. Batman is wiser. He can handle pressure better than reed. However, Reed is more intelligent. He creates awesome and incredible inventions. There smarter than each other in there own ways.

You mean he isn't already?

That's the stupidest thing I have heard today.... although not this week. =)

@shawn_the_devil: Ya, I guess being able to calculate odds, and creating machines inventions and strategies to stop countless villains from destroying life as we know it doesn't matter much.

Intuitiveness, puzzle solving, reasoning, etc.: Yes. Scientific aptitude and general knowledge base: No

Reed

Reed's intelligence is a plot device, He's smarter in a quantum physicist sort of way. Batman would have more street smart's but reed would definitly have the higher IQ.

Batman has intellect of a little kid compare to Reed.

reed is way smarter

From DC I'd say that Ultra Humanite is smarter but Bruce.....He is a mental infant compared to Reed.

lol this conversation is kinda dumb since we are saying whose smarter which is so relative to different fields of science, philosophy, analysis, and so forth.

Batmans detective and tactic mind is superhumanly exceptional but Reeds prowess in any given field of science truly is beyond anything

Yes. It's easy to say Reed is smarter because he is better at science and he has a slightly higher iq, but he's not smarter and explain why.

Firstly, lets go over the things Batman has mastered in science:

Engineering

Chemistry(especially biochemistry)

Physics

Criminology

Psychology

Biology

Neurology

Pyrotechnics

Physiology

Just to name a few fields. Now lets go over Everything else he has mastered:

Strategy and tactics

Deduction

Martial Arts(over 127)

Meditation

Drawing

Painting

Sawing

History

Mathematics

Escape Artistry

Multi tasking

Linguists

Ventriloquism

Edict

Social Interaction

Acting

Use of weapons

Controlling vehicles

Business

Economics

Law

Marksmanship

Reading people

Bodily Manipulation

Mental Manipulation

Psychological Manipulation

Music(in general)

He was able to master all of this in more in under 20 years! That alone makes him smarter than Reed. Mr. Fantastic may be a master of science, but Batman is a master of virtually everything!

Negative. Is not about how much you know, is about how smart you are.

And Reed is above Bruce.

@buckwheat: I'm a aware that intelligence and knowledge and are two different things. My point is Batman was able to learn and the master all of the fields because of his intellect, only a super genius can mastery that many fields in the time span that he has. Also, how do you define Reed as his sly smarter.