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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 Master+Moose · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Am I the only one that would get frustrated that he would always give up with the equipment after just one attempt?

      He usually had a *sound* plan with a sure-fire method which was thwarted by poor execution or random variables that statically would not affect a 2nd, 3rd or 4th attempt at the same method.

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    2. Re:My vote... by skeptikos · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Wiley Coyote... Super Genius.

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

       

      I always thought that Wiley Coyote depicts very well the agony of working as an engineer. The laws of nature seem to work against you. Murphy's laws are against you. The tools/equipment do not behave according to the specs, and tend to fail at the worst possible time. Good ideas fail because of implementation details or even bad luck. Yet, you cannot let the problem go, you have to fix it! One last try, ok, maybe another one!

    3. Re:My vote... by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Wile E. Cyote is more like a script kiddie; he just uses the products without much change.

      Script kiddy?? I don't think so.

      The ACME Catalog didn't show him how to take the roller skates, bicycle helmet, #3 solid rocket booster, 200 feet of rope, a pulley system, an umbrella and a ramp ... put it altogether, and end getting burned, dropped off a cliff, crushed and then rained on (with accompanying lightining strike).

      Wil E. Coyote is a frigging Rube Goldberg machine waiting to happen. He didn't just run something as shipped ... He put it together into amazingly strange combinations.

      Script kiddie? You, sir, did not watch NEARLY enough Bugs Bunny growing up. (And, I, apparently far too much. ;-p)

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  3. Dilbert is the closest to reality by Moof123 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Just saying,

    There are days i envy Dilbert, his company is better run than some I have worked at.

    1. Re:Dilbert is the closest to reality by Seumas · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Dilbert is a corporate tool intended to placate all of the cubicle-drones because they can have a chuckle and identify with him and think "well, gosh, things aren't so bad!" and move on with the status-quo.

  4. I had only one thought when I read this. by eflester · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's probably Alice. Although Wally is my personal hero.

  5. 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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  6. Easy by geekoid · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Girl Genius.

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  7. Re:Luthor? by Seumas · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.

  8. Obvious missing person. by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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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  9. Easy by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Gadget Hackwrench

    http://rangerwiki.net/images/e/e9/Gadget_extra_parts.jpg

    Yes, there is a Chip & Dale's Rescue Ranger's wiki site. God bless you, Intertoobs.

  10. Re:Easy by sapphire+wyvern · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.