Open the development module. I wanna add a new prime directive--one that overrides everything else. When unit becomes mobile, unit will not attempt to abandon Juston. Not ever. No matter what. 
- —Juston[src]
History
Origin
Juston Seyfert was raised along with his younger brother Chris by his father, Pete, in Antigo, Wisconsin. His mother left their family when he was still very young because she tired of domestic life and responsibility. The Seyfert family lived in a junkyard Seyfert Salvage. Juston and Chris had a very close relationship, and frequently worked together to built battlebots. Unfortunately, Juston and his friends Matt and Alex, small for their age, were often picked on at school[2]
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Juston first meets his Sentinel
Sentinel
When Juston discovered a control chip, he didn't realize how important the discovery really was and inadvertently activated the self-repair mode of a deactivated Sentinel.[2] After discovering the semi-operational Sentinel, Juston began helping to rebuild and reprogram him.[3]
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Juston fighting crime with his Sentinel
Juston's first major use of the Sentinel was to scare Greg and Josh, two bully-jocks who had been tormenting him and his friends. It worked, and Juston appeared to be a hero for scaring off the Sentinel.[4] However, almost immediately after, Juston began to feel guilty for his ill-gotten fame. To redeem himself he began going out at night with the Sentinel to do some good including rescuing a truck driver from an accident[5] and rescuing four survivors of a lane crash.[6] Juston Sentinel was eventually caught by the Commission on Superhuman Activities, partially fearing being implicated and partially wanting to find his mother, Juston stole the Sentinel and ran away.[7][8]
Fearing that the reemergence of the Sentinel would lead to evidence of their assassination conspiracy, Colonel Hunt and Senator Knudesen decided to use a prototype Sentinel Mk VII-A to destroy the Sentinel and kill Juston.[9] Juston was not able to find his mother, but he was able to escape Hunt's Stealth Sentinel, rescue his family, and blackmail Hunt and Knudsen into leaving them alone. After the their final battle, Juston used parts from the deactivated Sentinel Mk VII-A to repair and enhance his Sentinel.[10]
Avengers Academy
After knowledge of Juston's Sentinel became public, everyone freaked out. To keep his Sentinel, Juston joined the Avengers Academy which had just expanded it's enrollment, and relocated to the Avengers Compound in Los Angeles, California.[11] Despite his father's protest, Juston chose to remain with the Avengers Academy.[12][13]
Juston continued to retool and modify his Sentinel, although it's presences at caused some issues with mutants at the Avengers Compound,[14][15][16][17] and despite his best efforts, Juston was unable to remove the "Destroy All Mutants" programming. Juston was able to add new directives that contradicted this original programming and set the "Destroy All Mutants" program as it's least important directive.[18]
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Quicksilver and Giant-Man rebuilding Juston's Sentinel
When the Phoenix Force imbued five X-Men with its cosmic powers,[19] the Phoenix Five set out to reframe the world to their liking including the destruction of all Sentinels.[19] Emma Frost personally came to the Avengers Compound to destroy Juston's Sentinel.[18] Juston and the other students protested, and in the end Juston's Sentinel sacrificed itself to safe Juston from Emma. Luckily, Quicksliver was able to obtain the Sentinel's central processing unit before Emma destroyed it, but the Sentinel was able to be rebuilt.[12]
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Juston's designed Sentinel as a battle robot armor
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Apex murdering Juston
Avengers Arena
Juston and his Sentinel are among the sixteen young superheroes kidnapped by Arcade to battle to the death in his new Murderworld.[20] To prevent suspicion, Arcade sends a humanoid robot to live with his family in Antigo.[13]
Originally, Juston journeys out with his classmates X-23, Hazmat, and Reptil.[21] Unfortunately, it isn't long before Juston and his Sentinel are attacked by Apex.[1] During the struggle, Juston is paralyzed, the Sentinel destroyed, and Juston is left for dead among the Sentinel wreckage in the desert.[1][22]
Fortunately, Juston survives, and driven by revenge he rebuilds the Sentinel as a pilot operated fighting machine. Bent on revenge, Juston tries to kill Apex, but is stopped by Tim Bashir.[22] It isn't long however until Apex regains control of her shared body, snaps Juston's neck, and leaves with his Sentinel, Death Locket, and Chasehawk.[23] What remained of the Sentinel is finally destroyed by Nico with her Staff of One during her final battle with Apex.[24]Attributes
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Abilities
Paraphernalia
Equipment
- Retooled Mark VI[citation needed] Sentinel with additionally part from Mark VII-A and unique modification made by Juston.
Weapons
Transportation
Notes
- It's been speculated that Tom Skylark's Sentinel Rover from Earth-15104[26] may be the same Sentinel that Juston befriended. Both sentinel's have a damaged face plate, a dented helmet, and wide-eyed expression.[citation needed]
- Juston has some abandonment issues relating to his mother's departure.[27][12]
Trivia
- Juston and his Sentinel have unofficial[citation needed] cameos in:
- Mary Jane #2
- Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man #11
See Also
- 36 appearance(s) of Juston Seyfert (Earth-616)
- 2 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Juston Seyfert (Earth-616)
- 3 minor appearance(s) of Juston Seyfert (Earth-616)
- 3 mention(s) of Juston Seyfert (Earth-616)
- 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Juston Seyfert (Earth-616)
- 47 image(s) of Juston Seyfert (Earth-616)
- 15 quotation(s) by or about Juston Seyfert (Earth-616)
- 1 item(s) used/owned by Juston Seyfert (Earth-616)
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Avengers Arena #3
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sentinel #1
- ↑ Sentinel #1–5
- ↑ Sentinel #6
- ↑ Sentinel #7
- ↑ Sentinel #8–9
- ↑ Sentinel #12
- ↑ Sentinel (Vol. 2) #1
- ↑ Sentinel (Vol. 2) #1 #5
- ↑ Sentinel (Vol. 2) #5
- ↑ Avengers Academy #21
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Avengers Academy #33
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Avengers Arena #13
- ↑ Avengers Academy #22
- ↑ Avengers Academy #27
- ↑ Avengers Academy #29–31
- ↑ Avengers Academy #32–33
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Avengers Academy #32
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Avengers vs. X-Men #5
- ↑ Avengers Arena #1
- ↑ Avengers Arena #1 #3
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Avengers Arena #8
- ↑ Avengers Arena #9 #10
- ↑ Avengers Arena #12
- ↑ Sentinel #8
- ↑ New X-Men #151 #154
- ↑ Sentinel (Vol. 2) #2
- ↑ All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #9
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 10