Ironically, this idea doesn't balance out just how broken and utterly ridiculous The Sentry is in the Marvel Universe. These usually involve his mirror image, The Void, who commits an act of malevolence for every good deed The Sentry does. The character was essentially a plot device, leading to even more contrived stories explaining why he was unable to simply stop a particular threat. He can regenerate any damage he does sustain, and he can likewise project his consciousness and memories into the minds of others.Īs Marvel's Superman, he also has flight and vision and sensory powers as well as a whole host of other powers including energy manipulation and astral projection that make him a walking deus ex machina. Not only is the Sentry highly resistant to most people's brute force attacks, but even potentially lethal toxins such as those of Spider-Woman have no affect on him. The biggest manifestation of this is that his raw strength is almost unbelievable, allowing him to not only toss around cosmic powered heralds of Galactus, but also apparently fight the Devourer of Worlds to a stalemate. The Sentry gained his powers through a serum that was even more powerful than the one used on Captain America, with the result being that his molecules are now an instant ahead in time. This Silver Age element extends to his powers, which many saw as a bit too "out there." This was only made worse by the hoax that the character in real life supposedly was the first Silver Age Marvel hero and was based off of a rejected concept from before Stan Lee concocted the Fantastic Four. This universal amnesia was a retcon that allowed the writers to inject The Sentry into key moments of Marvel continuity, something which many longtime fans despised. ![]() Later, as a middle aged married man, Reynolds remembers his past (not unlike what happened to Miracleman) and becomes The Sentry. Despite this huge impact on the world around him, The Sentry's feud with the evil Void saw the entire Marvel Universe forget his existence. The Sentry was a superhero who had had once been central in the Marvel Universe, with his borderline ridiculous superhuman feats, such as being able to calm down the Hulk, taking him directly into Gary Stu territory. I suppose you cant have Sentry be a world famous superhero and a background character with the Avengers at the same time. These characters were both in many ways based off of Superman and DC's Captain Marvel, so it makes sense that Veitch's ideas for The Sentry were pretty similar as well. The character was envisioned by Rick Veitch, who had previously worked on dark superhero deconstructions such as Miracleman and The Maximortal. Robert Reynolds debuted in The Sentry #1 by Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee.
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