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Terminator
"Systems Check"
The Terminator #8
Dynamite Entertainment
Writer: Declan Shalvey
Artist: Colin Craker
Colorist: Colin Craker
Letterer: Jeff Eckleberry
Cover A: Declan Shalvey
June
2025 |
Skynet begins a review of success or failure of Operation
Family Tree.
Read the issue summary at the
Terminator Wiki
Notes from the Terminator chronology
This story takes place sometime during the Future War, after
Skynet has sent a number of Terminators back in time to wipe
out the family tree of Harper and Penny Duggan.
The PopApostle Terminator chronology has placed the
overarching storyline of the 10-issue The Terminator limited
series of 2024-2025 by Dynamite Entertainment in
Timeline TT-2.
Didja Know?
The Terminator limited series
of 2024-2025 was published by Dynamite Entertainment and was
composed of 10 issues, telling a series of stand-alone 1- or
2-part stories set in different time periods that are revealed
to be part of the larger 10-issue arc.
Characters appearing or mentioned in this issue
Skynet
T-800
Harper Duggan (in Skynet files only, deceased)
Penny Duggan (in Skynet files only, deceased)
T-600
Pvt. Edward "Headcase" Duggan (in Skynet files only)
"Redneck" Hernandez (in Skynet files only)
Thu Duggan (in Skynet files only)
Joey Duggan (in Skynet files only)
Captain Masha Alekseev (in Skynet files only, deceased)
Volkov (in Skynet files only, deceased)
Dimitri (in Skynet files only, deceased)
Phillips (in Skynet files only, deceased)
Beckett (in Skynet files only)
Duggan (in Skynet files only)
Daniels (in Skynet files only)
Amy Sexton (in Skynet files only)
Maria Alekseev (in Skynet files only)
Francis Alekseev (in Skynet files only)
Sarah Connor (in Skynet files only)
Didja Notice?
This issue reveals that the various time-travel actions by
the assorted Terminators
seen in this mini-series were part of Operation Family
Tree, an attempt to kill the ancestors of Harper and Penny
Duggan, who would go on to mentor John Connor to resist
Skynet.
During Skynet's project review on page 3, panel 1 refers to
events in "The Engine", panel 2
to events in "Whiskey Dark",
and panel 3 to
"Apocalypse Then" parts 1 and 2.
The Terminators seen in the Future War on page 4 appear to
be T-600 models.
During Skynet's project review on page 5, panel 2 refers to
events in "Gemini Rising".
The events of panels 1, 3, and 4 (1889 and 1997) have not
been depicted in this mini-series or elsewhere, though it is of
note that panels 3 and 4 are dated as time-travel to 1997,
the year of Judgment Day in most of the timelines springing
from The Terminator
and Judgment Day.
Pages 6-9 and 11 feature many dozens of scenes from the
previous seven issues of the mini-series.
At the end of the issue, Skynet decides against continuing
Operation Family Tree against multiple targets. It
implements a new strategy of focusing on the termination of
a single target: Sarah Connor. This would imply Operation
Family Tree was implemented by Skynet prior to the events of
The Terminator.
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