What makes him a bad character?
What makes him a bad character?
Lucas Lee
Adam James
because golden man bad
Wyatt Gutierrez
Not enough comics.
Brayden Wilson
Being psychotic isn’t good enough?
Thomas Parker
LET'S FIND OUT!
Adam Evans
Lucas Bailey
Jacob King
Jaxon Butler
Brody Price
Julian Ross
Xavier Price
Liam Evans
Eli Jenkins
Adrian Reed
Dylan Smith
Honestly, I'd appreciate an explanation too. Everyone on Yea Forums shits on Sentry but everything I've seen of him looks pretty cool, and the concept of a well-intentioned but mentally unstable Superman is a fun one.
Is it just because he ripped that dude in half, and that was too edgy?
Easton Flores
David Wright
Brandon Nelson
Jeremiah Harris
Henry Thompson
Nathaniel Diaz
Brody Kelly
Julian Cruz
Brandon Hall
The character is ridiculous by design. Treating him as a regular character was a mistake.
Lincoln Bell
Jason Clark
Evan Nelson
Because a god-level hero is essentially a permanent Deus Ex Machina, unless given a blatant weakness, which then has to be a part of every single story he is in, otherwise said hero needs to have plot induced amnesia so as not so solve any crisis in a matter of minutes. Just like every story involving Superman needs to have either kryptonite or other kryptonians in it, or else Superman is just a retarded version of himself.
Daniel Miller
Adrian Miller
Mason Sullivan
Bentley Foster
Isn't he just edgy superman knockoff?
Isaiah Hill
Landon Foster
Jose Green
You might be on to something. Carnage has a lot of fanboys.
Jordan Wright
Thomas Gonzalez
Cooper Carter
Christian Stewart
Jaxon Foster
I think he meant Ares
Dominic Scott
Kayden Adams
Ayden Sullivan
Jonathan Bell
Ian Adams
Jace Russell
Cooper Miller
Alexander Carter
Jacob Howard
Alexander Mitchell
Lucas Brooks
Jace Ramirez
Jason Watson
Oliver Lee
Lucas Green
Dylan Perez
Jonathan Rivera
Jayden Rodriguez
Cooper King
Ayden Russell
Easton Wilson
Michael Gray
Marvel has a horrible habit of creating cosmically powerful badasses who sit on the sidelines of any serious situation to maintain the drama for less capable characters.
I wouldn't even call out Sentry for this, the bullshit started for me with Phoenix.
Eli Cruz
Eli Nelson
Hunter Johnson
What? Blue Marvel didn't sit on the sidelines
Kevin Smith
Anthony Ramirez
Hudson Cooper
Uninspired.
His only role is being the most powerful being in the universe but he's unreliable because he's on tilt 24/7
Grayson Martin
Andrew Jones
Jordan Cooper
Ryder Cruz
Brayden Jenkins
Isaac Sanders
Landon Parker
Joseph Martinez
Kek
Aaron James
David Baker
Charles Sullivan
I'm glad someone got that joke
Jonathan Ross
Jose Stewart
Kevin Morris
Jacob Nelson
Jayden Robinson
Justin Stewart
Evan Torres
Logan Campbell
Christopher Reyes
Samuel Gonzalez
Andrew Stewart
Jackson Watson
>unless given a blatant weakness, which then has to be a part of every single story he is in
The Sentry's blatant weakness is even more inescapable than Superman's. At least kryptonite could hypothetically be destroyed or sent away, leaving Superman nearly invulnerable. The Sentry can't escape the Void in the same way.
Liam Peterson
Adrian Stewart
Levi Gonzalez
Aiden Jenkins
Thomas Harris
Eli Barnes
Jeremiah Nelson
Elijah Edwards
Aiden Gutierrez
James Perez
Adrian Diaz
Samuel Sanchez
Luke Taylor
Landon Collins
Carter Gutierrez
Joseph Flores
Jace Miller
Christopher Jones
That's one unfortunate looking flashlight design.
Benjamin Harris
Isaac Miller
Jose Flores
>It was a devil, who came from the sky!
[Lex Luthor Intensifies]
William Adams
Billy Batson is a better superman ripoff
Samuel Baker
Hunter Cruz
Easton Martinez
William White
Christopher Howard
Zachary Green
Adam Miller
Benjamin Hall
William Richardson
Kevin Hernandez
Carter Allen
Brayden Butler
This story is actually good. Why is the character so despised?
