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Being a brainchild of Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee, the Sentry was an astonishingly unique character when thrust onto the scene in the year 2000, and one of such complexity - equally straddling the worlds of the external and internal - that it's been difficult for later creators to replicate the original mini's success. Sigh. The Sentry's capabilities are so underrated, and so underutilized. P.S. Thanks for a great video abt my all time favorite character!
The original Sentry miniseries and one shots were amazing; it really should've ended there. None of the follow ups have been anywhere near as interesting as that one. I did like the ending of the recent miniseries (at the time that I'm writing this), which merged the Sentry and the Void into one being, but that was almost immediately undone in his next appearance and then he was pointlessly killed off. Marvel really doesn't know what to do with him.
I've never understood the hate Sentry gets as a continuing character. He's interesting as hell when written correctly! Personally I think his role in Dark Avengers was fantastic, I loved the weird friendship with Osborne, so often it was creepy and heartwarming at the same time. When you have Norman Osborne in a position where at least feigning friendship is his only option, and his utter terror that was juuuuust barely visible every few issues, how do you not love that? That first meeting, where he convinced him to shower and eat a cheeseburger, that was so well done, and Osborne, even in that situation he's kind of a bastard because Sentry's poor wife! And then the moment of moments when, inevitably, the Void pops up, and OSBORNE BASICALLY ROLLED UP A NEWSPAPER AND SMACKED SENTRY ON THE SNOUT LIKE A MISBEHAVING PUPPY. Holy shit. "You come to me like a man."
Sentry being a Superman-esque character makes the whole thing more believable. You totally believe Marvel would have tried to compete with DC back in the day by creating their own Superman.
Sentry is closer to Adam Warlock than Superman. Superman-esque Marvel characters are Hyperion and Gladiator, as they have nearly identical powers and are jobbers.
@@Aggrofool Hyperion nor gladiator are jobbers, bro. Jobbers ONLY count the lights. Hyperion and gladiator are like, hmm. Let's go with WWE legends, like haku and, let's go with Rick Steiner. They were phenomenal wrestlers, both COULD have been work champ, and you definitely couldn't call THEM jobbers. You respected their power and experience and knew when you went against them, IF YOU WON, IF, you KNOW you earned it.
That original Jenkins/Lee series is a freaking masterpiece. Few superhero comics touch on such important issues without being too edgy or with so much slightly dark meta humor.
I completely agree with you. The original Sentry series by Paul Jenkins was a masterpiece! Jae Lee’s art style wasn’t just amazing but it gave the book that added feel and tone that worked beautifully with Paul Jenkins’ writing. I love the original Sentry story and how it made you feel like we actually forgot about this amazing Marvel Superhero even though he was such an important “quote unquote” character that no one remembers. The Sentry is a character that I would absolutely love to see in the MCU. I feel like once Marvel brings the Fantastic Four and the XMen to the fold, we might actually start to see characters like the Sentry done in live action. One can only hope right!?
The Sentry is not a Superman-like character. The character was directly inspired by Miracleman/Marvelman, specifically Alan Moore's run on the character. It's almost a "what if... Miracleman was in the Marvel Universe". And Miracleman/Marvelman is the UK version of the original Captain Marvel aka Shazam. Those comics were literal reprints of US Captain Marvel comics with a name change until Fawcett shut down and the company publishing Marvelman/Miracleman kept their version going. The Sentry's symbol is resembles an S but is also a stylized lightning bolt evoking his hero name but also like the bolt worn on the chest of another hero who changes from human to superhero. I'm nitpicking, but when people call him Marvel's Superman or on of Marvel's Superman pastiches, it does a disservice to all of the great characters who inspired the character. And yes, I know ultimately Superman inspired Shazam/Captain Marvel's creation but CM did more to inspire Superman than people realize.
