Harbinger is an american comic book series published by valiant comics about a group of teenage superpowered outcasts known as harbingers harbinger initially featured writing and art by jim shooter and david lapham. And then theres comic book characters that became gods like jean grey, for instance, or superman. One of the best weapons to have against the forces of evil is a keen mind. Supreme intelligence comics supreme intelligence comic. Why were there so many different comic book characters. Two big changes shaping future of comic book industry. Army general chester phillips that transformed the scrawny fine arts student into a human possessing the highest levels of agility, intelligence, stamina and strength.
The cast of fantastic four much like the illfated 1994 movie, this 2005 cast seems to have fallen from something a little lower than the a list, assembled haphazardly and at random. Daredevil, jessica jones, iron fist, and luke cage are all meeting for the first time, and, when so many egos abound, its little surprise that all of them dont get off to the best start with each other. Superheroes do not have big heads as a general rule. The best and worst casting in comic book movies fandango. Those recognized as gods usually far outrank mere mortals in terms of both power and prestige.
Whether superhero or antihero, the comic book world is filled with influential female characters. But the rich dynamic and history between patrick stewarts professor xavier and ian mckellens magneto is something truly exceptional for comic book movies. Comic shops have, for decades, been the main outlet for putting a comic book into the hands. The most influential female characters in comics catawiki. Thousands of characters had to be considered but ultimately only ten were chosen. Its dcs own fault for leaving the name up for grabs, forcing a halt to publication in. Discover a character s comic book appearances, and browse issues containing your favorite marvel characters. Basically marvel took advantage of a lapse in publication rights because they felt the name captain marvel should belong to marvel comics.
Comic book gods tend to be the most powerful characters in any given series. Their powers are incalculable and are far beyond the comprehension of any character. The most intelligent characters of dc comics comic vine. Browse marvels comprehensive list of supreme intelligence comics. Laurie juspeczyk continued with the name silk spectre after her mother the former silk spectre had retired. Doom doctor doom is a marvel comic book supervillain. The grand comics database gcd is a nonprofit, internetbased organization of international volunteers dedicated to building an open database covering all printed comics throughout the world. Each hero has a different story and consequently, powers that accompany that story. One way he influenced the comic book world was by revolutionizing the way characters behaved in his stories. Books with intelligent characters that actually seem. A computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decisionmaking, and translation between languages. A former lover of bruce wayne, jezebel is a striking, highly deductive former model who also happens to be a member of.
Some of them are stronger then any of us can even imagine. These are the characters who were never going to be anything but geniuses the ones you would most want to cheat off of in class, if you were feeling so villainous. In time, harley came to realize the joker was holding her back, and she struck out on her own. Doom constantly uses his intellect to outwit the fantastic four. Cecila reyes is one of two afrolatinx comic book characters on this list who will be featured prominently in the upcoming film the new mutants. Gabriel possesses a rare genetic mutation that allowed cybercom to implant a computer chip in his head that. The 23 smartest characters in comic books spastic bastard. Hope nicholson is the owner and founder of bedside press, specializing in archival and anthology comics collections such as moonshot a collection of inuit, metis, and first nations comic book stories and the secret loves of geek girls an allfemale comic and text anthology of true stories of geeky love.
Tell us about instances where you genuinely thought wow, that was smart of herhim. Studios to develop liveaction and animated series per the announcement, boom. If this were a list of the strongest watchmen characters, she would most definitely make it higher, but for intelligence, she just about sneaks in apart from fighting which shes really good at laurie doesnt have too many skills, but shes spent a hell of a lot of time with. Subscribe to marvel unlimited to read supreme intelligence comic lists by marvel experts. The tinkerer was one of spidermans earliest villains, even though no one talks about him. Now keep in mind, im not as familiar with marvel, but i will add the ones that i know about. Captain america born steven rogers, he received a special serum from the u. The lesserknown is the tinkerer, who spiderman initially believes is an alien, all due. Netflixs big superhero teamup, the defenders, is available on the streaming site friday, august 18. Browse a comprehensive az list of marvel comic characters. Top 10 most powerful comic book characters listverse. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use to track and manage your comic collection. Where comic book heroes get their powers are as varied as a box of chocolates. Experts are still hopeful for the future of comic shops, though.
Discover a characters comic book appearances, and browse issues containing your favorite marvel characters. In film, he has been portrayed by lewis wilson, robert lowery, adam west, michael. They are capable of creating life and destroying the multiverse all at the same time. Superhero characters comic book characters comic character fantasy characters character concept comic books comic manga comic art comic style read your looks from the story the vigilante of ninjago. The suit has all sorts of unique skills and is able to calculate a multitude of solutions in moments depending upon the requirements. Shes a consulting editor for margaret atwoods angel catbird dark horse comics, 2016. Books with intelligent characters that actually seem intelligent.
