History GeniusBruiser / ComicBooks

*** Grimlock is also very much DependingOnTheWriter either DumbMuscle or using ObfuscatingStupidity. In latter scenarios, he's the equal of Optimus Prime in intelligence and leadership skills, but prefers [[BrilliantButLazy not to be bothered]] unless he's [[BloodKnight in for a fight.]]

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* Franchise/{{Batman}}:
** Batman himself. He's one of the most intelligent heroes in all of comics and has a figure that can pass for Franchise/{{Superman}} in a dim light, is one of the world's greatest martial artists and stealth fighters, and only seems lacking [[BadassNormal in a world filled with superpowered heroes and villains]]... all of whom [[BadassBookworm he can figure out how to defeat]].
** ComicBook/{{Bane}} was designed explicitly as a total package villain: a ruthless criminal with both superhuman strength and a genius intellect that rivaled Batman's own. Adaptations have not always been kind to the character, sometimes making him a DumbMuscle instead, but ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' provided the definitive adaptation.
** "Hardback" Bock, a ScaryBlackMan Gotham police detective, who gets his nickname because he's always carrying one.
** The criminal robotic and cybernetics expert Nathan Finch, aka Gearhead. When his kidnap scheme is foiled by Batman, an accident leaves him a quadruple amputee; he later develops incredibly powerful cybernetic limbs, and comes gunning for revenge against the hero, now a physical match even for Batman because of them.
** [[ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} Kate Kane]] is a highly educated and ranking former West Point cadet, knows over a dozen forms of martial arts, is a multilinguist, and has training from the likes of the FBI, SAS, [=SEALs=], and Green Berets, among others.
** Recurring Silver Age PrivateInvestigator Hugh Rankin is a quick-fisted brawler, but is no fool. He comes up with a BatmanGambit to get ComicBook/ElongatedMan to help him close a case and nearly figures out what Batman looks like under his mask through forensic science.
* ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}. Since 2000 (with Brainiac 13) and continuing to the present (with the "true" Coluan cyborg Brainiac) Brainiac has consistently been shown to be Superman's physical superior, able to manhandle the Man of Steel with little effort. This makes him one of the most physically powerful beings in the DCU, possibly even stronger than the likes of Darkseid (DependingOnTheWriter in regards to how the latter compares to Superman). His true form is also about seven feet tall and built like a super heavyweight MMA fighter. But it speaks to his immense power that his physical strength is probably the ''[[EvilGenius least dangerous thing about him]]'': as a "12th-level intellect", he's the smartest being in the DCU bar none (for comparison, the entirety of 21st century Earth's population amounts to a 6th-level intellect). His brain is capable of storing and processing octodecillions of minds worth of information (which he ''has'', in the process of assimilating the many civilizations he's destroyed) and grants him superhuman calculation abilities, enhanced memory, and advanced understanding of mechanical engineering, bio-engineering, artificial intelligence, physics and other theoretical and applied sciences. He has invented tech that lets him shrinking entire planets, create impenetrable force fields,[[note]]In the New Krypton arc, Zod tries to destroy his ship with a Kryptonian super-weapon. The weapon does zero damage to the ship on part of Brainiac's forcefield, but the collateral alone flat-out kills ''hundreds'' of Superman-level Kryptonians who were standing nearby.[[/note]], transfer his mind digitally, and travel through time. This is on top of being TheChessmaster and creating armies of robotic [[ActuallyADoombot bodies]] that are each able to rival and even kill Kryptonians.
* A [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] villain called King Kull (not related to the Robert E. Howard character), a muscular, club-wielding, loincloth-wearing protohuman who nonetheless invents {{Sufficiently Advanced|Alien}} technology and was the scientific rival of MadScientist Dr. Sivana.
** Another [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Captain Marvel villain was a criminal who went to prison for over 70 years and spent the entire time reading and working out until he was the smartest, most physically capable 100-year old man around.
