Bought/Thought September 30th, 2009

[RockSP]

Volstagg is overweight.

 

[CaptainCanada]

I do wish he'd finish the twelve, I was loving that story.

He is, last I heard. Weston wrapped up whatever other project it was that was occupying his time, I and could swear I saw a piece of art from it, though I can't think of where.

 

[moraldeficiency]

He is, last I heard. Weston wrapped up whatever other project it was that was occupying his time, I and could swear I saw a piece of art from it, though I can't think of where.

I meant, finish it in a semi timely manner.

 

[random_havoc]

The issue ends with Osborn siccing Sentry at Moon Knight, which is overkill considering he recently felt only Venom was enough to handle the Fantastic Four, that included the Human Torch.

I'm both excited and wary about the Sentry going after the moon knight. Sentry's my fav character, and him going after Punisher in pun #1 was a really fantastic issue. But on the other hand that, of course, stretched the prospects of realism since realistically nothing should've stopped Sentry from catching Punisher in less than a second. The same thing applies here, except now it's made worse by the fact that it's been done before (since MK will obviously have to escape somehow).

So, hoping it's done incredibly well, but fearful it won't be and this'll just be another issue of Sentry being made to look bad just to boost another character.

On another note....
Dark Reign: Made Men had some good stuff in it. I was a fan of it overall. I found it interesting that Attuma was brought back (VERY glad they didn't just ignore the fact that Sentry had killed him awhile back). I thought it was pretty silly though that all they had to do to explain that away was have Doom basically say he can do anything.
I mean, I love Doom, especially when they show him own people (not that they ever do that these days), but he can just bring a guy back to life after his head has been obliterated?

 

[random_havoc]

I do wish he'd finish the twelve, I was loving that story.

I wish Marvel would finish New Universal. I was loving the first few issues. At least get someone to write a couple issues with a conclusion to the bloody thing.

Somehow I think it's just gonna be left unfinished forever though.

 

[Keyser Soze]

One thing I enjoyed about Thor #603 was the shift in the portrayal of Loki. Throughout much of his/her tenure in the book, Loki has taken on the role of magnificent bastard: a conniving plotter, to be sure, but one who's cunning you almost had to admire, as well executed as his plans were. But here JMS put him firmly into the territory of frightening, detestable monster.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

He's still a cunning planner, though. His conversation with that poor Asgardian sap was classic Machiavellian Loki.

 

[Brainiac 8]

Wow, I wonder how many people will ever claim to have Foux-Super...I mean Sentry as a favorite character.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Pretty much just random_havoc.

 

[deathshead2]

Wait the Sentry went after the Punisher...why is the Punisher not dead? Whatever happened to that New Avengers this guy is crazy and "has the power of one million exploding suns, he can kick our ass" guy?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

He's still there. He's just so neurotic that escaping him is as easy as waiting for him to break down and cry for no apparent reason.

 

[deathshead2]

He's still there. He's just so neurotic that escaping him is as easy as waiting for him to break down and cry for no apparent reason.

So just say you killed your wife, and hes down for the count I guess.

 

[Brainiac 8]

Sentry: "I'll kill youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!"

Random Hero/villian: "Your costume is stupid and noone likes you."

Sentry: "But...but...*sob*

*Flys off to the moon for a good cry*


he's basically Superman without the interesting personality or cast.

 

[deathshead2]

Is the void still around when he uses his powers?

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Sentry: "I'll kill youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!"

Random Hero/villian: "Your costume is stupid and noone likes you."

Sentry: "But...but...*sob*

*Flys off to the moon for a good cry*


he's basically Superman without the interesting personality or cast.

Sentry has got a pretty interesting personality, more so than Supes IMO.

BUT only when he is written well. Which Bendis isn't doing at the moment.

Sentry's original mini series is better than any Superman comic I've ever read.

A guy who is the planets most powerful hero AND the most powerful villain at the same time? That has a lot of potential.

People criticize his role in Civil War (or lack there of) but I thought it was cool. He knows that to stop the Hulk he has to push himself right to the limit. And he is afraid that when he gets to that limit, he'll enjoy it so much he won't be able to stop. As shown when him and Hulk threw down.

That's more interesting that anything Superman has ever done, for me.

