Thats a really good one!
Always liked Alpha Flight.
Yeah, I never felt like Alpha Flight got the respect they deserved...
The Sentinels are really more like old school golden age heroes like The Defenders of the Earth or King’s Watch. They have a very light hearted jovial fantasy tone occasionally framed by abstract darkness.
Also, bah to the idea that Sentinels of the Multiverse characters are analogs of other characters. The other characters are Sentinels analogs.
Oh, sure.
Stan Lee always claims solo credit for creating Spider-Man, of course, but Steve Ditko will tell you straight up that he fell forward in time, played a card game involving a probability-altering trickster, and then when he got back, said to himself, "that young man had potential, but of course 'luck' as a notion doesn't sit well with my Objectivist philosophy - I'll replace it with something simple and observable, like spiders."
And so a legend was born.
Oh hai!
I just saw this thread. I'm weirdly flattered by the reference. Also, I like your list.
So, since it seems to be in fashion, here's how I would describe the different analogs:
Absolute Zero: Mr. Freeze
Argent Adept: Green Lantern, but with music rather than color themes
Bunker: Ironman or War Machine
Chrono-Ranger: I really like you're "Cowboy Cable" description. Stealing that.
Fanatic: Hawkgirl, but fills Thor's niche better than Ra does.
Expatriette: Punisher
Haka: Surfer Hulk
KNYFE: Agent of Shield Cyclops; OMAC would be a good comparison if it wasn't so obscure
Legacy: Superman
Mr. Fixer: Daredevil / Iron Fist / Mr. Miyagi
Naturalist: Wonder Twin ("form of a gazelle!")
Nightmist: Doctor Strange
Omnitron-X: Brainiac X
Parse: Green Arrow + Felicity Smoak
Ra: Pyro-Thor
Scholar: the Dude, with a magic bowling ball
Sentinels: Fantastic Four
Setback: Peter Parker, Longshot
Tachyon: Flash
Tempest: Alien AquaStorm
Unity: Toy-Box (from Top-10) or Girl Genius (she keeps making clanks!)
Visionary: Jean Grey
Wraith: Batman
You do know K.N.Y.F.E. is totally Psylocke, right? Just without the Psi part. They should have just called her L.O.C.K.E. - probably would have sounded less ridiculous when spelled out. (Lots Of Crackling Knives Emerge?)
Doesn't look a thing like her.
[quote="holycrapihavemail"] KNYFE: Agent of Shield Cyclops; OMAC would be a good comparison if it wasn't so obscure
Unity: Toy-Box (from Top-10) [/quote]
So many mad props for these references.
Still not thinking this connection is as strong as others do, but I adore the L.O.C.K.E. idea.
It's like more ninja, less drama Psylocke IMO.
I will admit though, ninja + drama = vast majority of Psylocke. Not all, but certainly a good chunk of the character.
Also, I guess Parse would be a cross with Hawkeye/Green Arrow(Any archer really) and Sage? A computer-like brain is not a common power, but I always thought it was one of the cooler ones out there. Especially when well written.
I picture Parse a combo of Hawkeye with Oracle.
I'm getting a very Kick-Ass vibe from Setback...but maybe that's just me.
But isn't Parse's analytical superpower all biological at this point? Like her brain is fully superhuman, now, right? Wouldn't that put her closer to Sage?
Void Guard Idealist is clearly Raven, specifically White Raven. Yeah, she has the sentai thing going on, but her void guard abilities are mostly Raven. She even has a card that brings out the black personality.