Marvel Comics replaced Robert Reynolds aka Sentry in their latest Sentry miniseries with a black, crippled woman who takes on the name Solarus.
Sentry #4 Cover art by Ben Harvey (2024), Marvel Comics
The Sentry miniseries, written by Jason Loo with art by Luigi Zagaria, started out with Reynolds dead and his powers being distributed to random people across the globe.
The first issue’s official description states, “The Sentry is dead, but ordinary people all over the world are suddenly manifesting his powers and experiencing snippets of Bob Reynolds’ memories. Will one of them survive long enough to emerge as the new Sentry? Or will their newfound power destroy them? When Misty Knight and Jessica Jones cross paths in search of answers, they open an investigation that will change everything you think you know about the Sentry!”
Marvel solicitations for December 2023 via Penguin Random House
The series follows blonde haired Ryan Topper as he begins killing off individuals that have manifested Sentry’s powers so he can be the one successor to the Sentry name.
The Sentry #1 (2023), Marvel Comics
While Topper is killing individuals who have Sentry’s powers, Mallory Gibbs manifests Sentry’s powers, destroys her entire apartment building, and then flees.
The Sentry #1 (2023), Marvel Comics
Eventually, Jessica Jones tracks down both Mallory and Ryan, a fight ensues as Ryan tries to cover up the various murders he’s committed. While he murdered the various individuals who had Sentry’s abilities, their minds were still in tact within him.
Mallory exploits this and resurrects all of them. They then team up to defeat Topper.
Sentry #4 (2024), Marvel Comics
After they defeat Topper, they all coalesce into Mallory, or at least appear to. She’s then taken to the Aberrant Crimes Division HQ, where Misty Knight offers to train her and she reveals her superhero name is Solarus.
Solarus in Sentry #4 (2024), Marvel Comics
What do you make of Marvel Comics’ replacement for Sentry?
For some reason, I just don’t see that selling well.