Tony starks character uses artificial intelligence in the iron man suit. Genius characters seem like a trope everyone has to throw into a book at some point. Here is a list of eight popular comic book characters who have served in the military. In calculating each separate intelligence, 10 equaled average 100 for a person aware of four dimensions, 12 was. Headcanon is a show wherein we brainstorm ideas and theories about our favorite comic book characters, stories, and worlds. Artificial intelligence struggles with understanding comic. Women have been featured in comic books for decades and, to celebrate this long history of female empowerment, our comics expert tim plumbe has compiled his list of the most influential female characters in comics. Netflix has signed a firstlook deal with comic book publisher boom.
When sir ben kingsley was cast as the mandarin in iron man 3, there was a lot of. I is one of the avengers, and humanitys, greatest enemies and his existence has caused hanks already fragile mind to slip into severe depression on many occasions. After fighting the chameleon in the first issue of the amazing spiderman, there were two stories in the second issue with spiderman battling two of his most intelligent villains the vulture and the tinkerer. The mandarin sir ben kingsley man, this was a controversial one. Comic book universe has a huge assembly of certain mightiest characters that are way too much powerful. Many of the characters in the older comic books were given makeovers to make the audiences like them more because they were flat and lacked emotion. In the comics, reyes is a young puerto rican trauma surgeon from the south bronx. This spectacular sisterhood includes costumed crimebusters like miss fury, superspies like tiffany sinn, scifi pioneers like gale allen, and even kid troublemakers like little lulu. Villains who use smarts to augment their powers, not viceversa. The main characters in watchmen, ranked by intelligence. Oh and if you like comics and lists relating to them, be sure to check out the top 10 significant moments in comic history.
Gabriel vaughn a former delta force tier 1 operator now working for us cyber command. Although these comic book characters even doesnt exist in real life, th. Researchers at the university of maryland and university of colorado have trained an ai to read and understand comic books. Specifically i am talking about on earthno galactus,living tribunal,thanos,the skrull,kree. For lists of characters in japanese comics, see category. Aug 26, 2014 good or bad depends on your perspective. Smartest comic characters i thought id make a list of some of the smartest comic characters around. When it comes to comic book super powers, brains are every bit as handy as brawn but props to those who have both. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. From the invention of his doombots to developing his powerful suit of armor, dr. Be sure to mention your own favorites in the comments. With no prior research or formal script, headcanon presents topics.
Comic books arent as popular as they used to be nowadays but superhero creator companies can still use their fame and keep them alive. There are predominantly two types of comic book characters with big heads. He is what i how think a real person would be if he or she became a. She became an entrepreneur and a member of several slightly lessthanreputable super teams including the suicide squad, gotham citys allgirl gang the gotham city sirens and a traveling sideshow. The smartest marvel characters has a lot of possibilities. Venturing into cybernetics and artificial intelligence, hank crossed into dangerous territory and accidently created one of the avengers greatest enemies, ultron. The main characters in watchmen, ranked by intelligence cbr. Outthinking an enemy is often more important than outpunching them, a lesson that superstrong heroes such as hulk and thor often have to learn the hard way. From cosmic powers of superhuman intelligence, to good old fashioned book smarts, there are plenty of comic book characters that prove the powers of the mind can be just as effective as any other super power there are always the old fallbacks like our good pals bruce wayne. With vintage art, publication details, a decadebydecade survey. In calculating each separate intelligence, 10 equaled average 100 for a person aware of four dimensions, 12 was above average 115, 15 was genius level, 20 was 145, 25 was an ultra genius 160, 32 was equal to 175, 40 meant a 190, and 50 was the pinnacle of human possibility 205.
Meet more than one hundred of the most heroic female characters in comics history, complete with backstories, vintage art, and colorful commentary. Even though adrian veidt is clearly the most intelligent human on this list, it would be difficult to argue with doctor manhattan. Stan le revolutionized the comic book world 668 words 3 pages. From cosmic powers of superhuman intelligence, to good old fashioned book smarts, there are plenty of comic book characters that prove the powers of the mind can be just as effective as any other super power. If theres one character in watchmen who possesses intelligence beyond human comprehension, it is jon osterman, better known as doctor manhattan. My guideline is that there are ten types of intelligence, conveniently categorized into creativity, wisdom, analytical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, linguistic, mechanical, natural, wit, and symbolic.
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