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DARK AVENGERS #14

SIEGE BLOCKBUSTER TIE-IN!! The secrets of the Sentry are revealed but is it too late? Is this a hero reborn or a eulogy? The most pivotal moment in this controversial character’s life yet is here, and how it affects the siege on Asgard will leave you breathless.

WRITER: Brian Michael Bendis
PENCILS: Mike Deodato
COLORED BY: Rainier Beredo
COVER BY: Mike Deodato

Price: $3.99
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  1. edward says:
    February 15, 2010 at 8:51 pm

    This should be interesting. I really look forward to the ifanboys bitching about this

  2. Avatar photo vadamowens says:
    February 15, 2010 at 8:54 pm

    @edward I don’t recall them complaining much about Siege at all.  In fact I think all 3 have enjoyed it quite a bit so far.  You’re so mean!!!:)

  3. Avatar photo rockingeek says:
    February 15, 2010 at 8:56 pm

    I think he’s talking about them bitching on the Sentry.

  4. edward says:
    February 15, 2010 at 8:56 pm

    the sentry, mate, the sentry.

  5. Avatar photo vadamowens says:
    February 15, 2010 at 8:58 pm

    Awww, I see now.

  6. Avatar photo Peterparker18102 says:
    February 15, 2010 at 8:59 pm

    excited to see how this new sentry direction pans out, hopefully he doesnt run off, put on a brand new day cd, get his hair cut like ultimat spidey and start crying

  7. edward says:
    February 15, 2010 at 9:02 pm

    personal jinks!

  8. Avatar photo USPUNX says:
    February 15, 2010 at 10:01 pm

    Soooooo tired of the Sentry. Especially since he just killed the by far most interesting character in DA. Seriously? He’s a junkie? That’s the reveal? I know I got shit for saying this a few weeks ago but does anyone STILL think the Sentry is interesting?

  9. Avatar photo vadamowens says:
    February 15, 2010 at 10:07 pm

    Definitely, but I see where your coming from though.  But what do I know.  Daken is my favorite character in DA and just about everyone that I know hates him and finds him way too linear.  What can I say.  I like sadistic people.

  10. edward says:
    February 15, 2010 at 10:08 pm

    Yes, he is interesting.

    jumping on a bandwagon? not interesting

  11. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    February 15, 2010 at 10:10 pm

    it just occurred to me that Rain Beredo probably got paid for those B & W pages last month, sweet deal.

  12. Avatar photo comicBOOKchris says:
    February 15, 2010 at 10:20 pm

    Another piece of the puzzle to the new Sentry. I’m definitely giving this a shot, to see if BMB’s latest Sentry reinvention can actually get me interested in the character.

  13. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    February 16, 2010 at 12:00 am

    Sorry to do this to everyone but as a Deadpool fan……This does have a pretty funny variant too it.

  14. Avatar photo mikeandzod21 says:
    February 16, 2010 at 1:42 am

    Last issue was probably my favorite issue of this series so far. 2 more issues after this.

  15. Avatar photo KickAss says:
    February 16, 2010 at 11:21 am

    Edward’s prediction in the 1st post is likely spot on.

  16. Avatar photo USPUNX says:
    February 16, 2010 at 1:17 pm

    @edward: bandwagon! i was hating the Sentry before hating the Sentry was cool! but seriously, I think most of my recent anger stems from killing Ares in Siege. I know he’s a god so he’ll be back eventually but he was one of my favorites in NA and definitely my favorite in DA so I think I’m just mad about that. I really hope the Sentry story turns out to be cool in the end, I guess so far I just haven’t seen it.

  17. Avatar photo KickAss says:
    February 16, 2010 at 3:55 pm

    @USPUNX-You’re just bandwagoning your love for Ares at this point!  "All of a sudden" you’re on the "Ares was the best Avenger" bandwagon!

  18. Avatar photo USPUNX says:
    February 16, 2010 at 3:58 pm

    @kickass: hell i’ll drive that bandwagon!

  19. Avatar photo Peterparker18102 says:
    February 16, 2010 at 5:10 pm

    @ tnc the newest round of dp variants are all pretty funny I think, overkill? Sure but funny

  20. edward says:
    February 16, 2010 at 5:50 pm

    @USPUNX: i don’t think you’re meant to like the Sentry for killing Ares. that’s the point

  21. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    February 16, 2010 at 6:34 pm

    hmm, every time someone abbreviates it as "DA" my inner voice reads it as "Disney Adventures".  and every time someone abbreviates Deadpool as "dp", well nevermind.

