Can someone explain the Sentry? *Spoilers*

[Tikal]

Just want someone to give a quick summary of the limited series if possible
my reason for this is... i thought someone posted in the last sentry limited series he merged into the void and the sentry we see now is actually the void

but then i thought the void was created as a result of master mind f'ing with sentry's head
so... if void is the sentry how can sentry merge with an aspect of himself that is already a split of his personality... ugh... that gave me a headache just reading it

anyways... anyone who has read the sentry limited series and is feeling kind... if you could clear some things up

[T Hedge Coke]

The Void is the Sentry is Robert Reynolds is the the Void.

There's a guy, Reynolds, and he has superpowers, including superstrength, flight, and a sort of feel-good super aura that he can also make into objects that radiate this feel-good super-ness. He has severe mental issues, that also make him the Void, though he doesn't often know it, a supervillain who sometimes is just a thug with a gun, sometimes a cackling menace, and occasionally a full-out Lovecraftian horrorshow. The Void is the outlet of all the negative emotions and paranoias of Reynolds, and the Sentry is him trying to be a superhero.

He, with a little help from his friends (and possibly his villains, like The General), made everybody in the world forget him and forget to notice him or materials relating to him (buildings, magazine covers, et al), because as long as he isn't trying to be a superhero, the villainous side isn't actively being the Void.

Everything else is window dressing.

[gunnerfan69]

superman rip off with phobia.


Says it all pretty much hell I can even cut that down...

psycho superman (poorly written) hmm...almost as much. Oh well.

[T Hedge Coke]

superman rip off with phobia.


Says it all pretty much hell I can even cut that down...

psycho superman (poorly written) hmm...almost as much. Oh well.

Except that he wasn't. For one thing, Superman never gave gift-balls of make-not-hurt to Solomon Grundy.

Let's try...

The Sentry makes things better. The Void makes things worse. Bob can't be the Sentry without also being the Void.

[Sighphi]

The Sentry now is basically a rip off of the Neo/Smith story from the Matrix.

One cant exist without the other and all the freaky stuff and much like the ending of the Matrix, the Sentry joined with the Void and then came out as the dominant self.

The Sentry is this super-mega-ultra powerful being from another dimension that ended up crossing to 616 and when this happened the Void was created by....616 itself because Sentry is too powerful to be in 616 without opposition.

The Sentry power was sucked into Bob because of the Supersoldier formula and during one of his many adventures he was depowered by the void but he still went to fight him and was killed because he was weaken. The Void was taking the Sentry power and making himself stronger and when all of the Sentry power was sucked into Void this new Sentry was created.

[Tikal]

The Sentry now is basically a rip off of the Neo/Smith story from the Matrix.

One cant exist without the other and all the freaky stuff and much like the ending of the Matrix, the Sentry joined with the Void and then came out as the dominant self.

The Sentry is this super-mega-ultra powerful being from another dimension that ended up crossing to 616 and when this happened the Void was created by....616 itself because Sentry is too powerful to be in 616 without opposition.

The Sentry power was sucked into Bob because of the Supersoldier formula and during one of his many adventures he was depowered by the void but he still went to fight him and was killed because he was weaken. The Void was taking the Sentry power and making himself stronger and when all of the Sentry power was sucked into Void this new Sentry was created.

so this is all in the limited series?

so void and sentry aren't aspects of bob's personality but separate entinties that were sucked into bob... sort of?

this almost seems like a direct contridiction to bendis origin of sentry

[[]D[]/\/\[]D @ Nite/So-tite]

so this is all in the limited series?

so void and sentry aren't aspects of bob's personality but separate entinties that were sucked into bob... sort of?

this almost seems like a direct contridiction to bendis origin of sentry

This explains it better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Reynolds_(Marvel_Comics)

Go read both of the Jenkins minis and also Age of the Sentry, as well. It would probably be best to ignore most of Bendis' take until a later on when it's explained better.

[Tikal]

D[]/\/\[]D @ Nite/So-tite;8711974']This explains it better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Reynolds_(Marvel_Comics)

Go read both of the Jenkins minis and also Age of the Sentry, as well. It would probably be best to ignore most of Bendis' take until a later on when it's explained better.

so... that link leads to no where

[T Hedge Coke]

so... that link leads to no where

Try this. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Reynolds_(Marvel_Comics))

[volrath50]

From what I've gotten from both mini-series, and his various other appearances.

