1. 
   Crackerbob said...

   I agree - this would actually be an incredibly close fight, IF THE CURRENT SENTRY WASN”T A SKRULL!!!!

   Seriously, the real Sentry vs Superman would actually be a close fight with Superman’s experience giving him the edge, but I predict a blowout in the popular vote.

   Superman wins.

2. 
   Robert said...

   I am going with the Super-Skrull… I mean Sentry for this week!

3. 
   AJ said...

   Hmm…my gut reaction says Sentry might take it, but common sense (aka, whoever Robert isn’t choosing, =P) tells me Supes has the fight won.

   I can’t decide just yet. I’ll be back later with a decision.

4. 
   Mike Haynes said...

   In a vote that should shock nobody, I pick Sentry. He’s the young gun and would out maneuver Supes and blast him with the power of a million exploding suns.

   On a sidenote, I know that sun is what gives Supes his power. I just think a million of them might short out his fuses a little bit.

   Sentry wins.

5. 
   Crackerbob said...

   Dooood, Robert, you gonna let AJ punk you like that? =op

   Also, since the Super Skrull is apparently obsolete now, what do they call the current crop?

   Supa Dupa Skrulls?

   Fun Fact! The real reason that everyone forgot about Sentry is because Superman punched him that. damn. hard. last time Sentry got uppity.

   It happened before, it’ll happen again.

6. 
   MidKnight said...

   Like my main Competitor, AJ. I’m on the fence about this one too. But Mike actually did give me something to think about. If Superman draws his power from the sun, and Sentry has the power of a million exploding suns, then what exactly would that do to Superman? I am tossing 2 possibilities around in my mind here. One; It overloads Superman and he blows out like a bad lightbulb. Or two; It increases Superman’s strength beyond what is even imaginable and he destroys Sentry. Either way this is going to be good. I’ll be back with Predictions, Pimpage, and what I think will happen.

7. 
   Robert said...

   The power of a million suns doesn’t mean he gives OFF the power of the million suns, I mean he could but if he realizes that Supes is based on a yellow sun then he could use the power of a thousand RED SUNS to blast at Supes and take him down.

   Also Sentry has that calming effect power he uses on the Hulk which he can use to make Supes curl up, grab his stuffed Krypto and suck his thumb.

   Sentry. No question. Even if AJ is a fence sitter and won’t man up and make a stand. :P

8. 
   Crackerbob said...

   Damnit, Robert, occasionally your crackhead logic actually makes some sort of twisted sense…

   I still think you’re wrong, though.

9. 
   Mike Haynes said...

   Na, he’s right.

   Sentry takes it. :P

10. 
    Robert said...

    Also Superman really doesn’t have a dark side whereas the Sentry is also The Void and can tap a dark side so he can do the nasty, evil things as “The Void/Sentry” whereas Superman would need to smoke some red kryptonite crack to become all dark and brooding like a good friend of his then tap into some dark side nasty!

    Sentry. No contest. Superman still in the corner crying to his stuffed Mxyzptlk.

11. 
    Crackerbob said...

    It’s interesting how you feel that one has to “go dark” in order to win a fight.

    Superman beats the crap out of Sentry Skrull, smiling and singing “I’m Walking on Sunshine” the whole time.

12. 
    Robert said...

    Yeah I kinda wanna see Sentry Skrull go all dark and brooding like thinking he’s an X-Men or such. :P

13. 
    Mike Haynes said...

    I want Sentry to just blow up the Earth destroying the Awesome Arena and all the participants in the tournament.

    That’d be funny….

    …and sad.

14. 
    Pj Perez said...

    Match up their powers and then add Sentry’s telepathic voodoo, and Superman is toast.

    Though a lot of people mentioned Sentry overloading Supes with the power of a million suns or what not. Wasn’t there a Superman story in which someone tried that — overloading him, thinking he’d burn out, when all it did was make him stronger?

    Well, that was SOME story about SOMEONE.

15. 
    AJ said...

    I know man, it was crazy.

