In the Marvel Universe, it is not only relevant to be powerful and strong in battle; intelligence is also a significant factor. Alongside clever minds like Tony Stark and Reed Richards, there is a little girl who is still in elementary school.
Which character is it? In the Marvel Universe, there are many characters known for their high intelligence. These include Hank Pym, Bruce Banner, Tony Stark, and Reed Richards. However, the title The smartest person on Earth
belongs to someone else.
Moon Girl is still in elementary school, but even at a young age, she shows that she has incredible potential. She is also well-equipped for battles: with a giant dinosaur.
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Already in elementary school, she shows how smart she is
Who is Moon Girl? Moon Girl debuted in November 2015 in the comic Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur No. 1
. Depending on the storyline, she is a child or a young teenager dealing with all sorts of school matters for which she is actually too intelligent.
Marvel itself refers to her as the smartest person on Earth
(via YouTube) and this is also reflected in one of her hobbies. Like many of the Marvel scientists, she enjoys inventing things. She was so interested in the Kree that she created a device to locate their technology.
But there was an accident with one of these devices, and suddenly nasty beings resembling Neanderthals appeared in Earth-616, threatening New York. However, Devil Dinosaur, a giant red dino that looks like a T-Rex and wanted to take revenge on the beings, also came from her dimension.
They teamed up and after a few adventures became a new hero duo: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. Their greatest specialty is not just her intellect, as she is not a normal human.
A first look at Moon Girl and her kid-friendly animated series on Disney+ can be found here:
Not a real human
Moon Girl is an Inhuman. Her interest in the Kree does not come from nowhere. She is indeed an Inhuman. These are genetically modified humans by the Kree, intended to be used against the Skrulls. The Inhuman genes of such NuHumans (Inhuman-human hybrids) activate through a Terrigen Mist.
With Kree technology, Moon Girl wanted to prevent her Inhuman genes from activating. Despite all her attempts to prevent it, during a battle with Kid Kree, her Inhuman abilities activated. But this plays in her favor. When she is angry, hungry, or experiences other strong emotions, she swaps her consciousness with Devil Dinosaur. In that body, she can even speak.
Despite her limited experience, she tries, together with Devil Dinosaur, to act as a heroine and usually deals with the Kree or the Inhumans. To defeat Super-Skrull, she once fought alongside Thing and Johnny Storm, even as a member of the Fantastic Four wearing a suit for the big dino.
Is she really the smartest person on Earth? Such titles must always be taken with a grain of caution in the context of comics, as abilities and other aspects of heroes vary depending on the author. Apart from puzzles that other scientists from the universe couldn’t solve, she has not yet made any major inventions or research that can be compared with other heroes.
As a character, she is rather aimed at children, which is why she has played mostly secondary roles in significant events. Nevertheless, she has great potential, and one never knows when Marvel might use a character again to try something completely new. High intelligence does not always mean that one does good: 7 ruthless things show the dark side of Tony Stark in the Marvel Universe
