Originally posted by nimbus006
I agree with your logic because it answers many questions regarding characters power, and how they apply to their surroundings in a fight. However, in the case of Sentry vs WWH it does not. Yes SMP, Superman, and the Hulk all use direct attacks on their opponents which is why they dont destroy more than a couple city blocks, but Sentry in this fight was not releasing direct attacks. His assault appeared to be (at least in my eyes) omni-directional. Thus, his powers as described by Ben (He's releasing the power of a million exploding Suns) should have destroyed the entire planet. Now, if you can prove to me that his attack was marked directly at the Hulk, then ill give you the benefit of the doubt. Until then, im going to go by what i saw, and say it was an omni-directional assault, and probably poor writing that it didnt incinerate the planet.
i agree. thats been my pnt all along. but u say it better. sentry's attacks were omni-directional. a million exploding suns should have demolished the solar system. his powers has described by others arent as powerful as they were demonstarted, especially when he used them to the pnt where he burnt them out. poor writing indeed.
Originally posted by Old-Wizard.com
i agree. thats been my pnt all along. but u say it better. sentry's attacks were omni-directional. a million exploding suns should have demolished the solar system. his powers has described by others arent as powerful as they were demonstarted, especially when he used them to the pnt where he burnt them out. poor writing indeed.
So going by your logic, the Henshaw / Superman fight was poor writing indeed, since only a few buildings were destroyed. Is that correct?
Originally posted by Old-Wizard.com
Its more like the strength of a bomb. If the bomb is big enough to destroy hiroshima with its full blast, it should destroy a similar sized city also. sentry was tapped. he used all his power....ALL of it...thats why he reverted back to bob after the fight.
No it isn't. Your analogy only holds true if the intention was to destroy the second city with the mentioned bomb or an identical one. When Sentry's intention is to knock the hulk out instead of causing collateral damage, the amount of collateral damage caused is completely secondary in consideration.
Originally posted by Kutulu
Sentry's light powers were flailing about, but the majority of his power was directed at Hulk. The light tentacles (for lack of a better word) were side effects of the main event, not the main event itself.Here are the scans, now you tell me did it look like Sentry was directing his attacks at the Hulk, or did he simply explode in all directions with no target?
The panel with Rick Jones on the left, where Sentry flies up into what looks like a giant fire tornado seems to be omni-directional. However, there are some panels where Sentry is directing his attacks directly at the Hulk (i.e when he grabs his head, and releases light energy at it). The bottom line though is, if you release that kind of power inside of the Earth out in the open, and i dont care if its directed at a target or not; its going to burn that atmosphere and kill everything. Theres no way around that, its just science. Now, this is a comic book and physics doesn't necessarily apply in most cases, so ultimately we are arguing moot points.
I do see you point though Kutulu
Originally posted by nimbus006
The panel with Rick Jones on the left, where Sentry flies up into what looks like a giant fire tornado seems to be omni-directional. However, there are some panels where Sentry is directing his attacks directly at the Hulk (i.e when he grabs his head, and releases light energy at it). The bottom line though is, if you release that kind of power inside of the Earth out in the open, and i dont care if its directed at a target or not; its going to burn that atmosphere and kill everything. Theres no way around that, its just science. Now, this is a comic book and physics doesn't necessarily apply in most cases, so ultimately we are arguing moot points.
The Hulk was at the bottom of that Tornado that whole time. You can also see that it's not nearly as concentrated or as intense as when Sentry blasts Hulk up close directly.
Re: The Following Are Stronger Than Superman Because
Originally posted by 123KID
if someone said the listed characters are stronger than Superman for the listed reason what would your reply be1. Sentry- he was having a world-destroying battle with Genis while holding back and they moved because they thought the fight would destroy the Earth
2. Gladiator- he destroyed a planet in 3 punches
There is a simple answer for this.
If the writers wanted to make Supes destroy a planet they could. It's within the scope of his power to be able to do it.
Originally posted by TricksterPriestExplain when cap Marvel was being amped and when he was defeating the Spectre in dov why the city remained intact as well. Both of those beings were quite a bit more powerful than Hulk or Sentry. Did you see how spent the spectre was after that battle?
Sentry doesn't have one planet busting feat. And if you lose control of a 'a million exploding suns' it should destroy more than 1 city block. 🙄
Why do you penalize these two characters when you would ignore the very same thing that occurred to these other two?
Originally posted by quanchi112
Explain when cap Marvel was being amped and when he was defeating the Spectre in dov why the city remained intact as well. Both of those beings were quite a bit more powerful than Hulk or Sentry. Did you see how spent the spectre was after that battle?Why do you penalize these two characters when you would ignore the very same thing that occurred to these other two?
The factor that your overlooking here is MAGIC.
Originally posted by quanchi112They were destroying dimensions... 😐
Explain when cap Marvel was being amped and when he was defeating the Spectre in dov why the city remained intact as well. Both of those beings were quite a bit more powerful than Hulk or Sentry. Did you see how spent the spectre was after that battle?Why do you penalize these two characters when you would ignore the very same thing that occurred to these other two?
