News culture What if Superman was schizophrenic? Marvel will finally introduce its most powerful superhero to the MCU
Sentry isn’t the most well-known Marvel superhero, and yet he’s one of the most powerful… but also one of the most tortured. He will soon make his appearance in the MCU: the opportunity to return to this special character.
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Robert Reynolds is definitely an interesting character in Marvel Comics and his story is quite unique. In the 1950s (1957 to be precise) He’s a junkie, lost in his own life and overweight : In search of the ultimate journey, he learns about a strange drug that he wants to look for in a private laboratory. In reality, it is a highly potent version of the Super Soldier Serum. gave him “the power of a million suns.” Ingestion of this substance also causes severe damage and kills surrounding people.
Under the name Sentry, Reynolds becomes a superhero with impressive powers that make him one of the strongest in the world. His strength allows him to lift an ocean liner, absorb radiation to increase his strength, he has perfect hearing and vision, can fly at speeds of Mach-10, and is nearly invincible. A sort of Superman with Marvel sauce all his own.
Sentry calmly punches Hulk in the face
But there’s a catch: after a confrontation with an enemy who implants a strange virus, Sentry suffers from severe… mental disorders. Then he falls victim to nightmarish visions And worse, his cosmic powers manifest in the form of the Void, a dark enemy that kills and destroys across the world.”
Then he fights against himself and is on the verge of madness. He pushes Doctor Strange and Mister Fantastic to create a system that will send him into oblivion and lead to the disappearance of his fearsome nemesis.
Robert Reynolds then resumes a life together and forgets that he is Sentry until he suddenly has flashes that torment him psychologically again. Meager, a pretty interesting superhero to deal with that comes into the MCU through the film Thunderbolts.
Coming soon to our screens
Thunderbolts is something like a Marvel Suicide Squad: There we find several heroes and villains who have to team up to complete a common mission. The cast of the film therefore includes the new Black Widow (Florence Pugh), the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), the US Agent (Wyat Russell, introduced in the MCU as a villainous super soldier), the Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) and Ghost (Hannah John- Kamen, the antagonist of the second Ant-Man film) or even Red Guardian (David Harbour). There is no trailer to mention at the moment The film is definitely scheduled to hit theaters on April 30, 2025.
Unofficial artwork
Sentry will also be in the MCU for the first time: Originally it was Steven Yeun, or Glenn in The Walking Dead, who was supposed to play him, but he ultimately withdrew (and he’s not the only one, by the way). Instead, Lewis Pullman will take on the role, who we’ve already seen in a number of successful feature films such as Top Gunb Maverick, Bad Times at the El Royale and The Ride of Lefty Brown. It remains to be seen how the character, who still has some depth and whose powers are significantly different from those of the characters mentioned above, will be dealt with…
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