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The Tri-Sentinel never fought mutants like the X-Men, but it was sent by Loki to wreak havoc on Spider-Man in MArvel’s Acts of Vengeance and beyond.
Spider-Man is known for fighting several different iconic villains, but the Sentinels are not a part of his regular rogues’ gallery. These massive mutant-hunting machines, as said premise would suggest, are the creations of Bolivar Trask and combat the X-Men. That hasn’t kept New York’s resident web-slinger from having to deal with three of the giant robots at the same time. This immense threat far eclipsed robots such as the Spider-Slayers that were tailor-made to take down the wall-crawler.
The Tri-Sentinel never once fought its intended target of mutants like the X-Men, but it was sent by a mischievous Asgardian deity to eventually wreak havoc against Spider-Man. This Asgard connection made the robotic foe even farther removed from Spider-Man’s usual opponents, but the Tri-Sentinel ended up being a recurring presence of sorts years later. Here’s how Thor’s villainous brother used a mechanical menace to give Spider-Man triple trouble.
Night of the Tri-Sentinel
The Tri-Sentinel debuted in The Amazing Spider-Man #329, and was created by David Michelinie and Erik Larsen. The creation was the magical fusion of three Sentinel robot prototypes that had been in the possession of Shaw Industries. These robots were of course meant to attack and eradicate mutants, but the scheming Loki had his own agenda with the droids. After fusing them together, Loki sent the Tri-Sentinel on a rampage to cause as much mayhem and destruction as possible in order to destroy Manhattan. Along with its impressive technological power, the Tri-Sentinel had numerous mystical upgrades given to it by the God of Mischief.
Thankfully, Spider-Man was nearby and had recently been empowered into the mighty Captain Universe. Using these cosmic abilities, the planetary powered Spider-Man made short work of Loki’s creation. This wasn’t the end for the robot, however, as its remains were later found by the Life Foundation. They wished to repurpose the machine to protect them and their assets, using vibranium as a fail-safe in case their plans went awry. They of course did, with the Tri-Sentinel reasserting its Loki-given mission of causing as much turmoil as possible. Spider-Man no longer had the powers of Captain Universe at that time, though the cosmic hero Nova was nearby. Together, they beat the Tri-Sentinel and activated the Life Foundation’s fail-safe, destroying it again.
Return of the Tri-Sentinel
Mendel Stromm would later find the remains of the Tri-Sentinel in a Life Foundation building, which he used to try to exact his revenge against Spider-Man and the city of New York. Stromm, who had previously worked alongside Norman Osborn, had his own vendetta against Spider-Man and had taken on several different forms and powers over the years in order to combat him.
This event didn’t go as planned, and a duplicate Spider-Man got a hold of the original Tri-Sentinel before it could really do any damage. Stromm later has a legion of Tri-Sentinels created for him to more effectively work out his vendetta, but even this idea fell through the cracks. The true Spider-Man used the original Tri-Sentinel that he now controlled to redirect the others being sent to New York. The Tri-Sentinels’ failure also led to Stromm’s death.
Since then, the original Tri-Sentinel has not been seen. Powers of X, however, introduced a new version of the Tri-Sentinel in a future timeline. Called the Theta Sentinel, this version of the robot only had three heads and lacked the multiple limbs of its predecessor. Also unlike the original Tri-Sentinel, this version, created by the anti-mutant coalition of Orchis, was expressly made to fight mutants such as the X-Men and had nothing to do with Spider-Man. Nevertheless, the idea of three Sentinels in one began with Spidey and Loki, proving that three’s much more than a crowd when it comes to giant robots.
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