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• Why the Sentry is the Worst Comic Book Character of All Time

  

  Written by Zeromage 12 Comments
  Last Updated:: August 2, 2008

  In theory the Sentry is a really cool superhero. But the unfortunate reality is that whenever the Sentry actually makes an appearance in a comic book he usually ruins the story. Why does Marvel continue to use this character? No one can seem to write him correctly. The best and most recent example of this is in the very poorly written World War Hulk storyline when he fought the Hulk. He is supposed to possess the power of “a million exploding suns”, but yet, when we see him “unleash his power like never before” (in Reed Richard’s words) he merely destroys a few city blocks on Manhattan Island and even normal mortals are left alive and uninjured standing right next to ground zero. Given what we previously knew about the Sentry he should have utterly destroyed the Hulk in a one on one confrontation, even in a simple, not to mention predictable slug-fest (which is pretty much what the much anticipated fight between the two powerhouses turned out to be). Why didn’t the Sentry unleash his other powers on the Hulk? Why didn’t the Sentry calm down the Hulk (much like Reed Richards’ synthetic version of the Sentry’s calming effect almost did to the Hulk just a couple of issues before)?

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