I'm on my way out the door and back to Ontario for a few days, so this'll have to be quick.
I was going to catch up on this series and pre-post all four issues I have so I could make sure they got online this weekend, but the day got away from me.
I'd also hoped that these four issues constitute a whole story, but, no, I am missing part 5, the final issue.
*sigh*
Another admission? Honestly, I don't think there should have been anything to do with the Sentry after the end of his original series, with the possible exception of the awesome Age of the Sentry series. I loved the idea of a Superman-level hero living in the Marvel Universe unable to be that thing that he wants to be, but never really realizing it. I was pretty excited when Brian Bendis brought the character back, but I'm not sure I like how he was handled in that otherwise excellent decade (?) of Avengers stories. And his other solo series has kind of receded from my memory, much as his adventures were supposed to have at the end of the first series.
That said, I'm always going to buy a comic about the Sentry, and it's written by Jeff Lemire, which means it's very likely going to be amazing. The last of my favourites he had a hand in was Animal Man, and that run during the New 52 was wonderful.
The Sentry is Superman. The Sentry is also the Void. I think my worry is that this is always going to be the central conceit of any story about this character, which is ultimately very limiting.
Right. So. Benefit of the doubt. Off to Ontario.
More to come...
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