The Sentry: Legacy

The Sentry (2023) #1-4

by Jason Loo

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels Comics

112 pages, Paperback

Published August 20, 2024

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I’m not hugely invested in the Sentry as a character (I don’t think Marvel needs a Superman, personally) I enjoyed this legacy book.

It’s difficult to say what exactly I liked and disliked about this book without major spoilers but suffice it to say I really like the character that turns out to be the last one standing at the end of the book and I liked the new status quo we’re left with at the end of the book.

I didn’t like how Dr. Strange was treated by Misty Knight and Jessica Jones in his cameo, particularly because Clea was just as much at fault as he was but she got a free pass for some reason. Girl power, I guess? This is the second book in which this has happened (the first was in the new Captain Marvel book) and it has me perplexed.

[Anna Quilter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice to see Jessica Jones involved in the next chapter of The Sentry.
Readable and not too heavy..I like the concept of multiple Sentries...which by the conclusion of this seemed unlikely to happen.

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 4 out of 5]

O Sentinela, um dos super-homens da Marvel, foi morto por Knull durante a saga O Rei das Trevas, estrelada por Venom. Nesse meio tempo sua energia foi manipulada por necromantes inimigos do Doutor Estranho e perdida pelo mundo. Agora que ela está dispersa, algumas pessoas comuns passaram a manifestar os poderes do herói. Isso desenvolverá uma corrida por poder, que pode acabar com a morte dos novos superpoderosos, algo que Jessica Jones e Misty Knight estão dispostas a investigar. A história é bastante divertida e intrigante, mas lá pelas tentas Jessica e Misty parecem desimportantes para a trama, mesmo tendo sido bem trabalhadas no começo. É interessante também como Loo desenvolve a relação dos poderes com uma personagem com deficiência. Os desenhos da minissérie não são lá essas coisas. Pensei que essa mini serviria para adaptar o personagem Sentinela para a versão do filme do MCU, em Thunderbolts, mas estava errado, o direcionamento acaba sendo outro. A ver quanto tempo a Marvel vai demorar pra readaptar o personagem para linkar ele com a versão dos cinemas.

[Marcus · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this mini series is a good example of a fantastic premise with not enough time to cook. The idea of seemingly random people getting aspects of the currently deceased Sentry’s powers and learning how to use them is pretty cool. This being just 4 issues though didn’t give enough time to delve into the characters introduced here, they remained fairly surface level from beginning to end.

That being said some good artwork and cool action here and I was happy with who ultimately takes up Bob Reynold’s legacy

[Matteo Mazzotta · Rating 2 out of 5]

i need to start doing a little more research before going “wow! character i like!” and buying a book

[Joey Nardinelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

I expected this to be bad but it actually was pretty decent. I mostly know The Sentry and Bob for his appearances in several of the crossover event comics like Siege and The King in Black. As such, he’s not a very near-and-dear character to me despite my liking his riff on a very flawed Superman-like character. And while I don’t think I’m super familiar with Misty Knight, I know Jessica Jones well enough and think Mallory could be an interesting new Sentry-like character going forward (I tend to prefer a new character to constantly rebooting the exact same character). I’m not at all sure I needed to read this, but that I could engage with it seems like plenty of success for this GN. Pretty brutal to introduce a bunch of other characters, including a single mom, and murder them all off just to get the story told though!

[Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

Needed more Jessica Jones.

[Chris Lemmerman · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Sentry has died...a few times at this point, but it seems to have stuck for a while. Until now, when his powers begin manifesting around the US in random civilians. Of course, not everyone blessed with superpowers is going to use them for good, and it falls to Jessica Jones and Misty Knight to track all of Bob Reynolds' powers down before something REALLY bad happens.

I actually enjoyed this quite a bit. Considering the only really established characters play a supporting role, it's tough to sell new characters in just four issues, but villain Ryan and hero Mallory both hit surprisingly well in a short time. Jason Loo draws on some fun continuity pulls for the Sentry himself, as well as the ultimate revelation about how this all started. It's a solid little story, and I'm curious to see if it gets picked up anywhere else.

The art's more of a mixed bag. Luigi Zigaria's art isn't bad, but it doesn't really have that special something that elevates it to a level above okay. The design work for the Sentries is neat, but even that seems to have been a result of the writer rather than the artist, going by the back matter in the trade.

I'm surprised Marvel didn't revive the original Sentry in time for Thunderbolts*, but this was a good distraction in the meantime.

[Ross · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Sentry is dead...
..long live the Sentry!

Seemingly random people are experiencing explosive new powers that endanger the world around them. The power signature is the same as the (extremely comic writer messed up) Sentry. Misty Knight is sent out by the Aberrant Crimes Division to track down these new powered ...people?

One of these new Sentry's is not like the others. First there were six. That became 5. Then there were 4. Is there room for a TEAM of Sentry(ies)?

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Bonus: Best idea for a character reset.
Bonus Bonus: There's even a name change at some point...check it out
BONUS^3: Cerebral Palsy and super heroics? That's new.

[Tyler Jenkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this series. Sentry was always such an interesting character to me. Always called “Marvel’s Superman” but he was so much more than that. Having his powers split and giving us a bunch of new candidates for his successor was cool. I’m sure many people will hate that the white blond boy was the villain. Very excited to learn more about our next Sentry, a brand new hero for Marvel calling herself “Solarus”.

[Derek · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have always loved the idea of The Sentry. Being a person living with mental illness and my own version of The Void who shows up to mess with me, I see myself in a conflicted dude who ends up with omega level powers. He's me. But I just haven't gotten my superpowers yet. 😊

So this book, depicting a new version of the Sentry in a person managing living with a disability and trying to use their powers to make the world a better place hit pretty hard. I really liked this.

[David Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of a weird story, not really sure what the point of it was or why it happened, but it was fine enough!

[B · Rating 3 out of 5]

the Sentry is too big to be a character.

[Brie · Rating 2 out of 5]

no Bob what the heck

[Shoshanah · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Mateusz Nowowiejski · Rating 3 out of 5]

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