History GeniusBruiser / ComicBooks

* ComicBook/DoctorDoom 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 science and magic being EvilSorcerer in PoweredArmour whose 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.

** The Thing 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. It should also be noted that about 75% of the time, he's the one to translate what Reed says into "Layman."

*** 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 and 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://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/9/9f/Curtis_Connors_%28Earth-616%29_from_Amazing_Spider-Man_Vol_5_1_0001.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20190923010015 still teaches]] at Empire State University.

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** 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.

* 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 [[Comic/TheMightyThor Thor]], [[Comic/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/SpiderMan is agile, hardy, and capable of lifting ten tons. 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.

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* 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.
* 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/AtomicRobo'', a big, rough guy who fought in World War 2, battled giant crabs, giant ants and giant assholes. He's also a genius beyond compare, not least because he's well... a robot.
* The ''Comicbook/IncredibleHulk'':
** 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.
** 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 afterwards) 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/SpiderMan is agile, hardy, and capable of lifting ten tons. 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.
* Comicbook/BlackPanther. Like Batman and Deathstroke mentioned below, 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.
** 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.
* 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).
* Marvel's Mr. Hyde (who has fought [[Comic/TheMightyThor Thor]], [[Comic/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/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.
* From ''ComicBook/TheUltraverse'' title ''Sludge'' come the Bash Brothers (No, not THAT kind of BashBrothers, but they do come awful close); Burke (the lawyer) and Monroe (the doctor) Basherowski, complete with SesquipedalianLoquaciousness.
* Grunge in ''ComicBook/{{Gen 13}}'' is genius-level too, with a photographic memory. He just puts a lot of effort into [[ObfuscatingStupidity pretending to be a dumb slacker]].
* Maul of the ComicBook/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]].
* ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} of the ComicBook/TeenTitans. He didn't start off this way, but eventually gained an incredible knowledge of cybernetics as a result of studying his own ArtificialLimbs.
** As a kid, his parents taught him everything they knew (they were top-shot scientists), and he was certified with an I.Q. of 196. But he cared nothing about this until after the incident.
* ComicBook/TomStrong, who is usually portrayed as a cross between Reed Richards, Franchise/DocSavage, and [[Characters/ClassicalMythology Hercules]].
* 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/{{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/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.
* 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 [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Sufficiently Advanced]] 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.
* 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.
* ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' has the Mauler Twins, a villainous pair of hulking [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist omnidisciplinary geniuses]]. They're apparently the world's leading experts on cloning, and in all other fields are tied for 2nd smartest character in the book.
** And by "apparently" the leading experts on cloning, one means they are in fact a second and third generation clone created by their own process. Or maybe third and fourth... The memory imprinting process is so perfect that they can never agree on who cloned who.
* 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.

** [[ComicBook/Batgirl2011 Barbara Gordon]] is a computer whiz, has eidetic memory, a degree in forensic psychology, knows multiple languages, and is a skilled martial artist.

* Monsieur Mallah, DC's other resident mad scientist gorilla and a recurring foe for the ComicBook/DoomPatrol.
* And the Ultrahumanite, DC's first resident mad scientist, who eventually transferred consciousness into that of a gorilla, originally written to be Superman's arch-enemy.
* 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.
* Roadblock from the ''Franchise/GIJoe'' comic books. In the cartoons, he's an offensive rhyming stereotype. In the comics, he can snap handcuffs at will, is a genius in the kitchen, a brilliant tactician in the field and has deep philosophical beliefs. Granted, the Joes purposely recruit the strong and brilliant but Roadblock is a cut above a majority of the Joe team in both categories. The man carries a [[{{BFG}} crew-served heavy machine gun]] and uses it like it's an ordinary rifle. Later, he gets his own cooking show. Doesn't last long, but it was his.
* Marvel villain 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.
* 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.
* 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.]]
* [[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.
* [[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.
* Axwell Tiberius, the titular "monkeyman" in Art Adams' ''Monkeyman and O'Brien'', is a ten foot tall super-intelligent gorilla from a parallel dimension.
* Computron, the gestalt form of the Technobots from {{Transformers}}, takes this trope so far it's actually a detriment. Gestalt Transformers [[DumbMuscle 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) ''and'' intelligent, but has to think through the full effects of every move he tries to make, which weakens him in combat.
** Grimlock in ''ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass'' started off as DumbMuscle, but then got an upgrade that made him one of these, trading HulkSpeak for SesquipedalianLoquaciousness . To wit:
--> '''Grimlock:''' [[LampshadeHanging "Oh, yes, it is I, Grimlock... and so much more now. To be specific, that would be 'so much more than you, now'. It does appear that there are certain linguistic idiosyncrasies that I, Grimlock, am still stuck with, however. But mustn't complain too much,]] [[VerbalTic wot?]]"
*** 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.]]
** On the Decepticon side of things, there's the [[OneManArmy one-robot army]] Sixshot. Yes, really. He's incredibly powerful--9s and 10s for strength, endurance, and firepower--but he's also wickedly intelligent, with a 9 in that stat too. Where most of the more brilliant Decepticons are on the physically weaker side, Sixshot ''kills entire planets by himself''--not just the inhabitants, but the entire planet clear down to the topography.
* Flynn "Flyin'" Ryan from ''ComicBook/SteelgripStarkeyAndTheAllPurposePowerTool'' is a blue-collar construction worker, former Ivy League student teacher, handles the team's logistics and finances, and his hobbies include animal tracking and Eastern philosophy. [[spoiler:Played UpToEleven when it's revealed that he secretly developed the [[{{Magitek}} technalchemy]] behind the All-Purpose Power Tool.]]
* 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* ''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.
* 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. It should also be noted that about 75% of the time, he's the one to translate what Reed says into "Layman."
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
%% ** ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'':
%% *** The first variation of Dr. Robotnik proved to be no slouch either, fighting Sonic himself one on one in their FinalBattle. Robo-Robotnik did the same in their first encounter after Robotnik's death, but once he because Dr. Eggman, that was it.
%% *** This is now Rotor's schtick in the post- ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'', as he's shown charging through and tossing around Badniks like crazy, yet still has plenty of time to help build the top secret "Sky Patrol" project.
** ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'':
%% *** Robotnik will when the chips are down and the robots destroyed, he'll fight Sonic with his bare hands.
%% *** Commander Brutus who has a copy of Robotnik's brainwaves as well as Grimer's.
%% *** Knuckles while not as smart as Porker or Tekno, he is able to understand and use advance echidna technology.
*** Vector who is balanced in both brawn and brains, His physical strength is significant and he tends to fight using his tail and teeth. He also possesses keen computation and detective skills.
%% *** Nack who created his own shrinking technology.
* [[ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures Xadhoom]] was once Xado, the leading astrophysicist of her planet. After [[PlanetOfHats Xerbia]] was conquered by the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Evronians]], she became a PhysicalGod and,while prone to be TheBerserker, she is intelligent enough to understand [[SuperIntelligence Uno]]'s TechnoBabble and acting as TheChessmaster.
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': Donatello can re-engineer most any machine and invents some of his own, and he appears to be on par with the other turtles in brawn. Interestingly, in the first TMNT VideoGame, he's the MightyGlacier of the group.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superlopez}}'': Bruto is physically the second strongest member of the SuperGrupo, after "Supes", but he's also the second smartest after el Mago. Superlopez is also supposed to be pretty smart himself.
* 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.
* ''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.
* 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/StarWarsPurge'': Justus Farr is the biggest and strongest looking of the fugitive Jedi gathered on Kessell, and one of the most insightful.