 

[Brainiac 8]

Sentry has got a pretty interesting personality, more so than Supes IMO.

BUT only when he is written well. Which Bendis isn't doing at the moment.

Sentry's original mini series is better than any Superman comic I've ever read.

LIES!

You're reading the wrong Superman comics then.

 

[random_havoc]

Wait the Sentry went after the Punisher...why is the Punisher not dead? Whatever happened to that New Avengers this guy is crazy and "has the power of one million exploding suns, he can kick our ass" guy?

He wasn't trying to kill the Punisher, just capture him. And, yeah, in one way when you think about it it is ridiculous that punisher escaped, but if you get a chance to read the issue you'll see it was portrayed REALLY well. And they do still show Sentry as being uber powerful in the ish. For example, the whole thing starts out with punisher getting ready to snipe norman osborn, and the panels follow the bullet right to osborn's head, but then Sentry basically just picks it out of the air with one finger and thumb. Punisher basically barely escapes as he scrambles around throwing every distraction he can think of at Sentry, and I think it also has something to do with the Sentry not really wanting to hurt a fellow hero, even though right now he is on the side of Osborn.
The Void doesn't come into play at all in that particular issue.

As to the Sentry/superman thing, I like them both a lot for different reasons. But Superman I like more in the abstract sense, since there's rarely been any comics stories I've read where he was used in a way that I found interesting.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Wait, the Sentry considers the Punisher a hero? Geez, he's even more mixed up than I thought.

 

[random_havoc]

Wait, the Sentry considers the Punisher a hero? Geez, he's even more mixed up than I thought.

Well, hey, the Sentry also is willing to kill badguys (ie, Attuma, Absorbing man, etc). I'd say they have some things in common for sure

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Right, another reason I despise the Sentry.

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

Actually, the way the Sentry is working right now, is he doesn't do pretty much ANYTHING without being told. Even killing, which he seems to still have an odd on again/off again aversion to. He's shown to kill pretty easily in the past, then we find out a lot of his enemies are actually just residing in the Negative Zone where he put them, then we find him actually questioning killing.

At first, I really -did- enjoy the Sentry, because I really liked the idea of a guy just so powerful, yet so restricted by his massive chemical and psychological imbalances, and unknowingly/unintentionally creates his own greatest enemy. His story was great in the fact, that he arises to the level of what every hero should aspire to, and gives his entire life up to stop this great threat to humanity. Then the entire scope of the Sentry is pretty much lost since his inception back into Marvel past New Avengers (where he used very little of his power, as to prevent a Void emergence).

Then it was explained the Void ALWAYS comes out when the Sentry does, which is cool, but apparently only to balance things (which isn't. I liked the idea that the Void really was his own man. And it's only fair to say the Void doesn't always follow these rules, but is now just Sentry centric, where before he was just doing his own thing).

However, I'm definitely not liking the entire, "Yes, you're the master of the Void, you use him, and don't at the same time, and you're in control," deal he's got going. It takes away a lot of what made the Sentry great. That, and the blubbering, "I r did gud, mistur Osborne?"

 

[Ace of Knaves]

I'm just waiting for either Sentry or Void to go ****ing ape **** at Osborne.

Maybe Void will actually drum it into Sentry that they don't need Osborne, that Osborne is just using them and thinks he is a freak. Paving the way for a Void re emergence. I think that would be a cool way to go with the character.

I do get the feeling they are building Sentry up for something big.

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

Nah, they basically had the entire reason the Sentry went into exile, one of -the- most powerful threats on the planet, on some form of leash.

Now, it'd be cool if the Void was just playing it up, allowing himself to be "controlled" or something. Though, it really doesn't make too much sense.

But honestly, they should've had the Void take the place of the Sentry, like how all the other heros have been replaced, while Bob goes off into a corner of the world somewhere to cry it off, and come back at the confrontation or something. The Void is a player like that. But pretty much nobody but Jenkins can really handle him (and we dunno if he even can for long.)

 

[Ace of Knaves]

You mean have Void on the Dark Avengers and pretending to be under control?

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

Well, the Void is all about crime and control.

I could easily see him playing the role of the "Sentry" for Osborne, pretending to be under control, all the while waiting until he can suck the souls out of his teammates, when he's ABSOLUTELY sure there'll be no resistance to him.