Warning! Spoilers for King in Black and Valkyrie #1 below.
Marvel's King in Black saga started off with a bang as Knull, the God of Symbiotes ripped apart Marvel's most powerful hero in half with relative ease. The death set the done for how dark things were about to be for the Marvel Universe and in a new preview for Valkyrie #1, a dead Sentry reveals he wishes he could have done so much more.
In the opening issue of Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, Frank Martin, and JP Mayer's King in Black event series, Knull's long-teased arrival on Earth finally came to fruition. Knull proved to be every bit the universe-threatening cosmic giant that he's been described as in both Venom, Silver Surfer: Black, and the Absolute Carnage saga. The Avengers and Marvel's top heroes (and villains) thought they had an ace in their sleeve when they unleashed Sentry on the villain, but Knull ripped him in half while absorbing the Void - making the strongest hero in the universe look like no challenge.
In previews for Valkyrie #1 by Jason Aaron, Torunn Grønbekk, Nina Vakueva, and Tamra Bonvillain, Jane Foster, the former Thor who's currently a Valkyrie and a guide to the honored dead to Valhalla, will seemingly be responsible for guiding Sentry after his death at the hands of Knull. The preview shows Jane meeting Sentry, as the pair stand over his dead body. He tells her his life did flash before his eyes before dying and that he saw his wife Lindy and his family. He also says he recalled the first time he flew into space on saw Earth. Now, looking at Earth (currently enveloped in darkness) Sentry says fighting Knull was his fight and he failed. He says he wouldn't minded death "if it counted for something. If I could have taken Knull down with me."
Jane does her best to console the fallen hero, telling him, "the sum of your life is more important than the end." It's an intimate conversation between the Valkyrie and Sentry, who clearly blames himself for failing to stop Knull. Jane chooses not to tell him that the even darker fate for Earth upon gazing at it. It's a grim, but touching scene.
Sentry has toed the line between superhero and reluctant villain thanks to the Void - so, while he should be sad about his death and Knull's takeover, he should feel proud that he sacrificed himself in an effort to save the world. He'll be remembered as a hero by his fellow Avengers. Sadly, King in Black is simply too powerful for Earth's Mightiest Heroes, and with Sentry, the strongest out of all of them, out of the picture, it's unclear how they'll defeat him now.
Source: Newsarama
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December 31, 2020 at 05:02AM
