History ComicBook / TheSentry

Despite his death at the end of Dark Reign, the Sentry was resurrected by the Apocalypse Twins' new Horsemen in ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers'', though Thor convinces him to help stop Exitar the Executioner. Sentry, having fully succumbed to his insanity and believing himself to be the successor of Apocalypse, agreed to do so... after he rid the world of the "cancerous" mutants. Having survived the incident, the Sentry was put into exile until he was called back by Dr. Strange in a terrible attempt to stop Loki, who had become Sorcerer Supreme and was looking for a spell that could potentially doom all, only for it to restore magic to the world. Upset, the Sentry told Dr. Strange never to call on him again and disappeared. He is set to return in his own ongoing series as part of the ''ComicBook/MarvelAFreshStart'' initiative, taking place some time after this appearance.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Was a meth addict before getting his superpowers.

* GroinAttack: On the receiving end of this by [[SuperHeroGods Her]][[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules cules]] in ''ComicBook/DarkReign''.
* HealingFactor: A pretty powerful one which puts even Wolverine and Hulk to shame.

* HeroicSacrifice: Parodied during his team-up with Doctor Strange against Loki. Some of Stephen's most powerful spells require heavy mental, physical, and spiritual agony lavished upon either himself or a willing vassal. As the Sentry is an absurdly mighty metaphysical being, all the requisite suffering barely phases him and he ''naps'' through the entire fight, allowing Strange to cast reality-altering spells with impunity.

* InsaneEqualsViolent: Very much so for him! Generally he's (mentally speaking) like a young child, often asking if what he did was right, so it makes sense that he would lash out when he's angry/upset.

* MultipleChoicePast: In truth, it is still not clear ''exactly'' what the relationship is between Bob Reynolds, the Sentry and the Void (Is the Void the real Bob Reynolds, or is the Sentry, or is neither, or are they both?), exactly what the serum was he took or even whether it actually ''did'' anything, what the exact nature and source of his powers is (I am a superhuman! I am actually the angel of Death! I am a refugee from another universe! I am Galactus!), how the Void really came into existence and whether he is really dead. This, of course, fits in very nicely with the notion that the Sentry is bugnuts insane, genuinely does not know what happened, being a RealityWarper of undefined limits, subconsciously even alters reality to suit whatever his psychosis says is the real story that day.

* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: Bob's hair is of average length, but becomes quite long when he's the Sentry. This wasn't present in the original miniseries, but was added when the Sentry was introduced the main Marvel Universe to distinguish him from other blonde heroes when unmasked. This was such a late change that the cover of New Avengers 3 [[CoversAlwaysLie has a short-haired Sentry.]]

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: A poster boy. It was suggested by characters that Sentry is addicted to his power, which stems from his past as a junkee.

** Also, his persona as Death, Horseman of Apocalypse. This one is arguably even stronger than the others, comfortably overpowering Thor and stopping the descent of Exitar the Exterminator.

Despite his death at the end of Dark Reign, the Sentry was resurrected by the Apocalypse Twins' new Horsemen in ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers'', though Thor convinces him to help stop Exitar the Executioner. Sentry, having fully succumbed to his insanity and believing himself to be the successor of Apocalypse, agreed to do so... after he rid the world of the "cancerous" mutants.

* BackFromTheDead: While he's been resurrected several times, his most recent revival was [[spoiler:when the Apocalypse Twins revived him as one of their Four Horsemen of Death. It's not known if the Void has been revived as well.]]
** [[spoiler: It appears, going by Bob's word, the Void ''[[CompleteImmortality never died]]''. It simply got tired of being imprisoned in the sun and shuttled itself off to the White Hot Room.]]

* BewareTheSuperman: Being powerful to such a degree is more than dangerous when also having such serious mental problems. As seen in ''Dark Reign'', he is very easily manipulated. And not to talk about what happens when the Void breaks out. Breaking literally every bone of the freakin' '''Hulk''', rampaging through New York or leveling the whole city of Asgard. And that's by far not everything that this psycho has unleashed during his life.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The Sentry has supposedly defeated Galactus either on his own or with the help of [[ComicBook/XMan Nate Grey]]. Debatable given never really shown even in a flashback, the Sentry's unreliable history and [[MagnificentBastard the fact that Nate is very much his father's son]], but Nate's comment afterwards, when Norman Osborn implies that he was manipulating the Sentry ("Cleverness be damned, I just told him the truth."), suggests that it might actually have happened.

