Sentinels #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Lockstep - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Sentinels (Marvel, 2024 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: December 2024
Key date: 2024-12-00
On-sale date: 2024-10-09
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $4.99
Pages: 44
Barcode: 75960620962000111
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Lockstep - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Drumfire - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Voivod - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Sawtooth - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Shellback - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Justin Mason; inks: Justin Mason; colors: Federico Blee	Drumfire First, Lockstep First, Sawtooth First, Voivod First
1	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	-	comic story	30	script: Alex Paknadel; pencils: Justin Mason; inks: Justin Mason; colors: Federico Blee; letters: VC's Travis Lanham	Drumfire First, Lockstep First, Omega Red, Arkady Rossovich, Sawtooth First, Shellback First, Lawrence Trask, Voivod First
3	-	in-house column	2	editing: Martin Biro, Drew Baumgartner, Noah Sharma, Annalise Bissa, Mark Basso, Darren Shan
4	-	letters page	1	script: Alex Paknadel; pencils: Justin Mason; inks: Justin Mason; colors: Justin Mason
5	Next	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Logo Variant Cover	barcode 75960620962000141
Jeremy Wilson Cover	barcode 75960620962000121
Nick Bradshaw Cover	barcode 75960620962000116
Chris Campana 'Windowshades' Cover	barcode 75960620962000131

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Sentinels: Necessary Monsters #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-96020-9	2025	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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