The original Sentry series by Paul Jenkins was a masterpiece! Jae Lee’s art style wasn’t just amazing but it gave the book that added feel and tone that worked beautifully with Paul Jenkins’ writing. I love the original Sentry story and how it made you feel like we actually forgot about this amazing Marvel Superhero even though he was such an important “quote unquote” character that no one remembers. The Sentry is a character that I would absolutely love to see in the MCU. I feel like once Marvel brings the Fantastic Four and the XMen to the fold, we might actually start to see characters like the Sentry done in live action. One can only hope right!?
@@arthurrimbaud7287 I’ve heard nothing but great things about Alan Moore’s run on Miracle Man. That’s a book I always wanted to read but I’ve never gotten around to it. Do you know if they sell Moore’s entire run in one omnibus?
With "Didney" owning Marvel, they will destroy Sentry's character. They'll bring in some kind of agenda and ruin him. It's best to not have him in MCU now. It would've been better when there was less to none agenda in the MCU.
Oh. My. God. The original Sentry series would translate to a perfect entry into the MCU. My understanding is that Dark Avengers may be coming... We need Sentry.
THE SENTRY seems to be modern reinterpretation of Alan Moore’s MIRACLEMAN set within the marvel universe. It’s essentially the same plot. A man upset with his life wakes up and learns that decades earlier he was once the most powerful superhero on the planet. Hell, they even look similar. Moore did MiracleMan in the 80s which was a reboot of the original 1960s series. I like THE SENTRY and it’s shame that marvel basically had no idea what to do with character. I loved how during the New Avengers, Dark Reign, and Siege era of comics THE SENTRY was a prominent character and a force to be reckoned with. Now he’s been diminished to occasional appearances here and there. THE SENTRY NEEDS TO RETURN!
His story is so fascinating, and I absolutely love the hoax they did to hype him up. That is just genius and it's crazy they seemingly got away with it. The concept of a superhero being there at the silver age and having major crossovers with the biggest heroes, then just being erased and forgotten by the world is a great one, and I would love to seem introduced as part of the MCU. To see how he'd be retconned into some of the big movies would be interesting
They threw in a lot of stuff like the Void and the mental illness and the powers but no logic or explanation for it all, and so the character has been "lost" in so many ways because the audience is lost when he is explained. I would love to see Sentry's pre-amnesia backstory be remembered by the Marvel denizens and see how past Marvel epics would be in retrospect.
Had no idea how elaborate Sentry's build up was! I've always sort of adored sentry especially in his more twisted roles. If he's ever brought to the big screen i sincerely hope they put him in an antagonist role his inner battle with void as well as void's brutality make for some pretty good shock moments in the comics.
sentry is like moon knight. In idea it sounds like Superman, but in practice it is a majestic and different thing. great video. By the way, you already mentioned Marvel knights in this video, and I never knew or understood marvel knights and marvel max too much. a video of that would be interesting
If the MCU is ever daring enough to do a stand alone movie/tv show than Paul Jenkin's Sentry series would be the best choice to make. It's bold, thought provoking, touching and tragic.
I personally think the reason why the Sentury has fallen Into Obscurity is because his whole stick being a hero that existed before Marvel silver age lineup has gotten completely overshadowed by the blue marvel/Adam Brashear origin taking the whole superhero who existed before the Fantastic four storyline and did it way better, it also doesn't help that his civilian identity is that of a drug addict which isn't exactly marketable if he were to appear in the MCU he would need an entirely new backstory.
Yeah that reveal that he was just a junkie who broke into the lab to steal stuff to score another fix kinda put a new light on the void. To me it showed that the Void is only there because deep down he knows\knew he was not worthy of his power as he did not take the serum for altruistic reasons but just to get high so the Void is a manifestation of these thoughts. If someone like Steve Rogers had took that Serum there would be no Void...