  22. edward says:
    February 16, 2010 at 6:42 pm

    if marvel put out a series "real" dp varient covers, well sir, that would be something

  23. Avatar photo Peterparker18102 says:
    February 16, 2010 at 6:48 pm

    @ birdseye and edward
    lol I actually thought that as I was typing

  24. edward says:
    February 16, 2010 at 7:12 pm

    i can’t stop thinking of it

  25. Avatar photo corpseed says:
    February 16, 2010 at 9:55 pm

    Just turn Sentry into Marvelman and be done with it already.

  26. Avatar photo USPUNX says:
    February 16, 2010 at 9:56 pm

    @edward: to me the sentry is like the smoke monster in lost. bendis brought him into the story early on thinking he would be this cool, mysterious character, and now that we are at the end of this grand 7 year story he’s like, ‘shit! i need to create some answers about him!’ and all the sudden the sentry turns out to be the man in black. ya know?

  27. edward says:
    February 16, 2010 at 10:45 pm

    @ USPUNX: well, i do think some of bendis’ big pay offs are weak. Every skrull reveal in Secret Invasion was lame. The mysterious person that organised the prision break in New Avengers #1 was a bit of "meh" Too much foreplay and no follow though (not that i know what foreplay is) 

     

  28. Avatar photo doctorsporen says:
    February 17, 2010 at 8:41 am

    Dark Avengers is more and more like a Sentry ongoing as of late. Me likey.

  29. Avatar photo Cotton (@LogFlume) says:
    February 17, 2010 at 12:30 pm

    I figure the Sentry has until the next issue of Siege to have his fun. Then Phobos will show up and he will fly away crying again, this time a full-fledged super villain.

  30. Avatar photo USPUNX says:
    February 17, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    @cotton: I was thinking the same. After killing Ares I think it would be awesome if Phobos, with no super strength or energy powers of any kind, was the one that beat the Sentry. Clearly the Sentry has mental problems and who better to exploit that than the god of fear.

  31. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    February 17, 2010 at 3:04 pm

    wow, this was great. bendis really knows how to write a good norman. its a shame osborn is dead in the ultimate universe

  32. Avatar photo DenverDave says:
    February 17, 2010 at 6:20 pm

    Setry is awesome. There I said it.

  33. edward says:
    February 17, 2010 at 6:44 pm

    it’s Ok, DenverDave, you’re among friends here

  34. Avatar photo Peterparker18102 says:
    February 17, 2010 at 7:00 pm

    @roi

    I agree I love his Norman but I think Victoria is the best character in this series! She just feels like a real and complete person.

  35. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    February 17, 2010 at 7:14 pm

    @Peter oh for sure. I hope she sticks around in some way

  36. Avatar photo vadamowens says:
    February 17, 2010 at 10:13 pm

    @anyone So did this take place before Siege #2?  There was reference to Ares doing planning for Asgard. 

    Generally disappointed with this issue, but still somewhat enjoyable.

  37. Avatar photo Peterparker18102 says:
    February 17, 2010 at 10:48 pm

    @Vada
    yeah It must have, I got the feel bendis is showing us how sentry got to be in the mental state he was in during siege ( all voided up)

  38. Avatar photo rayclark says:
    February 17, 2010 at 11:43 pm

    this was a messed up issue. the sentry is annoying and i just want him to actually be good right now. i love victoria hand. but that whole sex scene tween ms marvel and hawkeye was completely uncalled for

  39. Avatar photo rockingeek says:
    February 17, 2010 at 11:51 pm

    Dark Sentry.

  40. Avatar photo doctorsporen says:
    February 18, 2010 at 1:32 am

    Badass Void moments are badass. Another amazing issue from Bendis and Deodato! 

  41. Avatar photo JesTr says:
    February 18, 2010 at 8:51 am

    @Peterparker18102: I agree, I hope there are plans for her in the Avengers relaunch.  When she first appeared she looked so much like the Baroness from G. I. Joe I pictured with a Russian accent.

