Who Is Sentinel? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Sentinel is a Image comic book character, the alter ego of Marcus Langston, with over 92 comic issue appearances. Marcus Langston used a magical book to alter his fate from a lowlife criminal to become a genius, armored superhero Sentinel and became the leader of Youngblood. Eventually, Marcus was revealed as a murderer when he killed Riptide and become a supervillain and formed a villainous Youngblood team called Badblood.

Who is Sentinel?

Publication History Concept and Creation Sentinel is created by Rob Liefeld. Sentinel was one of the original members of Youngblood since 1987 in Megaton Comics before he reappears in Image Comics in 1992. According to a promo, Sentinel could have pursued a highly successful career in genetic research with someone named Sonik before joining Youngblood. History Image Comics Youngblood When Marcus Langston was first approached by the U.S. Government in 1981 to develop a highly advance exo-skeleton for combat, he jumped at the chance. Unbeknownst to him, his involvement with the exo-skeleton would not end with its creation. As Sentinel, he combines his brilliant intellect with the awesome physical power afforded by his battle suit as leader of Team Youngblood , Youngblood's elite team for international crises. In one mission, Sentinel lost his right eyeball in combat.

Key facts

Sentinel is of human origin and first appeared in "Who's Who in Megaton Comics?". The character is published by Image. With 92 recorded issue appearances, Sentinel ranks among the most featured characters in comics.