Id say the reason hes fallen behind is because the writers dont exactly know how to deal with his character. Hes a powerhouse so low level enemies would be crumpled up by him, but throwing him at the big bads would just make him a tool and kill the tension of the story. Having him lose to those same guys would make him a jobber tho, so that's not an option either. To me, his best stories were on his internal struggles, mental health, and how they effected him on the outside. Mental health is important, and sadly that's not sumn sentry has in spades. It's sumn the world struggles with today, so it could be very relatable. My idea for him going forward would be to shine a light again on those issues. But actually get him help and align him with some characters that can do so. Ppl like Peter Parker, doc Samson, hulk(to an extent), Beast, wolverine, iron fist, and even Aunt may. Have him go to these people every now and then, and even get him a therapist to sit down and talk to, to work his issues out and give him ways of dealing with those fears. When it gets too much for him? Give him powerful friends like Blue marvel, Thor, hulk, Carol, and Scarlet witch that can restrain him while he fights back against the void, until 1 day he learns that by viewing himself as 2 different people, he is only making things worse. He has to accept the void, but realize that those negative thoughts don't always make him a bad person or mean he has to listen to them. Mental health is sumn the ppl of today's world struggle with. With things like $uicid3, depression, and teens, young adults and full grown adults finding negative coping mechanisms, a sentry series that focuses on these issues I think will do well. I think the writer should also enlist the help of a therapist for official ways to cope to throw in the book.👍🏾
Never knew about all this, only knew of the Sentry from random crossover appearances. This makes me hate his pointlessly brutal death in King in Black even more. Bob deserved better.
I'm pretty sure Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman hate the Character and lie about it. Ryan even admitted to failing when Sentry wasn't Merged with Void in King in Black
Maybe, maybe not. I thought about that too but the Sentry is so different and unique in comparison to other Superman-esque characters that I think he would totally work in a Disney+ series not a solo movie outing. As of right now I’m really excited to see what Marvel comes up with for the Moon Knight series and I think eventually down the line the Sentry could work very well as a Disney+ show.
The original miniseries with sentry is really good unfortnately other writers didn't know what to do with the character and really buried this character to the ground literally.
I had no idea that they went so far to make people in the real world think they had forgotten about the sentry as a character but that’s incredible marketing and storytelling
My friends and I used to have a running inside joke based on the first sentence of the sentry's entry in the marvel wiki: "Robert Reynolds woke up and realized that he was the sentry."
Hmm... I wonder if the Sentry's backstory was, at least partially inspired by DC-Comic's Triumph, a former member of the JLA, forgotten by both his team-members and the world.
This is the BOI I enjoy this character for the fact that his stories delve into mental health, duality, balance, and confidence. His final battle in "siege" was fire. If i could bring him into the mcu, I'd have him resurface during the 5 year time skip, appearing in a long robe to hide himself while helping people. Doing things like clearing roads, removing debris, cleaning out buildings, and helping people find shelter. Even healing the sick/injured. He hides his face because he doesn't want people to remember him. It can be explained that the reason he didnt show up during endgame is because if he got deep into the fight, he would enjoy it too much, not hold back, and give the VOID a chance to show up. I'd have his "death" be later in the mcu, when the VOID takes over due to him not being able to take his depression, anxiety, and schitzoperenia anymore(have it written in that his wife died and his friends were too busy with life to help him through it. Because of this, his desire for fighting came back full force). Void comes out, and it takes 1 of his best friends, an older adult Peter Parker to take him down. But not just any Peter Parker.... Cosmic Spider-man. Who uses the uni power to tear out the part of Roberts soul that gives him powers and crush it. B4 erasing the universes knowledge of the sentry yet again. That's how I'd do it anyways🤷🏾♂️
The original Sentry story was great, and the idea of a lost and forgotten "classic" hero is so good, Marvel used the concept a few more times, with characters like Blue Marvel and Voyager. Also interesting, DC had already done pretty much the same thing with Triumph in the mid 90's, although without much success.
I hope he never gets into the MCU. Robert’s history could be turned into a really tragic movie about how not believing in yourself and inner conflict can bring you down, no matter how powerful you are. I do not trust the current MCU to create a serious story and deliver a message this important to the cinema.
I was familiar with the Sentry's in-universe history as a forgotten hero, but I never knew there was a real-world hoax to convince fans he was an actual long-lost Marvel character. What a wild story!
Another excellent video, I’ve always thought the Sentry was a cool idea that Marvel editorial didn’t really know what to do with.I definitely want to pick up the “Age of the Sentry” book that looks really interesting and I’d never heard of it until now! Thank you!
