Sentinels of Justice is a fictional organization of superheroes. The comic was published by Americomics (a.k.a.

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) in 1983 during a very brief time that AC was able to license the

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superheroes before the rights were purchased outright by

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. The team consisted of

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, the

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and

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. This line-up's first appearance was in ''Americomics Special'' #1 (August 1983). A revised team made up of existing Americomics characters

Captain Paragon Paragon, or Captain Paragon, is a fictional superhero character published by AC Comics currently as a supporting character in ''Femforce''. This character initially had his own book, then was with the Sentinels of Justice. Character biography Ch ...

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, Stardust, Commando D, and

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would appear in ''Captain Paragon and the Sentinels of Justice'' #1–3 (1985–86), the title would change to ''Sentinels of Justice'' with #4 (the indicia would still state ''Captain Paragon and the Sentinels of Justice''), it would last until issue #6 (1986).

Fictional team history

AC Comics editor and head writer

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had been making plans for a superhero team to be named the Sentinels of Justice when he was contacted by

with a request that AC provide material for the Charlton Bullseye comic book. The team concept was quickly revised, with a roster of Charlton characters. Bullseye was cancelled before the story could be published, but AC was granted a limited license to publish the material already prepared for Charlton. After AC received news that the series was cancelled, Bill Black returned to his original plan for a team made up of existing Americomics characters. A house ad for the revamped Sentinels team appeared on the back cover of the only published adventure of the team of Charlton characters. A relaunch of the team took place in ''

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'' #59 with members being from the Vault of Heroes project.

External links

Americomics Special #1 from VicSage.com: Detailed synopsis and gallery of the Charlton version of the Sentinels
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