* DrivenToSuicide: He's tried more than once.

* BulletCatch: The Sentry once stopped an assassination attempt in this manner.
** [[http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/1586/sentry06oroboros003.jpg Catching bullets is cakewalk for the Sentry]].

* {{Flight}}: Duh.

* [[spoiler: HeroKiller: Especially in Siege.]]

* CurbStompBattle: Sentry has multiple examples of being the one issuing these out. One is Sentry vs. Ares during ''Siege''.
** His "battle" against Carnage was [[http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/1381/na0214.jpg all]] [[http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/4349/na0215.jpg too]] [[http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4310/na0216.jpg easy]].
** The fight with Attuma? [[http://a.imageshack.us/img38/4729/ts01006.jpg Even easier]].
** What about Terrax, a herald of Galactus? [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/24463/456043-sen_terrax_0_super.jpg Stopped]]. [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/24463/456045-sen_terrax_2_super.jpg Cold]].
** Iron Man? [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/1/14661/293722-160564-sentry.jpg Take a guess.]]

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: The Void.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Subverted. His return as a Horseman of Apocalypse, without the Void, was much better received, since everyone had got sick of the whole Void/Sentry dichotomy.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The Sentry has supposedly defeated Galactus either on his own or with the help of [[ComicBook/XMan Nate Grey]]. Debatable given never really shown even in a flashback and the Sentry's unreliable history, but Nate's comment afterwards, when Norman Osborn implies that he was manipulating the Sentry, suggests that it might actually have happened.

* MultipleChoicePast: In truth, it is still not clear ''exactly'' what the relationship is between Bob Reynolds, the Sentry and the Void (Is the Void the real Bob Reynolds, or is the Sentry, or is neither, or are they both?), exactly what the serum was he took or even whether it actually ''did'' anything, what the exact nature and source of his powers is (I am a superhuman! I am actually the angel of Death! I am a refugee from another universe! I am Galactus!), how the Void really came into existence and whether he is really dead. This, of course, fits in very nicely with the notion that the Sentry is bugnuts insane and genuinely does not know what happened, and perhaps subconsciously even alters reality to suit whatever his psychosis says is the real story that day!

%%* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown

* SuperSpeed: Sentry can fly to the Sun and back in seconds.

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: The Void

In terms of VideoGames, The Sentry was a playable character in ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance 2'' for NintendoDS and ''Marvel VideoGame/SuperHeroSquadOnline''.

* AllegoricalCharacter: A recurring enemy of Sentry, even appearing more than the Void, in the ''Age of Sentry'' mini is a villain named Cranio who has three brains. He always boasts of being [[{{Catchphrase}} three steps ahead of him]] and is a recurring figure in hallucinations. Given Sentry normally has three personalities in conflict he might be a representation of Robbie being his own recurrent enemy.

* ValuesDissonance: Downplayed but in the ''Age of Sentry'' series, in which he is a silver age hero, he meets his golden age counterpart from another universe willing to pull a gun on villains and is hostile beatniks for wearing dark clothes and goatees.

* SuperWeight: He is often said to be Level 6. He supposedly stalemated Galactus, has often been compared to ''the power of a million exploding suns'', defeated a Molecule Man without beliefs on his abilities and therefore at full power (Post-Retcon however), and was said to be a Biblical angel of death, capable of causing greater destruction than the multi-universal damage of the Scarlet Witch, but we never actually see anything concrete, beyond easily overloading the Absorbing Man, who has had no trouble copying Mjolnir in the past. As it is, he is a powerful Level 5.

** He's also ''very'' similar to Triumph, an extremely powerful DCComics hero who was {{Retcon}}ned into being a founding member of the JusticeLeagueOfAmerica during ''Comicbook/ZeroHour''. He even fell victim to a TimeyWimeyBall that forced his comrades to forget about his existence.

* WouldHitAGirl: And kill a girl, too. [[http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3853/davsentry1.jpg Violently]].

* BlondeGuysAreEvil: Sentry is psychotic, but [[ZigZaggedTrope not always evil]].

* BewareTheSuperman: Being powerful to such a degree is more than dangerous when also having such serious mental problems. As seen in ''Dark Reign'', he is very easily manipulable. And not to talk about what happens when the Void breaks out. Breaking literally every bone of the freakin' '''Hulk''', rampaging through New York or leveling the whole city of Asgard. And that's by far not everything that this psycho has unleashed during his life.

