Sentinel (comic book)
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- For the mutant-hunting robots, see Sentinel (comics)
| Sentinel | |
 Cover of Sentinel #1 |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
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| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Vol. 1: Ongoing series Vol. 2: Limited series |
| Publication date | Vol. 1: April 2003 – February 2004 Vol. 2: November 2005 – March 2006 |
| Number of issues | Vol. 1 12 Vol. 2: Five |
| Main character(s) | Juston Seyfert Robot |
| Creative team | |
| Creator(s) | Sean McKeever UDON |
Sentinel is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics as part of the Tsunami imprint. It is written by Sean McKeever and illustrated by UDON.
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[edit] Publication history
Sentinel was originally launched in 2002 as part of Marvel Comics' Tsunami imprint. The series was cancelled after its 12th issue. The series returned in November 2005 with the original creative team for a five-issue limited series.
[edit] Plot summaries
[edit] Vol. 1: Tsunami series
Sentinel is the story of Juston Seyfert, a normal human teenager tormented by the seniors at Antigo High School in Wisconsin. He is dirt poor and lives in his father's junkyard with his little brother named Chris; their mother walked out years ago. Being poor, Juston must find his own fun, and spends the days playing in the salvage yard. He finds the remains of a giant robot programmed to exterminate mutants: a Sentinel. Rebuilding and reprogramming the Sentinel, Juston attempts to give himself a better life while avoiding the government agents that are quickly following his trail. After the CSA discovers his big secret, Juston deciding to run away and use the Sentinel's DNA Detection skills in looking for his mother, who'd walked out on him years ago.
[edit] Vol. 2: Limited-series
After running away, Juston Seyfert starts looking for his mother, but the government sends a new Sentinel after the two.
The new and improved "stealth" sentinel chases the pair through a number of issues.
[edit] Here Comes Tomorrow
In Grant Morrison's Here Comes Tomorrow Arc of New X-Men, a similar story was crafted with a young man named Tom Skylark, who owned a Sentinel named 'Rover' that fed him as a child and looked after him, despite being able to only say the word 'DESTROY!'.
[edit] Bibliography
Three Sentinel digests, collecting the entire series, have been released:
| Title | Material collected | ISBN |
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| Sentinel vol. 1: Salvage | Sentinel vol. 1 #1-6 | ISBN 0-7851-1245-6 |
| Sentinel vol. 2: No Hero | Sentinel vol. 1 #7-12 | ISBN 0-7851-1368-1 |
| Sentinel vol. 3: Past Imperfect | Sentinel vol. 2 #1-5 | ISBN 0-7851-1914-0 |
