Marvel's The Sentry is hardly a new character to longtime comic book fans, but the character has just made its debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Thunderbolts*. Played by Lewis Pullman, The Sentry could have a bigger future ahead.

Thunderbolts* is a team-up between multiple fan-favorite characters from the MCU, like franchise veteran Bucky Barnes/ The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), and several characters introduced in 2021's Black Widow. While many of the characters already had a background in the MCU, Pullman's The Sentry made his first appearance. In a new exclusive interview with CBR,

The character appeared for the first time in 2000 in The Sentry #1, and was created by Jenkins, with art by Jae Lee. Although his full name is Robert Reynolds, the character goes by Bob in Thunderbolts*. Sentry also has a supervillain alter ego, The Void, which posed a lot of issues already in Thunderbolts*. But that's hardly the extent of his power, the creator teases.

He told CBR, "," Jenkins explained. ""

The creator further explained, "As they famously say, And in the case of The Sentry, I put him forward as – I think it was an ultimate act of heroism that That's a big act of compassion. Because he's addicted.

The existence of his supervillain alterego is also the reason why he suffers. "So If I become The Sentry, I will always become The Void. And then ." Jenkins teased, "That So."

Thunderbolts* marks the second release from Marvel this year after Captain America: Brave New World. It also wraps up Phase Five, which started in 2023 with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The upcoming Phase Six will kick off this summer with The Fantastic Four: First Steps, but one of the two post-credits scenes in Thunderbolts* teased a connection with the upcoming film.

Although director Jake Schreier shied away from confirming that the antiheroes would be the first to meet Marvel's First Family in the upcoming movie, the post-credits scene showed the New Avengers in the Watchtower watching the Fantastic Four's arrival on their Earth. An insider with knowledge of production for the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday told CBR that the second post-credits scene was directed by the Russo Brothers just three weeks before the film's premiere. Considering the Russo Brothers were involved in the scene, it also teased that Bob will have a bigger role in the future.

Thunderbolts* is playing out in theaters.

Source: CBR