** Captain Marvel's main rival, ComicBook/BlackAdam, also fits this trope. He has as much physical power as Superman (he practically beat the entire Justice Society on his own), but he's also superhumanly intelligent.
** Really, the Big Red Cheese himself qualifies -- "Wisdom of Solomon" and all that.
* Victor 'ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}' Stone of the ComicBook/TeenTitans started out a downplayed version in his backstory, having an I.Q. of 196 but focusing on his athletic prospects rather than following in the footsteps of his top-tier scientist parents. After his father put him back together following the lab accident that ate his mother and much of him, he came to make a virtue of of necessity and expand his expertise in cybernetics to well-reputed authority levels by studying his own ArtificialLimbs.
* ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}. He's one of the few villains who can take on Superman in a fight and is also a [[MagnificentBastard brilliant]] [[TheChessmaster tactician]] who constantly [[ManipulativeBastard manipulates]] everyone around him into getting him what he wants.
* ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} is basically Batman if he became a mercenary SuperSoldier and used lethal force. This means that he is both one of the best fighters in the DC Universe, as well as extremely intelligent and CrazyPrepared.
* Gorilla Grodd, one of ComicBook/TheFlash's enemies, is a killer gorilla who's also a superintelligent MadScientist and ManipulativeBastard.
* Kilowog of the ComicBook/GreenLantern Corps is another one. He's one of the biggest Corps members, always fighting up close and personal and calling people "poozers", but he's also so smart that he designed the Rocket Red battle suits for the Soviet army.
* Grunge in ''ComicBook/Gen13'' is genius-level, with a photographic memory. He just puts a lot of effort into [[ObfuscatingStupidity pretending to be a dumb slacker]].
* The ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica villain Prometheus, a GadgeteerGenius who invented a helmet that allows him to download knowledge, including martial arts training, directly into his brain. He's one of a handful of individuals in the entire multiverse who have beaten Franchise/{{Batman}} in hand-to-hand combat.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'':
** The Golden Age Hourman, career superhero and founding member of the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica. He's a genius Chemist who created Miraclo, the chemical he uses to achieve his godly strength, speed, agility and endurance for one hour at a time. He's also an extremely successful businessman.
** The Golden Age Atom was typically depicted as a short-tempered PintSizedPowerhouse who met problems head-on... yet he's a [=PhD=]-holding Physics College Professor who is officially listed as possessing Genius-level intellect. Originally, he was as strong as humanly possible, patterned after a Circus Strongman. Later he gained superpowers, being able to bench press the weight of an entire train, survive a nuclear detonation point-blank and flatten Tanks with just one of his patented Atomic Punches.
* ComicBook/{{Lobo}} is rather dumb ''most'' of the time, but he is a genius when it comes to doing anything that can cause destruction. For example, he can't cure a deadly disease, but he ''did'' create a horde of mutant insects that acted as carriers for one ''and'' the vaccine for it (that's why he's the ''last'' Czarnian: he killed them all that way, with the vaccine created to make sure he survived). And he's strong enough to hold his own against Superman.
* In the ComicBook/MetalMen's feature in ''Bizarro Comics'', the originally incredibly [[DumbMuscle unintelligent]] Lead is quite loquacious. Also, Doc Magnus organizes a mission just to build his creations' confidence.
* Monsieur Mallah, the second of four of DC's resident mad scientist gorillas to appear on this page, and a recurring foe for the ComicBook/DoomPatrol.
* ComicBook/{{Superboy}} has shown to possess superior intellect to what humans could ever have. His mind works with incredible speeds, and combined with his TTK-powers, it might be one of his greatest assets.
* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': One of the most powerful heroes of the DC universe, her official power list includes "Genius-Level Intellect". And in fact she's considered a genius by Kryptonian standards, and is daughter of one of the best scientists of Krypton.
** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth'', Director Chase notes that Earth science is primitive for her newest FlyingBrick agent's standards.
