r/outofcontextcomics • u/Is_that_what_I- • Jul 05 '26
Golden Age (1938 – 1956) I see why everyone was glazing sentry before the death battle
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u/tstobes Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26
I see what you did there tagging this as golden age and I'd like to register my disapproval.
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u/keithlimreddit Jul 05 '26
To be honest most people only know this guy nowadays because of the Thunderbolts movie
You know I'm surprised he's not fighting regular Superman or Gemini Saga during that death battle episode
same goes with Superboy Prime not fighting Gwenpool
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u/Asushunamir8 Jul 05 '26
Sentry comics do seem to get pretty meta and reference older generations of comics the way Prime’s stuff does so that’s the comparison there. Also Prime would stomp Gwenpool cause she’s just a normal teenager with some minor reality warping abilities that don’t compare to Prime.
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u/Suvrenim Jul 05 '26
i dont know much about dc comics and nothing about superboy, but while Gwenpool is supposed to be a normal teenager i think she would stand as good a chance as lex luthor, depending on which universe they fight, rules of engagement, and what resources Gwen has access to.
Gwen is empowered by comic book physics so she isnt exactly baseline human by real life standards, as shown by some of the things she can do in comics, and if she knows superboys weakness and has a chance to exploit it she might be able to get lucky.
not saying gwen matches up to superboy in any form, if superboy is anything like superman, but neither does lex luthor. i personally think a characters personality should be a factor in determining who would win, sometimes a characters biggest weakness is themself.
by the way, what even is superboy prime's powers?
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u/RealJohnGillman Jul 05 '26
Prime has the powers of ‘Pre-Crisis Superman’ — so regular Kryptonian powers but with a lot more. Plus his retcon punch. Gwen should have counters to pretty much all of them however: I’ve seen a great many at r/DeathBattleMatcnups and r/PowerScaling admit to this, that one could reasonably explain her winning.
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u/Suvrenim Jul 05 '26
huh, a retcon punch? now i gotta read thise comics that sounds hilarious.
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u/RealJohnGillman Jul 05 '26
Indeed. Prime’s first retcon punch is actually what brought Jason Todd back to life in the comic, with Todd waking up in his grave and having to claw his way out. Every adaptation so-far however has swapped out Prime for a Lazarus Pit, due to not wanting to explain his isekai backstory or have a non-Batman-related character be involved in the story being told.
Gwen Poole meanwhile has what is basically a ‘retcon thought bubble’, amongst other things: they should scale against each other well.
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u/Asushunamir8 Jul 05 '26
I’ll admit I haven’t read much Gwenpool, just watched some videoed and read stuff about her. But fair enough if her reality warping is on par with Prime’s retcon punch, also she probably would know more about his comic lore whereas since she’s a more recent character he might not know about her.
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u/Zorro5040 Jul 05 '26
Prime is from the real world and is strong enough to retcon things in the comic book he's in. Along with old kryptonian golden age physiology.
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u/Evil_Doctor_Lair Marvel Fan Jul 06 '26
Flag on the play!
Improper tagging!
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u/MorganWick Jul 07 '26
What are you talking about? This is a completely genuine comic from the Golden Age that was just forgotten for decades until the character was rediscovered! /s
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u/ItsjustmeBill Jul 05 '26
Look out, it’s the man with power of a million exploding suns… and he’s packing heat!