At the party on April 29 Thunder* Hollywood premiere, comic writer Paul Jenkins heard someone call him by his name. When he turned around, he was surprised to see that it was director Jake Schreier. Jenkins was flattered, but also confused. After all, it was Schreier's big night. Shouldn't he be busy greeting people who wish to talk to the cartoonist?

But Schreier seriously wants to know what Jenkins thinks about the film, especially Lewis Pullman's Bob, renamed Sentinel. Jenkins co-founded Sentinel in 2000 and spent some time consulting on the film, which has received praise for telling stories about the struggle for mental health.

"He was worried that he had stuck with something meaningful," Jenkins said. Jenkins was indeed happy with the portrayal of the film and the characters.

The road to the screen took decades. In the late 1990s, Jenkins wanted to tell stories about addiction. He worked on DC's Vertigo branding and introduced a storyline involving the character Power Man - a drug that makes him a superhero for an hour a day. This will be the story of the ultimate addiction. The company didn't do that, but Vertigo editor Karen Berger suggested he create an original character.

“I created the Sentinel. I had an editorial champion on DC, but they didn’t do that. I threw it to Marvel and they didn’t do it. “And I went to Miracle and tried again.” ”

'There are walking around. Jenkins has been with Jay Lee at Marvel inhumanand convince him to work with him on the Sentinel. Together they cast again, editors Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti worked on it.

This story is about superheroes that everyone forgets. He is not only a sentinel, but also a wicked blank. In the ultimate act of heroism, he makes everyone forget that he is such a person, so the void will not be able to threaten the world again.

As part of the marketing campaign, Marvel pretended that Jenkins found the hero at the bottom of Marvel's cabinets, and Stan Lee actually co-created the character with the help of Artie Rosen, an artist who actually didn't exist. "Everyone is in trouble for this. It's a hidden creation of Stan Lee," Jenkins said.

Characters become favorites, Jenkins even appeared in an issue in 2005 The new Avengers He came up with the idea by writer Brian Michael Bendis. In another meta-moment, a few years later, he found himself talking to the Pullman actor, who brought it to life.

"I told him, 'Part, I hope this is really good for your career. I know it's weird, but I'm proud of everything you do.' "He's really excited about it." ”