{"id":672408,"date":"2025-05-30T01:25:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T22:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-creator-of-the-sentry-pitched-him-to-marvel-and-dc-multiple-times\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T01:25:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T22:25:36","slug":"the-creator-of-the-sentry-pitched-him-to-marvel-and-dc-multiple-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-creator-of-the-sentry-pitched-him-to-marvel-and-dc-multiple-times\/","title":{"rendered":"The Creator of The Sentry Pitched Him to Marvel and DC Multiple Times"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tAt the April 29 afterparty for the Thunderbolts* <\/em>Hollywood premiere, comic book writer Paul Jenkins heard someone calling his name. When he turned around, he was surprised to see it was director Jake Schreier. Jenkins was flattered, but also confused. Afterall, it was Schreier\u2019s big night. Shouldn\u2019t he be too busy greeting well-wishers to talk to a comic book writer?<\/p>\n

\n\tBut Schreier earnestly wanted to know what Jenkins thought of the movie, in particular, Lewis Pullman\u2019s Bob, better known as The Sentry. Jenkins co-created The Sentry in 2000 and spent time consulting on the movie, which has earned praise for telling a story of mental health struggles through the lens of a comic book feature.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe was concerned that he\u2019d adhered to something that had meaning,\u201d says Jenkins, who indeed was pleased by both the movie and the character\u2019s depiction.<\/p>\n

\n\tSentry\u2019s path to the screen took decades. In the late 1990s, Jenkins wanted to tell the story of addiction the the story of a hero. He was working at DC\u2019s Vertigo imprint, and pitched a storyline involving the character Power Man \u2014 a guy who\u00a0takes a pill that lets him become a superhero for one hour a day. It would be the story of ultimate addiction. The company didn\u2019t go for it, but Vertigo editor Karen Berger suggested he create an original character instead.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI created The Sentry. I had an editor champion it at DC, but they didn\u2019t do it. I pitched it to Marvel, and they didn\u2019t do it. So I pitch it back to DC, and they didn\u2019t do it,\u201d he says with a laugh. \u201cAnd then I went to Marvel and tried again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2018Round and round it went. Jenkins was already working with Jae Lee on Marvel\u2019s The Inhumans<\/em>, and convinced him to work with him on The Sentry. Together, they pitched it again, and editors Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti went for it.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe story was about a superhero everyone had forgotten. He\u2019s not just the Sentry, he is also the villainous The Void. In the ultimate act of heroism, he makes everyone forget who he is so, so The Void won\u2019t be able to threaten the world again.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs part of the marketing campaign, Marvel pretended that Jenkins discovered this hero in the bottom of a cupboard at Marvel, and that Stan Lee had actually co-created the character with the help of Artie Rosen, an artist who actually didn\u2019t exist). \u201cEverybody fell for it. It was a hidden Stan Lee creation,\u201d says Jenkins.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe character became a favorite, with Jenkins even app<\/a>earing in a 2005 issue of New Avengers<\/em> comic as himself, after writer Brian Michael Bendis pitched him the idea. In another meta moment, years later he found himself in a conversation with Pullman, the actor who brought it to life to the screen.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI told him, \u2018Mate, I hope that this is really good for your career. I know this is weird, but I\u2019m proud of what you did,\u2019\u201d recalls Jenkins. \u201cAnd he was really excited about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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