In real life, of course, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby came up with the characters. Just like the original MK I’s, Master Mold was a Dr. She commented to the youngsters that “Ev’rything y’all want t’know ‘bout the danger Room, an being’ an X-Man is right b’fore your eyes.” The contingent of Sentinels the trio were skirmishing with consisted of the multi-storey tall classic variety, but also smaller insectoid models that resembled ants, centipedes and flies. These ones were a tribute to the Wild Sentinels from Grant Morrison's acclaimed 'New X-Men' run. Rogue had brought in a group of new students to train, but when she realized her teammates were having a session, she figured it was a good chance for them to see some real X-Men in action. In “Uncanny X-Men” #444 (2004), lauded X-Men writer Chris Claremont and fan-favourite artist Alan Davis gave us a story that started with Wolverine, Storm and Nightcrawler fighting against a wave of Sentinels in the Danger Room. Since the giant ‘bots proved to be a near constant threat to mutants, this makes perfect sense. While the Danger Room could be set to replicate any threat the X-Men might need to prepare for, a regular opponent in the training room was Sentinels.

That doesn’t stop Yoshida, though he arranges to have the mechs reconstructed and new pilots trained with the financial backing of the Hellfire Club. When the Sentinels are sent to take down the X-Men, the whole team is slaughtered. Forge of this Earth was one of these pilots. The squad is made up of five specially-selected recruits that pilot Sentinel mechs. His name is Shigen Yoshida and he organizes an anti-mutant division of his Police Force called the Sentinel Force. In this reality, it is a police chief who leads mutant witch hunts. What we are concerned with here, though, are manga style Sentinels. The wildly different version of the X-Men included ninja clans, skimpy skirts, Cyclops in a mech suit and Toad as an old master. Designated Earth-2301, Marvel revisited this parallel universe the following year in the “X-Men: Ronin” 5-issue miniseries. Marvel made its first serious foray into the world of manga with the “Marvel Mangaverse: New Dawn” and the “Marvel Mangaverse: X-Men” oneshots in 2002.

Once he had seen them in action, Prof X notes: “They’re perfectly disciplined - completely emotionless! And yet, they’re more than mere robots!” The anthropologist had created the massive ‘bots to save humanity, but they quickly decided the best way to do that was to control humans. Long story short, Xavier organizes a televised debate with Trask to dispute his claims, but Trask brings along some friends… the Sentinels. When Professor X sees a newspaper article detailing Trask’s allegations, he knows this paranoia is a greater threat than any villain the youngsters have faced. Trask in which he declares mutants a hidden menace. The story here concerns a press conference given by Dr. In other words, Stan 'The Man' came up with the concept for the Sentinels, while King Kirby and Gavin are responsible for the look. In this issue, Stan Lee is credited under the title Doctor of Story, Jack Kirby as the Dean of Layout, and Jay Gavin as Master of Art. These cybernetic marvels were created by Dr. Just a little more than a dozen issues into their initial run, the X-Men came into contact with the robot mutant-hunters known as Sentinels.

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