OneDumbG0
Find Your Own Fire
^ Maybe you're referring to the only known example of tactile kinesis in a classic Byrne issue of Fantastic Four. At least, it's the only known example I can think of. That ability was never fully explained but any suggestion that it was tactile kinesis has been retconned. I explained this in another thread:
Originally posted by OneDumbG0
Marvel comics don't use tactile kinesis to justify supporting things that wouldn't support their own weight. Check these scans out. Gladiator has strength to break planets apart and arguably even used to have tactile kinesis:http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/2315/gladiatorvsfantasticfour064ik.jpg
Well check out a much more current Gladiator trying to stop a plane from crashing and you let me know what you think. Let me spell it out for you in his own words, "If I push any harder, the stress will rip the plane to shreds!" Marvel doesn't utilize tactile kinesis, at least, not anymore:
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/9087/vsglads2e1ec0vy.jpg
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/2328/vsglads2f1mk7wd.jpg
I cannot, in all my years of reading Marvel comics... think of any other instance other than the retconned Baxter Building feat where tactile kinesis might have been employed. Ever. Savage Hulk only braced against the weight of a mountain in 'Secret Wars.' Spiderman only braced part of Daily Bugle through a support beam. In 'Secret Wars II,' a naive Beyonder turned Iron Fist's and Powerman's Heroes For Hire building into solid gold. This resulted in it's collapse under it's own weight.
There are plenty of instances where large objects collapse or crumple under their own weight in Marvel comics. Attempting to belittle Sentry's strength when Marvel doesn't employ tactile kinesis is ignorant. Once again, the Baxter Building feat appears to be the sole tactile kinesis feat and is handily retconned. Even if someone could find another example (by all means, try to, I'd genuinely be interested in seeing it), I can confidently say that there are no tactile kinesis feats AFTER the above Thor vs. Gladiator comic was published. And you're not going to see something like the following scan anytime soon in any Marvel comic. Here, we got Superman holding up half a building. Do you know what his hands are bracing against to support all that weight? Glass window panes. 🙄