I get so frustrated when Clark is reduced to the himbo next to Bruce's Smartest Man in the Room. Clark is incredibly intelligent. He's got a Genius-Level Intellect in his Abilities section in most wikis for a reason.
Just look at World's Finest (2022) #3 for a simple instance of Clark being incredibly intelligent, even to the point of figuring out what Batman hasn't.
A sorcerer appears to have transported them to Hell. Batman is the one freaking out. Meanwhile, Superman?
Clark reads the situation and the psychology of who they are up against, instantly realizes they're in an illusion, and devises a way to target the villain safely before Bruce even has time to stop freaking out.
Then in World's Finest (2022) #5, we see Clark out think (and outfly) both Bruce and Kara in what seems to be your typical "sacrifices himself to save the world" plot where he locks himself in a tomb with an unimaginable evil.
Bruce once again freaks out. But the second he calms down and his brain starts working again, he realizes that Clark hasn't done anything stupid. He's done something INCREDIBLY smart, and he's trusting Bruce to be brilliant enough to be able to follow his logic (and thus rescue him from almost certain death). He is, of course, correct in this trust.
The reason Clark and Bruce work so well together is that they're both geniuses. When one fails to handle a situation, the other can pick up the slack. When they're both handling the situation together, they're nearly unstoppable. Writing Clark Kent as a dumb silly himbo might be cute, but it's not who the character is, and it's not Superbat's dynamic.
They're genius4genius, and that's what makes them World's Finest.
