Capes On The Couch - Where Comics Need Counseling

This week's patient is Marvel's insane Superman analogue, THE SENTRY! Anthony & Dr. Issues pick apart Bob Reynolds to find out what makes one of Marvel's most powerful heroes tick. And speaking of powerful, Dr. Issues gets emotional talking about depression and suicide. It's all here - listen now! SHOW NOTES: Introduction Background (3:03) Created by Paul Jenkins, Jae Lee, and Rick Veitch in Sentry #1 (Sept. 2000) Bob Reynolds, overweight, middle-aged man, remembers he used to be superhero known as Sentry, was part of Marvel Universe from beginning Best friends with Reed Richards, who was best man at his wedding to Lindy Helped Peter Parker get a Pulitzer Prize Gets powers from experimental serum, gives him power of a million exploding suns - essentially a Superman ersatz The Void, a great evil, is returning - Sentry is the only one who knows, but no one remembers him Years prior, we discover the Sentry & Void were the same person, but to prevent Void from destroying the world, Bob had to stop be