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Which Comic Character Is the Greatest Engineer?
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."
Also missing from the list is Retardo. Hes the guy who makes up all the stupid internet Top 10 type of lists.
Wiley Coyote... Super Genius.
Though, his reliance on ACME for equipment, should be reconsidered.
Some days I get the sinking feeling Orwell was an optimist.
DILBERT!!!
Just saying,
There are days i envy Dilbert, his company is better run than some I have worked at.
It's probably Alice. Although Wally is my personal hero.
I know this sounds weird, but one of the first "geeky" comics character I was blown away by was Dilton Doiley, part of Archie's crew, in the Strange Science editions.
It was short, it was funny, and he was a geek who got the girl. All these other guys are great, but they had supernatural powers or wealth, or other things going for them. Dilton just... conducted home experiments! Of course, he had his own lab, but still, as a regular kid, you could aspire to be him.
The other character I remember from childhood, of course, was Tom Swift. Amazingly inspirational -- although, not a lot of comics of him out there (I've seen a few, but not many).
Which Comic Character Is The Greatest Engineer?
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Ahh to live in a simple black and white world! To be 10 forever!
Girl Genius.
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Lex Luthor has always been a hero. He is nearly the only person on earth making it his life's duty to fight off the alien from another planet with super powers that imposes his will on our world and is a threat to us all.
Star Trek has been a comic franchise since the 70's. It is only fair that Scotty should be on that list.
Now, if only MacGyver had a comic book...
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Rube Goldberg wasn't as good as Heath Robinson, in my honest opinion, and the best Professor of all time has to be Professor Brainstawm.
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My vote would have been for Alice. She's the top engineer in her company, she's developed patents that earned her company 2 billion dollars in revenue, and her fist-of-death is legendary. All this after she overcame the handicap of being a woman....
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Come on, can't forget Donatello!
Gadget Hackwrench
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Yes, there is a Chip & Dale's Rescue Ranger's wiki site. God bless you, Intertoobs.
I was going to say they left out Dr. Manhattan, but then they included Ozymandias.
(galactically huge spoilers here)
Hard choice there. They say Ozymandias out-smarted Manhattan, but really he merely got him out of the way long enough to succeed at his plan. And failed to kill him, which was part of his original plan. If Manhattan had known of the plan, and it had become a battle of wits, it's no question who'd win. But since by the time Manhattan knew of it it had already occurred, Manhattan merely had to accept it as logical. Which, in fact, he might have done anyway if Ozymandias had merely included him in on it. Manhattan wasn't emotional about humanity and didn't become concerned about humanity until Ozymandias displaced him, giving Laurie a reason to think Manhattan had to be convinced to come home.
So Ozymandias probably chose the wrong strategy with Manhattan. And not remembering that Manhattan was capable of reforming his intrinsic field was a massive joke.
Yup. Manhattan. If it's a matter of engineering, and not sneaky politics, he wins this whole thing without lifting a finger.
Nonsense. Agatha's far more powerful (albeit still less experienced) than Lucrezia Mongfish or the Heterodyne Boys. She made _mechanical Sparks_ as one of her very first projects! And she's clearly outclassing Gilgamesh and Tarvek, who are both first-rate Sparks in their own right.
Specifically, his webbing, which is entirely Peter Parker's creation (regardless of what the movie suggested). I mean, that and all his playing around with advanced physics and chemistry.
I am officially gone from
Ash from Army of Darkness. The dude invents a working artificial hand in just a few days, using midevil engineering supplies.
God spoke to me.
Missing from the list [...] Ray Palmer (The Ant) [...] I think maybe Professor X could make it in, but 14 was quite a bit
Ray Palmer is the Atom.
Professor X has little to no technical expertise. The Danger Room was made by his space alien girlfriend.
Ozymandias didn't do most of the work for his "engineering", he just set up a pyramid scheme of scientists and engineers (including Dr. M), and put it all together.
Forge makes stuff all the time. He's constantly whipping up new crap that he dismantles later.
Reed Richards? He regularly invents "Science!" stuff, and a lot of it becomes mainstream in the Marvel universe (like the water breathing pills and unstable molecule suits). All the superheros come to _him_ whenever they have an issue.
Best of all: Dr. Doom. He's invented devices in less than a day that steal Silver Surfer's Cosmic Power, The Cosmic Cube's power, and The Effing Beyonder's powers.
All that engineering talent and still Reed Richards is Still Useless.
Dr. Jonas Venture was pretty awesome. Shame that Dr. Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture tried to use those coat tails to make a name for himself. Albino computer scientist Pete White and hydrocephalic "boy genius" Master Billy Quizboy have more raw talent than "Rusty".
"He's lost in a 'floyd hole"
Another that comes to mind is professor Farnsworth from Futurama. He invented XXX century's robots, built a spaceship that moves the entire universe, and got laid, several times.
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Clearly. I thought of Agatha Heterodyne immediately when I saw the post.
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php for those unfamiliar with the Folios' genius.
Between the number of "No Idea" entries you have, especially:
Jonathan Silvercloud Forge (Also called: The Maker, Genesis)
- No Idea.
and this:
Tony Stark (Ironman)
- A drunk with access to nice toys. That's it.
I really don't see how you can declare a "winner".
I'm a fan of the Batman, too, but this is about who the best engineer is. Bruce is a pretty good engineer but his real strengths are criminology and investigation. You know those "nice toys" Tony Stark has? He designed and built them, and in many cases invented the enabling technologies.
Excuse me, wtf r u doin?
Most of the engineers on the list have the best labs that money can buy and virtually unlimited bank accounts to buy the most exotic of materials.
Meanwhile, Peter Parker gets by on a photojournalist's salary and tinkers in his spare time.