12 Dumbest Comic Book Movie Characters

Some super-powered stupidity, here...

You always need to suspend your disbelief a fair bit during a comic book movie. Sometimes, though, you have to come to terms with more than just a few wacky superpowers. Every now and then, you need to learn to stomach some seriously super-sized stupidity as well.

The heightened reality of superhero films has always lent itself to silly characters, baffling decisions and infuriatingly dumb moments. Super stupidity can come from any direction €“ from the superheroes, their supervillain enemies or even their supporting cast of characters.

This isn€™t a new thing, either. Even in the days of Michael Keaton and Christopher Reeve, the superhero cinematic landscape has always contained a few goofball characters, often for reasons of comic relief or shoehorned exposition. This has become something of a tradition, with low IQs now considered commonplace in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the X-Men movies and the Nolan Batman films.

Some stupid characters from comic book movies are bearable. Others really aren€™t. Either way, lapses in brain power and/or common sense almost always stand out and take you out of the experience for a moment. Whether you love them or loathe them, here are 12 comic book movie characters without a huge intelligence€

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