With the premiere of Thunderbolts, Marvel has revealed to one of his most complex and powerful characters: Bobwho is actually Robert Reynolds, also known as El Vigía (Sentry).
A being with skills comparable to those of more powerful heroesbut whose greatest threat comes from its own interior. In this note we tell you who this enigmatic character really is and how can the direction of the Marvel film universe change.
It is an almost divine figure with a story marked by trauma, oblivion and redemption. Photo: El Universal
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Sentry, known in Spanish as The vigia or sentinel, It is one of the most powerful characters – at the same time more tragic – of the universe Marvel. It was created in 2000 by Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee, with a fictitious story that positioned him as a hero created in the 60s but then forgotten by all, even by himself.
Robert Reynolds, his civil identity, was a common man with problems addiction. In a moment of despair, he broke into a laboratory and consumed a version hyperdesarroll of the Super soldier serum, called Golden Sentinel.
This compound gave him an incalculable power, described as “The power of one million soles exploiting”However, that power came with a devastating price.
Reynolds became Sentry, an almost invincible being capable of flying, manipulating energy, regenerating, reading minds and more. His strength and skills rival characters like Thor or Hulk. But the problem was never his power, but his mind.
Sentry Not only is he a hero, he is also his own nemesis. The vacuum (The Void) is the dark manifestation of his personality, fueled by Your mental fragility and its disorder of Dissociative identity
This sinister aspect has been responsible for global tragedies, including mass murders and the mental collapse of one’s own Sentry.
In one of the most shocking stories of the comics, Reynolds discovers that the void is an inseparable part of it. For this reason, together with Reed Richards and Dr. Strange, They devise a plan to make the whole world – including itself – forget it, in order to avoid the destruction that its dark side could cause. Thus, it disappeared from collective memory for years.
The song used in the trailer of Thunderbolts, Where Is My Mind pixiait is no accident: it makes direct reference to the character’s mental dualitysimilar to that shown in The fight club. This choice suggests that the film will explore the internal storm that defines Bob/Sentry.
Sentry is not only a hero, it is also his own nemesis. Photo: screen capture in x
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In the trailer of Thunderboltsthe character played by Lewis Pullman It is presented as “bob.” Despite not having a main role in advance, there are clear signs that we are facing a figure extremely powerful: In a scene, Bob receives multiple shots without suffering any damage, just with his stoopy clothes.
The film, directed by Jake Schreier, premiered on April 30, 2025 and will bring together characters such as Yelena Belova, US Agent, Taskmaster and Ghost under the orders of the Countess Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.
The team executes dark missions outside the Legality, and everything points to Bob/Sentry It will be a key factor. The great unknown is whether it will be the main villain or an unstable ally. What is clear is that, with him on the board, the power of the Thunderbolts It could fall short.
The original title of the film, with an asterisk at the end, has also aroused theories: some believe that it is a track towards future sequelae or possible incarnations such as the Dark Avengersequipment of ambiguous morals In which Sentry has also participated.
And finally, I leave this phrase from Sentry, extracted from comic Disturbing avengers (2012) #9, which strongly reflects the emotional and existential complexity of this character:
“Once the Empty He abandoned me, the two angels arrived. They took me out of the light to return to this chaotic room with its fetid smells. But gloriously free of all my sadness and failure, I renate: I am life in death! ”
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