The Sentry is dead, but ordinary people all over the world are suddenly manifesting his powers and experiencing snippets of Bob Reynolds’ memories. Will one of them survive long enough to emerge as the new Sentry? Or will their newfound power destroy them? When Misty Knight and Jessica Jones cross paths in search of answers, they open an investigation that will change everything you think you know about the Sentry! Sentry #1 kicks off the next chapter of the controversial character.
When it comes to the character Sentry, I’ve never really had much of an opinion. I’ve read the various series and comics he’s been in and it was always an odd character. The results felts like extremes with the stories being great or horrible and little in between. It’s like no one quite got a handle as to how he fit in. To me, he was just a character. With Bob Reynolds’ dead, Sentry #1 kicks off the next chapter for the character and what direction it goes will be intriguing.
Written by Jason Loo, Sentry #1 feels a lot like “Reign of the Supermen.” Various individuals with little connection to each other gain powers that seem like the Sentry making you wonder what’s happening if any of them are the “true” Sentry. It’s much like how various Superman showed up post his death and new characters stood up, each having a facet of the original.
The story plays out without too many surprises as disasters due to these “awakenings” happen calling in a special unit to deal with them and then… shocker… one is evil. Again, it’s very “Reign of the Supermen.” If one of them turns out to be a Cyborg villain from Sentry’s past…
The art by Luigi Zagaria is decent. With color by Arthur Hesli and lettering by Joe Caramagna, the look of everything is decent. The characters are good, the action decent, overall, it’s not bad. But, it also doesn’t quite hook you. The characters look a little off in some ways and while there’s decent action, non of it really stands out. Like the story, it’s nice, but doesn’t quite excite.
It’s all not bad, but also doesn’t really stand out so far. It’s entertaining and what types of characters gain the Sentry’s power is interesting, but overall, we’re here for the end result. I’m just not completely sure the lead up is exciting enough to get us there.
Story: Jason Loo Art: Luigi Zagaria
Color: Arthur Hesli Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Story: 7.0 Art: 7.0 Overall: 7.0 Recommendation: Read
Marvel provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
Purchase: Zeus Comics – Kindle