* Franchise/{{Superman}} himself. He is one of Earth's most powerful heroes, but he is also a master in the use of Kryptonian technology, which is far more advanced than Earth technology. He can learn at a faster rate than humans. He is the son of Krypton's finest scientist, so the scientific skills must be a family trait.
** Eidetic memory and super intelligence are considered part of his power set (DependingOnTheWriter). Modern interpretations have the habit to make him somewhat of a DumbMuscle to contrast Batman or other smart guys, like in WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom:
--->'''Superman:''' Maybe I could move the Earth out of the way.\\
'''Batman:''' If I had a week, I could list all the reasons why that wouldn't work.
** Then there are the times villains assume Superman is just a big dumb FlyingBrick, like ComicBook/LexLuthor and ComicBook/TheJoker. It always bites them in the ass. (Well, unless there's a WriterOnBoard.)
** ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'' is probably the definitive modern example of this for him. On top of his Fortress being laden with technology he's suggested to have invented himself (or at least figured out), he's also able to keep up in conversation with superscientists like Lex Luthor and Leo Quintum, and he resolves dozens of problems over the run of the comic (including most of the ones considered to be his Twelve Labors) through the use of science or guile rather than his strength.
** Clark Kent is also a Pulitzer prize winning investigative journalist and a best selling fiction author.
** In most depictions, General Zod is visibly larger than Superman, and doesn't pull his punches. He's also Superman's tactical superior pretty much across the board, and at least as cunning in the use of his powers as Superman himself. Notably, Zod's also Superman's big exception to Superman's [[ThouShaltNotKill code against killing]], since letting Zod run loose risks the lives of millions.
** Mongul has the general distinction of being one of Superman's villains who has the refined manners of a cultured gentleman and someone who's capable of running the technologically advanced Warworld, but is also a powerhouse who can exchange blows with the Man of Steel.
* ComicBook/TomStrong, who is usually portrayed as a cross between Reed Richards, Literature/DocSavage, and [[Characters/ClassicalMythology Hercules]].
* The Ultrahumanite, DC's first resident mad scientist, who eventually transferred consciousness into that of a large muscular gorilla, was originally written to be Superman's arch-enemy.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** Diana herself, (mostly in the ComicBook/PostCrisis continuity) is a GeniusBruiser. In addition to having [[SemiDivine god-like]] strength and [[WorldsBestWarrior unrivalled combat skill]], Wonder Woman is exceptionally intelligent, being gifted at: diplomacy, multilingualism, equestrianism (horse riding), piloting, and weapons handling. Diana’s career in her civilian alter ego has also included professions such as military intelligence officer, astronaut, antiquities dealer, army nurse, businesswoman, and even secretary.
** [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 The Golden Age]] Giganta may have started out as DumbMuscle, given she was just a particularly angry and violent gorilla, but after Dr. Zool put her through his [[DevolutionDevice Evolution Machine]] she became a very large, [[SuperStrength Super Strong]] woman who swiftly became more adapt at using the hapless Dr. Zool's genius inventions than he. The rage that had made her dangerous as a gorilla only became more [[UnstoppableRage pronounced]] and [[TranquilFury sophisticated]] as a "human", making her incredibly dangerous.
** [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 The Post-Crisis]] Giganta was a dying MadScientist who discovered a way to transfer her consciousness into anothers body whose assistant transferred her into a gorilla to save her life. She later transferred herself into the body of a size shifting metahuman, though she would have a more difficult time thinking logically the larger she grew and at her larger sizes was more DumbMuscle than genius.

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* ComicBook/AntMan Dr. Hank Pym, founding member of the [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]], could easily make the top ten list of most [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist brilliant scientific minds]] on the planet. In his identities as Giant-Man and Goliath he is a towering behemoth, able to go toe-to-toe with some of Marvel's heaviest hitters. However, he usually sticks to being a ScienceHero.
* ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} much like Thanos below in addition to being a [[EvilIsBigger hulking physical powerhouse]] is a super genius being a expert in biology, primarily genetic engineering and mutation, and technology. He crafted his armour out of Celestial technology and uses molecular altering powers to great effect, very few of the X-Men can hold their own against him let alone beat him. Also being 5000 years old he’s {{Omni|glot}}lingual.
* [[ScaryBlackMan Barracuda]] from ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'' and ''ComicBook/FuryMyWarGoneBy''. During his time in the military he showed exceptional intelligence and cunning while leading his team in toppling whole governments by themselves.
* Pictured on the main page: Dr. Henry Philip "Hank" [=McCoy=] aka "The ComicBook/{{Beast|MarvelComics}}" from ''ComicBook/XMen''. Blue, huge, furry, super-strong (depends on the writer, but sometimes he's said to bench press 70 ''tons''), agile, and Nobel-level intelligent (generally regarded as the preeminent biochemist in the MarvelUniverse, and he gave himself the power upgrade that made him look like how he is today, only stronger than he was when he looked more human). As a bonus, he was played by [[Series/{{Frasier}} Kelsey Grammer]] in the third movie.
-->'''Jean Grey:''' His name's Henry [=McCoy=], dipstick- he reads poetry, swings from trees, knows the square root of a million[[note]]this is much less impressive than it sounds[[/note]], and he's gonna kick your butt.\\
'''Beast:''' ''[Cracks knuckles]'' Indubitably.
* Comicbook/BlackPanther. Like Batman and Deathstroke mentioned above, he's a tactical genius and one of the best fighters in the Marvel Universe. He's also an accomplished scientist and scholar, in addition to actually running the country of Wakanda.
** Black Panther’s ArchEnemy Erik Killmonger is an abnormally tall and well-muscled young man who has proven himself to be just as strong, if not stronger than, the title protagonist. He's also a brilliant strategist and studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the most prestigious schools in the United States.
* ComicBook/BlackWidow. Having been given TrainingFromHell to peak human levels and a SuperSerum Natasha is a deadly combatant but she’s highly tactical as well as an expert hacker, weapons expert, a master of disguise and fluent in multiple languages. In earlier comics, Nat actually focused on outsmarting her foes, until {{Xenafication}} kicked in and she balanced smarts with ass-kicking.
* ComicBook/{{Cable}} is a powerful {{BFG}} wielding SuperSoldier who has inherited his mother Jean Grey’s MindOverMatter powers but he’s also a genius tactician, master combatant, cybernetic engineer and battle commander... with a diploma in law.
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is this though he might seem dumb compared to his buddy Iron Man below, Steve is actually highly intelligent. To back up his enhanced physical prowess, Cap is a master strategist, expert martial artist, weapons expert, talented hacker, and professional sketch artist. It’s elaborated the SuperSerum boosted Cap’s mental processing meaning he learns information much faster than any normal man. Fittingly Batman was Cap’s opponent in the ''ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC'' crossover.
** Similarly ComicBook/BuckyBarnes and ComicBook/NickFury have displayed genius tactics as well as peak human abilities in many comics.
* An early issue of ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} from the original Stan Lee run subverts this twice. A MadScientist Karl Stragg helps a [[DumbMuscle brawn-for-brains]] criminal Ox escape from prison and lures him into his hide-out to try out his new device. Ox thinks the device will make him a Genius Bruiser but [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness gets backstabbed]], as the device actually [[BodySwap switches their bodies]], giving Stragg Ox's physique as a bonus to his intelligence. Thinking he himself has become an example of this trope, Stragg goes on a crime spree yet discovers that now, simply smashing stuff somehow gives him more pleasure than actually thinking things through. He barely makes use of his intelligence, letting it gradually degenerate. At the climax, he fights Daredevil and furiously hurls himself at him, only for Daredevil to dodge and for Stragg, having forgotten that they're on a rooftop, to [[DisneyDeath fall to his death]].