    Anyway, heres my breakdown, and at the end you’ll see my pick for the week (with the breakdown explaining why)

    Superman and Sentry…the two powerhouses. The one that started it all, and the counterpart that appeared sixty-odd years later. The two goliaths step in to the ring. Both of them look uneasy at having to battle a fellow hero. When finally the match begins, they stalk around for a moment, exchanging words, before finally Sentry flies towards Superman.
    Its on.
    They battle furiously, matching one another punch for punch, kick for kick, inch for inch. They whiz around the arena, a blur of violent motion. Superman tries to break his opponent’s fighting spirit and play a mental game, but The Sentry won’t have it (maybe Superman killed his wife or something, since I don’t think she can go more than four issues without dying and then being brought back). The battle rages for close to an hour before finally Superman grabs the Sentry and they fly out of the arena, out of the atmosphere, up up and away in to space. The fight continues all the way up, and now Superman is gaining the edge, as he is closer to the Sun, drawing more power from it. The Sentry, panicking a little and not realizing what is giving Superman the upperhand, angrily grabs Clark and tosses him in to the sun (as he had done to his arch-nemisis, the Void). Reynolds catches his breath, thinking for a moment he has defeated a legend.
    That is, until Superman rises from the sun, and stands on its surface. This is Superman as we’ve never seen him before. Superman at the highest level of power he has ever experienced. He is surrounded by flames, his eyes completely red. He stares at The Sentry, and the Sentry knows he fucked up.
    And then Supes is impaled from behind by…you guessed it…THE VOID! The Void has speared Clark Kent with an “infini-tendril”, forcing Clark to relive terrible experiences from his past, present, and future. Sentry takes this oppourtunity to charge back in to the fray and attack Superman, who manages to pull himself lose of the tendril, only to now face two opponents. Still, he is jacked from the Sun’s energy, and now the furious battle resumes. As the fight continues, each opponent begins drawing more and more power from the sun.
    Eventually, the Void and the Sentry combine in to one massivly powered being, with the Sentry showing willingness to embrase his darkside to win this fight. The now two combatants plunge in to the Sun’s core, battling to a standstill once again.
    A climax is only reached when Superman realizes that the strain of their battle and amount of energy they are absorbing and releasing has begun to overload the sun. Realizing that if they keep fighting, it will cause a cataclysmic supernova, destroying the Earth. The Big Boyscout explains this to Sentry, only to realize that the Void is in complete control now. Superman uses as much power as he can muster to fling Sentry/Void out of the Sun. Then, realizing that all the power they had absorbed has still left the sun damaged from the fight, Superman selflessly sacrifices himself to restore the Sun to its glory.
    Sentry, witnessing this noble act, manages to overcome the Void and once again banish him. He then stands the victor, but a victor who must carry the burden of everything he has cost the world.

    There ya go, I took the Sentry this week, but only after realizing that the Sentry would call out the Void sooner or later, and Superman is a sucker for the whole sacrificing himself deal, which I think would happen during this even match.

16. 
    MidKnight said...

    Goin with Supes on this one. I didn’t have time to do a write up and i don’t have much time so i’ll give you this:

    The bell sounds as the Man of Steel enters the arena slowly floating down from the skylight. He glances down to see that Sentry has yet to show so he takes the time to mentally prepare and stretch a bit. You don’t want to pull a hammy ya know? Half an hour passes by and still no sign of Sentry. The audience looks around at each other confused. A little while longer passes by and a scrawny referee enters the ring with a cell phone is his hand. A microphone is lowered and the referee puts the cell phone on speaker and holds it up to the mic. It’s Sentry calling to forfeit the match because he’s afraid of leaving his house and blames it all on agorophobia. Superman shrugs and celebrates.

    Pimpage: http://www.comicvine.com/myvine/MidKnight/blog/&blogId=28821#blog29219

    Pimpage 2: http://facelessesoteric.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/round-8/ (yeah the blog looks shitty i just started making it then forgot about it)

17. 
    Weston said...

    I’m with Robert on this one. I say despite Supes experience. Sentry has an advantage in power If he uses the right tactics. Both are evenly matched physically. So it comes down to the use of their other abilities. Supes has his Super Breath and heat vision and Sentry has his telepathy and Light and Heat manipulation. I’d take telepathy over super breath and since Supes is weakned by the ligh of a red son, it wouldnt take much to manipulate that weakness.

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