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Robotech Archives #4
Robotech Archives: The Sentinels Vol.1
Robotech Archives Sentinels manga volume 1 features story by Chris Ulm and Tommy Mason with art by Jason Waltrip and John Waltrip. Titan’s Robotech Archives omnibus series continues with a huge collection of the classic Robotech II: The Sentinels comics! Originally based on classic Jack McKinney novels, the stories evolved as the series continued. The story takes place ten years after the near-destruction of Earth at the hands of the Zentraedi. With the Earth having barely survived an apocalypse, the SDF-3 heads into space on a vital survival mission. The SDF-3, manned by the greatest heroes of the Robotech war, plus a new generation of warriors, heads to the homeworld of the Robotech Masters in order to prevent a second Robotech war. But are there worse threats than the Zentraedi…?
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464 pages, Paperback
First published February 5, 2019
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March 17, 2019
I grew up watching Robotech in the '80s, and though there was a certain weird disconnect between the three parts of the show, I nonetheless believed that they were one story, and never would have guessed the show was drawn from three different animes. That was the power of Carl Macek's plotting and writing.
Nonetheless, Robotech: Sentinels is a revelation, as the story that actually connects the three arcs all together in an ironclad way. It truly makes sense of them all and creates a strong chronology underlying the whole Robotech line. Unfortunately, Harmony Gold sucked at making their own cartoons, something they failed at time and time again, so we never got this as a cartoon (other than a few episodes). But we do have Sentinels in book form and (mostly) in comics. This is the start.
And the comic itself is also quite good. It feels like Robotech, with its strong characters, its exciting action, and its fast-moving story. To a certain extent, this volume is just the setup, but every issue reads quickly (and enjoyably). Oh, and we also get art that though it's B&W, feels very Robotech too.
The Sentinels comic does fail to mirror two major Robotech elements: the space fights just aren't nearly as exciting as what you'd see on the screen, and the singing even less so. That might be solely a limitation of the comic media, but I'm hoping the authors figure out how to deal with these elements better in V2, which I definitely want to read.
Nonetheless, Robotech: Sentinels is a revelation, as the story that actually connects the three arcs all together in an ironclad way. It truly makes sense of them all and creates a strong chronology underlying the whole Robotech line. Unfortunately, Harmony Gold sucked at making their own cartoons, something they failed at time and time again, so we never got this as a cartoon (other than a few episodes). But we do have Sentinels in book form and (mostly) in comics. This is the start.
And the comic itself is also quite good. It feels like Robotech, with its strong characters, its exciting action, and its fast-moving story. To a certain extent, this volume is just the setup, but every issue reads quickly (and enjoyably). Oh, and we also get art that though it's B&W, feels very Robotech too.
The Sentinels comic does fail to mirror two major Robotech elements: the space fights just aren't nearly as exciting as what you'd see on the screen, and the singing even less so. That might be solely a limitation of the comic media, but I'm hoping the authors figure out how to deal with these elements better in V2, which I definitely want to read.
September 9, 2025
I enjoyed this one more than I expected.
I read it years back, but did not remember most of it. In particular, I didn't remember the amount, at this point in the run, of trying to work in elements from the Sentinels scripts and the McKinney novels that was going on here.
It's not perfect, but for the time, for the genre, and for the resources, they did a pretty decent job.
A lot of this is a nostalgia trip, but it's a solid 90s smaller press comic book on its own, and it really is a fun, if slightly corny, space opera, too.
Looking forward to the next volume, and figuring out the best reading order with some of the uncollected side series.
I read it years back, but did not remember most of it. In particular, I didn't remember the amount, at this point in the run, of trying to work in elements from the Sentinels scripts and the McKinney novels that was going on here.
It's not perfect, but for the time, for the genre, and for the resources, they did a pretty decent job.
A lot of this is a nostalgia trip, but it's a solid 90s smaller press comic book on its own, and it really is a fun, if slightly corny, space opera, too.
Looking forward to the next volume, and figuring out the best reading order with some of the uncollected side series.
January 26, 2020
Gotta love Robotech
Love Robotech but Rick is incredibly whiny! He’s presented as a whiny child anxious to get his way! Edwards is clearly evil by any standard.
Love Robotech but Rick is incredibly whiny! He’s presented as a whiny child anxious to get his way! Edwards is clearly evil by any standard.
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