@Enzeru: I'm struggling to reply to your post because all of it is in quote.
The thing is that Bendis does not know how to write about characters who are not his own - or with who he is not familiar with.
He was writing Sentry hugely out of character, especially during the entire Dark Avengers, since there was not even one single time where Sentry was Robert Reynolds.
He wanted the Sentry to be unstable all the time, even though Sentry actually has more will power.
He wanted Osborn to manipulate the Sentry, even though Sentry is a pure genius and smarter then Osborn will ever be.
He wanted Osborn to be able to summon the Void whenever he wants, so the Sentry was unstable and not able to control it all. It was all about Osborn, who was the most important character during the entire Dark Reign. But how do you boost him up properly? You simply sacrifice a different character: Sentry.
That was all bad, disrespectful, PIS-loaded writing. It's not my assumption, it's a clear fact if you think about it.
It's all about the Sentry's mind - if he is unstable, his fragile mind creates the Void / lets the Void take over and then the horror starts.
If he is stable, he doesn't let the Void take over control that easily - but then the Void still manages to escape and creates himself as a separate entity. (Like it was portrayed in Sentry Volume 1 & 2)
Since in this fight there is no Void, it also means that Sentry is stable and doesn't let the Void take over, because that's the reason why Void wouldn't be there in the first place. And even a mid-stable Sentry is a pure overkill, since he is that powerful.
Keep always in mind that it was an unstable Sentry who defeated World War Hulk and stalemated the Collective, who killed Alpha Flight and tossed the Avengers around, including Binary. From that point on it can only get better and he gains more power.
Sentry has been written unstable for so long it's naturally wrong. He may have written him crap but he's written him a long time, and it's all canon. This is the Sentry we know. I can say Loeb writes characters crap, he does now, but it's still canon.
A-lot of Sentry is PIS, especially his win over Molecule Man, which is A: A feat-less version of the Molecule Man or B: PIS. And where did this SINCE THEIR IS NO VOID, SENTRY IS STABLE. It's been stated in the OP it's not Void, it doesn't automatically mean he's stable without being mentioned.
If it's not mentioned he's stable then he isn't. It's normal Sentry.
Of course not, because the Void would kill them all.
Even though I'm sure that the Void COULD tap into healing powers, he wouldn't do it to support Power Girl, simply because it's not his nature.
In this fight Sentry is the one who is fighting, since the Void it's not allowed
And it's not been stated it's stable Sentry so we cannot make that assumption.
Yeah, she probably wouldn't use her speed to dish out 1.000 punches in one second, because that would be a lot of damage.
But does that automatically mean that she wouldn't use her speed to avoid really dangerous attacks, like Mjolnir's strikes and lightnings? I don't think so. Even if you have morals and try to avoid hurting your enemies too badly, you still don't want to get hurt.
And even if they managed to hurt her, the fact still stays that Sentry is able to heal people while only being near them and the he can emit solar radiation, aswell other energies. He could sundip Power Girl (which would heal her) and he would be able to heal her passivly through the fight. That's a huge advantage. Additionally Sentry can create powerful force fields which would mean that they would even have a greater defense
She has never thrown 1,000 super speed punches. Ever. She will try and avoid it but in close-combat she'll get tagged. Sentry doesn't always heal his team-mates, in fact he rarely uses that ability, I doubt he'd use it in this situation. And again, what's to say he knows she gets her powers from The Sun?
Well, they're working together as a team. I'm fairly sure that they would talk and inform eachother about their abilities. And I also guess that Power Girl should realize that Sentry is emitting solar radiation, when he would be shooting his energy beams.
And as stated above, the Void wouldn't help her at all. He would kill them all. Did you ever read "Marvel What If #200"? It may be "only" a What If and non-canon because of that, but it doesn't change the fact that they showcase there what the Void is capable off.
In a fight like this, their wouldn't be time for talk. And as well, they wouldn't just inform each other on what they can do, and they'd be too busy in combat against The Martian and Thor. He could be shooting them but he'd be to busy with Thor or MM, and PG will be too busy with Thor and MM. She might not even know what he's shooting out.
Void would do that he's too powerful, but he's not in this.
Thanks. Always trying my best, and probably especially when it comes to the Sentry, because I'm sure that I know more about the character then his creator Jenkins and the bold idiot Bendis who destroyed the character.
Yeah, if this argument ends let's just not end with use flaming each other off like last time. But Bendis has done what has been done.
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