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by Brian Michael Bendis (Author), Steve McNiven (Illustrator, Penciller) Format: Kindle Edition

4.3 399 ratings

Part of: New Avengers (2004-2010)

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Collects New Avengers (2004) #7-10. The mystery of The Sentry revealed! The Avengers try to help the most powerful super hero in the world figure out who he is and where he came from! But will this knowledge destroy the man they're trying to help?

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AAJR21G
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel; Direct Ed edition (July 12, 2006)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 12, 2006
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 439043 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 112 pages

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Brian Michael Bendis is an award winning comics creator and one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For the last eleven years, Brian’s books have consistently sat on the top of the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.

Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s popular AVENGERS franchise by writing every issue of the NEW AVENGERS plus debuting the hit books MIGHTY AVENGERS and DARK AVENGERS along with the wildly successful ‘event’ projects HOUSE OF M, SECRET WAR, SECRET INVASION, and SIEGE.

This summer will see the blockbuster new line-ups for AVENGERS and NEW AVENGERS.

Other recent projects include the groundbreaking SPIDER-WOMAN MOTION COMIC, that debuted number one on iTunes TV sales chart and the New York Times best selling HALO graphic novel.

Brian is one of the premiere architects of Marvel comic’s Ultimate line of comics. A line of comics specifically created for the new generation of comics reader. He has written every issue of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN since it’s best selling launch in 1999, and has also written ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR, X-MEN, MARVEL TEAM UP, ORIGIN, SIX and the ENEMY trilogy.

He is creator of the JINX line of crime comics published by image comics. This line has spawned the graphic novels GOLDFISH, FIRE, JINX, TORSO (w/ Marc Andreyko) and TOTAL SELL OUT.

Brian’s other projects include the Eisner award winning “POWERS” (w/Mike Oeming) from Marvel’s creator owned imprint ICON, and the Hollywood tell all “FORTUNE AND GLORY’. Entertainment Weekly gave both projects an “A.” SONY and FX networks are currently developing POWERS for series with Brian as exec producer.

Brian is currently adapting his spy graphic novel FIRE for Universal Pictures as a starring vehicle for Zac Efron.

Brian is a member of Marvel studios creative committee, which consults on their numerous ongoing film projects. He has consulted on IRON-MAN and IRON MAN 2 and is currently consulting on THE FIRST AVENGERS: CAPTAIN AMERICA, THOR and THE AVENGERS

Brian has won five prestigious EISNER awards, including ‘Best Writer of the year’ two years in a row. He has also won over two dozen Wizard comic awards. Brian is the recipient of the Cleveland Press ‘Excellence in Journalism’ Award and was named “Best Writer of the Year.” by Wizard Magazine and Comic Buyer’s Guide for three consecutive years.

He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Alisa, his gorgeous daughters Olivia and Sabrina and his dogs Lucky, Max and Buster.

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Christopher Diem

Really deep and well written.

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2018

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This story tells us about a man who came from a comic book series that is actually real, and how the man is trying to keep an evil being from coming out into the world. The Avengers, and some other superheroes, mostly Emma Frost, try to help him, but he’s too scared to let anyone in, for fear of hurting them. It’s a really deep, and well written story.

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Steve

Great Creative Team

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2007

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This is the same Creative team behind Civil War. The art, as everyone points out is excellent, that's just what Steve McNiven does, he's phenomenal. The story is good, it involves a lot of characters outside of the New Avengers, most notably the X-Men's Emma Frost. The scenes with the Wrecker is essentially comic relief meant to break the more serious tension of the main story.

So why didn't I give it 5 stars? 2 reasons. The first is because it's short. Only 4 issues, and then they stick 'The Avengers Most Wanted' Case files in the back, which is a list of the 44 villains who escaped from the Raft in the first arc. If this went anywhere, it should have gone with the first volume of New Avengers, or better yet been packaged in as an add-on for a hard back that encompuses both volumes. It has no place here, and is really only here to justify the $15 Marvel is charging for it. It would be one thing if the pictures in the case files were new images by Finch and McNiven and co, but they're just recylced images from previous books, somewhat informative for new readers, but so many of these characters are F list, nobody should be reading about them in the first place. (The Brothers Grimm? The Slug? Mandrill? Armadillo?) Please.

The other thing I didn't like about it, and this is minor, is the cover. The image Amazon lists is not the cover for the paperback version, it's some random group shot by McNiven that really doesn't look that great. I would have much prefered the cover of New Avengers #10 to have graced this collection.

