The answer to this tweet, which was too enticing to answer in only 140 characters.
tine jensen @tinepige @bigsmilenoteeth what superhero would you be, given the choice to be one for a day?
What superhero would I be is a tough question that goes to the heart of personal identity and how you see yourself.
Obviously for cool, sheer anti-hero appeal I’d want to be Wolverine, though for thrills Wolverine’s powers—healing factor and retractable admantium claws—are sort of lacking.
Sorry bub, but as neato as Wolvie is, I don’t think I’d want to be him. I also don’t have the angst to pull that off.
It’d be cool to be a superhero who could fly! So how about one of Ironman or Batman? Ok, Bats doesn’t fly but he glides real good.
Nah, the truth is if I was either of these incredibly wealthy guys I’d spend more time lounging on my yacht than running around in a costume stopping crime.
If I could be one hero for the day, I’d have to pick…
The Sentry!
Not so much because he’s the most powerful hero ever (he was the only one who could stop the Hulk when the green guy went Hulk-Shit and started trashing the earth in World War Hulk!), but because I’d like to experience what it’s like to be agoraphobic.
That’s right! The most powerful being in the universe gets anxiety attacks from crowds, public spaces, and open areas. That’s a modern hero’s Kryptonite. Complex.
And not only that but he has one of the most convoluted origin stories even in a universe populated by origin stories where toxic waste gives you super abilities instead of just giving you nut cancer and killing you slowly.
Though he first appeared in 2000 the Sentry has been around forever, working with great super heroes all the way, but his memory was completely erased from everyone’s mind—including his own!! (which explains his dumpy appearance in above picture)
But wow, seriously? Even Stan Lee was conned into saying he created The Sentry back in the 40’s but forgot. Yep, if I created an infinitely powerful hero and the character flaw I gave him was crippling agoraphobia, I’d forget him too.
The Sentry, a hero with the power to roast chickens with his breath, but too scared to use any of his powers.
That’s the hero I want to be.
