The Sentinels of Magic is a fictional team of supernaturally powered superheroes created by

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and

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appearing in American

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s published by

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. First appearing in ''

Day of Judgment The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (; ar, یوم القيامة, translit=Yawm al-Qiyāmah or ar, یوم الدین, translit=Yawm ad-Dīn, ...

'' #1 (November 1999), the group is described as a loose confederation of mystic defenders the team was formed during the "

" storyline when the angel Asmodel led a coup against the demon Neron, a powerful demon lord of Hell. The team included DC Comics occult heroes such as

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, Enchantress,

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, Blue Devil, Raven, and

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. The Sentinels of Magic appear in various media, including a new incarnation of the team making a debut in ''

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'' consisting of different characters.

Publication history

The team made their first appearance in ''Days of Judgement'' #1 (November 1999) as part of the "Day of Judgement" storyline. The title brought together several of DC Comic's occult characters as allies of the Justice League-related characters. The team would later be involved in the major storyline "Black Baptism" within the ''JLA: Black Baptism'' (May–August 2001) miniseries in which centered around both members Sebastian Faust and the Enchantress, the latter serving as the main antagonist alongside other characters. Later, the Sentinels of Magic would appear again or the final time in the "Obsidian Age" storyline in the ''JLA'' title.

Members

In other media

* The Sentinels of Magic appear in ''

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'', consisting of

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, and Raven along with several Apprentices, Initiates, Lightkeepers, Mentors, Sentries, and Vanguards. In the hero campaign, the players help the Sentinels stop

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from bringing Trigon to Earth. * A band called "Zatanna and the Sentinels of Magic" appear in '' Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash''. * The Sentinels of Magic appear in '' Young Justice: Phantoms'', consisting of Zatanna, Khalid Nassour, Traci Thurston, and Mary Bromfield. This version of the group was personally trained by Zatanna to free her father

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from

Nabu Nabu ( akk, cuneiform: 𒀭𒀝 Nabû syr, ܢܵܒܼܘܼ\ܢܒܼܘܿ\ܢܵܒܼܘܿ Nāvū or Nvō or Nāvō) is the ancient Mesopotamian patron god of literacy, the rational arts, scribes, and wisdom. Etymology and meaning The Akkadian "nab ...

's control. After the Sentinels succeed, Mary leaves the group while Zatara arranges for Nabu to have the remaining members operate as

via a rotation-based agreement.

References

External links

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