Sentry must be the next big superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Why Sentry must be the next big superhero to enter the MCU

SAN DIEGO, CA - JULY 23: (L-R) Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, director James Gunn, actors Michael Rooker, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff and Dave Bautista attend the Marvel Studios presentation during Comic-Con International 2016 at San Diego Convention Center on July 23, 2016 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) /

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Who is the Sentry?

The Sentry is Robert Reynolds – a character created by the trio of Paul Jenkins, Jae Lee and Rick Veitch – who made his comic book debut in the year 2000.

When he was introduced on-panel, he was a middle-aged, overweight man who suddenly remembered that he was actually a superhero with the power of “a million exploding suns.”

His power had come from a far more potent version of the same serum that gave Steve Rogers the power to become Captain America – but, rather weirdly, barely anybody else remembered who he was.

After coming to the realization that his archnemesis – the enormously powerful Void – was re-emerging, he was forced to seek out a number of Marvel’s most prominent superheroes for assistance.

His subsequent discussions with those heroes brought a lot to light. When the Void had previously threatened the Earth, the heroes had discovered that the Sentry and the Void were two halves of the same person. The Void was essentially a manifestation of the dark side of Reynolds’ personality.

In order to save the world, Reynolds had erased the memories of nearly every person on the planet, including his own – but the re-emergence of the Void meant the Sentry was needed once more.

But why would he be so great in the MCU?

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