- Look alive, people! We only have one shot! Let's make it pay off!
- -- Sentinel[1]
- -- Sentinel[1]
HistoryEdit
Origin
Marcus Langston grew in a poor family. In 1958, his father stole Storybook Smith's book and, believing it worthless, gave it to Marcus. Marcus read the magic book and found the story of his own life, that would end with him killed when trying to rob a liquor store. Marcus rewrote the story into a more favourable life.[2]
At 22,[2] Marcus was contracted by the government to create many exoskeletons that could be used by the military at wartime.[3] To not risk the life of any test pilot, and to impress his co-worker Elizabeth, Marcus donned the armor himself when it was demonstrated to the military. Langston was allowed to keep the suit if he developed more, but he made it so that the exoskeleton could be only worked by him.[3] He and Elizabeth married shortly after.
When the government began developing a task force called the Young Project in 1984,[4] Marcus became the first member,[5] codenamed Sentinel. This task force went on to become the superhero team Youngblood.
In 1986, Sentinel grew bored of his adventures, which he considered too tame. He rewrote his book to make reality nastier, shadowier and more violent, drawing forth a Dark Age.[2]
In 1989, Sentinel welcomed Shaft to the team.[6]
1992
In 1992, Sentinel was the leader of Youngblood's International Task Force alongside Combat, Cougar, Psi-Fire, Riptide and Brahma. On March, one of their missions involved the execution of terrorist Hassan Kussein, leader of a group called the Holy Unification. Sentinel had to stop his team from bickering among themselves, and, forced to charge in first, ended up knocked out by an energy field that disrupted synapses. Psi-Fire ended up completing the mission alone.[1]
Afterwards, Sentinel and the International Task Force were tasked with with visiting a G.A.T.E. International laboratory in Germany to transport a sleeping super-soldier named Jonathan Taylor Prophet to America. Accidentally, Youngblood awakened Prophet, right when Prophet's enemies, the Disciples of Doom, assaulted the laboratory, alongside another band of heroes named the Berzerkers.[7] The Disciples proved to be too many, and knocked Sentinel out.[8] He was found under some rocks by Vogue, who had arrived with the rest of Youngblood's Home Team to provide support. Although Sentinel had lost his right eyeball, he remained focused enough to brief Home Team Leader Shaft and advice they should close the portal from which the Disciples were arriving. However, this order backfired, as when Home Team sent Bedrock and Diehard into the tunnel, they drew out the Disciples' master, Darkthornn.[9] Darkthornn swatted Sentinel aside like he was nothing more than a pesky child. The mission was completed by Psi-Fire, who overpowered the evil Lord and forced him to retreat back to his home planet D'khay[10]
Later, Sentinel was called to stop a being who was approaching Earth's atmosphere alongside Diehard, Bedrock, Combat, and Photon. The being identified himself as Supreme, but Combat couldn't believe he was the legend who had helped his people, so he attacked him. Supreme engaged in battle against Youngblood, ending with a collision with Diehard equal to a 500 megaton explosion. After that, Sentinel admitted they had acted hastily and requested Supreme to allow them to escort him to a conference on Earth. There, scientists ran tests and determined he was the real Supreme. Sentinel offered him a contract to join Youngblood, but Supreme was disgusted at the government's genetic engineering of superhumans and flew away from the building, something Sentinel took as a "no."[11]
1993
In 1993, Brahma, Cougar, Photon, Riptide and Sentinel were sent to Antarctica to investigate a CIA monitoring station that had mysteriously gone offline. They found it ruined, with the staff missing, when they were attacked by a group of large barbarians. Youngblood followed the men through a tunnel that led them to Arcadia, an alternate Earth. Youngblood let themselves be captured to find the missing CIA agents, and they were led before Arcadia's ruler, Tyrax, who intended to execute them. Youngblood were rescued by the appearance of a group of rebels, led by Kanan, who helped them get the missing CIA agents and escape back to Earth right before the mystical portal closed.[12]
Judgement Day
In 1997, during a Youngblood barbecue at the Langston house, Riptide found Sentinel's magic book and recognized it. She took it and when Sentinel found about this, he went to Riptide's room in the Youngblood HQ while she was away to take it back. Riptide came back earlier and a fight ensued, which ended when Sentinel killed Riptide in cold blood. Sentinel arranged for Knightsabre to be framed for the murder, but during the trial, the book was found and the truth revealed. Sentinel tried to write in the book an outcome to cause an explosion from which he would be the only survivor, but the book was taken from his hands, he was caught and imprisoned in the Hell of Mirrors.[2]
Sentinel would resurface as leader of the villain team Badblood.[13]
Years Later
The next time he is seen oddly enough is when he is attending Shaft's funeral (Shaft's death was faked) and he is wearing his old eyepatch. [14] It is unclear if perhaps Marcus and Youngblood reconciled their differences and why he is wearing an eyepatch again. When a new team is being formed his sister Kiesha Langston takes the mantle of Sentinel and his 'unfortunate breakdown' is mentioned.[15]
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ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Youngblood #1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Judgment Day: Final Judgment #3
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Youngblood Trading Cards, 1992: #51 - Tailored. https://web.archive.org/web/20230721005334/https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/78726/cid/5587861?PageIndex=1
- ↑ Bloodstrike #0
- ↑ Youngblood Trading Cards, 1992: #50 - Sentinel. https://web.archive.org/web/20230721004435/https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/78726/cid/5587860?PageIndex=1
- ↑ Youngblood #0
- ↑ Youngblood #2
- ↑ Youngblood #3
- ↑ Youngblood #4
- ↑ Youngblood #5
- ↑ Supreme #1
- ↑ Youngblood Yearbook #1
- ↑ Youngblood (Volume 3) #2
- ↑ Youngblood (Volume 4) #3
- ↑ Youngblood (Volume 4) #8