Top 10 Smartest Comic Book Superheroes

Bruce Wayne doesn't have any powers. Unlike many other superheroes, the crime-fighting life wasn't just handed to him. No, he had to work for it. And he did, since he was ten years old. He honed his body to physical perfection and trained his brain to mental and academic perfection.

He learned more than fifty languages and studied or obtained degrees in subjects like biology, math, physics, mythology, advanced chemistry, technology, criminal justice, forensics, medical sciences, and more. Batman is considered the "World's Greatest Detective," a title that is not exaggerated.

Batman is considered the second smartest person on the entire planet, Lex Luthor being the first. However, Batman has single-handedly foiled Luthor's schemes more than once.

You could say that Superman has stopped Luthor on his own more often than Batman. However, given the fact that Superman usually deduces Luthor's plan by using his super hearing and sight, it does not make him smarter than Batman, who resorts to his brain. Although fairly smart, Clark relies too much on his powers to be considered a genius.

Batman doesn't fully trust many people, and even those he does trust, he ensures he is prepared to take them down if necessary. While Wonder Woman was angered by this and Superman was hurt, Batman refused to play it by trust. He played it smart. He has a backup plan for everything, doesn't trust what he sees at first, and does not pick between two bad choices but instead invents another one.

Batman is one of the greatest heroes in history, if not just for his amazing intellect. Without him as the League's source of information and knowledge, they would have failed to save the world as many times as they have.

He is the best and the smartest. I mean, how can a guy create a robot more intelligent than himself and capable of global destruction?

He is a genius. He built his first suit in a cave with a common man to assist him. He created everything he owns. He created a program, or Artificial Butler (J.A.R.V.I.S.), which can run his company, talk to him, and do all sorts of things. He is by far the most intelligent or the most genius superhero of all time.

Sure, Batman is clever and smart, but he does not actually apply this knowledge. Think about it. His suit and weapons have flaws, and the bad guys he fights are simple thugs, robbers, and a clown. For God's sake, a clown! Meanwhile, Iron Man is a genius. He follows through with his inventions and fights legitimate bad guys, not minor robbers.

A big misconception is that Hulk is dumb. Not true at all. Calm Hulk is similar to Banner in terms of intelligence. World War Hulk has all of Banner's smarts and has massive combat intelligence.

He has the intellectual skills and talents to understand the concepts of gamma radiation and the Tesseract.

Fave hero! I'm Hulk's biggest fan, yo! He is smart because he is a scientist.

He made a serum in the Amazing Spider-Man comic book that regenerates body parts.

If Spider-Man focused on studying, he would be as smart or smarter than Tony Stark.

Spider-Man has an IQ level the same as Reed Richards and Tony Stark! He's definitely a genius.

This guy is the king of Wakanda, the most advanced city in the Marvel universe. And guess why? Because of Black Panther. I don't think Iron Man can say anything like that as a comeback. If you saw him in Captain America: Civil War, he was badass. He is totally smarter than Spidey. He definitely needs to be higher.

He used a sound weapon against Ulysses and ate a Wakandan heart-shaped herb which gave him his abilities and intelligence.

In the Marvel Universe, Black Panther is the eighth smartest man on planet Earth.

Charles Xavier was one of the few responsible for creating Cerebro and is an expert on genetic mutation. He should be a spot higher.

Come on! He can read minds. He can displace people's consciousness in different dimensions.

He is the invincible, inconceivable, incredible...

Hank McCoy should be higher than Bruce Banner. He created a serum that can enhance and get rid of the mutant X-gene. He also assisted in the making of Cerebro.

Hank is easily one of the smartest comic book superheroes ever to be on the pages of any comic book. He should be in the top three. Actually, it should go like this:

1. Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)
2. Ant-Man (Hank Pym)
3. Beast (Hank McCoy)

He is well known and trusted as the smartest member of the X-Men.

Although the Bat is smarter, giving him a chance to fight against him, Superman is good at learning from his mistakes or watching and learning from others. What this Man of Steel lacks in strength, he makes up for with intelligence.

Superman is smarter than most give him credit for, but he is nowhere near as smart as Batman. People need to stop making baseless statements.

Superman is often shown to have a flawless, eidetic memory of everything he has ever seen, read, heard, or otherwise experienced.

The Flash's brain can process things at extreme speeds, which enables him to counter enemy moves before they even get close to him. He can read books super fast, which allows him to learn lots of things in seconds. He once ran all the people in a burning building out onto the sidewalk, ran to the library to read hundreds of books, and used what he learned from the books to rebuild the entire building - all in a few seconds.

He's mostly known for his speed, but he should get more recognition for his creativity and ingenuity.

He may not be scientifically smart, but he is strategically smart, like a true captain.

He can lead an entire army troop, make decisions lightning fast, and find the best strategy. He saved an entire army from Red Skull. I think Cap is a true leader.

He is immortal, and he was born hundreds of years ago. He fought in World War I, and he is still alive. He has traveled to all the countries, so he knows all the languages. He is the smartest person and has a ton of general knowledge.

He has very smart instincts, he's wise, strong, and he's one of my favorite Marvel heroes.

He plans very good strategies to accomplish missions. He is also the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Only an intelligent person can figure out an intelligent superhero in this world.

He can hack, log in to, control, and access any software, computer, or other machine.

He is the smartest, and he's half robot, so he understands machines.

He owns a multi-billion dollar company. He built a massive lair by himself. He is the mayor of Star City. I believe he is one of the smartest heroes.