The Sentry #1
Jeff Lemire (w), Kim Jacinto (a)
Marvel Comics

Liz says: Never heard of the Sentry? Maybe you just forgot. The Sentry was conceived (in the year 2000) as a Golden Age superhero in the Superman mould, perhaps the most powerful among his fellow Avengers. However, his great nemesis The Void was so threatening that the only way to protect the universe from total destruction was to make the entire world (himself, the Avengers and readers of the comics included) forget that the Sentry had ever existed.
At the outset of Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee’s miniseries, Bob Reynolds is an overweight, over-the-hill man with a resentful wife and a nagging sense that there’s something important he can’t quite remember. Slowly, he begins to piece together the puzzle of a life he’d forgotten… one that he had tried to ensure would stay buried, especially from himself.
After the excellent Jenkins/Lee miniseries, Brian Michael Bendis brought the character to the forefront of his epic New Avengers run to glorious effect. Recently the character was resurrected in Donny Cates’ Doctor Strange, and Jeff Lemire has been given the task of explaining where he’s been all this time.
Basically, I’m just thrilled to see this character back, because it reminded me how good this stuff is. If you don’t know who the Sentry is or just need to refresh your memory, check out this issue. Then go read all the great stuff that came before it.