As part of the Silver Age feel, the first issue has an old fashioned Bullpen Bulletins page. It's all about comics that were current for 2008 but done in the style of the late '60s. There are also good ol' letters pages. They, of course, are "letters" written about previous issues that never existed. It's all in good fun.
The dark part of each issue is only about a page in each issue. Drawn in a far more modern style, a little boy is being told Sentry stories by his parents at bedtime. It is only in the fourth issue that it becomes clear to me that the little boy is Franklin Richards. Also, the Sentry of these fun stories sometimes has visions of something far, far darker going on. It hints that not all is as it seems.
I enjoyed these enough at the discounted price that I'll be interested in finding issue 5 & 6 at cover price for more Silver Age-ish fun and to see where the dark subplot was going.
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Great fun. Who was his girlfirend in them again? Patsy Walker or someone? I remember being surprised...
And I liked the little flashes of creepy 'reality'. Good contrast with the Silver Age charm.
I'm actually a fan of the Sentry, but I'd have had to buy all of every major event for the last 4 years to keep up with his story, so I've lost touch.
Me and the Sentry will have a furtive catch-up amongst the bargain bins some fine day soon...
I think the logistics of picking limited series up on the cheap means that you have to pay full whack for the later issues if you like them. By the time they come out, the publisher knows who's buying it, and cuts down the print run accordingly. I'd pay full price for the last few issues of this.
But 50 cents apiece is money well spent!