Angel Jackson
Blake Murphy
Justin Taylor
Landon Gonzalez
Connor Richardson
Caleb Lee
I think it's because of what came after this arc.
Josiah Carter
Because eventually Bendis got a hold of him
Gabriel Morales
Ian Ortiz
Cameron Rivera
Oh so that’s what The Void looks like. For some reason I could never find a pic of him, just The Sentry
Jackson Jackson
Jason Myers
He looks like an evil version of Johnny thunder's genie
Brandon Turner
Noah Robinson
Jeremiah Lee
Asher Howard
Kayden Nelson
Evan Lee
Easton Sullivan
James Ramirez
Nolan Campbell
Wyatt Moore
Sentry 2018-2019 is literally so strong that he can fight things that make Odin piss himself
Ethan Sanders
Juan Baker
Hudson Collins
Jonathan Cook
Dominic Wright
Evan White
Aaron Myers
Dominic Jones
Asher Green
Jordan Martin
From what I'm seeing he's a madman who's both hero and his own archnemises, which is kind of cool. Might make for a good psych thriller movie
Ryan Collins
Nicholas Collins
Adrian Reed
Blake Martinez
Josiah Cooper
Easton White
Alexander Gomez
Leo James
Hudson Robinson
Ryder Martinez
Aesthetic as fuck page, desu.Thanks storytime user
Justin Baker
Jeremiah Richardson
Ryan Rodriguez
You're welcome user, Sentry is one of my favorites despite the Bendising.
Brody Ross
Austin Martinez
Grayson Carter
Lucas Bailey
Ian Wright
Austin Evans
Cameron Roberts
Isaiah Rivera
Julian Cook
Jonathan Taylor
Brandon Adams
At the time we didn't know he'd eventually fuck off. He was an asspull and we thought he'd be around forever to help writers write their way out of corners.
James Harris
Dominic Sanchez
Christopher Lee
Asher Bailey
Colton Stewart
Grayson Richardson
Owen James
Nolan Bell
Joshua Gray
Jose Thompson
Adam Russell
>Dude, like, Superman, but like, mentally ill and violent. Deep, huh?
Sheesh, I wonder why.
Bentley Garcia
Joseph Torres
Hudson Ramirez
Carson Foster
Luke Parker
James Bennett
Gabriel Myers
Luis Collins
Aiden Anderson
Alexander Long
Blake Gutierrez
Easton Sanchez
Alexander Smith
Ryder Young
this art is getting crazy
Daniel Fisher
Gabriel Hill
Joshua Phillips
Levi Richardson
Levi Cruz
Adrian Hernandez
Cooper Gomez
Zachary Butler
Luis Flores
Oliver Martinez
Ryder Watson
Christian Wilson
Chase Kelly
Isaac Moore
Landon King
Luke Johnson
Easton Bell
Gabriel Thomas
Evan Johnson
Sentry novel by Stephen King or some other renowned horror author wen? This sounds like him or Koontz's jam
Logan Sullivan
Nolan Hill
he was made for a minisseries with a specific point to make (homage to all ages, evil superman). Outside of that he is too powerful for the kind of story Marvel tells.
Jack Sanchez
Nolan Martinez
Camden Gutierrez
William Evans
Austin Sullivan
Noah Brown
Joshua Brown
Wyatt Fisher
Samuel Robinson
Dominic Ortiz
Matthew Martinez
Jack Martinez
Lincoln Carter
Nathan King
Adrian Torres
Parker Moore
Kayden Smith
Tyler Taylor
David Adams
Grayson Rogers
Easton Richardson
Kevin Foster
Josiah Cox
Oliver Fisher
Henry Baker
Kevin Lopez
Matthew Martin
Justin White
Oliver Williams
Brody Lewis
Nathaniel Ward
End
Samuel Torres
Damn, this was a downer
Isaiah Bennett
i still dont understand, was he a drug addcit who self inserted into everyone's mind? where is he now?
Dominic Ross
Are you going to storytime any of the stuff that came after with the character? This miniseries seems pretty good, and I feel like it's not this version of the character people are annoyed with.
