Dark Avengers #14

One of the many balancing acts Norman Osborn has managed through his year-long run as the head of the Dark Avengers has been keeping the Sentry under control.

That's quite a trick, since the Sentry is incredibly powerful and always at the edge of losing both his self-control and his fragile sanity. In this issue, we see what happens when he gives in to the Void, his personal dark side. It's not pretty.

In fact, according to writer Brian Bendis, it's downright Biblical. Driven to the brink by a violent confrontation with his wife, the Void comes to the surface and rains destruction on New York City, all drawn with incredible detail and style by Mike Deodato.

It's up to Osborn (who has sanity issues of his own) to bring both sides of this dangerous figure under control, and his survival - and that of the city - depend on finding a way to deal with the devil he's helped unleash.

If Bendis' goal with this series was to turn the Sentry into one of the most powerful menaces in the Marvel Universe, I have to say: mission accomplished.

The problem is, the character is too powerful - how can anyone stand up to him? That's the story that will (I assume) be told in the next couple of months. It has me hooked!

Grade: A-