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Which Comic Character Is the Greatest Engineer?

Posted by Unknown on from the evil-geniuses-for-a-better-tomorrow dept.

ptorrone writes "From Bruce Wayne to Lex Luthor to Tony Stark — the most popular comic heroes are more than just beefy guys in skin tight suits, they're also business persons, titans of industry and brilliant engineers. While there will always be a lot of debate on who is the strongest or fastest, MAKE has an overview of their 14 top comic book engineers, scientists and hackers."

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  1. I can think of one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Also missing from the list is Retardo. Hes the guy who makes up all the stupid internet Top 10 type of lists.

  2. My vote... by Q-Hack! · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wiley Coyote... Super Genius.

    Though, his reliance on ACME for equipment, should be reconsidered.

       

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    1. Re:My vote... by Bacon+Bits · · Score: 3, Funny

      He didn't just run something as shipped ... He put it together into amazingly strange combinations.

      Oh, he writes Perl, then.

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  3. Best comic engineer? None of the above! by damn_registrars · · Score: 4, Funny
    The correct answer is Wally, from Dilbert. He saved the Apollo 13 mission and invented the cursor. Easily, the answer to your question of

    Which Comic Character Is The Greatest Engineer?

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