Originally posted by Enzeruhe didn’t overpower the sentry. Sentry was holding him up from the back under shoulders. Knulls hands were free. He sensed the void and sentry IMO noticed what he was trying to do that’s why he begged.
Superman is faster than Knull. There is no point in denying that.There are cosmic entities with zero to none speed feats, but there the speed argument still holds no value – because these certain entities are beyond simplistic concepts such as speed. And I don't think that Knull is one of those entities.
With that being said: speed isn't everything. There are other stats, which matter as well.
Take Scarlet Witch at the height of her powers. She was hurt by an arrow. So she had all this power, but she was a glass canon. There are such cosmic entities. And I don't think that Knull is one of those entities either.
No matter if Sentry was overconfident or not, it takes a certain physical power level to break yourself free of Sentrys grip and rip him apart. There is no way around that. Knulls physical stats must be insane for him to be able to pull that off.And I don't think that regular old Superman (looking past the modern metafictional way of writing the character) is capable of competing with a cosmic entity on that level. In the end of the day I don't see that regular old Superman beating Celestials either, the way Sentry and Knull have done it. And when you consider what Knull did to Celestials and what he did to Sentry, it kinda becomes obvious how powerful that character is. And how the only thing defeating him will end up being a plot device. At least in a Marvel comic. But yeah, in a DC comic Supermetaman would have been the one to beat Knull.
I don’t think it was knull ripping sentry it was more the void coming out like DS said as well.
Originally posted by DarkSaint85
I have no idea what's up with him. I genuinely try and debate with him, but he then just doubles down and flails about like he's throwing a tantrum as soon as he realises he has no argument.
😂 really the Guardians never had any of their operations rebelled against them really?
Originally posted by AlbertoJohnAvil
Saint, don't mind diesl, he's like a Delta 2.0. both always begging for my attention after i told them their existence didn't matter, they been in their feels ever since like a desperate ex, I pray everyday that a car hit them so they finally stop stalking me. its weird 😂
The irony is delicious.
Originally posted by Diesldudehe didn’t overpower the sentry. Sentry was holding him up from the back under shoulders. Knulls hands were free. He sensed the void and sentry IMO noticed what he was trying to do that’s why he begged.
I don’t think it was knull ripping sentry it was more the void coming out like DS said as well.
You might be right. Who knows. (I certainly hope you're right, because we're still talking about my golden boi here.) But all bias aside, there are no solid in-comic-hints, which is why I choose to side with my outside-comic-perception. And that perception leads me to believe the following:
1. Considering how the entire double page spread was a homage to Sentry killing Ares back in Siege... I do think that it was meant as a power display. There Sentry physically ripped Ares apart. There was no additional context to it. Sentry killed Ares. And here we had Knull grabbing Sentry and ripping him apart. If the Sentry had sensed something bad incoming, he would have pushed Knull back. But just like Ares couldn't simply push Sentry back, Sentry couldn't push Knull back.
2. Knull killing the Sentry happened for the Worf Effect:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWorfEffect
The Worf Effect is a popular trope in comics, animes, mangas and so on. During the Worf Effect you have one new character entering the scene and defeating a powerful, already established character. Because now everyone knows how badass that new character is and that all hope is lost.
We on KillerMovies and other Comicbook boards have our theories about overconfidence, power levels and all that stuff. All of that is perfectly valid and might even hold a lot of truth. But the Worf Effect is not meant for us. It's meant for the normies and casuals. Because when they see the Worf Effect in action – and in this case Knull killing Sentry, you get headlines like these:
The King in Black Just Tore Marvel's Most Powerful Hero in Half
Venom's Evil God ANNIHILATED Marvel's Strongest Avenger Without Even Trying
And now all the normies and casuals, who frequent such sites, see that and are estatic: "Oh mah lawd, this new guy just ripped that ridiculously overpowered Sentry character in half! He basically killed the Sentry in the same way, the Sentry once killed an actual god! Wow! Now I have to keep an eye on that story to see how anyone could possibly beat Knull!"
Originally posted by AlbertoJohnAvilwtf you're hoping for people to get hit by a car? You’re a disposable human being.
Saint, don't mind diesl, he's like a Delta 2.0. both always begging for my attention after i told them their existence didn't matter, they been in their feels ever since like a desperate ex, I pray everyday that a car hit them so they finally stop stalking me. its weird 😂
Originally posted by Diesldude
he didn’t overpower the sentry. Sentry was holding him up from the back under shoulders. Knulls hands were free. He sensed the void and sentry IMO noticed what he was trying to do that’s why he begged.I don’t think it was knull ripping sentry it was more the void coming out like DS said as well.
Whilst the visual depiction wasn't as clear as it could've been, it was strongly indicated by the art and the conversation that Knull ripped Sentry apart in a nod to how Sentry did the same thing to Carnage (Knulls creation)
Knull refers to that incident before reaching around and re-enacting it as a revenge of sorts. Its that nod to that past incident that puts things into perspective and signals how we are to interpret this scene.
Sentry feels the end is near and warns about the void, Knull dismisses his warning, rips him apart (limbs fly everywhere on panel in a similar fashion to what Sentry did to Carnage) and disregards the Void as a being that's subordinate to him.
Great showing from Knull, especially when you consider how Sentry is capable of ripping apart powerhouses like Ares and smashing through Celestials.