Having sent Reese back to 1984,
John Connor has one more task to perform after the fall of Skynet.
In the credits of this issue, editors Dan Shaheen and Mark Paniccia
are listed as "ready for vacation". This may be a reference to the
T-800 saying "I need a vacation," after his battle with the T-1000
finally ends near the conclusion of
Judgment Day.
On page 6, panel 1, one resistance soldier in the background has
what appears to be the word "DONUT" written on his helmet.
On page 10, panel 1, a soldier in the background has
the name Paxton on his helmet. This is likely a reference to actor
Bill Paxton, who has appeared in a number of Cameron films,
including
The Terminator (as one
of the punks at the Griffith Observatory at the beginning of the
film, identified as Johnny or "Kotex" in the novel).
Another soldier in the background has the number 69 on the
helmet. "69" is a slang term for a, uh, sexual position; feel free
to look it up.
On page 10, a concrete slab has the words "Whale" and "Massive Attack".
These are both musical groups, Whale having been seen as graffiti
twice previously in this mini-series (in
"Suicide Mission" and
"Father's Day"); it must be one of
artist Erskine's favorite bands!
Also on page 10, artist Gary Erskine's birth date is seen on the
concrete slab (231068), as it is also in "Suicide
Mission", "Dead Men Walking",
and
"Father's Day".
The last page of the story implies that the T-1000 disguised as
Griff has used Danny's own Skynet source code to potentially bring
back the machine ruler.
Unanswered Questions
Has the T-1000 disguised as Griff absorbed the Skynet source
code to become the new machine ruler after Skynet's defeat
in 2029? We don't get a firm answer since no follow-up
series was produced by Malibu. Possibly this "reborn" Skynet
could be considered responsible for some of the additional
time-travelling Terminators seen in stories produced by
other publishers in comics and other media.
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