I thought I would make a thread about Sentry's role in the comic and his sudden disappearance thanks to the worm and other things related to the poem he quotes.

So I thought during Sentry's first encounter with Thor their were 3 interesting images I picked up and they seem quite interesting the almost indicate an ulterior motive for the Sentry.

http://imgur.com/a/yymRy

I wondered perhaps what this could be. It mentions it's masters which are Uriel and Eimin and the premonition which has now come true since Earth has been destroyed (along with the humans) the mutants have been saved and everyone is on Planet X. So this seems to be the premonition complete but what would Sentry need Thor's aid for now?

Now the next part of my question will be quite long (also apologies if it sounds a bit silly) so as you know if you have been reading the comic the Sentry quotes from the poem known as Rime of the Ancient Mariner and as I started looking through the poem I noticed a lot of similarities between Sentry's story in the comic and what happens in the poem, for example on line 42 and 43 of part 5 in the poem it says.

"It had been strange, even in a dream, To have seen those dead men rise."

And ten lines down in the poem it says

"But he said nought to me" which although it doesn't share the same meaning exactly but it is almost a lose wording of how Thor says "I say thee nay!" when he attempts to punch the Sentry. I only take it as being a loose wording as in the poem it features so close together and it does in the comic as well.

And again a couple of lines down in the poem it says "Be calm, thou Wedding-Guest" which again Sentry makes a loose wording by saying "Calm your rage" and again credence is kind of added to the theory by how close it is to each line in the poems.

And coming onto the part of the worm there is again a quote which sounds similar.

"Then like a pawning horse let go, She made a sudden bound It flung blood into my head And I fell down in a swound."

Swound meaning faint/fainted in Old English. And lastly there is a slight indicator if the writers are following the poem that Sentry returns as there is this quote here.

"How long in that same fit I lay, I have not to declare; But ere my living my life returned."

So from that we can gather that the Mariner or possibly Sentry will return as ere means before. Again this is if they are following the poem as it clearly looks like they are.

Apologies for the long post.

It's ok for the long post i asked the same thing. I always though it was pure PIS how that worm beat him just to make janet look good, but maybe that was his plan so the next time he may be the one to get thor out of his depression and help him bring the earth and everyone back, especially with kang coming. So i think he will be coming back after kang makes his appearance and after havok and wasp get their spot light.

@one-angry-scot: interesting theory.

I feel like I missed what the direct connection to Rime of the Ancient Mariner was in the story, but it's a poem I'm familiar with so I feel like it's a reference I could have glossed over without much thought. Do you remember what issue they used any direct quotes?

One thing I would point out, though, is that "But he said nought to me" actually means he said nothing to me, which makes that connection seem like a bit of a stretch..

@oldnightcrawler: The majority of where he has quoted from is Uncanny Avengers #10 #11 #15 and I think 13 as well.

When he is fighting wasp he says "the nightmare life in death was she". The Sentry also describes himself as the ancient mariner when he first fights Thor. He also says he has to tell his story to everyone as it's his penance (something that the mariner had to do) if you go on YouTube they have all of the Uncanny Avengers comics on there if you want a quick read.

There is many other quotes from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner from the Sentry.

I'm guessing that the other voice in Sentry's head might that sane and rational part of his mind we've seen before that could be telling him not to kill Thor so he could possibly help bring Robert back to life

@frozenedge: I kind of agree with you in a way, the only part I wonder on is other things the voice mentions. I mean what do you reckon on the Sentry not following the twins? What do you reckon he is planning on that side of things? I mean he says "Why I must kill those who would stop the mutant rapture, you must survive the coming ordeal." "It is better for humanity" so this means that he must be somehow planning to join with Thor to bring back the humans. He also describes himself as the "caretaker of humanity". It is all very cryptic.