The Sentry
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Thunderbolts' Sentry was conceived as an Hourman pitch for DC Comics' Vertigo, says co-creator Paul Jenkins
One aspect of the original Hourman idea that did end up carrying over to The Sentry was drug addiction. However, that aspect was MUCH more central to the Hourman pitch, until a Vertigo comics legend told Jenkins to reconsider
June 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Sentry in Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* is Spider-Man for depressed people like me
After years of feeling alienated from the MCU, I've found a hero I see myself in with The Sentry from Thunderbolts*
May 23, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Spoilers!What the asterisk in Thunderbolts* means, and where the name comes from (No, it's not the Red Hulk, or any other Marvel Studios connection)
Look, we love Harrison Ford just as much as everybody else, but it turns out that the Thunderbolts' name comes from a very different place (Sorry, Captain America: Brave New World)
May 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Spoilers!Yes, Marvel spoiled a major Thunderbolts* moment in the Avengers: Doomsday cast announcement, but hoped no-one would notice
A widely-spread MCU fan-theory regarding who was (and wasn't) in the cast list of Avengers: Doomsday turned out to be 100% on the money
May 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Spoilers!Thunderbolts* resurrects a longstanding Marvel Studios tradition (with a Sentry-inspired twist)
An MCU staple that was missing from Captain America: Brave New World returned for Thunderbolts*, but then it got weird... and dark
May 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* creator credits include special attention to two of the Sentry creators
Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee don't get 'thanked' in Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* movie credits - they get top treatment, and Jenkins got a job out of it.
May 02, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Who created Marvel's Sentry? The simmering Marvel Comics (and Marvel Studios) drama deepens as Paul Jenkins weighs in amid Thunderbolts* theatrical debut
In 2000, Marvel announced that Stan Lee and Artie Rosen created the Sentry. In the 25 years since, it's gotten more and more complicated
April 30, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Sentry co-creator Rick Veitch calls Marvel "the House of Stolen Ideas" after his stake in the character overlooked for past 25 years - including in Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* movie
"Cut out" and "thrown under the bus": Marvel Comics' Sentry co-creator Rick Veitch opens up about his omission for the past 25 years and in the Thunderbolts* movie.
April 29, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone