Originally posted by JakeTheBank
This, too.The guy was loved by everyone, the most powerful hero, the best friend of Reed Richards, the only guy who befriended the Hulk and made him "less angry", inspired Spider-Man, etc.
I "get" the whole dark/twisted Superman archtype he was trying to fit in, but it came at the expense of other characters, most of which are highly significant characters in the Marvel Univere.
Marvell fucked up big time by trying to desperately make their own Superman, especially when they already had good enough analogues in the form of Thor and (arguably)the Silver Surfer.
Originally posted by 753
sentry inserted in the 616 was crap.the beauty of his mini was its self-contained continuity and the sacrifice he made to banish the void from the world. by bringing him into the fold, they first butchered his character and then a dozen others.
Yup, he should have ended with the self contained Marvel Knight series.
That way continuity wouldn't be butchered and neither was Sentry's character and what he represented. It's funny how the Sentry persona started out more powerful than the Void one arguably and now Sentry is considered the weak link.
Regarding this fight, Reynolds at his best obviously stomps, whatever the persona is (In the original miniseries he was probably more powerful than all the other heroes in Marvel put together). But after he was reintroduced into the Marvel Universe, he couldn't exist as what he once was, hence the teary-eyed wimp Bendis wrote him as half the time. H'el can beat that version depending on his mental state.
Originally posted by Rage.Of.Olympus
Yup, he should have ended with the self contained Marvel Knight series.That way continuity wouldn't be butchered and neither was Sentry's character and what he represented. It's funny how the Sentry persona started out more powerful than the Void one arguably and now Sentry is considered the weak link.
Regarding this fight, Reynolds at his best obviously stomps, whatever the persona is (In the original miniseries he was probably more powerful than all the other heroes in Marvel put together). But after he was reintroduced into the Marvel Universe, he couldn't exist as what he once was, hence the teary-eyed wimp Bendis wrote him as half the time. H'el can beat that version depending on his mental state.
I agree.
The problem wasn't with Sentry, the problem was with Bendis.
Bendis tends to ruin character other people create. Paul Jenkins did an ok job with the Sentry Mini. By all accounts it should've ended there but no, Bendis dug him up, gave him inconsistent showings, ****ed his origins really bad and boosted him again only to have him killed.
Oeming did a good character revamp of Ares, what did he do? Turned him into a team player and got him killed by Sentry.
Same goes with Scarlet Witch and chaos magic, Doctor Strange, Dr Voodoo(lol propped him big time only to **** him up), etc
Originally posted by Sixth_Winged
I agree.The problem wasn't with Sentry, the problem was with Bendis.
Bendis tends to ruin character other people create. Paul Jenkins did an ok job with the Sentry Mini. By all accounts it should've ended there but no, Bendis dug him up, gave him inconsistent showings, ****ed his origins really bad and boosted him again only to have him killed.
Oeming did a good character revamp of Ares, what did he do? Turned him into a team player and got him killed by Sentry.
Same goes with Scarlet Witch and chaos magic, Doctor Strange, Dr Voodoo(lol propped him big time only to **** him up), etc
He did the same to Pym after Dan Slott spent two years revitalising and building up the character.
Superman's mutations are greater than Sentry's, from showings of abilities and on panel statements in DCnU so far Superman is more powerful than his former post-crisis self. His mutations, however, should be greater than any other Kryptonian as he has been exposed to yellow sunlight the longest, however his constant restraint when dealing with people seems to have affected the advance of his limitless developing metagenes. H'el shares no such disadvantage. He slaughters.