* You could make a strong argument that ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, of all people, is one of these. Is he so crazy that he's come all the way around to smart, or so smart that he's come all the way around to crazy? Bottom line, he a viciously efficient fighter, an ambidextrous master of multiple martial arts, multi-lingual, genre-savvy, skilled at reading body language, and is capable of developing complex plans and making them work while chattering non-stop and getting distracted by a passing ice cream truck. Many people have noted, with considerable astonishment, that there is a remarkably effective mercenary underneath all that crazy. The people who know him are ''very'' careful not to underestimate him, and the people who don't know him often make just that mistake.
* [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] is a supreme example of this, yes the “doctor” part isn’t just a fancy title Victor has earned multiple doctorates and considered equal to super-genius Reed Richards. Doom is also highly proficient in both [[FunctionalMagic science and magic]] being a EvilSorcerer in PoweredArmour who has gone up against Earth’s strongest heroes as well as cosmic beings and managed to triumph more than once. While his arrogance does get the better of him, Doom is still considered one of the most diabolically intelligent villains in the whole Marvel Universe.
* While not as brainy as Hank, ComicBook/EmmaFrost has degrees in several fields, including a Bachelor of Science in Education with a minor in Business Administration from the prominent Marvel Universe's Empire State University. She turns to "bruiser" when assuming her diamond form, where she's more than a match for guys like Warpath.
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'':
** The Thing is usually in the shadow of Reed Richards brain-wise. However, it should be (but often isn't) noted that he attended the same college as Reed Richards and Victor Von Doom. He has completed a doctorate in aerospace engineering and he is implied to have another Master's degree in a STEM field (he was an astronaut, and NASA requires astronauts to have a minimum of two relevant Master's degrees). He has been shown to be perfectly capable of cobbling together a cosmic ray projector when called upon, is the one who translates Reed's TechnoBabble into LaymansTerms about 75% of the time and while he can't replicate a lot of what Reed does, he can usually grasp the general thrust of what is being attempted. As for his "bruiser" credentials, The Thing is one of the handful of beings that has managed to fight the Hulk to a standstill.
** Contrary to his name, The Brute (a villain of the 1970s Fantastic Four) is not TheBrute. He is the Reed Richards of another Earth, who instead of getting stretch powers, he can become a huge monster, strong enough to fight against the Thing.
* The ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy have Groot, who has a broad-ranging education including in-depth knowledge of quasi-dimensional super-positional engineering, though this is subject to some debate; He can apparently only say "I am Groot!" and a known madman is the only source for most of the information regarding his intelligence [[spoiler:Not the only one anymore.]]
* Marvel's Mr. Hyde (who has fought [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]], ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, and many other heroes) is ''technically'' a Genius Bruiser; the intelligence of his civilian identity, criminal genius Calvin Zabo, is not lost when he transforms into his super-strong super-villain form. However, given his HairTriggerTemper in that form, he rarely ever needs to make use of Zabo's smarts.
* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': The amount of genius varies on which personality is in control, although they have been known to borrow one another's skills if necessary. Even the Savage Hulk is a CombatPragmatist who can use the environment to his advantage, and despite declarations, he is ''not'' just "'''HULK SMASH!'''"
** He started out as brilliant physicist Dr. Bruce Banner, before the [[RadiationInducedSuperpowers radiation accident that turned him into the Hulk.]] Different personalities, including that of Dr. Banner himself, took control of the Hulk's body at different points and showed varying levels of brains and brawn, depending on which one was currently running things. They would occasionally borrow each others' skills, with Banner lending Joe Fixit his memories and computer skills when Fixit needed to figure out who had poisoned the Hulk and who was about to kill them. ItMakesSenseInContext.
** At the start of the "Secret Wars" arc, the heroes are teleported to a remote corner of the universe, Reed Richards immediately announced what has happened and how it must have been done, and Hulk, who currently possesses Banner's mind, only snarls "That's obvious, Richards!" while The Thing and Johnny Storm are still trying to catch up with what Reed just said.