From what little I know, I think it is inspired or parodies a bit of the Superman comics with a Kirby-lee style, it is interesting but I doubt I will find a comic this rare in my country
Didn't they base the Sentry on a lie? Pretended that the hero was created in the 40s or something and they said they had found found the artwork? Everyone knew this then. I was looking to read about this again, but this information is conspicuously missing.....at least hard to find. Thank you for this video.
I'd like to see a new Avengers team consisting of Moon Knight, Namor, Quick Silver, & Sentry or even a new Justice League team consisting of Red Lion, Cyborg, John Stewart's Green Lantern, & Rocket Red. That would be interesting, I've been wanting to get into Moon Knight & Red Lion for months, less than a year now & Moon Knight is getting his own show next summer, I hope Red Lion gets something of his own soon, might consider getting into Rocket Red & Black Spider after getting into Red Lion. I get that Black Spider is a Batman villain, but that doesn't make me not wanna get into him & Rocket Red. I'd rather wait until I get into Red Lion before all that, so for now, I'll just get into Moon Knight & wait for the chance to get into Red Lion.
Thank you very much for making this video! The Sentry is such a fascinating character to me. I loved the original miniseries and the New Avengers stories he appeared in as well. Enjoyed his epic showdown with the Hulk during World War Hulk! And he has that really DARK moment during Siege (we all know the one…Siege may be a lackluster event but damn if it didn’t rightly show the Sentry as a force to be reckoned with!!) Appreciate learning more of the history behind this guy. Another fantastic video 👍🏽
I can describe the Sentry to be Marvel's forgotten superman due to his struggles with mental health and schizophrenia while trying to control his dark side, the void. I know Comic fans including myself were disappointed that Marvel Editors made a disabled Black Woman the new Sentry when they should've brought back Robert Reynolds as the Sentry.
I had to give up reading comics just before the first sentry series came out. Thanks for fooling me for twenty years, Wizard! God, they were shady. Great video like all the rest, Owen; thank you------
So this may be a hot take or what ever the kids call it now days but I wish Marvel would kill off all of their Superman variants and just pick one and stick with it and develop that singular character. I don't care which one they keep around it can be Sentry, Blue Marvel, Hyperion, or Gladiator. Have one and develop it greatly and see how it works and function. Personally I would rather it be Gladiator or Hyperion. Gladiator would be fun cause Gladiator even has offspring now days...
I kinda wish marvel would remove the void because it make thing complicated to whether he a good guy or bad guy it seem complicated it need to revolve the story of the void controlling I believe he might been messing on his head and changing his memory for believing he a drug addicted I alway wanted to see him in a good story about him being a hero like Superman but he juman and Superman alien like opposite of their races
Bendis wrecked the character. That said, he could be fixed. I haven't read every Sentry comic. Codify exactly what his powers are, drop the idea he's a drug addict, and have the Void as an other worldly beast who corrupted Bob and confused his memories. I do like the idea that Bob and the Void are the same person, but you could explain away a lot of it by doing a Hal Jordan/Parallax type story. Basically the Void used Bob.
Hate that you announce these so early, always get excited for a video then see its in like 20 hours. For most people that is gonna be out of their mind in 20 hours, you should consider an 8 or 6 hour notice because it will be fresh in peoples heads to view when the day is over, since you premiere in the evening you could be taking advantage of people bored at work scrolling thru their phones. Just a thought
Appreciate the feedback! Since RU-vid isn't great at pushing out notifications for new videos, I usually try set the premiere up late the night before so people have chance to see it's up. I can understand some of the frustration of having to wait though, so I'll keep it in mind.
I feel like The Sentry is not as well respected because of how he's been handled since this original mini series. These five issues are one of my top three favorite comics of all time. Absolute masterpiece. Wonderful video spotlighting this as I feel like, much like Bob himself, it has been forgotten.
