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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

They could've just gotten Hulk while he was more vulnerable as Bruce, or like you said just by eventually overwhelming him. The Sentinels were probably able to kill most everyone else though because hardly anyone listed as killed was really a powerhouse (i.e. Thor is never mentioned). While we can now associate some of those shown as deceased with having great feats of power under their belts back in '81 it wasn't so much the case, so an army of terrifying 20' tall robots designed to stop people with powers would've been pretty well equipped to put down the other heroes too.

On the subject of toys though, nice setup there. I'm particularly liking the use of the DCUC Mr Miracle's restraints for Spidey.

Back in 80' when "DOFP" came out, characters like the Hulk & Wolverine were not written as these unkillable, can reconstitute from a droplet of blood like these writers (Peter David) in the 90s started to give them. Under Claremont/Byrne, Wolvie could only take so much damage before he would actually be in danger of dying. Hence the Sentinel flash frying him in "DOFP" & in a battle with the Hellfire club guards, he had to turn away from the gunfire so it only creased his side. In a battle with Ogun, it took him 2 months to heal from a sword being driven thru his trunk. Now he heals from that in minutes. Makes for a boring character imo. Same for the Hulk. Sentinels were like 20ft Terminators on steroids. They could withstand tremendous damage & still keep fighting & they had the numbers. I'd like to think that after a few days of fighting Sentinels & thrashing a squadron's worth, that the Hulk just finally got worn down & a combination of plasma beams, steel javelins darts, & just aN umpteenth amount of punches/kicks from multiple Sentinels, finally brought down the jade Goliath. Woulda loved to have seen a 2 part Hulk vs Sentinels comic drawn by Byrne back then depicting that battle. For the Thing, I think a triad of Omega Sentinels coulda taken him down.