Joshua James
I can, sure
Andrew Watson
based storytimer, thanks a lot. Always nice to see some Sentry
Isaiah Collins
Continuing
Liam Carter
Drug addict origin story is a cover up. He's an avatar of God.
Nathan Richardson
How strong is Sentry actually? Can he defeat Phoenix? If so how? How does this guy stand up to Galactus or Vulcan or Beyonder or the Living Tribunal?
Carson Ross
>"You're a fruit cake. That's it."
Why does spiderman hate teh gays desu
Connor Brooks
this EU avengers team is quite lame in terms of design. But I am enjoying this comic overall. It's building suspense nicely even though I know what's going to happen.
Jaxon Collins
iirc he has the power of "1000 exploding suns"
Not sure exactly how strong that is compared to Phoenix.
Thomas Richardson
I feel like Phoenix would be able to shatter his mind at will, Sentry's weakness is too great.
I don't understand-now Sentry is merged with Void and it is stronger than pure Sentry? So does that mean that Sentry no longer will schizo out with the void and murder everyone anymore?
Ryder Brooks
Except, you know, the author not using the Void for like two years.
Joshua Barnes
Questionable, they say 'x exploding suns', I've even seen him say 'million' so.... he's not strong enough to keep Hercules from hurling him into space and if he had that kind of strength, Herc couldn't do that.
Henry Walker
Phoenix destroyed a solar system and billions of lives and everyone forgave her. From what I know of the Sentry he got trapped in the sun and was burned to death over and over again.
If he can't even survive the sun how would he survive Phoenix Force Jean? Is he just Deus Ex Machina now? I never read marvel comics but I assume Sana Amanat and the editors have shit all over him.
That original miniseries is fantastic, desu it should have ended there.
Dominic Rodriguez
Sentry's strong enough to make Molecule Man his bitch so I actually don't see Phoenix being much of a challenge
Robert Torres
Bump
Jackson Powell
Everything about him is unearned. He's retconned into the universe as some sort of ultimate force of pure good, making everything spin around him. He's an awkward retcon that reduces the role of every other hero in the marvel universe. He isn't even "good" like superman. He's a junkie that got his powers by drinking an experimental serum because that's just how retarded he is, it is never explained how he can go from that to someone everyone looks up to. And the whole thing with the void is so melodramatic, as a standalone the character itself is incredibly melodramatic and self pitying. Check out the Jenkins/Romita run to understand what I'm saying.
Jackson Taylor
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Kayden Butler
Having read the storytimes just now:
The retcon really does cheapen the character, especially when you get to his funeral, and you hear all about the great things Sentry did, that we never saw, and continuity that he couldn't possibly have been a part of. Later, some authors seem to play with the idea that his presence warps timelines around him in-canon, but this is never confirmed, and it's only used in part of a story told by one character to another character, that is partly used to hypothesize ideas about Sentry. I don't really have much problem with Sentry being a positive force for the people in his life, and this coming from a former mentally ill junkie, because Sentry represents all his desire to do good and be a hero, and Void seems to represent all his hate and resentment. I think maybe the biggest mistake with the character was that in order to make him reusable, they had everybody get their memories of him back.
The original minieseries felt weird, and it felt like it was supposed to, because there's this creeping sense of dread surrounding what's happening, and though Robert is desperate for people to know who he is, this journey comes concurrently with destruction popping up around the globe by the Void, so something feels wrong, and it pays off with the reveal. It ends with everything going mostly back to normal in the MU, and we now know he's a part of it, but in the background. Having to restore people's relationships with him by bringing him back leads to a lot of attempts at pathos that don't quite land, because none of it seems real.
Nicholas Reyes
Bob is basically a reality warper - the drug he imbibed basically turned him into one. He was also a drug addict, so he developed an addiction to it.
If there is a character I'd compare the Sentry to, it'd be the Plutonian from Irredeemable. Both characters are Superman pastiches/allegories that were actually reality warpers. The difference is that Bob most likely had a troubled past but was then given the most powerful ability/weapon. The danger being that he was able to do the greatest evil (the Void) as much as the greatest good (The Sentry)
Chase Torres
Trips of truth.
The Sentry was always meant to be a one-shot.
Angel Diaz
This. That one shot was fantastic in terms of both art and writing. The buildup of tension was great and all the different styles of comics worked really well and helped to make the story more tragic.