The MCU’s mightiest hero is hiding in plain sight lightning*. Marvel Studios recently unveiled its first teaser trailer for the sequel lightning*Allow a closer look at the secret team up movie. It reveals the top team in various states of emotional turmoil in the wake of their recent MCU appearances, with their paths crossing violently at first. This first scene likely pits several antiheroes and reformed villains against each other before Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, who has taken control of Avengers Tower, rallies them together.
From this teaser and other promotional material including the newly released poster, it is clear that the team’s relationship will be filled first. Bucky Barnes, who has become a congressman since his last appearance The Falcon and the Winter Soldierwho is seen violently chasing members of Thunderbolts-Two, while a four-way brawl ensues between Ghost, Taskmaster, US Agent and Yelena Bellow’s Black Widow as they are convinced that a secret person wants them at their first meeting.”is goneIt is during this scene that a new character appears – and his arrival changes everything.
“Bob” is really the Sentry, one of Marvel’s most powerful heroes
Bob is probably Robert Reynolds from Marvel Comics
D lightning* The teaser finally provides a first look at Louise Pullman.bob,” a character that is speculated to be an adaptation of Marvel Comics’ Robert Reynolds. The trailer also shows a familiar yellow S-symbol belt buckle in one shot and a scene where Bob seemingly endures a gunfight without showing much of a scratch, like a bullet hole. Save for that pepper her dress. With all this evidence, the teaser seems to confirm that Bob is indeed the Sentry – One of the most powerful characters in Marvel Comics and DC’s answer to Superman.
Sentry’s involvement in Thunderbolts has been on the cards since Steven Yeun was cast in the movie in February 2023, before the actor left the project due to scheduling conflicts.
It’s been five years since the original Avengers first assembled, and six years in between lightning* Released on May 2, 2025. Since then, only team-up movies have been talked about Spider-Man: No Way Home And MarvelsWith teams starring just three similarly-powered superheroes. lightning* So the MCU will be the closest to debuting a replacement team in the multiverse saga, even though the power levels of its members are virtually unmatched by the MCU’s flagship team. The Sentry’s involvement, however, changes things radically.
How do the Sentry’s powers compare to the Avengers?
There is a new powerful hero in the world
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes truly lived up to their names during their first outing, with their combined power second to none in the MCU. The most powerful members of the Avengers are arguably Thor and the Hulk – although Iron Man still gave the latter a run for his money – although Black Widow and Hawkeye were practically supporting members, to put it strictly. Even so, Thunderbolt has three super-soldiers like Captain America, two super-hitters like Natasha Romanoff, and one member with fully original quantum phasing powers, making them an imitation of the original team.
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Member of the Thunderbolts |
main power |
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Yelena Belova/Black Widow |
Super Assassin |
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Bucky Barnes/White Wolf/Winter Soldier |
Super Soldier |
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Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian |
Super Soldier |
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John Walker/US Agent |
Super Soldier |
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Antonia Drekov/Taskmasker |
Super-assassins and perfect imitations |
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Ava Star/Ghost |
Quantum phasing |
Sentry’s power level, meanwhile, is godlike. Although this is balanced out by Thor’s actual godhood – which is more accurately alien physiology – Marvel Comics sees the Sentry single-handedly destroying Asgard and tearing apart the other.”god,” Ares, half with his bare hands. His comic book fight with the Hulk, meanwhile, ends with no clear winner. Suffice it to say, the Sentry’s involvement in a movie featuring a significantly less powerful team of Avengers lookalikes is especially bright and significantly Thunderbolts the tone that would otherwise be Opposing him will hurt.
Marvel’s Sentry means the Thunderbolts aren’t as grounded as they seem
Sentry brings cosmic themes to an otherwise mundane movie
D lightning* The teaser makes it look like the next answer to the MCU Captain America: The Winter SoldierA film that remains a firm favorite for its grounded tones (among many other reasons). Thunderbolt’s more muted power sets suit this atmosphere, making way for some visceral action sequences rather than sci-fi-heavy airborne combat complete with photon blasts and lightning. Sentry quite literally flies in the face of his power setThese include flight, superhuman physiology, near-invulnerability, teleportation, energy manipulation, and molecular manipulation equivalent to Molecule Man.
Sentry, like Superman, draws his power from the sun, tying him to the cosmos.
Maybe Marvel Studios is doing the marketing lightning* A more cerebral take on the team-up formula, but Sentry’s mere presence runs counter to that idea. Sentry is a cosmic hero much more powerful than Captain Marvel. Sentry is clearly an outsider lightning*It also makes it clear that he will instead embody the role of the indomitable challenge that the title team must face despite the painfully obvious gulf in their abilities – which is an incredibly exciting prospect.
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