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"The Burning Earth" Part 1
Terminator: The Burning Earth #1
NOW Comics
Writer: Ron Fortier
Illustrator: Alexander Ross
Letterer: Patrick Williams
Cover: Alexander Ross
March 1990 |
In 2041, the war continues, with John Connor contemplating
suicide.
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complete mini-series summary at Wikipedia
Notes from the Terminator chronology
This story takes place in 2041, 10 years after the events of
the regular NOW Comics Terminator comic book
series.
Didja Know?
The illustrator of this mini-series, Alexander Ross, went on
to become possibly the most popular comic book cover artist
in history (more frequently known these days as Alex Ross).
The Terminators and Hunter-Killers in this mini-series bear
a much closer resemblance to those in its inspiration film
The Terminator
than those in the regular Terminator series from
NOW Comics that preceded it.
The characters of Patch and Gerry appearing here previously
appeared in
"From the Journals of Timothy Reese, Mexico, 2067".
The characters of Maude and Sue appearing here previously
appeared in
"See Cuba and Die!".
The characters of Sasha and Lafe appearing here previously
appeared in
"Escape to Silver Dollar".
Characters appearing or mentioned in this issue
John Connor (aka Bear)
Tim Reese
Striker
Skynet
Patch (aka Miguel De Verona)
Gerry Gagnon
Sue
Maude (dies in this issue)
Sasha
Lafe
Joey
Didja Notice?
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The caterpillar seen climbing on a reed on page 1 is
probably a larva of Danaus plexippus, the Monarch
butterfly. |
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| Caterpillar in this issue |
Monarch caterpillar |
On page 2, John Connor's narration states that no one
remembers what year it is supposed to be, but the war is
about 40 years old.
On page 3, one of Connor's men uses the word amigos.
This is Spanish for "friends".
The pick-up trucks used by the Resistance on pages 4 and 5
appear to be
Chevrolet models.
On page 8, Sue tells Tim to grab a C-4 bag and follow her
and Maude. C-4 is a type of plastic
explosive, Composition C-4.
John Connor has something of a nickname, Bear, as he was
called the Golden Bear (due to his blonde hair and
beard!) in the regular NOW comic book series. Notice he is
wearing the bear emblem on his uniform, seen in issues of
the regular NOW Comics series.
On page 14, one of Connor's men shouts, "Dios!" as
an HK tank rolls towards them. This is Spanish for "God!"
On page 19, John Connor
presents himself as something of a Jesus
Christ figure, with his arms raised (almost
cruciform) and cross symbols in the rubble behind him as he
shouts his defiance to Skynet.
Page 21 introduces what seems to be a previously unseen type
of Terminator which goes unnamed. It has a bit of a Cylon
look to it.
John refers to the new Terminator as a steel-plated
Frankenstein copy of man, an obvious
reference to the Frankenstein monster of the classic horror
novel and numerous films.
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