Although the concept of there having been a 'Marvel Superman' might sound promising, at least to a degree, the actual implementation of said idea proved to be quite the headache for the company at the start of the millennium.
A Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee creation, Sentry is quite literally the hero that time forgot. In his first series, Jenkins and Lee established that the Sentry (who now goes by the name of Robert Reynolds) had actually always been a hero of the Marvel Universe, and not just any hero either. The book retroactively fashioned a legacy for the character, turning him into Mr. Fantastic's best friend, X-Man Angel's onetime tutor and even the subject of the photo that earned Peter Parker a Pulitzer Prize.
Contrivances aside (and they are annoying), Sentry would later ruin his reputation as an Avenger by not only siding with Iron Man's pro-registration forces during Civil War (a major no-no in the comics), but also with Norman Osborne's Dark Avengers too.
Everything about Reynolds' character felt particularly ham-fisted, and although his time with the Avengers was brief, there's little chance he'll be endearing himself to the Marvel masses anytime soon.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