* 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.

** 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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 at him, only for Daredevil to dodge and for Stragg, having forgotten that they're on a rooftop, to [[DisneyDeath fall to his death]].
* ‘’ComicBook/StarWarsPurge’’: Justus Farr is the biggest and strongest looking of the fugitive Jedi gathered on Kessell, and one of the most insightful.

* 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 at him, only for Daredevil to dodge and for Stragg, having forgotten that they're on a rooftop, to [[DisneyDeath fall to his death]].

* ComicBook/IronMan villain the 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.

** [[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.

** 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 adaptational version.

* 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.

* 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.

** Robotnik in ComicBook/SonicTheComic unlike other Robotniks will when the chips are down and the robots destroyed, he'll fight Sonic with his bare hands as well as Commander Brutus who has a copy of Robotnik's brainwaves as well as Grimer's, there is also Knuckles while not as smart as Porker or Tekno, he is able to understand and use advance echidna technology, also Vector who is balanced in both brawn and brains, His physical strength is significant and he tends to fight using his tail and teeth. He also possesses keen computation and detective skills. and Nack who created his own shrinking technology.
** The first variation of Dr. Robotnik in ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' proved to be no slouch either, fighting Sonic himself one on one in their FinalBattle. Robo-Robotnik did the same in their first encounter after Robotnik's death, but once he because Dr. Eggman, that was it.
*** On the subject of the Archie series, this is now Rotor's schtick in the post- ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'', as he's shown charging through and tossing around Badniks like crazy, yet still has plenty of time to help build the top secret "Sky Patrol" project.

* Robotnik in ComicBook/SonicTheComic unlike other Robotniks will when the chips are down and the robots destroyed, he'll fight Sonic with his bare hands as well as Commander Brutus who has a copy of Robotnik's brainwaves as well as Grimer's, there is also Knuckles while not as smart as Porker or Tekno, he is able to understand and use advance echidna technology, also Vector who is balanced in both brawn and brains, His physical strength is significant and he tends to fight using his tail and teeth. He also possesses keen computation and detective skills. and Nack who created his own shrinking technology.

* 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 injected with a special formula that increased her strength and durability, trained as a spy for ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}, and has been a member of ComicBook/TheAvengers

* Pictured on the main page: Dr. Henry Philip "Hank" [=McCoy=] aka "The Beast" 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.

* 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 it turns out the device actually switches the 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 at him, only for Daredevil to dodge and for Stragg, having forgotten that they're on a rooftop, to fall to his death.

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* The ''Comicbook/IncredibleHulk'' 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.
** 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 Banner!Hulk only snarls "That's obvious, Richards!" while The Thing and Johnny Storm are still trying to catch up with what Reed just said.
** One of the more recent incarnations, Doc Green, is definitely this.
** And of course Doc Green is largely a rehash of the Merged Hulk, A.K.A "The Professor," who retained Banner's intelligence. This form is perhaps best remembered as the one used in the early ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' games.

*** That wasn't [[spoiler:Banner. That version of the Hulk (Greenscar) is intelligent enough to make that call for himself.]] Hulk's intellect varies considerably from incarnation to incarnation and [[DependingOnTheWriter writer to writer.]] Sometimes the Banner supermath thing is required, sometimes it isn't.

*** 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 cocoa.

** 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.

* You could make a strong argument that 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.

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

* The ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy have Groot, though subject to some debate; He can only say "I am Groot!" and a known madman is the only claimant for his intelligence.