The night Sarah Connor was targeted in Los Angeles in 1984, another
Terminator targets a female cop in New York.
This story takes place over roughly the same time period as the
events of
The Terminator in 1984.
On the main cover for this issue by
Robert Sammelin, the center building in the background
appears to be the
Empire State Building, setting the stage as the city of
New York.
Also on this cover, the Terminator's face looks
rather like Harrison Ford! In the issue itself, the
Terminator more-or-less looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger. On
the last page of this issue, the Terminator's POV display
shows the host machine as Cyberdyne Systems 101 T-800. Model
101 is the "Arnold Schwarzenegger" body type of Terminator.
The opening text on page 1, panel 1, is the text that opened
the original 1984 film
The Terminator.
Page 1, panel 2 depicts Times Square in New York. The
advertising signs for Midori Melon Liquer, Coca-Cola, and
Castro Cervesa are for real brands. The movies Repo Man,
Streets of Fire, and Bloodbath at the House of
Death seen on the marquees of two movie theaters are
all real films that were released in 1984.
A poster for the Misfits is seen on page 1, panel 3. The
Misfits are a punk rock band.
Officer Castro lives at 520 Dewitt Avenue in New York. This
is an actual address in the city, though the neighborhood
does not look quite like that depicted here.
On page 17, panel 3, the convenience store clerk is watching
news footage on TV with the breaking news banner heading
"Carnage in Los Angeles", a reference to the events of
The Terminator.
An ad poster for Jeff's Donuts Holes is seen hanging in a
stall in the women's restroom at the convenience store. This
appears to be a fictitious brand, possibly inserted by
artist Jeff Stokely as a self-reference.
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