John Connor and Danny Dyson finally put into action a plan over 30
years in the making.
On page 2, panel 3, a block of concrete in the rubble has
the number 231068 printed on it. It was also seen on a block in "Suicide
Mission" on page 11, panel 1 and will be seen yet
again in "Father's Day" and
"The Programming of Fate"; it represents artist Gary
Erskine's birth date, 23 October 1968.
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Also on page 2, panel 3, the walking Hunter-Killer seen here
is based on pre-production art from
Judgment Day of an HK
known as a Centurion. |
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| Centurion from
this issue |
Production art of
Centurion (from the
Terminator Wiki) |
On page 2, John Connor's narration
mentions scurrying land mines called
Silverfish. These were another type
of killer built by Skynet that was
developed in the pre-production of
Judgment Day, but was
not realized for filming.
Page 4 gives us a glimpse of John in command of worldwide
forces in the final battle against Skynet, as stated in the
novelization of
The Terminator.
On page 6, a block of
concrete in the rubble has the words "Liz Phair", "Whale",
"Curve", and "NIN" scrawled on it. These are all rock bands
started in the late '80s-early 90s. "NIN" stands for Nine
Inch Nails.
On page 10, one of the resistance soldiers that helps carry
the T-800 endoskeleton into Danny's lab has a name badge on
his uniform that says Van Ling. This may be a reference to
the man of the same name who has done visual effects work on
several James Cameron films, including
Judgment Day.
On page 11, Danny refers to the Terminator skull as Rusty.
On page 15, two T-1000 models are seen in the Skynet complex.
One is implied to be the one that will travel back in time
to terminate John Connor. This issue states the time
destination as 1994, though it should be 1995 since John is
said to be 10 years old in
Judgment Day.
On page 18, Jude holds up a cheap copy of the famous Sarah
Connor photo. This is a copy of the same photo that Reese
brings back with him to 1984 in
The Terminator. The
novelization of
Judgment Day reveals
that many men have paper copies of the famous Sarah Connor
photo that they carry with them for inspiration. Reese has
the original, as given to him by John.
On page 19, Raphael refers to a WM-25 forty-watt phased plasma
pulse-gun. This is presumably a reference to the
Westinghouse Model M-25 phased plasma rifle described as
carried by many future human resistance members and
Terminators in the respective novelizations of
The Terminator
and
Judgment Day.
Also on page 19, a squad of resistance soldiers
inadvertently attempts to ambush the reprogrammed T-800 of
Omega Platoon. One of the squad members is called Simmons.
It's unknown if this Simmons was any relation to
Greg Simmons, who, along with Jack Kroll, is said to have
discovered the Terminator remains in the factory at the end
of the novelization of
The Terminator, and
who later becomes the owner and CEO of Cyberdyne from his
discovery, as revealed in the
Judgment Day
novelization. There is also a Simmons in the resistance in
From the Ashes;
possibly, he is the same person seen in this issue.
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