Powerwise, he's basically Superman in yellow. Flight, near-invulnerability, heat vision, draws power from the sun (or a million exploding suns), etc. He may also have some reality warping powers.

His main thing is that he's very, very mentally ill. Part may be Mastermind, but he was likely screwed up before that. He has agoraphobia and schizophrenia.

He is the Void, who does evil to balance out the Sentry's good, although, to me at least, it's unclear if the Void is permanently tied to his power, or if the Void is only a product of his mental state and subconscious. Personally, I think if he was "cured" of his illnesses, or had some really good therapy, there would be no Void.

Frankly, after reading the second mini-series, I have no idea whether anything of his past can be trusted at all. His wife may be dead, and being animated by his power. Perhaps she never existed and is only a figment of his imagination. I really doubt his powers came from a serum. I'm also not entirely convinced that the Mastermind incident actually happened, rather than something else and he created that (subconsciously) as a cover.

[Will.S]

The Sentry now is basically a rip off of the Neo/Smith story from the Matrix.

One cant exist without the other and all the freaky stuff and much like the ending of the Matrix, the Sentry joined with the Void and then came out as the dominant self.
The similarity is there but I can't say that I agree with this given that they came out within a year apart of each other.

[Alex Smith]

I do have a question, and it's probably obvious and I just missed it, but where did the Sentry go during Secret Invasion, and when did he come back?

[Tikal]

I do have a question, and it's probably obvious and I just missed it, but where did the Sentry go during Secret Invasion, and when did he come back?

no it's a good question
it hasn't been answered yet where he went, what role void played when he came to save lindsy or where void went
i had a theory for a second that the sentry we see now is actually void and the sentry we know is out in space still hiding
but at this point i'm just confused as hell
it seems like bendis and the sentry mini series are talking about two different characters

[million_suns]

The Sentry. An enigma wrapped in a riddle.

Though apparently not to everyone's taste. After years of Thor/Hulk/Spidey/Xmen saving the day, and having read up on the feats of the above, Sentry is considered too powerful and a story ruiner. Shoved down our throats. A horrible pastiche-cum-deus ex machina.

I say absolute rubbish.

The Sentry is a fringe character at best. He is incredibly powerful (see seemingly bringing his wife back from the dead with a single touch) yet utterly, utterly terrified at letting his powers run out of control (see the original Human Torch scaring him off with ease in Avengers: Invaders).

Bendis has gone to lengths to keep the Sentry under his penmanship, promising to answer a lot of these questions, and thus far, I admit that he has disappointed in that regard. Dark Avengers #3 was the most promising Sentry showing under Bendis, I think.

Also, to those who DO hate the Sentry, can you REALLY see him being around forever? I don't. I just want to see what happens to him.

[the Hornet]

Is the Sentry as power as Phoenix?

[gunnerfan69]

Is the Sentry as power as Phoenix?

Probably depends on who wrote the story...Bendis would probably have the Phoenix read his mind and tell him he is the void so he could hide in an asteroid until it was all over.

[Tikal]

Try this. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Reynolds_(Marvel_Comics))

i'm a big fan of new avengers so i've read every telling of sentry through bendis via new avengers mighty avengers and dark avengers
but what made me open this link is all the complaints that bendis is ruining this character... which up until recently i thought this was bendis's character.

If what is said about the sentry being a powerful being and the 616 created the void to compensate and the super soldier serume basically chanelled him then this is completetly different then what bendis is saying

I'm just hoping someone who actually read the mini series will give a deffinitive answer

[Maestro]

without Bendis no one would care. Bendis made this character popular

[Elayis]

without Bendis no one would care. Bendis made this character popular

I care!!

I was first exposed to the character with the Sentry: Reborn tpb. I got it from my LCS for free after buying a whole bunch of stuff, and thoroughly enjoyed it. And it was just by chance that the next arc of New Avengers I was reading was the Sentry one, which really got me pumped for the character (gotta admit, the main draw to the Sentry was McNiven's rendition!). Bendis has since just about ruined the character, although I will admit any good writer can take a horrible character and make them awesome.

I'm actually an aspiring writer, and one of the proposals I have for Marvel is another mini for the Sentry. I just want to make him awesome again!