  42. Avatar photo Peterparker18102 says:
    February 18, 2010 at 11:11 am

    @jes
    love to see her have a role in secret avengers

  43. Avatar photo vadamowens says:
    February 18, 2010 at 12:32 pm

    @rayclark I think they were attempting to show how utterably decadent this group actually is.  It’s not like it showed anything.

  44. Avatar photo vadamowens says:
    February 18, 2010 at 12:35 pm

    Correction: I meant ‘utterly’.  WTF is wrong with me!!!!

  45. Avatar photo darrel says:
    February 18, 2010 at 12:43 pm

    This issue was a waste of paper. How many more Sentry tatrums is Bendis going to write?

  46. Avatar photo Howl4Me says:
    February 18, 2010 at 3:57 pm

    Just flat-out BORING! After last issue I don’t know what I was expecting, but this issue was definitely not it. It was just friggin’ boring. Absolutely nothing important happened. And it definitely ain’t tied-in to Seige, either.

  47. Avatar photo AlanRob says:
    February 18, 2010 at 6:38 pm

    @peterparker18102 I agree about Hand.  The first half of this book was some of the best dialogue we have seen in Dark Avengers.  The second half of the book, even with all the action, paled in comparison. Overall 4/5.

  48. Avatar photo Peterparker18102 says:
    February 18, 2010 at 7:14 pm

    @Alan
    yeah I gave it a 4 pretty solely based on Victoria and Normans scenes. Although I will say it did seem to be building to something

  49. Avatar photo doctorsporen says:
    February 18, 2010 at 8:09 pm

    Do you think D.A. Miss Marvel (Moonstone) is one of Tiger Woods’ mistresses? 

  50. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    February 18, 2010 at 11:41 pm

    sex scene? she had her pants (using the term loosely) on still.  unless Bullseye’s power includes getting around skintight fabric, they weren’t doing it. and say what you want about this issue as a whole, I think that cliffhanger was pretty badass.

  51. Avatar photo ScottB says:
    February 19, 2010 at 10:13 am

    THIS WAS GREAT. I like the Sentry so much more as a Rogue instead of a hopeless/helpless do gooder.

  52. grantbrydon says:
    February 20, 2010 at 5:37 am

    Good issue as usual, is this set before Siege though because Norman Osborn mentioned Ares and i seem to remember him being ripped in two..i think the sentry stuff could be done a bit quicker, but im ok with it so i dont mind.

  53. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    February 20, 2010 at 2:56 pm

    it’s before Siege, and it should be taking place between issues 4 and 5, but I guess things got a little muddled up

  54. Avatar photo rwpos says:
    February 21, 2010 at 11:41 pm

    In this issue Norman’s powerhouse publically tears up New York, but remains on the Avengers, and Norman remains in charge. A couple days later Norman’s U-Foes blow up a football stadium while fighting a guy with a sword and he still remains in charge AND it’s an excuse to a fight a war with a third party????? Dark Reign is dumb and can’t end soon enough…

  55. Avatar photo mikeandzod21 says:
    February 22, 2010 at 2:08 am

    It’s a shame this is ending because the last few month have been the strongest of the series

  56. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    February 22, 2010 at 3:04 pm

    @rwpos  Since when does the public know that Norman sent the U-Foes out there? Did I miss an issue or are you assuming that the public in the marvel universe knows as much as we, the readers, do?

     Also hovering miles above the city while a huge storm tears up midtown is hardly public. i bet no one even noticed the sentry and norman up there because they were too busy running for their lives. in the words of billy bob thornton, "it’s a big ass sky"

  57. Avatar photo rwpos says:
    February 22, 2010 at 4:27 pm

    @RoiVampire – the U-Foes are one of the sanctioned teams in the Initiative. That’s why they’re fighting alongside Norman during the Seige. So yes, the public does know, and during the televised games would have seen a fat man with a sword get blasted by the U-Foes, resulting in the U-Foes killing thousands. Before heading to lay seige on Asgard. Dumb.

  58. Avatar photo Rebis02 says:
    March 3, 2010 at 9:41 pm

    Not the biggest Sentry fan but I do love the Sentry/Osborn relationship.  I’m not sure if it is just Norman trying to keep control over him or if it is two crazy psychos finally finding a real friend.  I think it might be both.  But as much as I liked this issue I would be been dissapointed if I had just bought it for Seige.  The cover should have said it was a "Prelude to Siege" not a Siege crossover.

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