Posts Tagged ‘ Sentry ’

I like comics. I like comics for adults. I like comics for kids. God knows I like comic book villains, and I like comics about comic book villains – but sometimes something comes along that you just feel is…wrong.

Due to the fact that there’s spoilers for this week’s Dark Avengers in this post, I’m putting it behind a jump…

…please be Sentry, please be Sentry…

FALLEN (Not Final Title)
Written by To Be Announced
Art by Tom Raney
Cover by Leinil Yu
The SIEGE has ended and taken its toll on both sides of the battle field. The event seven years in the making has claimed many lives, and in this, its final chapter, a universe comes together to mourn (CLASSIFIED). The shocking death that ended the fight and gave birth to a new Heroic Age is remembered as a writer (CLASSIFIED) returns to lead the farewells.
32 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+…$3.99

..because honestly if its not the Sentry (and writer Paul Jenkins) then there’s no justice in the world.

Never have I seen a character with some potential screwed over so badly. Written out of every fight by silly plot devices as he’s too powerful, a poorly defined power set, saddled with a ridiculous, mutable origin and a villainous alter-ego who appears to have biblical connections – there’s just no salvaging this character.

What I don’t understand is why any of the heroes that you see there (Spidey, Thor, Black Widow, Iron Man, maybe Spider-Woman…, Mr Fantastic) would even bother mourning this waste of narrative.

I know I’m behind on this, but the best quote on Doom being arrested in Mighty Avengers #11 I’ve seen is this (which pretty sums up my thoughts perfectly)…

“Eh. Doom is Doom. He’ll bounce back quickly enough. Last time he lost his throne, it was because he got sucked into Hell. This time…the Avengers locked him in jail. Ooh. I’ll bet he’s just quaking in his little metal booties. “

Actually, Tony, no he doesn’t – because he is Doom. He is Doom, and you are nothing but an overstepping bureaucrat in a fancy suit with delusions of grendeur.

All you’re doing is coming off like Eric Cartman.

Sigh.

I’m fairly certain that you just can’t arrest foreign leaders on their sovereign soil for crimes against humanity without some kind of warrant or UN sanction but let’s that slide. Doom is in jail. However will he get out? Oh, that’s right – in a jailbreak the very next week…fine.

Yes folks, foreign dictators get jailed in super-villain gen pop in the Marvel U.

Double sigh.

Oh, and as far as the whole calling-Ms Marvel-a-bad-name thing goes, it’s way out of character for Doom to be that crass. Sure, Doom belittles women (and on odd occasions strips them of their skin*) but he belittles everybody.

You see, Doom is Doom. He belittles everyone else because they are not Doom, and are therefore completely inferior – serfs and peasants the lot of them. The thing is, he belittles them with class, not with badly constructed barbs such as ‘whore’s heart’ or ‘fat piece of furniture’.

Ah well. Maybe he’s a Skrull. Or a malfunctioning Doombot. I’ll take either.

*I tell ya, you skin one woman and that’s all they remember

There’s a lot to like about Mighty Avengers.