Final showdown in Death Valley between the humans, the Terminators,
and KZ-1!
On page 3, Van Dirk is afraid the two Terminators may have
survived being hit by the train, having already seen them
survive knives, bullets, and an explosion. The train hit
occurred at the end of
"Death Valley" Part
4 and the other incidents all in
"Death Valley" Part
1.
On page 11, Van Dirk breaks out Scotty's portable ham radio
box. The inside lid is seen to have two lists taped into it,
"Earth Stations" and "Morse Code". Earth stations are those
telecommunication stations designed to send/receive radio
waves to/from space, i.e. one- or two-way communication with
satellites, spacecraft, or astronomical objects; I guess our
old miner friend Scotty is a bit of a space junky! Morse
code is a method of communicating via a series of on-off
signals such as flashes, tones, or clicks, invented by
Samuel Morse (1791-1872).
In panel 5 of page 11, the letter "k" is missing from Jon
Norden's exclamation of "L-look!"
On page 15, notice that D800-L has replaced his missing leg
with a piece of railroad track!
On pages 17-18, it is revealed that Terminators have an
ability to generate and direct an electromagnetic pulse that
can cause at least small electronic devices to explode.
Unanswered Questions
We learn in the following mini-series, The Dark Years, that
Van Dirk, Sara Norden, Jon Norden, and Scotty survived the
events of this story. But what of Dr. Newbert? After KZ-1 is
destroyed by the Terminators, he is seen fleeing back to his
Humvee and is not seen or mentioned again.
Did anyone ever find the Terminator remains in the desert
after the explosion at the end of this story?
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