Powers and abilities
The Sentry rips
Carnage in half. Interior panel from
New Avengers #2. Drawn by
David Finch.
The Sentry's powers derive from a serum that moves his
molecules an instant ahead of the current timeline.
[29] Even though most of his powers and their limits are unknown, he displays several abilities including vast superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability and senses, the power of flight, and energy projection.
The Sentry has been shown to be able to easily lift tremendous weights, but generally greatly restrains his full power.
[30][31] He has been able to effortlessly defeat, and break the axe of
Terrax,
[32] a herald of
Galactus shown as powerful enough to slice planets in two,
[33] easily break through the shields of
Doctor Doom,
[34] and his unrestrained power even overloaded the
Absorbing Man.
[30] He possesses super-human speed, making him easily able to evade or catch bullets, and through flight he can travel to the sun and back in a matter of minutes. Nick Fury has stated that
S.H.I.E.L.D. has not yet found a way to kill the Sentry, and Iron Man's scanners have found no physical weaknesses in his body. His durability exceeds that of
Thor and
Hercules.
[35] By unleashing his full potential
[36] he managed to fight an extremely enraged
Hulk for a prolonged time until both fighters reverted to their human forms and the Sentry collapses at Bruce Banner's feet.
[16] The Sentry also has superhuman senses as he once tells an opponent that he can see his nerve centers and claimed to be able to "hear a butterfly sneeze in Central Africa" from New York City. He can project energy fields and control light, and he uses his mental powers in his daily life, although they are primarily used for holding his physical form together. He was once able to implant his memories inside another person's mind. He appears to be able to bring the dead back to life under extreme emotional distress. After Ultron murdered his wife, Sentry was able to resuscitate her by simply touching her.
[37] He can also emit a radiation that pacifies the Hulk, severely limiting the latter's rage-fueled power. His main weakness may be that he's been shown as susceptible to mental manipulation.
Sentry possesses tremendous energy projection, capable of harming even the Hulk, who has withstood the equivalent of solar flares unharmed.
[16] The serum he drank was stated as being a hundred thousand times stronger than the original used on
Captain America, and was modified by
Weapon X.
[edit] Void
Due to manipulations by the General and Mastermind, Robert Reynolds projects an entity as a dark side effect of his powers. Most of the time, Sentry seems unaware that the Void is his "dark half", and other people, such as Mr. Fantastic, Captain America, Iron Man and
Norman Osborn, must repeatedly remind him that the Void is a false personality that he creates.
The Void possesses the ability to shape-shift, and through its control over the weather and darkness it can create destructive storms and deadly "infini-tendrils" attacking the mind. Victims impaled on the tendrils experience traumatic visions of the past, present, and future. Its regular appearance varies between a shadowy, trench coat-wearing villain to a massive hurricane of darkness. It can also assume powers dependent on shape, like a flame form that breathes fire, alternately an armored monster with super strength and toughness. It is at its strongest during the night and in the
Negative Zone. Coincidentally, Sentry is at his weakest in the negative zone, although he can still withstand blasts of N-Zone energy. The Void is powerful enough to become a major threat to even the joined forces of X-Men, the Avengers, the Inhumans, the Fantastic Four, and the Atlanteans, along with the
Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Strange, and a mere physical assault required much effort and strength from the combined forces of Iron Man, Doctor Strange and the Invisible Woman to be held off, and only so through the union of an energy shield, a high-pressure force field and a protective spell, despite dozens of other superheroes and well-armed S.H.I.E.L.D. agents attacking the Void at the same time.
