* [[Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}} Peter Parker]] (or his father, in some incarnations) invented a fluid that can be used as a stretchy rope and that hardens into a unbreakable barrier, in ''high school''. Eventually he got a science degree, but never quite managed to demonstrate such a degree of brilliance again. Occasionally, there will be an attempt to explain it by saying he instinctively knew the formula because of his newly acquired spider powers.
** Because that somehow makes more sense. 
*** Hey! Let's be fair. He rebuilt Doc Connor's stationary energy-exchange machine into a backpack energy weapon to transfer Connor's lizard strength into the Iguana, causing the Iguana to explode. Spidey ''is'' a proper supergenius.
*** Peter Parker is one of the top 10-15 or so scientific minds in the Marvel universe. The problem is that he doesn't have the time, money, or really even the [[BrilliantButLazy sheer drive]] to pursue a career in engineering. He can Macguyver up some pretty impressive stuff in a tight bind, though, and he's not too shabby at mixing up antidotes and amazing chemicals.
*** Another major reason Spidey's intellect isn't highlighted is due to differing opinions on how it makes him look. Some people like to portray him as a budding genius in the league of Hank Pym or Hank [=McCoy=]. Others think that cuts in with Spidey's everyman image, so they just portray him as smarter-then-average, on the level of your standard science geek.
**** In one issue this troper read, while talking to himself while slinging through the city, Peter says that his IQ's NORTH OF 250. Add that, and the fact that he was able to hack a security system specifically made for him in the super suit [[IronMan Iron Man]] built for him during the Marvel Civil War, clearly puts him at the top ten.

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