he’s the hero with the power of a
million exploding Suns welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we will explore
the comic book origins of Robert
Reynolds otherwise known as the century
as with most comic book characters
they’re often reimagining and different
versions to a character’s past we’ve
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
which unfolded in 2005 part the century
series which was then expanded upon in
issues number one and seven to ten of
2005’s
the New Avengers a relatively recent
comic book character this Marvel
creation benefited from an unusual hoax
style marketing ploy released within a
limited series he was given the
appearance of a long-forgotten Stan Lee
character from the Silver Age even
predating the Fantastic Four that was
finally getting a long-overdue reboot
taking off this foe returned readers
were introduced to Bob Reynolds a
seemingly normal married man awakening
from a nightmare during a thunderstorm
while going downstairs under the guise
of having to let the dog out he plucked
a book from the shelf and mused about
his old enemy the void returning to
Earth believing that the void would be
stronger than ever and that he would be
the only hope for Humanity he revealed a
bottle of serum hidden away within the
book as he looked at the bottle viewers
were shown glimpses of the heroes
previous comic book exploits this
included showing Bob as a young man who
had stumbled upon a professor’s secret
formula this showed him drinking it and
beginning to glow with energy it then
jumped ahead to show Bob using his
newfound strength and power to do good
and get the girl readers were even shown
a flashback of the hero sewing his
uniform a golden suit while the aged man
debated drinking the serum and becoming
the century once again he did this all
while looking at the closet where he
stored his old costume drinking the
serum Bob felt his power returning and
readers were shown more of his
long-forgotten memories these revealed
his power to fly his super sense and
that he had once worked alongside his
super-powered canine previously known as
watch dog Bob then remembered his
arch-nemesis the void and got a glimpse
of using his powers to fight off the foe
who had vowed vengeance against
journeying outside into the storm Bob
tried to remember why his memories were
so unclear and why he had stopped being
a superhero
he then remembered a professor
explaining that the serum created a
hyper state of consciousness that his
powers came directly from the Sun and
that his abilities were limitless the
professor had also revealed that there
was no way of knowing the effects of
prolonged exposure to regular intake of
the serum fearful of the ghost-like
voids returned Bob began working to
repair a relic he had once found on an
alien planet that the void had once
destroyed with his mind not at the
genius levels that it once was
Bob drank more of the syrup it was at
that point that the boy seemingly
presented itself to Bob as his wife came
down to check on the commotion she found
Bob broken down on the floor next to the
doc that he had kicked in an apparent
hallucination and she became outraged
that he had begun to drink again with
this Bob began to believe that only he
could remember his former life
this led Bob to revisit each of his
former superhero friends in succession
who had also forgotten him this also
spurred an investigation to discover why
they and the entire world had forgotten
about him while more and more of his
former memories began to return
including details of his marriage as it
turned out the century had faked his
death before using his powers to make
the entire world
forget that he had ever existed this
turned out to be necessary as he had
learned that the void was part of his
own psyche and that forgetting was the
only way to subdue the Menace finally
remembering his self-sacrifice and
making the world remember him including
his wife he realized that he must once
again make the same sacrifice to save
everyone following this supposedly
one-off and rather tragic tale the
character eventually returned when he
was shown in a special prison falsely
believing that he had murdered his wife
thanks to a supervillain breakout he
came to the attention of the New
Avengers who helped him destroy the void
which as it turned out was a creation of
his own psyche or a cerebral virus as it
was described in the years that followed
he rejoined their team becoming a hero
once more are you a fan of this
one-of-a-kind superhero for more
gripping comic book origins be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
million exploding Suns welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we will explore
the comic book origins of Robert
Reynolds otherwise known as the century
as with most comic book characters
they’re often reimagining and different
versions to a character’s past we’ve
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
which unfolded in 2005 part the century
series which was then expanded upon in
issues number one and seven to ten of
2005’s
the New Avengers a relatively recent
comic book character this Marvel
creation benefited from an unusual hoax
style marketing ploy released within a
limited series he was given the
appearance of a long-forgotten Stan Lee
character from the Silver Age even
predating the Fantastic Four that was
finally getting a long-overdue reboot
taking off this foe returned readers
were introduced to Bob Reynolds a
seemingly normal married man awakening
from a nightmare during a thunderstorm
while going downstairs under the guise
of having to let the dog out he plucked
a book from the shelf and mused about
his old enemy the void returning to
Earth believing that the void would be
stronger than ever and that he would be
the only hope for Humanity he revealed a
bottle of serum hidden away within the
book as he looked at the bottle viewers
were shown glimpses of the heroes
previous comic book exploits this
included showing Bob as a young man who
had stumbled upon a professor’s secret
formula this showed him drinking it and
beginning to glow with energy it then
jumped ahead to show Bob using his
newfound strength and power to do good
and get the girl readers were even shown
a flashback of the hero sewing his
uniform a golden suit while the aged man
debated drinking the serum and becoming
the century once again he did this all
while looking at the closet where he
stored his old costume drinking the
serum Bob felt his power returning and
readers were shown more of his
long-forgotten memories these revealed
his power to fly his super sense and
that he had once worked alongside his
super-powered canine previously known as
watch dog Bob then remembered his
arch-nemesis the void and got a glimpse
of using his powers to fight off the foe
who had vowed vengeance against
journeying outside into the storm Bob
tried to remember why his memories were
so unclear and why he had stopped being
a superhero
he then remembered a professor
explaining that the serum created a
hyper state of consciousness that his
powers came directly from the Sun and
that his abilities were limitless the
professor had also revealed that there
was no way of knowing the effects of
prolonged exposure to regular intake of
the serum fearful of the ghost-like
voids returned Bob began working to
repair a relic he had once found on an
alien planet that the void had once
destroyed with his mind not at the
genius levels that it once was
Bob drank more of the syrup it was at
that point that the boy seemingly
presented itself to Bob as his wife came
down to check on the commotion she found
Bob broken down on the floor next to the
doc that he had kicked in an apparent
hallucination and she became outraged
that he had begun to drink again with
this Bob began to believe that only he
could remember his former life
this led Bob to revisit each of his
former superhero friends in succession
who had also forgotten him this also
spurred an investigation to discover why
they and the entire world had forgotten
about him while more and more of his
former memories began to return
including details of his marriage as it
turned out the century had faked his
death before using his powers to make
the entire world
forget that he had ever existed this
turned out to be necessary as he had
learned that the void was part of his
own psyche and that forgetting was the
only way to subdue the Menace finally
remembering his self-sacrifice and
making the world remember him including
his wife he realized that he must once
again make the same sacrifice to save
everyone following this supposedly
one-off and rather tragic tale the
character eventually returned when he
was shown in a special prison falsely
believing that he had murdered his wife
thanks to a supervillain breakout he
came to the attention of the New
Avengers who helped him destroy the void
which as it turned out was a creation of
his own psyche or a cerebral virus as it
was described in the years that followed
he rejoined their team becoming a hero
once more are you a fan of this
one-of-a-kind superhero for more
gripping comic book origins be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
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