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This page covers the Marvel comicbook hero Sentry also known as Void , Bob Reynolds , Golden Man , Golden Guardian of Good , John Victor Williams , Golden Boy . If this is not the page you were looking for check here.
The Sentry is one of the most powerful super-heroes in the Marvel Universe and lives in constant fear of the Void. He works alongside his partner CLOC, a robot who notifies him of crisis worldwide.
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The Hoax
Marvel promoted a limited series of The Sentry as an appearance of a forgotten Stan Lee hero of the Marvel Silver Age. This story was, of course, fabricated and further pushed by the comic magazine Wizard: Guide To Comics. The hoax involved a false discovery of lost sketches by artist Artie Rosen of a Stan Lee created superhero predating the Fantastic Four.
The Origin of One Million Suns
In 2000 a character by the name of Bob Reynolds suddenly recalls that he is the superhero known as the Sentry the man with the power of one million exploding suns. With this recollection he realizes his arch-nemesis the Void is returning to this world and Reynolds immediately begins seeking out Marvel's most prominent heroes to warn them of the coming threat.
Various hero's memories of Sentry were restored as Reynolds talked to them individually. Peter Parker (Spider-Man) had taken a photo of Sentry that had earned him a Pulitzer prize. Sentry had also flown countless times with Angel to help him overcome his fear of falling. And Hulk had never forgotten Sentry whom he only ever referred to as Golden Man. Sentry had helped Hulk keep control of his rage, later this was to be revealed to be due to a calming aura the Sentry had, and work to be a force for solely good and gaining him public approval.
Most importantly Mr. Fantastic remembers that he and Robert Reynolds had been best friends and that Sentry had often teamed up with the Fantastic Four to fight the world's greatest threats. Over time the general public slowly remember the Sentry and the good he had done for the world.
During the course of an investigation into why the world had forgotten Sentry, Richards and Reynolds make a discovery. That Void and Sentry are two parts of the same torn psyche, and that the reason behind the world forgetting the Sentry had to do with Reynolds using his power to erase the Sentry from the world's memory including his own thus destroying Void once and for all. With the heroes of the world united and waiting for the Void to come, Reynolds comes to the realization that he must make the sacrifice again. With the help of CLOC, Mr. Fantastic, and Doctor Strange he once again erases the memory of Sentry from the world.
The New Avengers
In the first issue of New Avengers it is shown that Robert Reynolds is a prisoner in the Raft, a prison built specifically to house super-villains. He had voluntarily imprisoned himself for the murder of his wife, Lindy Lee. During a jailbreak at the Raft, Sentry turns and defends several of the Avengers from Carnage who had beaten several members to a standstill. He easily overpowered Carnage, flew him into the depths of space and tore him in two.
Taking a great interest in the now free Sentry, the Avengers begin investigating his dark persona. They soon realize that the Void is actually the result of a cerebral virus created by Mastermind who was under the direct employment of Crazed General, a villain from the original Sentry story arc. This virus damaged the Sentry's ability to remember any facts of his life, in a cry for help and an amazing show of power, Sentry transferred his memories into comic book writer Paul Jenkins, who transferred those memories into a popular comic book series. Emma Frost released Sentry from the bonds of his virus and he recalls much about his life including that he never actually killed his wife and that his Watchtower stood atop Stark Tower, where he had hidden it from public view subconsciously all along.
With his memory re-instated he joined with the Avengers and began fighting alongside them.
Destruction of The Void
In a 2005 story arc written by Paul Jenkins Sentry is introduced as a beloved super hero who has accomplished dozens of heroic acts and saves hundreds of lives on a daily basis. However, his psychological problems have worsened drastically. Unable to deal with the fact that Robert Reynolds, Sentry, and The Void are the same being. Sentry locks the Void in a vault deep with the Watchtower forever. At CLOC's urging, Reynold's psychologist, Dr. Cornelius Worth, enters the vault to find nothing more than a chair and a large mirror. When Reynolds is confronted by Worth about his problems, he flees immediately to the fairground where he first gained his power and often does battle with the Void.
When Worth catches up to Sentry, he instead finds the Void. Who claims that he is indeed the true transformation of an ultimately evil Reynolds. Sentry is simply a byproduct of moral guilt for all the lives that Void has claimed. The Sentry emerges as the prominent persona and with only half of Reynolds' memories (Void has the other half) he isn't truly sure that the Void is incorrect in his statement. He reveals to Cornelius that he actually hired him to reveal the Void's existence to the world so he would no longer be forced to deal with the struggle of hiding him. The Sentry then reveals the true way he gained his powers. He ingested a super soldier serum developed in order to get high as a teenager. He finally reveals that he knew all along that the Void has not in the vault, but that as long as Reynolds believed so, that the Void would remain dormant.