** Merged Hulk, A.K.A "The Professor," is a SplitPersonalityMerge of the three main personas that retains Banner's intelligence. This form is perhaps best remembered as the one used in the early ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' games.
** In ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'', [[EvilCounterpart The Abomination]] is just as strong as Hulk, but retains his genius IQ.
** Also, numerous writers have taken note that innocents are never hurt during Hulk's violent rampage, and have since implied that even when he's a neanderthal-like monster, Bruce Banner's mind is constantly doing calculations to ensure that his actions never cause anything but collateral damage to buildings. Somewhat confirmed in Greg Pak's Hulk run, in which [[spoiler: while fighting his son Skaar, the Hulk slammed the ground as if to attack, but was really aiming to pile up sand to shore up a collapsing building.]]
** Ultimate Hulk reveals that he retains his genius-level intellect in his fight with Abomination.
** Also demonstrated in ''Ultimate Hulk vs Wolverine'' (which took place before that fight but due to delays wasn't finished until considerably afterward) where Ultimate Hulk is shown relaxing casually, offering Logan some hot cocoa.
** Hulk's cousin, Jennifer Walters, aka ComicBook/SheHulk, is both a super-strong super-heroine and a practicing lawyer.
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'':
** [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark, alias Iron Man]] is not only one of the Marvel universe's richest people. He's also the inventor of the Iron Man armor, a certified financial genius, head of one of the world's most powerful companies, [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XT3BiiWp3Xk/Vsrmz2vH7LI/AAAAAAAAI3U/uNWt674FDdQ/s1600-Ic42/RCO002.jpg and as seen in David Michellene's run on the character, is a man who doesn't skimp on his daily workout.]]
** His RoguesGallery aren't slouches in this regard either. Recurring villain Controller is an engineering genius who designed the mind controlling slave discs and would eventually become bonded with an exoskeleton that made him phenomenally large and powerful. It's been joked that he went to MIT on a wrestling scholarship.
*** Boris Bullski, the original Titanium Man. A master spy and KGB agent, he stands well over seven feet tall and can lift 1.5 tonnes ''without'' the armor.
*** Iron Clad should be classed as one of these. Although he is rarely shown to be intelligent, he is supposed to have designed spaceships prior to gaining his powers.
* Downplayed but ComicBook/KittyPryde can be this in a few comics. Her {{Intangibility}} can be truly devastating when she’s serious and she’s expert hand to hand fighter being trained by Wolverine. Above all she’s a PlayfulHacker being genius when it comes to technology, she’s also a talented tactician in later comics as she becomes the leader of the X-Men for a while.
* ComicBook/TheKingpin. A self-educated, self-made man who rose from humble beginnings to become the greatest criminal mastermind in the New York underworld, he is also a hulking, monsterous brute who is physically a match for ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and even Franchise/SpiderMan, on occasion.
* Dr. Leonard Samson, a Marvel character who is the hero population's go-to psychotherapist. Also strong enough to trade blows with an enraged Hulk.
** Karla Sofen (Meteorite/Moonstone of the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}) could be considered Dr. Samson's evil counterpart. (Also a superpowered psychologist.)
* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': The God of Thunder himself is a [[HiddenDepths surprising case of this]]. He generally seems like nothing more than a HotBlooded viking oaf but he's actually extremely crafty and intelligent when he needs to be having outsmarted his TricksterGod brother Loki on numerous occasions as well as pulled off the BatmanGambit on the likes of Malekith and Enchantress. Thor's talents are also not limited to kicking ass, chucking ale and bedding warrior women; as Thor is also [[SupremeChef an excellent cook]], [[ScarilyCompetentTracker can detect toxins by just by smell]] and even retains the [[CombatMedic medical expertise]] of Dr. Donald Blake even when he's not stuck as the doctor.