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Hector Gomez

An excellent second entry in the series.

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2017

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Writer Brian Michael Bendis, artist Steve McNiven and the production team have fashioned a sharp, entertaining story around one of Marvel's more unusual characters, the Sentry. Advancing the larger New Avengers story arc, while at the same time including some wonderful character beats, this surprisingly moving storyline is an interesting take on the themes of mental illness, guilt, isolation and the importance of reaching out and asking for help.

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2019

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This story is basically a justification about why the Sentry exists for the past 60 years without ever being talked about. It’s basically introducing a new Superman character into the Avengers when it didn’t need one.

As an introduction story it’s really not that compelling. The writing leans more toward pitying the Sentry rather making his backstory compelling. He’s basically an all powerful super hero above all the other all powerful super heroes, except that his only backstory is that he was forced to forget his backstory... which if that sounds confusing and superfluous, that’s basically how I feel about him as a character.

The story is weak, dialogue is ok, and the art is a little more Aeon-Fluz than I’d like. In summary I’ll say that comparison to “the Breakout,” which precedes this story, you can skip this story, not miss a beat, and feel better for not having wasted your time.

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Don Morris

New Avengers Assemble!

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2015

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Second outing for the New Avengers gives the Origin for The Sentry. Good story plot and good art. The Sentry is one tragic character Marvel may have overused. After you read the run of the stories (12 graphic vols. with several tie-ins) you can decide for yourself. Good sophomore run of stories.

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2021

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The sentry is a super hero who doesn't know who he is. They are sure of his intense powers, but are not sure why he can't remember anything. The only mention if him seems to be in a comic book that is fictional. The Avengers help him get to the bottom of his situation.

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2018

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Great read and loved the tie ins. Looking forward to more reads like this one. Thank you and will check out more in the future.

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DJ Joe Sixpack

The New Avengers get off to a slow start...

Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2008

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This was an entertaining book, with the newly-christened New Avengers team joining the Fantastic Four and just about all the other Marvel heavyweights in discovering who and what the mega-powerful Sentry is all about. Personally, I find the Sentry to be a rather dull, uninvolving character, but this book has its moments. Tellingly, the best sequence comes when the members of the new team are just out fighting a bad guy -- the recently escaped Wrecker. Brian Michael Bendis has some good writing, particularly when dealing with the individual team members. Hopefully, with the mega-cosmic story of the Sentry largely out of the way, the book will pick up speed and get a little more action packed. This is worth picking up -- and if you're a Sentry fan, obviously it's a must-read. (Joe Sixpack, ReadThatAgain book reviews)

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Gautam

Boring and uneventful

Reviewed in India on May 3, 2019

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Everything about this volume is poorly conceived and executed. From plot to dialogues to conflicts to framing everything is lazily done.

Martin Ashamen

Marvels clever take on an omnipotent superm.. Um hero.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 7, 2018

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Imagine superman, but with issues, still powered by the sun, but, well, having like really, really serious issues, so serious they affect the whole world. And all of the supes. And a real life comic creator. This is the Sentry, the most powerful super you've never heard of.

Mr. J. Emblen

Earth's mightiest heroes come to the aid of Earth's mightiest EVER hero!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 2, 2014

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In New Avengers Volume 2: Sentry we see the New Avengers, Earth's mightiest heroes, coming to the aid of (quite possibly) Earth's mightiest EVER hero... Sentry.

Unfortunately Sentry has been mentally broken and corrupted by Mastermind, working under the instruction of a mysterious figure. This results in his repressed persona surfacing as the monstrously destructive entity known as The Void.

As Sentry is Earth's mightiest ever hero, The Void is incredibly powerful. So the New Avengers call in help from the Fantastic Four, Inhumans and X-Men to face it. Meanwhile Emma Frost, Iron Man and Mr Fantastic help Sentry undo Masterminds work.

As with New Avengers Volume 1: Breakout, the team is well balanced and the interactions are spot on. My issue with Volume 1 was that it needed `bigger baddies', whereas Volume 2 delivers a credible and destructive threat in The Void.

New Avengers Volume 2: Sentry should also be applauded for shifting away from the usual good versus bad conflict to deliver a more introspective piece. Overall 4/5 Stars.

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colby

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2015

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Arrived very quickly and very happy with the book

Nobbler

It's the Sentry - What more!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2019

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