I've heard really good things about the original Sentry mini, so I ordered it from Barnes & Noble, and it should be here around Easter. Can't wait for Jae Lee's art. :biggrin:

[SayOcean]

i kinda like the sentry now that i know hes kinda like a crazy superman...and it makes sense for someone so powerful to actually be the cause for his greatest enemy

[Wilder Midnight]

Ugh...i was curious about the character myself.

Not so much anymore.

Kind of reminds me of Triumph over at DC.

[Superbeast]

Tried to make sense of it all. Failed. I think Sentry has too many cooks syndrome.

[FlintEastwood]

Maybe he is a symbol for the eternal struggle between good and evil, the duality of man, and the infinite gray area that encompasses moral decisions?

...or maybe the whole point of the Sentry is to make us feel as crazy as he does for trying to figure out what the eff is going on.

[firstmode]

OK, now that we have ALL the information and origins, who the heck is the Sentry???????????

[T Hedge Coke]

OK, now that we have ALL the information and origins, who the heck is the Sentry???????????

Bob Reynolds. Also, The Void.

You could have eighteen different explanations for the whys and hows, but in the end, if there is the Sentry, there is the Void. The question is simply one of whether it's worth having the Sentry at the cost of the Void. Sometimes, some folks have decided that there is. It's like that "once an addict always an addict" deal. Explanations are the same as excuses, but the situation is the situation.

[Tikal]

Bob Reynolds. Also, The Void.

You could have eighteen different explanations for the whys and hows, but in the end, if there is the Sentry, there is the Void. The question is simply one of whether it's worth having the Sentry at the cost of the Void. Sometimes, some folks have decided that there is. It's like that "once an addict always an addict" deal. Explanations are the same as excuses, but the situation is the situation.

... your post is as confusing as sentry's origin

[firstmode]

... your post is as confusing as sentry's origin

Heh...........................

[dreyga2000]

From reading the posted origins... I do believe I got it...

The Goverment used the SS serum as a base to create a serum that would allow a normal person to become a sutiable vessel for a rare cosmic energy transcending into our universe...

When Reynolds drank that serum he become that host... thus he was granted his power of a million exploding suns.... The goverment began experimenting on him... and gave him a booster serum to augment his abilities

Later on Sentry died an gave all of his power to the Void.... who then assumed his identity... Eventually however he began to go nuts and became addicted to the serum... As become crazy he his vast abilities began to seperate his void and Sentry personas into two serperate enities....


Questions...Comment???

[Runguy]

From reading the posted origins... I do believe I got it...

The Goverment used the SS serum as a base to create a serum that would allow a normal person to become a sutiable vessel for a rare cosmic energy transcending into our universe...

When Reynolds drank that serum he become that host... thus he was granted his power of a million exploding suns.... The goverment began experimenting on him... and gave him a booster serum to augment his abilities

Later on Sentry died an gave all of his power to the Void.... who then assumed his identity... Eventually however he began to go nuts and became addicted to the serum... As become crazy he his vast abilities began to seperate his void and Sentry personas into two serperate enities....


Questions...Comment???

Just read the Sentry and Sentry Reborn TPB's. The SS serum gave Reynolds 100,000 times the strength of the original formulae, but no mention of exposure to cosmic energy. Upon taking the serum, Reynolds personality disorder lead to creation of the Sentry/Void fractial personalities. At the end of Sentry reborn, Sentry threw the void into the Sun (either actually or metphorically) :cool:

[Will.S]

Just read the Sentry and Sentry Reborn TPB's. The SS serum gave Reynolds 100,000 times the strength of the original formulae, but no mention of exposure to cosmic energy.
He's mostly taking account everything such as the stuff that went on in Age of the Sentry which has a theory of sorts by Reed Richards. He talks about the formula allowing a regular human to host the Sentry who's apparently a cosmic being from another universe/dimension.

[gunnerfan69]

He's mostly taking account everything such as the stuff that went on in Age of the Sentry which has a theory of sorts by Reed Richards. He talks about the formula allowing a regular human to host the Sentry who's apparently a cosmic being from another universe/dimension.

Can't we have him get killed and Cap back?

[dreyga2000]

He's mostly taking account everything such as the stuff that went on in Age of the Sentry which has a theory of sorts by Reed Richards. He talks about the formula allowing a regular human to host the Sentry who's apparently a cosmic being from another universe/dimension.

That's exactly what I was doing... I never had problems with the simple formula explanation but I do like the host for cosmic energy thing... It makes the origins of power and his power level seem more plausible...


Can't we have him get killed and Cap back?


Are you really not enjoying Brubaker's Bucky-Cap!?:eek: :confused:

[Elayis]

He's mostly taking account everything such as the stuff that went on in Age of the Sentry which has a theory of sorts by Reed Richards. He talks about the formula allowing a regular human to host the Sentry who's apparently a cosmic being from another universe/dimension.

So kinda like the Hal Jordan/Parallax thing?

[weapon-smith]

well, i think i can explain sentry:


bull






sh1t.

[firstmode]

I am really intrigued by the Sentry's story, I can't wait to see more...

[W.Y.B.A.]

From reading the posted origins... I do believe I got it...

The Goverment used the SS serum as a base to create a serum that would allow a normal person to become a sutiable vessel for a rare cosmic energy transcending into our universe...

When Reynolds drank that serum he become that host... thus he was granted his power of a million exploding suns.... The goverment began experimenting on him... and gave him a booster serum to augment his abilities

Later on Sentry died an gave all of his power to the Void.... who then assumed his identity... Eventually however he began to go nuts and became addicted to the serum... As become crazy he his vast abilities began to seperate his void and Sentry personas into two serperate enities....


Questions...Comment???

I think I'd be happy with this origin, but is the stuff about Eddie Emerick and the cosmic being from the alternate universe (basically the whole of The Age of Sentry) actually cannon though?

And what about The General and Master Mind Hypnotizing him into creating the Void, is it now accepted that this is not the case and that the Void was created spontaneously at the moment the Sentry was created?

Marvel need to make a firm editorial choice on the Sentry's back-story and then stick to it, no wonder some people get annoyed with the character. Though I suspect some instinctively hate him because they feel like their own favourite character is either having their place in the pecking order challenged or outright shunted down a peg, which I think is pathetic.

[Runguy]

I think I'd be happy with this origin, but is the stuff about Eddie Emerick and the cosmic being from the alternate universe (basically the whole of The Age of Sentry) actually cannon though?

And what about The General and Master Mind Hypnotizing him into creating the Void, is it now accepted that this is not the case and that the Void was created spontaneously at the moment the Sentry was created?

Marvel need to make a firm editorial choice on the Sentry's back-story and then stick to it, no wonder some people get annoyed with the character. Though I suspect some instinctively hate him because they feel like their own favourite character is either having their place in the pecking order challenged or outright shunted down a peg, which I think is pathetic.

For me, I wish they hadn't retconned Sentry;s history prior to even the FF (I understand that Stan supposedly had left notes that the character was thought of prior to FF). It would have been much cleaner to have the Sentry introduced present day (no prior history), Also, I really can not stand the fact he and Reed were/are best friends !? We all know Ben IS ! :mad:

[W.Y.B.A.]

For me, I wish they hadn't retconned Sentry;s history prior to even the FF (I understand that Stan supposedly had left notes that the character was thought of prior to FF). It would have been much cleaner to have the Sentry introduced present day (no prior history), Also, I really can not stand the fact he and Reed were/are best friends !? We all know Ben IS ! :mad:

I think they tried to get round that in age of sentry by saying that he had to create an alternate time line to exist in the 616 universe, so he actually created the bad guys in AoS like Crainio himself hence why Crainio helped Sentry in the end because he knew without Sentry he would cease to be. Of course whether this explanation is satisfactory or not doesn't matter if it's not cannon and the series was just a bit of throwaway fun. Anyway, Sentry might consider Reed to be his best friend but that doesn't mean Reed considers Sentry to be his best friend, Ben is like family to Reed anyway so Reed and Sentrys' friendship could never trump that (at least how I see it).

[W.Y.B.A.]

For me, I wish they hadn't retconned Sentry;s history prior to even the FF (I understand that Stan supposedly had left notes that the character was thought of prior to FF). It would have been much cleaner to have the Sentry introduced present day (no prior history), Also, I really can not stand the fact he and Reed were/are best friends !? We all know Ben IS ! :mad:

Oh, and I think the thing about Stan Lees' notes prior to the FF was just a marketing hoax for the original Marvel Knights Sentry series (which again might not be cannon).

