"Give the Sentry a chance!"

I don't like the void.... stupid idea....

" @Korg said:

" It's been 9 years. I've given him plenty of chances. He's still a terrible character. "

Bendis has been writing for him since the his creator was done with him.I'm sure you're aware how bad Bendis can make a character look. "

" One day Bob is agoraphobic, the next he is schizophrenic, the next he has split personality disorder, then Sentry, Bob, and Void are 3 separate people somehow. "

The reason I royally hate The Sentry is really no fault of the character himself, even though he's pretty silly and a BLATANT "This is what Superman would be like had he been birthed in the Marvel U" analogue. The reason I hate him is that there's ZERO good reason for him, period. If Marvel really wanted to have their own Superman, hey...they just so happen to have had since the 1960's a big, hulking Norse God with a giant hammer, and even a red, flowing cape! WOW!!! And he even had a secret identity or three!

And that's just it...Marvel, for whatever reason, has always been afraid to pull the trigger and TRY to make Thor more than what his Mythology allows him to be. Thor's been one of the company's most well-known and respected characters, by fans and fellow heroes alike, for decades. And yet, Marvel can only seem to have him be an Avengers powerhouse once in awhile, or relegate him to stories within Asgard which are often great, but far from relatable. I'm not talking about any past history, I'm talking about now. The character has been shuffled out of the limelight so often it's really sad, especially when, as has been mentioned, Paul Jenkins gets to come in and create this hoax to forceibly-insert a supposed "lost creation" into continuity.

Thor could have been what The Sentry so desperately wants to be, and most built-in fans would more than likely accept it and respect the choice rather than there being a split audience on the matter. I enjoy where the character has gone since JMS took him over, but watching as that Golden Goof floats around waiting to be used as the plot device he is while The God of Thunder pouts around the Midwest sickens me.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, if Marvel wants to have a bunch of different histories and alternate takes on things, they need to create a friggin' Multiverse already and knock it off with the MESSIN' AROUND!!! The whole damn point of the original "Ultimate" line was so THAT VERY THING could be done! New takes on old characters! The opportunity for brand-new characters to appear alongside them, because these versions are NOT the same creations that've been running around since the 60's! The Sentry would have been PERFECT if he'd been introduced in "The Ultimates", or even as his own Ultimate series, because it would have been just fine if a Superman-like person had supposedly been there since the start of the Universe. Because he WOULD have been.

/Sentry rant. *Takes deep breath*

So what id he had  a better Origin? would you start to like him?

" So what id he had  a better Origin? would you start to like him? "

" @AtPhantom: Yea,completely change him but still keep the main good things about the Sentry. "

@Korg said:

" @Lyrad said:

" the idea of how he came to be is original in its self. "

He stole a super-soldier serum. How is that original?
 
@Lyrad said:

"
what other super hero could cope with that? "

Superman could. Flash could also. Many other characters could, most of them powerhouses/speedsters (like Sentry). Oh wait, they wouldn't have to deal with it, because they could just save all those people, instead of wasting time thinking about not being able to save them. They also have consistent power showings, and speed feats which allow them to do these things, whereas Sentry is handicapped by his psychological disorder du jour.
 
@Lyrad said:

"I say give The Sentry a chance, he is getting much better at what he does. "

He's getting better at becoming worse? That's pretty much the only thing he's done since his character was created. He currently works for Osborn, so he's not getting better at becoming a hero. He still has trouble (maybe more now than previously) understanding his own powers, so he's not getting better at that. He's still confused as to the existence of the Void/if it will come back/if it's him, so no progress there either. It's been 9 years. He's been in the Avenger's books for over 4. In total, he has well over 100 appearances. Why should anyone give him more chances? "

Sentry had his chance to be cool in World War Hulk, but he (technically the writer) blew it. I'm done giving him chances.

 

"If Superman was only 9 years old, would you be hating him too? "

You're assuming I like Superman in the first place.     
 

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"Sentry had his chance to be cool in World War Hulk, but he (technically the writer) blew it. I'm done giving him chances. "