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Robert Reynolds

223 appearances · Modern Age · 2000–2026 · 16 key issues
Who is Robert Reynolds?

Robert Reynolds is an ordinary man who broke into a laboratory and ingested an experimental serum, granting him the power of a million exploding suns. As the Sentry, he became one of Marvel's most powerful heroes — yet his fractured psyche proved as formidable a challenge as any villain.

Few Modern Age debuts have landed with quite the mythology-drenched weight of Robert Reynolds, who first stepped into Marvel's spotlight in 2000 courtesy of the visionary team of Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee. Over a remarkable 26-year publishing span, he's accumulated 211 catalog appearances and a staggering 16 key issues — a collector's trail that speaks to a character who genuinely matters. His world is populated by Marvel's heaviest hitters; sharing pages with Spider-Man, Wolverine, Ms. Marvel, and Captain America, and appearing most prominently across New Avengers, Dark Avengers, and The Mighty Avengers, Reynolds sits at the turbulent heart of the Modern Marvel universe. If you're building a serious Modern Age collection, following Robert Reynolds is anything but optional.

Identity

Real name. Robert "Bob" Reynolds

Affiliations. Formerly: ; partner of Scout ; Horsemen of Death ; Avengers ; Dark Avengers ; Mighty Avengers ; New Avengers ; Project Sentry

★ First appearance
The Sentry #1
Sep 2000

Trivia

  • The Sentry's debut was built on a brilliant meta-conceit — his introductory story was framed as a rediscovered piece of lost Marvel continuity, as though the golden-haired hero had always existed in the Marvel Universe and readers were only now catching up.marvel.fandom.com
  • Marvel leveraged that mysterious foundation to make him a surprise recruit to the New Avengers and later a cornerstone of Norman Osborn's Dark Avengers, cementing the Sentry as one of the most prominent Marvel characters of the late 2000s.marvel.fandom.com
  • The self-erasure built into the Sentry's early mythology is genuinely staggering in scope — Marvel established that Robert Reynolds himself, along with every person on Earth, had their memories wiped to scrub the hero's existence from the universe entirely.marvel.fandom.com
  • Brian Michael Bendis has written more of Robert Reynolds's comics than any other writer in our catalog — 49 issues.

Top series

Covers through the years — 2000–2025

The Sentry #1 2000
The Sentry #1
House of M #8 2005
House of M #8
Young Avengers #12 2006
Young Avengers #12
World War Hulk #5 2008
World War Hulk #5
Siege: X-Men #[nn] 2010
Siege: X-Men #[nn]
Avengers vs. X-Men: It's Coming #[nn] 2012
Avengers vs. X-Men: It's Coming #[nn]
Jessica Jones: The Pulse - The Complete Collection #[nn] 2014
Jessica Jones: The Pulse - The Complete Collection #[nn]
Jessica Jones: Avenger #[nn] 2016
Jessica Jones: Avenger #[nn]
Invincible Iron Man #3 2017
Invincible Iron Man #3
Annihilation - Scourge: Fantastic Four #1 2020
Annihilation - Scourge: Fantastic Four #1
King in Black #1 2021
King in Black #1
Sentry #1 2024
Sentry #1
Ultimate X-Men #10 2025
Ultimate X-Men #10

Appearances (151–223 of 223, oldest first)

Dark Avengers (2009)
Siege: Embedded (2010)
Siege: X-Men (2010)
Siege: Avengers - The Initiative (2010)
Siege (2010)
Civil War: Front Line (2010)
Amazing Spider-Man by JMS Ultimate Collection (2009)
#5
Siege: Thor (2010)
Siege: Thunderbolts (2010)
Marvel Icons Hors Série (2005)
#20
What If? 200 (2011)
#1
Chaos War: Ares (2011)
#1
Chaos War: Avengers (2011)
Spider-Man: Matters of Life and Death (2011)
New Avengers (2007)
#6
Spider-Man: Am I an Avenger? (2011)
Mighty Avengers: Dark Reign (2011)
Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon & John Cassaday Ultimate Collection (2012)
#2
Avengers Assemble: An Oral History of Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2012)
Avengers vs. X-Men: It's Coming (2012)
Punisher by Rick Remender Omnibus (2012)
New Avengers Omnibus (2012)
#1
Marvel Série II (2012)
Marvel Universe (2012)
#7
Jessica Jones: The Pulse - The Complete Collection (2014)
Jessica Jones: Avenger (2016)
Black Panther by Reginald Hudlin: The Complete Collection (2017)
Avengers: The Initiative - The Complete Collection (2017)
#1
Spider-Man & les Avengers : évasion (2017)
Daken: Dark Wolverine - Punishment (2017)
Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection (2017)
#2
Invincible Iron Man (2016)
#3
Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection (2018)
#1
Annihilation - Scourge: Fantastic Four (2020)
#1
Annihilation - Scourge: Beta Ray Bill (2020)
#1
Annihilation - Scourge Omega (2020)
#1
Annihilation - Scourge: Silver Surfer (2020)
Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection (2020)
Spider-Woman (2020)
King in Black (2021)
Os Anos 2000: O Renascimento da Marvel (2022)
#1
Fantastic Four (2023)
Dark Avengers Modern Era Epic Collection (2024)
#1
Sentry (2024)
Superior Spider-Man (2024)
Free Comic Book Day 2024: Ultimate Universe / Spider-Man (2024)
Marvel Zero (2024)
#1
New Avengers Modern Era Epic Collection (2023)
#2
The Sentry Omnibus (2025)
Uncanny X-Men (2024)
Ultimate X-Men (2024)
Power Man: Timeless (2025)
Marvel Team-Up #14 Blind Bag Exclusive (2025)
The Sentry [Fourth Edition] (2025)
Marvel Heroes (2025)
#4
The End 2099 (2026)
Avengers (2023)
X-Men (2024)
Daken: Dark Wolverine Omnibus (2026)