Next up on the list is Marvel’s Golden Boy: The Sentry. It’s
been said that he has the “power of 10 million suns” or something like that.
His name is Robert Reynolds and he first appeared in The Sentry #1 from 2000.
After that mini-series, he was brought back into the universe in New Avengers
#1 from 2004. I kind of talked about him
in my look at the first New Avengers arc, “Breakout.” I also mentioned him
briefly in the Blue Marvel post. Both characters have one thing in common: they
were retconned heroes that were created in the 2000's. While Blue
Marvel had something more relatable (bloody racism) with his disappearance,
the Sentry’s story is a bit different and maybe convoluted. I’ll get to that
today.
“Sentry” was the next storyline for the book. I had the
issues but they’ve somehow disappeared from my collection. I don’t know if I
got rid of them or just lost them, so I now have the trade of the storyline. The
storyline went through New Avengers #7-#10. Brian Michael Bendis wrote the
story. Steve McNiven took over the penciling duties for this arc from David
Finch. McNiven is possibly best known for his work on the Marvel crossover,
Civil War. That’s something I know I have to look at before the new movie comes
out.
New Avengers: Sentry
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Pencils: Steve McNiven
Inks: Mark Morales and John Dell
Colors: Morry Hollowell and Laura Martin
Letters: Richard Starkings and Albert Deschesne