* {{Retcon}}: Sentry is retconed into having been an important person to many [[CharacterTitle title characters]] in the [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks silver age]].

* BeenThereShapedHistory: The Void may have caused ThePlaguesOfEgypt.

This rather strange origin story begun via a hoax that was perpetuated by Creator/StanLee himself in stating that there was a golden age superhero whom he just forgot about and wanted to weave into the continuity. Through a series of recursive flashbacks Robert Reynolds is seen fighting alongside Marvel's most popular superheroes including the Comicbook/FantasticFour, the [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]], and Comicbook/SpiderMan, and the entirety of the Sentry's first miniseries revolves around figuring out why everyone has LaserGuidedAmnesia surrounding his existence.

Despite his death at the end of Dark Reign, the Sentry was resurrected by the Apocalypse Twins' new Horsemen in ''Comicbook/UncannyAvengers'', though Thor convinces him to help stop Exitar the Executioner. Sentry, having fully succumbed to his insanity and believing himself to be the successor of Apocalypse, agreed to do so... after he rid the world of the "cancerous" mutants.

!!Tropes this character's series use:

* {{Expy}}: His original series seems to be heavily inspired by Creator/{{Alan Moore}}'s rework of ComicBook/{{Marvelman}}/Miracleman. Both feature middle aged guys who are vaguely haunted by their past as the most powerful person on the planet. Down to details like being jealous of their super selves, their wives being more attracted to their other selves and their origins in a secret government program. Which makes the Sentry an {{Expy}} of a reworked DarkerAndEdgier CaptainErsatz of a CaptainErsatz, as ComicBook/{{Marvelman}} was a British copy of [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]], who was himself a copy of Superman. So he's like {{Superman}}'s fifth cousin twice removed.

* {{Expy}}: His original series seems to be heavily inspired by Creator/{{Alan Moore}}'s rework of ComicBook/{{Marvelman}}/Miracleman. Both feature middle aged guys who are vaguely haunted by their past as the most powerful person on the planet. Down to details like being jealous of their super selves, their wives being more attracted to their other selves and their origins in a secret government program. Which makes the Sentry an {{Expy}} of a reworked {{Darker and Edgier}}{{Captain Ersatz}} of a {{Captain Ersatz}}, as ComicBook/{{Marvelman}} was a British copy of [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]], who was himself a copy of Superman. So he's like {{Superman}}'s fifth cousin twice removed.

* SuperWeight: He is often said to be Level 6. He supposedly stalemated Galactus, has often been compared to ''the power of a million exploding suns'', defeated a Molecule Man without beliefs on his abilities and therefore at full power, and was said to be a Biblical angel of death, capable of causing greater destruction than the multi-universal damage of the Scarlet Witch, but we never actually see anything concrete, beyond easily overloading the Absorbing Man, who has had no trouble copying Mjolnir in the past. As it is, he is a powerful Level 5.

* SuperWeight: He is often said to be Level 6. He supposedly stalemated Galactus, has often been compared to ''the power of a million exploding suns'', defeated a far weaker than previously Molecule Man, and was said to be a Biblical angel of death, capable of causing greater destruction than the multi-universal damage of the Scarlet Witch, but we never actually see anything concrete, beyond easily overloading the Absorbing Man, who has had no trouble copying Mjolnir in the past. As it is, he is a powerful Level 5.

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** What about Terrax, a guy who has given the '''Silver Surfer''' a run for his money? [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/24463/456043-sen_terrax_0_super.jpg Stopped]]. [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/24463/456045-sen_terrax_2_super.jpg Cold]].

%%* FallenHero
%%* {{Flight}}

%%* HandBlast

%%* RapidFireFisticuffs

%%* SamaritanSyndrome

*** Proof of this is when, as the Horseman of Death (and thereby even crazier than usual), he manages to stop Exitar, a Celestial from descending to destroy the Earth, when Rogue, who'd taken powers from quite literally all the Avengers and all the X-Men, including the full power of Wonder Man, and a machine powered by the Hulk hadn't managed it.
%%* SuperReflexes
%%* SuperSenses

%%* SuperheroesWearCapes
%%* SuperheroesWearTights

%%* {{Teleportation}}

** Following his becoming a Horseman of Apocalypse, he's even more of a beast than usual, quite capable of handling Thor alone and taking on a Celestial.

%%* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood