How strong is the new Pagan? Because he got his life absorbed and died, then the energy was later released. He'd been dead over a decade at that point. It was odd seeing him randomly pop up and one panel of BM punching him with no real on panel resolution or what was actually happening in Age of Heroes 3 for you to hang your hat on this.
Against Sentry, the planet was basically covered in Kryptonite. It was covered in Antimatter, which is specifically Sentrys weakness, and Blue Marvel's strength, and he still wasnt stronger. Sentry himself also isnt the best barometer, as he's one of the most up and down characters Marvel has had. got stomped by Red Hulk, Hercules, Human Torch, struggled with Iron Man, and ended his career getting torn in half.etc etc.
He got obliterated by an inconsistent jobber.
Heads up, King Hyperion absolutely dog walked him, and even after waking up from being slumped on a rock and sucker-shotting his way back into the fight, he still struggled against a Hyperion who wasnt trying to end him quick but "let him live too long" and wanted "kill him slow." Beyond this, King Hyperion has basically zero good feats, save failing to hold two planets apart you like wank so hard.
This is why his respect threads are 95% trash like "gets knocked into a wall and gets up" instead of beating anyone worth a shit, or doing anything of note.
This guy could barely put down depowered no Cytorrak Juggernaut in Thunderbolts -after- cranking up his nanites to hurt him.
Mimic turned himself to metal with Colossus' powers and used Northstar's powers to go "half the speed of light' and absolutely knocked him unconscious. What do you think is going to happen to Hyperion against any heavy hitters in DC that are tougher than metal, stronger than Mimic, and faster than 'half the speed of light'? Welcome to one-shot city.
BM struggled against Ares, Carol, Luke Cage.
His antimatter blasts behave like generic energy blasts. So probably avoid or tank them. What's he going to do to stop Superboy from TTK exploding him with a touch?
Even in Superboys earliest appearances, he was too much for Aquaman[whos nearly equal to Wonder Woman], and casually overmatched Mon El. BEFORE getting older and getting his Kryptonian powers on top.