So forgotten and disrespected that Donny cates just straight up ignored his powers and continuity in #king in black. Sentry merged with the void and should have been in his new red form AND sentry has been destroyed on a molecular level before and he just willed himself back. His powers where even hinted at being biblical in nature since he exists in all points in time but cates was like nahhhhh getting ripped in half kills you all of a sudden????????? Bad writing much eh cates. Keep your hands off the character unless you show him respect.
@@wulaeofthetengu8336 what makes me most angry about it is theres no way to let them know the scale of their screw up. Even if there was they'd just dismiss it as an angry nerd complaining. Im really sick of sentry being used so poorly and only in cross over events to make the villian look powerful. I could handle the character of the sentry better than the people who are paid to do it. Hell i could even write a better version of his defeat at the hands of knull. Donny cates just couldn't be bothered to deal with the characters powerset it can be problematic to write for so he took the pathetic way out and gave sentry his worst showing of all time and it'll take years for the character to pop up again. When he does it'll be to be disrespected again. Pricks all of em.
I live the Sentry, but I think a lot of his aspects are...sloppy! I love how he can control his own molecules and how his powers work, but I hate his weakness and the Void. I wish the powers would have went to some one like Steve Rogers before he became Captain America, instead of a drug addict who was mentally unstable to boot. I was thinking his own good morality should have been his greatest weakness; Code against killing, reason before violence, might doesn't always makes right, everyone deserves a second chance at redemption. I HATE the red and black Sentry! It's too bad, the Sentry had such potential.
This was something that could only work before the ubiquity of the internetand I definitely fell for the ruse. I was shocked that Marvel had a Superman like hero they dropped but I assumed they did from poor sales and reception. I didn't know the extent of the ruse, but figured there were many silver age characters that didn't last longer than a small blip in time, before I got older and knew Marvel would have definitely attempted to bring him back at some point prior as they would milk every property they have. But sadly after the intial run and concept I personally didn't think they did a great job making him that interesting of a character. He was kind of bland if I remember (I haven't read superhero comics in awhile), basically edgy amnesia superman.
only thing is we know for a FACT that we wont see sentry in the MCU for a long long time because the fantastic four hasn't even been introduced properly yet. (No I dont count multiverse of madness's illuminati bit)
I haven't seen the video yet, but... *I'm just going to say this* , The Sentry is my *FAVORITE* Marvel hero. Marvel Knight's The Sentry Vs. The Void *is one of the BEST* Marvel comics, period. However, Marvel has done nothing but nerf, unsuccessfully deconstruct, & nearly destroy the character of The Sentry ever since his debut. *Two steps forward, one step backwards with each appearance* ... I don't know if I'll ever forgive Marvel, & toxic marvelites for how they destroyed him... Marvel, most of Marvel's readers, & especially Disney, *just don't understand The Sentry* ...
As a kid, I used to have a Sentry Superhero Squad toy and when I got a bit older, I bought Paul Jenkins’ comicbook rendition of the character and ended up falling in love with it. Everything down to the story, and the way the character was handled was perfect to me. This was one of the first comics I read, so while Sentry may be forgotten, he will always have a special place in my heart.
Not going to lie the escalating use of movie footage when it's the comics being spotlighted bums me out. Certainly there are mountains of covers and panels that could be used instead. Movies and tv of the Superhero genre are already getting the limelight everywhere else comics need a place where they're still the main event.
I do find it funny that people consider Capt. America to be Marvel's equivalent of Superman but really the Sentry kinda mimics Supes a little more closely in thee we t regard
Yeah Hyperion is more of Marvel’s Superman but the thing with that as Marvel has tried to make their own Superman DC has always tried to make their own Captain America
@C A to me a bad or cheap copy of beloved character is if you do the same thing but it doesn’t have that charm that’s why I like Hyperion while he is pretty much marvel’s Superman he’s more than that but it also depends on which one you talk about I talk about the one from earth 712 where he thinks that him and the squadron supreme have the power to make a utopia and prevent crime from happening and make peace on earth while the sentry is man who was forgotten but beloved by many but also has paranoia mental problems and an evil version that lives with in him these in my opinion are not copies of Superman but all those dc Captain America’s are cheap knock-offs of Captain America
