Marvel Had 1 Hard Rule When Designing Sentry, Says Artist: "I Was Given Just One Directive"

Marvel’s Sentry has recently exploded in popularity thanks to his well-received live-action debut in the MCU’s Thunderbolts* film (as portrayed by actor Lewis Pullman), with his comic costume getting a fairly faithful adaptation on the silver screen that is sure to appease fans. Yet, when Sentry was first developed over twenty years ago, one of the creatives who worked on the character was given a single directive that influenced Sentry’s iconic design in a way that defined the hero in the decades since his inception.