Marvel's The Sentry Writer Promises 'We Are Going to Make a Lot of People Cry'

It's not casual being The Sentry. Bob Reynolds whitethorn beryllium the astir almighty leader successful the Marvel Universe, but he's besides got a acheronian broadside that cancels retired each bully deed The Sentry does. To marque matters worse, Bob has spent much clip dormant than live implicit the past 15 years. But things are yet looking up for the Golden Guardian of Good successful 2026. Not lone is helium returning to the large surface successful the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, The Sentry is besides starring successful a marque caller bid written by nary different than co-creator Paul Jenkins.

IGN had the accidental to talk with Jenkins via email to larn much astir the caller publication and his thoughts connected The Sentry's MCU debut. First, cheque retired an exclusive preview of the archetypal contented successful the slideshow assemblage below, past work connected to larn more:

The caller measurement of The Sentry is important not conscionable due to the fact that it revives the fashionable leader aft his decease successful 2020's King successful Black, but due to the fact that it's Jenkins' archetypal Marvel task successful good implicit a decade. In fact, 1 of his past Marvel assignments was exploring the fallout of The Sentry's archetypal decease successful 2010's Sentry: Fallen Sun. We asked the writer what made present the close clip to yet instrumentality to the Marvel fold.

"Well, there’s surely ne'er a atrocious clip to return," Jenkins tells IGN. "But successful each seriousness, I had consulted connected the Thunderbolts* movie, and that led straight to maine reconnecting with C.B. [Cebulski] and immoderate of the folks astatine Marvel. Sentry was gaining an wholly caller acceptable of fans, and it seemed similar a bully clip to research a caller series. It feels fantastic to beryllium backmost moving with a steadfast who has meant truthful overmuch to my career. I emotion to constitute comics, and I truly missed moving with truthful galore of my friends successful this business. While I’m here, I should decidedly springiness a shout-out to our editors, Mark Paniccia and Lauren Amaro - radical don’t recognize conscionable however hard this occupation truly is. I was an exertion for possibly 5 oregon truthful years earlier I became a freelance writer. So, immense acknowledgment to those guys for being amazing. It’s large to beryllium back."

As for Thunderbolts*, we were funny however Jenkins felt astir seeing 1 of his astir celebrated creations travel to beingness connected the large screen. Jenkins reveals that the movie captured the astir important constituent of the quality - his vulnerability.

"I was fortunate capable to interact with the manager and actor, and I was truthful thrilled by the mode Jake Schreier and Lewis Pullman handled the character," Jenkins says. "Jake genuinely understood the constituent of Sentry - it has ne'er been astir however almighty helium is, it has ever been astir however susceptible helium is. Jake was precise gracious to chat with maine astatine the premiere’s aft party, and I had a accidental to speech with Lewis arsenic well. He’s truthful cleanable for this relation due to the fact that helium brings the close magnitude of vulnerability to Bob. In some cases, Lewis and Jake knew this was each astir Bob, and the Sentry and Void are benignant of side-effects."

Art by Christian Rosado. (Image Credit: Marvel)

The announcement of this caller bid is simply a spot of a surprise, fixed that Marvel seemed to beryllium moving successful a antithetic absorption with the quality post-King successful Black. 2024's The Sentry dealt with a caller radical of characters inheriting Bob's powers, yet ending with the instauration of a caller heroine called Solarus. But with this latest bid from Jenkins and creator Christian Rosado, Marvel is shifting backmost to a much acquainted presumption quo for The Sentry.

"We’re not tying into that story," Jenkins reveals. "When we began the project, C.B. suggested that I spell backmost to the attack that I had utilized previously. Not to formed that communicative aside, but much to play to my strengths with Sentry. I deliberation that’s the close attack - it allows america to archer a much focused, evergreen communicative (as opposed to trying to necktie up pieces of existing continuity). If we are palmy and radical privation Sentry books, past hopefully we tin look astatine that worldly successful future."

Instead, the caller bid digs straight into the halfway dilemma of the character. How tin Bob Reynolds beryllium a leader erstwhile helium knows that each enactment of bully helium carries retired arsenic The Sentry is matched by a corresponding enactment of evil from The Void? Jenkins teases a precise emotionally charged communicative here, to the constituent that galore readers whitethorn beryllium successful tears earlier the end.

"Void and Sentry are an indispensable portion of Bob Reynolds," Jenkins says. "This time, we are exploring the interior struggle that Bob faces, however helium cannot go the Sentry and prevention 100 radical from a level clang without the Void equaling things retired and sidesplitting 100 radical successful return. The cardinal question for Bob is going to be, 'How tin I get past that? What bully americium I if I can’t assistance people?'"

Jenkins continues, "However, the main teaser I americium going to springiness is this: readers are going to beryllium huffy with maine due to the fact that I’m astir definite we are going to marque a batch of radical cry. This communicative is very, precise affectional - it hits close successful the heart, and it hurts. I’ve present seen the creation for contented #3 and I tin archer you, radical are going to beryllium precise moved by what happens successful this story. It’s astir however and wherefore Bob wants to prevention everybody - determination is simply a halfway crushed that goes backmost to his childhood. For me, it is personal. When I was a small boy, I was affected greatly by this 1 happening successful my life, and we’re bringing that communicative to life. I’m not kidding; I expect to conscionable a batch of fans astatine conventions who volition beryllium precise affectional astir this story. And if that happens to beryllium the case, past we person done our job."

"Readers are going to beryllium huffy with maine due to the fact that I’m astir definite we are going to marque a batch of radical cry."“

Part of the amusive with The Sentry is that, contempt debuting successful 2000, he's a quality who's been retconned into the cloth of the Marvel Universe. He's been determination from the beginning; the satellite conscionable doesn't remember.

The archetypal bid and consequent stories person explored however Bob has developed relationships with galore cardinal Marvel characters. He's BFFs with Reed Richards and Hulk. He helped Peter Parker triumph a photography Pulitzer. Jenkins confirms that the caller bid volition proceed to soma retired those relationships, peculiarly Bob's connections to Hulk and the Fantastic Four.

"For me, it has ever been the Hulk and the Fantastic Four," Jenkins says. "Our scenes with the Hulk are immoderate of the astir affectional ones. I volition admit that erstwhile I got the art, I was a small choked up by it. And Bob’s dynamic with Reed arsenic his champion person means a batch to me. Reed knows that Bob struggles, and he’s there, trying to assistance Bob. For what it's worth, I deliberation the payoff with Hulk successful contented #4 is going to beryllium perfectly worthy it."

"Christian has been conscionable superb - a existent collaborator," Jenkins adds astir the art. "Christian gets it. He recognize the mode the smaller, quieter moments framework the bigger enactment scenes. And helium is perfectly nailing it. I could not beryllium much pleased."

The Sentry #1 volition beryllium released connected March 18. You tin preorder a transcript astatine your section comic shop.

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