History GeniusBruiser / ComicBooks

-->'''Jean Grey:''' His name's Henry [=McCoy=], dipstick- he reads poetry, swings from trees, knows the square root of a million, and he's gonna kick your butt.\\

** His current incarnation, Doc Green, is definitely this.

* ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}. [[{{Badass}} 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.

* While not as brainy as Hank, Emma Frost 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.

* Erik Killmonger from ''Comicbook/BlackPanther'' 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.

-->'''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.

** Shattered Glass Grimlock started off as DumbMuscle, but then got an upgrade that made him one of these, trading HulkSpeak for SesquipedalianLoquaciousness .

* ''ComicBook/Asterix'': He's referred to as the best warrior in the village, is capable of snapping chains without being under the effects of [[SuperSerum magic potion]], prefers to try talking his way past problems, is noticeably smarter than everyone else in his village except Getafix, and regularly outsmarts the Romans' schemes.

* Maul of the WildCATS is a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who gets dumber as he uses his powers to get larger and stronger. For a while, he was also able to make himself smarter by shrinking, but [[UselessSuperpowers that turned out to have side effects]].

* Pictured on the main page: Dr. Henry Philip "Hank" [=McCoy=] aka "The Beast" from ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}''. 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.

* 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 SquirrelGirl.

* 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.

*** Also demonstrated in ''Ultimate Hulk vs Wolverine'' (which took place before that fight but due to delays wasn't finished until considerably afterwards) where Ultimate Hulk is shown relaxing casually, offering Logan some hot coco.

* Grunge in ''{{Gen13}}'' is genius-level too, with a photographic memory. He just puts a lot of effort into [[ObfuscatingStupidity pretending to be a dumb slacker]].

** Then there are the times villains assume Superman is just a big dumb FlyingBrick, like LexLuthor and TheJoker. It always bites them in the ass.

* Computron, the gestalt form of the Technobots from {{Transformers}}, takes this trope so far it's actually a detriment. Gestalt Transformers who are stupid, such as Devastator and Bruticus, tend to be very effective, because they don't have much problem trying to focus the five or six different individual minds that make them up. Computron, on the other hand, is massively powerful (like all gestalts) but has to think through the full effects of every move he tries to make, which weakens him in combat.

* A [[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 [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Sufficiently Advanced]] technology and was the scientific rival of MadScientist Dr. Sivana.
** Another [[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.

* The Thing from ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' is usually in the shadow of Reed Richards brain-wise, but has been shown to be perfectly capable of cobbling together a cosmic ray projector when called upon. Also, he is a test pilot and an astronaut, professions which in RealLife require at least a Ph.D. and possibly another degree as well.

* Pictured above: Dr. Henry Philip "Hank" [=McCoy=] aka "The Beast" from ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}''. 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.

* ComicBook/TomStrong, who is usually portrayed as a cross between Reed Richards, DocSavage, and [[Characters/ClassicalMythology Hercules]].