Sentinels: Necessary Monsters

Part of SENTINELS

Illustrated by Justin Mason
Cover Design or Artwork by Justin Mason
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$17.99 US
On sale Jul 08, 2025 | 120 Pages | 9781302960209

Who are the new Sentinels? The original Sentinel program was human supremacy and fear coded into circuitry. But now their legacy falls into the hands of mutantkind! Powered by cutting-edge nanotech, this new generation of Sentinels protects a fragile peace between mutants and humans. Their first mission: Capture Omega Red! Next: Enter an enemy nation, infiltrate a maximum-security prison and escape with Sebastian Shaw! Can Lockstep bring his people home safely? Will Shaw get the better of the new Sentinels? Or does a greater shadow hang over Graymalkin Prison? Then, when a routine mission goes horribly wrong, the team must finally take on the biggest and baddest of all mutants: Magneto! But when being a Sentinel is your job - your life - is it possible to stay human? Collecting SENTINELS #1-5.
Alex Paknadel is a writer and academic from London, England. His first comics work, the dark sci-fi thriller ARCADIA from Boom! Studios, met with critical acclaim and led to additional projects with a range of publishers including VAULT COMICS (GIGA), Marvel Entertainment, Valiant Entertainment, Lion Forge, and Titan Comics.

Justin Mason is a comic book artist that has worked on a variety of DC, Image, and Marvel titles. His Marvel debut was on Cody Ziglar's SPIDER-PUNK: BATTLE OF THE BANNED, a smash hit success, and has since gone on to draw for SPIDER-MAN 2099.

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Who are the new Sentinels? The original Sentinel program was human supremacy and fear coded into circuitry. But now their legacy falls into the hands of mutantkind! Powered by cutting-edge nanotech, this new generation of Sentinels protects a fragile peace between mutants and humans. Their first mission: Capture Omega Red! Next: Enter an enemy nation, infiltrate a maximum-security prison and escape with Sebastian Shaw! Can Lockstep bring his people home safely? Will Shaw get the better of the new Sentinels? Or does a greater shadow hang over Graymalkin Prison? Then, when a routine mission goes horribly wrong, the team must finally take on the biggest and baddest of all mutants: Magneto! But when being a Sentinel is your job - your life - is it possible to stay human? Collecting SENTINELS #1-5.

Author

Alex Paknadel is a writer and academic from London, England. His first comics work, the dark sci-fi thriller ARCADIA from Boom! Studios, met with critical acclaim and led to additional projects with a range of publishers including VAULT COMICS (GIGA), Marvel Entertainment, Valiant Entertainment, Lion Forge, and Titan Comics.

Justin Mason is a comic book artist that has worked on a variety of DC, Image, and Marvel titles. His Marvel debut was on Cody Ziglar's SPIDER-PUNK: BATTLE OF THE BANNED, a smash hit success, and has since gone on to draw for SPIDER-MAN 2099.

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