John Connor and Skynet each come up with a new plot to end
the other.
This story takes place in 2041, 10 years after the events of
the regular NOW Comics Terminator comic book
series.
Didja Notice?
On the cover of this issue, the
sunglasses on the
female Terminator called Aurora show a reflection of the letter-number
combination N-I-L-8. But if it were an actual reflection,
the letters and number would be a reversed image. Also note
that
N-I-L-8 is sort of an abbreviation of "annihilate".
On page 2, Skynet refers to itself as having been created by
the Technodyne Corporation. In this mini-series (as well as
in the regular Terminator comic book series
published by NOW) the
more familiar Cyberdyne Corporation is called
Technodyne instead for some reason.
In panel 3 of page 12, there appears to be a
Coke
can on the ground next to the fallen soldier. Do the human
resistance troops still have access to Coke in the
machine-dominated future war of 2041?
On page 13,
Patch
says "Caramba!" and "At least that amigo
did not die in vain."
"Caramba!" is a Spanish exclamation used to express
surprise. Amigo is Spanish for "friend".
On page 15, John states that Skynet's headquarters is inside Thunder
Mountain. It's not until
"The Burning Earth" Part 4 that we learn that Thunder
Mountain is in Nevada. There are three different Thunder
Mountains in the state of Nevada. The one mentioned by John
here is seen to be an old NORAD facility in
"The Burning Earth" Part 3, but none of the existing
Thunder Mountains are known to house such a facility. A
Thunder Mountain is also stated as the home of
Skynet in the 2004 novel
Hour of the Wolf
(Timeline JD-3), though there it seems to be yet another
Thunder Mountain in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. However, most stories set in
the Terminator universe consider Skynet's home to be in the
real world NORAD complex of Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado.
On page 15, Patch says, "Fantastico!"
Fantastico
is Spanish for "fantastic".
On page 19, Patch says, "Dios, I have never seen so
many of them."
Dios
is Spanish for "God".
On page 21, the nuclear missile being carried by an aerial
HK has "USA NORAD" painted on it.
NORAD is the North American Aerospace Defense Command, a
joint operation of the U.S. and Canada to provide early
warning and defense against air and space offenses against
the two nations. It is unlikely that "NORAD" would be
painted on a U.S. missile, as NORAD is a surveillance and
early-warning operation, not a weapons facility.
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