Originally posted by StiltmanFTWSo, he used HV three times in his career? Vs. Punisher's handcuffs, Rulk, Hulkbuster? Or was there something else?
Well I mean, in the end of the day the Sentry can shoot laser beams out of every single hole in his body. But yeah, he has shot energy out of his eyes more often (and most often):
Against Thor:
https://i.imgur.com/82dVy5q.jpg
Against the Asgardian Thunder Guard:
https://i.imgur.com/2sudYsC.jpg
Against the Void:
https://i.imgur.com/XUuwYiD.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/K1WmK0w.jpg
Against Void Spawns:
https://i.imgur.com/Jh4Y4Qo.jpg
Against the Cancerverse:
https://i.imgur.com/wCrlO8m.jpg
Originally posted by Booya_69Fair point, but one could argue his agoraphobia was at a peak because he was afraid unleashing his FULL power, which was a must in order to fight the hulk. When he found conviction, it appeared he had no problem unleashing it. His aura was destroying the city dbz style. He stated on panel the hulk is the only one that can handle his unleashed power.
You are free to disagree with me of course, but I still think that the Sentry was weakened at that point. He was sick.
Compare your own strength, when you are healthy and when you have the flu. You'll be physically much weaker, when you have the flu. Obviously a mental breakdown / episode can't be compared to the flu, but a long lasting anxiety attack (which Sentry had to deal with) will leave you weak as shit. And that's what has been stated about the Sentry: That mental issues make him weaker.
Here is another instance, where we didn't see Sentry struggle with anything... and like you mentioned he was afraid to unleash his power:
https://i.imgur.com/pEJSLRx.jpg
That's against Photon. Sentry knew he would endanger the entire planet, if he fought Photon for real.
https://i.imgur.com/oyeb1MA.jpg
Photon transferred them to the Microverse where atoms are as big as planets and in there they were destroying planets, while still holding back. Later on it was confirmed that one of the planets they destroyed belonged to one of the many Hyperion versions.
And there are more massive jumps in power through out Sentrys history, where he is unstable and stable. That's why there are also so many threads (especially on Comicvine), where an Unstable Sentry takes on other characters. Making Sentry stable leaves you with this character, who punches holes through Voids chest as if it's nothing.