Four out of five stars.īob Reynolds wakes up one morning knowing something is wrong. On another, it's about how we've lost sight of how important the creation of Superman was. On one level, it's a tale of addiction, of a super-hero too powerful for his own good whose worst enemy is himself. Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee created something special with The Sentry. Too bad they diluted and nerfed the Sentry after this. The idea of a forgotten hero is appealing to me. Man, no one ever mentions how influential Marvel Knights was but it's shaped the way comics are done, for better or worse. I remember not being a fan of his until his work on this and The Inhumans miniseries from the year before. Jae Lee's stark blacks are perfect for the tale. Due to the magic of Marvel Unlimited, I've read it again.Īs Bob Reynolds pieces things back together, the world starts coming apart at the seams. I didn't read it until years later, sometime in that haze before Goodreads. I remember Wizard being in on the marketing, that the Sentry was actually a Stan Lee creation from the Silver Age that never made it to print. The basic premise behind The Sentry is that a Superman-level hero once existed in the Marvel Universe but everyone forgot about him for some reason. Why doesn't anyone remember him? And what will happen when they do? Robert Reynolds is an overweight drunk but he used to be super hero called The Sentry. Gotta say thanks to Dan for going on a Marvel Unlimited tear, finding a bunch of awesome comics to read, and letting me follow along in his wake. There was a timelessness to the visuals of everything that took it up a notch, in my opinion. The comic has a distinct look that fits the strange story being told to the reader. I'm not 100% on board with Jae Lee in mainstream comics, but in something like this he just nailed it. It was just very cool seeing how all of these lives had intertwined in the past. I mean, it's kind of a gloomy story, but I would still recommend it. I loved it! There were a lot of maybes that could have happened with all of these characters that kept my attention throughout. And now, no one ever remembers he even existed.Īnd, maybe more importantly, why is the unbelievably powerful and incredibly evil monster The Void suddenly on his way back to Earth? Like the blurb says, Bob is suddenly aware that he used to be, not only a superhero, but the superhero. Me? I knew who he was before I started reading, but this was so well done that it had me questioning exactly what it was that I thought I knew. Who is Robert Reynolds and why is he suddenly remembering another life?
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