Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	August 1983
Cover Price	$2.00
Pages	36
Notes	Intended as SENTINELS OF JUSTICE #1 before DC Comics bought the Charlton "Action Heroes", thus preventing any more appearances at AC.

Cover Details - "SENTINELS OF JUSTICE"

Characters	Blue Beetle; Captain Atom; Nightshade; Question; The Manipulator (villain)
Genre	Super-hero
Pencils	Greg Guler
Inks	John Beatty
Notes	Intended as SENTINELS OF JUSTICE #1 before DC Comics bought the Charlton "Action Heroes", thus preventing any more appearances at AC.

1 page text article "The Sentinels of Justice... A Fantastic Foursome!"

Script	Dan St. John
Pencils	Steve Ditko
Inks	Steve Ditko
Colors	B&W
Letters	typeset
Notes	Details the histories of the 4 Sentinels of Justice characters and their history at Charlton Comics. Includes covers of CAPTAIN ATOM #85 (March 1967), BLUE BEETLE #1 (June 1967) and MYSTERIOUS SUSPENSE #1 (October 1968).

25 page Sentinels Of Justice story "SENTINELS OF JUSTICE"

Characters	Vic Sage (The Question); Jonathan Barrington Collingsworth Jr. (The Manipulator / main villain); Hartford; Ted Kord (Blue Beetle); Tracy (lab assistant); Captain Fisher; Captain Atom; Nightshade; The Mayor; Dr. Rockwell; Ironarms (thugs); Madmen (thugs); Firey-Icer (villain); The Banshee (villain); unnamed "shrouded figure" (behind-the-scenes villain)
Genre	Super-hero
Script	Dan St. John (plot); Greg Guler
Pencils	Greg Guler; Matt Feazell (backgrounds)
Inks	Greg Guler; Matt Feazell (backgrounds)
Colors	Bill Fugate
Letters	Greg Guler
Notes	Characters (C) Charlton Publications, used with permission. Story was meant to be continued, but the purchase of these characters by DC Comics prevented it from being done.

1 page The Blue Beetle promo (ad from the publisher) "The Blue Beetle!"

Characters	Blue Beetle (Ted Kord); The Bug (vehicle)
Genre	Super-hero
Pencils	Rik Levins
Inks	Bill Black
Colors	Bill Black
Letters	Bill Black
Notes	Ad / AMERICOMICS #3; picture was used on back cover.

1 page illustration "AC Comics Portfolio"

Characters	The Messenger; Nightveil; Captain Paragon; The Shade; Bolt
Pencils	Bill Black
Inks	Bill Black
Colors	Bill Black
Letters	typeset

1 page The Durango Kid illustration "The Durango Kid"

Genre	Western
Pencils	Bill Black
Inks	Bill Black

1 page Buckeye illustration "Buckeye"

Genre	Super-hero
Pencils	Jim Sanders III
Inks	Jim Sanders III

1 page Tara illustration "Tara"

Characters	Tara
Genre	Jungle
Pencils	Bob McLeod
Inks	Bob McLeod

1 page Astron illustration "Astron"

Characters	Astron
Genre	Science fiction; Super-hero
Pencils	June Brigman
Inks	Roy Richardson
Notes	May (or may not) be connected with Astron, Star-Soldier by Tom Sciacca (ASTRAL COMICS, Tom Sciacca, Summer 1977).

1 page Commando D illustration "Leaping Across The Dimensional Boundaries..."

Characters	Commando D
Genre	Super-hero
Pencils	Willie Blyberg
Inks	Willie Blyberg

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "AC Comics This Summer"

Script	Bill Black
Pencils	Pat Broderick (Blue Beetle); Paul Gulacy (Nightveil, Star Masters)
Inks	Pat Broderick (Blue Beetle); Paul Gulacy (Nightveil, Star Masters)
Colors	B&W
Letters	typeset
Notes	Ad / AMERICOMICS #3, NIGHTVEIL #5, STAR MASTERS #1

1 page Sentinels Of Justice illustration "Sentinels Of Justice"

Characters	Captain Paragon; (woman in yellow); Commando D; ? (Commando D's sidekick); Nightveil; (man in red)
Genre	Super-hero
Pencils	Greg Guler
Inks	Greg Guler
Notes	Back cover. With the purchase of the Charlton "Action Heroes" by DC, Bill Black quickly assembled a NEW "Sentinels Of Justice" from his own characters.