** Thor becoming this trope is also very much part of his CharacterDevelopment, as prior to being banished to Earth he was pretty much an arrogant musclebound jerk who let his strength to do all the work and Odin wanted him learn humility as well as just learn in general. In the DistantFinale Old King Thor has built his own time machine and has tech that would impress the likes of Reed Richards and Tony Stark.
* Bobbi Morse, ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}}, is a biochemist who helped out in a project to recreate the SuperSoldier Serum that created ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. She's also been injected with a special formula that increased her strength and durability, was trained as a spy for ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}, and has been a member of ComicBook/TheAvengers.
* ComicBook/{{Rogue}} is definitely this, sure her thick Mississippi accent might fool you into thinking she’s an uneducated BrainlessBeauty who's also a FlyingBrick, but that’s not the case. Not only is Rogue quite the bookworm in her spare time, but she’s outsmarted extra-dimensional beings, flown spaceships, comes up with many plans and on top of that thanks to her PowerParasite ability she gets the skills and intellect of her foes. When she craftily combines the powers of her fellow X-Men in battle, Rogue becomes nigh-unstoppable.
* DependingOnTheWriter, ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} is either this or DumbMuscle. When he is smart, he is often underestimated because of his arrogance and animalistic nature, but he speaks multiple languages, is skilled at hacking computers, and is a highly trained soldier and mercenary who fought in countless wars.
* A second-tier hero of the Thing/Hulk type: ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'''s Sasquatch, a brilliant scientist who's usually in full command of his mental faculties. Notably also a genius bruiser ''before'' developing superpowers (he was a football player -- American, not soccer. As though that wasn't implied by the "bruiser" part).
* ComicBook/SpiderMan is agile, hardy, and capable of lifting ten tons (or 100 tons DependingOnTheWriter). The man behind the mask, Peter Parker, is also a scientific wiz (originally introduced as gifted while later writers say he has a genius-level intellect) who makes his own gadgets and tools, often built from scratch. Reed Richards, Bruce Banner and Tony Stark have all been surprised by how intelligent the Wall-Crawler is, even by their high standards.
** A lot Spidey’s RoguesGallery is built on this. Besides the aforementioned Kingpin there’s:
*** ComicBook/NormanOsborn studied chemistry and electrical engineering, went on to become a scientist as well as [=CEO=] and created the Goblin Formula which made him superhuman (as well insane and even eviler). In ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'' Norman shows off his diabolical intellect, acting like an evil fusion of Iron Man and Nick Fury, giving Marvel’s heroes besides Spidey immense trouble.
*** [[ComicBook/DoctorOctopus Otto Octavius]] is even more of one. A multi-disciplined scientist with a high degree in radiology, Otto is an EvilGenius whom even fellow villain Doctor Doom acknowledges and he backs up his intelligence with four powerful mechanical arms. Otto, like Norman, has proven to be a formidable adversary to the whole Avengers and becomes even more dangerous when he hijacks his nemesis Spider-Man’s body and uses Peter’s aforementioned abilities to his own selfish ends.
*** Curt Connors aka The Lizard, while he is animalistic in most comics, still retains his human alter ego intelligence and puts it use trying to make reptile supreme; other times he’s little more than a snarling monster. In later comics Connors (much like Smart Hulk above) keeps his Curt Connors persona while in his Lizard form and [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcS1KAujZVt10AtpuwvpexSuq-Bqig-wA7aCmQ&usqp=CAU still teaches]] at Empire State University.
*** Miles Warren aka The Jackal is a genius in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and cloning. He’s also a so skilled martial artist and gymnast.
*** Adrian Toomes aka The Vulture, apart from being a guy in a powered wing-suit, is brilliant in the fields of electronics and mechanics having a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering.
*** Dr Michael ComicBook/{{Morbius}} is a Nobel Prize-winning doctor and scientist whose [[ProfessorGuineaPig experiment to cure his blood disease]] turned him into a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent science-based vampire]]. With his new found powers he’s proven to be a formidable opponent (and sometimes ally) to both Spider-Man and ComicBook/{{Blade}}.
