History
The Watchtower was the home and headquarters of the Sentry, situated in midtown Manhattan just off of Columbus Circle. The space was a tall tower and a set of black crossing fins, with a large golden sphere set in the top. The Watchtower was supervised by an artificial intelligence named CLOC, who maintained a watch over the world's communications, and alerted the Sentry to major emergencies.
When the Sentry was successfully overcome by his arch-enemy the General, he was convinced to use his powers to make every person on Earth forget he existed. As part of that, the Watchtower was also completely ignored by everyone and "disappeared" for decades.[1]
Tony Stark decided to build a new office tower, and inadvertently chose the space occupied by the Watchtower. Construction placed the Watchtower on top of the new Stark Tower, but the Sentry's powers still prevented anyone from noticing. Stark Tower was initially occupied by the New Avengers, who recruited the Sentry to their team.[2] After breaking through the Sentry's mental blocks, the Watchtower "reappeared", to the shock of most people in Manhattan.[3]
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The Watchtower, free-standing in the past
The Hulk, who had been previously exiled from Earth by the Illuminati, returned with a major vengeance. Iron Man directly confronted the Hulk and was slammed into Stark Tower during the fight. Both the Watchtower and Stark Tower were destroyed in the tower's collapse.[4]
Alternate Reality Versions[]
Sentry World (Earth-18823)[]
Inside a pocket universe named Sentry World, Robert Reynold could freely act as the Sentry without risking unleashing the Void in the real world. He lived a life full of adventures with his partners, Scout, Sentress, CLOC who all operated out of the Watchtower.[5]
Fueled by resent towards Bob, the real-life Billy Turner set out to supplant him as the Sentry. To this end, he broke into Bob's apartment and stole the Confluctor, the device Bob used to travel to Sentry World. It was given to Cranio,[6] who travelled to Sentry World and attacked the Watchtower.[5]
Marvel Cinematic Universe (Earth-199999)[]
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The Avengers Tower rechristened to the Watchtower
After Valentina Allegra de Fontaine[7] purchased the Avengers Tower from Tony Stark,[8] she rebranded it into the Watchtower where her company O.X.E. came to be based. Bob Reynolds was brought to the Watchtower to be trained in using his powers to their full capacity, and once the training finished he was given the title of Sentry. His friends, Yelena Belova, U.S. Agent, Ghost, Red Guardian and Bucky Barnes broke inside the Watchtower to confront de Fontaine, only to be utterly defeated by the Sentry.
After they left, Sentry turned on Valentina, causing him to be killed by Mel using a kill switch implanted in him. This led to the Void completely taking over him, who partially destroyed the building when he brought down a couple of O.X.E helicopters led by Holt, which were sent to attack him. Following Void's defeat thanks to Bob's friends supporting him, they became the New Avengers and came to be stationed at the rebuilt Watchtower. 14 months later, the tower's system warned the New Avengers of an extradimensional shapeship entering Earth's atmosphere.[7]Points of Interest
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See Also
- 30 appearance(s) of Watchtower (Sentry)
- 4 minor appearance(s) of Watchtower (Sentry)
- 4 mention(s) of Watchtower (Sentry)
- 18 image(s) of Watchtower (Sentry)