[W.Y.B.A.]

OK, now that we have ALL the information and origins, who the heck is the Sentry???????????

At the moment it seems like the Sentry is this Eddie Emerick guy with both the Void and this energy being from another dimention inside him pretending to be the Sentry and that Robert Reynolds is dead.

[Somebody]

The Age of the Sentry is just Reed Richards reading old comics to Franklin, adding bits in to make them scarier, and the last issue is an exhausted-to-the-point-of-derangement Reed making a story up out of wholecloth so that Franklin won't make him read any more stories.

Otherwise, there's a lot of contradictions - hell, the original Sentry mini is full of DELIBERATE contradictions (just take a look at the costumes in the flashbacks for an easy example - the scene where the Sentry is revealed to be the Void has a fake cover with the early-90s trade dress and the F4 are in their B&W Byrne costumes... and is chronologically followed by a scene where the Avengers & Reed are wearing their costumes from around the time Cap woke up!). And each subsequent Sentry mini & origin (including Age of Sentry) has followed in that tradition by adding MORE deliberate contradictions (another easy one from the scans above from mini 2 - Void claims that the booster serum was just saline, but the mindwipe device from mini 1 was powered by the booster serum, as were Sentry's sidekicks Scout & Watchdog).

Runguy asks above why Sentry couldn't have been introduced as a new guy with no prior history... that's why. If that had been the case, then there couldn't have been that metafictional element to the first Sentry series, which was more or less the whole point of doing it. He wasn't just meant to be Superman, he was also meant to be Wolverine and every other character where different writers have added to their past, and overwritten bits with other bits in different times to the point where you couldn't point to one definitive origin in more than the most general of terms.

The problem came in reviving him, since he wasn't designed for ongoing use...

[jpk]

I am really intrigued by the Sentry's story, I can't wait to see more...

Now, now. No need for sarcasm.

[Arschloch]

I wonder how many writers secret hate the Sentry. I know they can't really openly express it, but if so many readers feel that way, it's bound to be fairly common among creators.

[W.Y.B.A.]

I wonder how many writers secret hate the Sentry. I know they can't really openly express it, but if so many readers feel that way, it's bound to be fairly common among creators.

Didn't Greg Pak originally want to have Hulk shatter every bone in Sentrys body with one punch in WWH, only to be told he had to make it sort of a draw? Can we draw any insight into Gregs feelings on the Sentry from this (not exactly a love letter to the character is it now)? It could just be he really really loves Hulk that much.

[MTL76]

Didn't Greg Pak originally want to have Hulk shatter every bone in Sentrys body with one punch in WWH, only to be told he had to make it sort of a draw? Can we draw any insight into Gregs feelings on the Sentry from this (not exactly a love letter to the character is it now)? It could just be he really really loves Hulk that much.

Heh, that would have been friggin' sweet.

Image of Hulk standing over a broken Sentry

"How do you like playing God now, Golden man?"

[Will.S]

Didn't Greg Pak originally want to have Hulk shatter every bone in Sentrys body with one punch in WWH, only to be told he had to make it sort of a draw? Can we draw any insight into Gregs feelings on the Sentry from this (not exactly a love letter to the character is it now)? It could just be he really really loves Hulk that much.
I don't know whether that's true or not but that would have been petty on his part if he did go ahead with that.

[Superbeast]

I don't know whether that's true or not but that would have been petty on his part if he did go ahead with that.

I don't know, it would have been payback for when the Void broke Hulk's bones. Makes sense to me. It also would have emif he was emphasised how damn powerful and pissed off Hulk was if he could do that to Sentry. It did seem like one moment he was punching the crap out of people then suddenly causing tremors by simply stomping around while mad.

[million_suns]

Regarding Pak's pans for WWH, it is true that he wanted a complete humiliation of the Sentry, although likewise, he wanted Hulk to beat down the establishment, Guevara style, and form his own just so society somewhere in South America.

So yeah, complete and utter Hulk fanboyism.

I would extend the same accusation to Paul Jenkins, only he didn't really INTEND for the Sentry to go beyond the original mini. The sequel did borrow elements of Sentry's New Avengers career, but was seemingly a confusing, half written sequel.