*** Herman Schultz aka The Shocker, as ridiculous as he looks, is a GeniusBruiser. While not on the level of Osborn or Octavius he’s a gifted engineer, having built his battle suit in prison from scratch, and regularly goes up against Spider-Man.
*** Rhino becomes this in one comic where he grows tired of being just TheBrute and enhances his IQ, with this trope as a result. Though it was subverted, as the with new intellect Rhino became depressed and chose to revert to his old DumbMuscle IQ.
* While ''ComicBook/SquirrelGirl'' is no super-genius, she ''is'' a talented computer programmer (and uses this to defeat villains) and has social skills good enough to befriend people mid-fight.
* ComicBook/{{Thanos}}, in the Marvel Universe, has constructed space vessels, cloned himself, and has often outsmarted superheroes and cosmic entities. He also has enough strength to hold his own against Thor and the Thing simultaneously, and looks like it too. But not ComicBook/SquirrelGirl.
* Thunderball, aka Dr. Eliot Franklin, of the Marvel villain team the Wrecking Crew. Thunderball's intelligence is made all the more obvious by the fact that the rest of his team are rather dim-witted mooks. He also has a streak of good. He once smacked around the rest of the Crew to save John Porter of ComicBook/DamageControl[[note]]John had previously helped him recover his wrecking ball from the Lost & Found[[/note]]. Thunderball told the Crew that [[EngineeredHeroics John had super-powers, which consisted of Thunderball hitting people with the lights out]].
* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, while he does lack the leadership skills of his pal ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} or the IQ of fellow brawler Beast, still displays a surprisingly intellect when he’s not being TheBerserker. It helps he has lived well over [[LongLived two centuries]]; in that time has picked up multiple skills in martial arts, weapon and vehicle handing, computer expertise, is fluent in multiple languages and is a trained assassin. Of course, like his {{Archenemy}} ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}}, this is DependingOnTheWriter as at other times Logan is depicted a mindless bruiser who lets his claws do all the thinking.
* While not to the same levels as some examples in the Marvel Universe, ComicBook/{{X 23}}'s intellect is described as "off the charts," and as a result of her upbringing is a highly-educated polyglot [[SmartPeoplePlayChess who never loses at chess]] and is one of the deadliest assassins in all of Marvel. She's also a gifted strategist who can analyze a situation when she steps into the room, formulate ''multiple'' plans for making everyone else inside it with her dead, and then choose the one with the best opportunity for success before she even closes the door behind her.
* Minor villain, Imus Champion, was a Harvard MBA. He breezed through the program and with his business talent and genius intellect, he quickly became the 5th richest man on Marvel's Earth. Tired of that, he mastered many different martial arts and well...he's 9 feet tall and as strong as he's big. Imus Champion is the BigBad for Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian in the ''War for the Serpent's Crown'' miniseries and he actually overpowers the mighty Cimmerian.

Comic book characters with [[GeniusBruiser strength and smarts]].

** [[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Barbara Gordon]] is a computer whiz, has an eidetic memory, a degree in forensic psychology, knows multiple languages, and is a skilled martial artist.

** ComicBook/{{Bane}} was designed explicitly as a total package villain: a ruthless criminal with both superhuman strength and a genius intellect that rivaled Batman's own. Adaptations have not always been kind to the character, sometimes casting him in the role of dumb muscle instead, but ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' provided the definitive adaptation.

** He started out as brilliant physicist Dr. Bruce Banner, before the [[ILoveNuclearPower radiation accident]] that turned him into the Hulk. Different personalities, including that of Dr. Banner himself, took control of the Hulk's body at different points and showed varying levels of brains and brawn, depending on which one was currently running things. They would occasionally borrow each others' skills, with Banner lending Joe Fixit his memories and computer skills when Fixit needed to figure out who had poisoned the Hulk and who was about to kill them. ItMakesSenseInContext.