In a battle in the antarctic the Void reveals that the serum Sentry ingested was actually super-saturated, exponentially more potent super soldier serum than what created Captain America. This was considered dangerous by SHIELD because Sentry's blood could be used to create enough serum to power the entire world population and that several attempts had been made on both the Void and Sentry to kill him. Enraged by this news the Sentry flies into space and hurls the Void into the sun, claiming that he was no longer needed to balance out his acts of good. The Void swore to return.
Reynolds and the Civil War
Sentry allied himself with Tony Stark and the Pro-Registration Mighty Avengers. He fought alongside Iron Man on many occasions, often being considered the most powerful member of the Mighty Avengers, but untrained in the use of his powers. When confronted by Captain America regarding his choice of alliance Sentry claims that he must stop this messy business even if it means becoming part of it for a while.
World War Hulk
Sentry's watchtower, on top of Stark Tower, was destroyed when Hulk and Iron Man first fought in New York. Mister Fantastic make a machine that will duplicate the soothing aura Sentry use to calm down Hulk but he wasn't fooled by it. All the while, Invisible Woman and the President tried to call the real Sentry but ignores their plea. After seeing Hulk in the TV deciding judgment to force Mister Fantastic to kill Iron Man, in roman-style of gladiator battle, Sentry finally decided to fly to New York to stop Hulk remarking, "It's time to play God." When Sentry arrived, he engaged the Hulk and so much energy was being released that they both reverted back to their normal human state and Bruce was able to knocked out Robert with a weak punch.
Post-Civil War
After the Civil War, Tony recruited Robert to the Mighty Avengers, the new incarnation of the Avengers. He was described as the most powerful member but is inexperienced in using his powers. In a battle against Ultron, the proves to be a draw until Ultron sends a virus to take down the Helicarrier. After which she initiated an assassination of Sentry's wife.
Enraged and looking like the Void persona, Robert attack Ultron mercilessly until Ares had to knock him out and let Ant-Man introduce a virus in Ultron programming to shut her down. But Sentry would not relent on attacking Ultron, so much so that he almost decapitate her head while the virus has not yet been completely uploaded. It wasn't until Ms. Marvel knocked him out. After Ultron's defeat, Sentry rushed to his watchtower to see his wife alive and well. Later, Tony was shocked and terrified on Lindy's request to either de-power or kill her husband.
When the Mighty Avengers confronted Doctor Doom for the Symbiote attack in New York, a time machine took Iron Man, Doom and Sentry back to the "Silver Age". Sentry goes to the Baxter Building to retrieve Mr. Fantastic's time machine in order to return to the present timeline. After knocking out the Thing, the trio returned to the present and resumed their fight. Sentry then subdued Doom and took him in SHIELD custody.
Powers
The Sentry is one of the most powerful super-heroes in the Marvel Universe. It is not know the full extent of his powers but he has said that he can hear a butterfly's heartbeat in Africa from New York. He beat Galactus to a standstill (Very debated subject). He has shown Super-Strength, Speed, Flight and heightened human senses. Emma Frost stated that Sentry is one of the most powerful telepaths on Earth, having once wiped all memory of him from the each person on the planet.
During the Civil War, Spider-Man: and a group of SHIELD agents rank Sentry as the most powerful of all heroes, with Hulk as a second and Black Bolt as third.
Sentry, under extreme emotional distress, can resurrect a person, as manifested by his wife brought back to life just by his touch. He doesn't have control of this power yet, as he was shocked to that he even had that kind of power.
As the Void, Robert has completely different powers. They can be seen on the Void's page.
Alternate Realities
Marvel Zombies (Earth-2149)
The infection started when a version of Sentry from an alternate universe who was already a zombie. He first ate those who were ascending in heaven, until Ash confronted him and shot him in the face using his shotgun. Unfazed, Sentry punched Ash strong enough, that he he reaped through the fabric of reality, thus sucking both Ash and Sentry in Earth-2149. Warped into New York City by tearing an hole in reality itself and started looking for food. His first victims were the Avengers consisting of Colonel America, Luke Cage, Hawkeye, Black Widow and Ms. Marvel, for they were at the scene first. Shortly afterwards, the virus that he spread had reached to every superhuman in the world. In his last appearance, he fell in love with Wasp, who he thought to be dead, and asked the Hulk to eat him so he could be satisfied of his hunger. Hulk complied and would later revert back to Bruce Banner. He then asked the other heroes to kill him so that he cannot turn into the Hulk again.
House of M (Earth-58163)
Sentry is seen in therapy with Dr. Strange as his therapist. He talks about his dream about the darkness (the Void) engulfing him and he was asked by Strange on what he feels about the dream.
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