Bendis has me at a crossroads here. He has written some admittedly DREADFUL Sentry (Secret Invasion springs instantly to mind), and yet he has also given me some of my favourite Sentry moments (The resurrection of Lindy, the humiliation of Doom, and the strangely heartbreaking conversation with Norman in Dark Avengers #3).

Writers seem to struggle to use the Sentry in an ongoing sense. At least characters like Thor can be shunted off into Asgard, until he is needed to drop the hammer in the MU proper. Herc is doing the buddy movie thing with Cho, and Hulk is, let's face it, in the greatest ongoing sitcom ever written.

Sentry was shunted aside in Avengers:Invaders (Another frustrating moment, clumsily handled by having Sentry scared off, SI style), and was handled tastefully in Adam: The Legend of the Blue Marvel (Ineffective against Anti-Man, able to put Adam down, and Adam's choice of partner for a direct assault on Anti-Man.

KG's Blue Marvel series may not have shown Sentry as the all conquering God that Jenkins envisioned him as, but it showed him as a ruthless, sometimes misguided powerhouse, still coming to terms with the hand life has dealt him. In fact, I'd like to see KG get a crack at a Sentry mini.

Maybe, in the end, the best way to handle the Sentry is to send him off world, or keep him in his own self contained series of minis that don't impact too greatly on the MU proper, and then introduce him if neccessary, for any big events.

People on here who want the Sentry to go villain are, I think, secretly worried about THEIR favourites being spanked by the Sentry in future (never gonna happen), and so, in turning Sentrry bad, good (aka, Thor, Hulk, all the merchandise movers) will ultimately triumph over the foppish upstart, right?

The Sentry's power, or randomness of it, or unreliability of it are what fascinates me. Not to mention the psychological profile of Rob Reynolds. A man who could be God, but will always fail because he is ultimately human. Sentry should be shown not always running away, but certainly having his powers fluctuate mid battle. Something to make him dig deep, show some steel, BE the hero that he once was.

[Sighphi]

the humiliation of Doom, and the strangely heartbreaking conversation with Norman in Dark Avengers #3).

Doom got beat up by THE MIGHTY AVENGERS, getting the last hit in before it's over doesnt make you the man.

That conversation was a tremendously horrible showing of explaining how Osborn got Sentry under control. That was TV psychiatry at it's worst. The fact that Sentry was made into a slow adult didn't help either.

[million_suns]

Touch harsh in your appraisal there man, but to each their own, I guess.

Regarding Doom, and having re-read the arc recently, not one of the other Avengers lays a hand on Doom in the climactic battle, and Doom is in fact shaping to magic the lot of them out of it for good, until Sentry zipped in, reached through Doom's defenses, and de-masked him with apparent ease. I admit I was pleased to see that Doom's sorcery DOES work on the Sentry on some levels.

As for the Norman conversation, I can see your point, and agree that Bendis has made Sentry a little too special needs-ish, but Bendis wants the Sentry in his vision of the Avengers, and let's face it, you couldn't just up and transplant the Jenkins version of the Sentry into a story. It'd all be over in a blink.
I am finding Bendis's Sentry more and more appealing, T.V. psychology and all.

[marvelprince]

Seems pretty simple what to do with the Sentry based on what we know about him. If the Void exists solely to do evil things for the good Sentry does then simply confine him to his Watchtower until something "big" enough pops up that the team needs him. If you have him out there for every threat and have to find some excuse to scare him away from the battle then you're doing a disservice to the character.

[lobsterj]

I think the best way to handle Sentry would be to greatly depower him: the "Void" siphons off most of his/their power somehow and becomes a real powerhouse threat to the Avengers. Sentry is left with a fraction of the power and writers don't have to contrive storylines for him to be ineffective.

[JulyDarth]

So kinda like the Hal Jordan/Parallax thing?


He's got a really funny orgin, he was last seen stoned out of his mind hanging around 1500 BC claiming to be Moses and Galactus

Sometimes he's got the power of Silver Age Superman and still manages to wet his pants

Other times he's full of rage, going all out with the power of the Void, ready to rip off Ultron's head
and Ms Marvel still manages to beat him down

The character makes no sense, never did once he was put into Marvel continuity


Is the Sentry as power[ful] as Phoenix?

Only when Bendis smokes that wacky stuff before he sits in front of the type writer