NOW Comics published 17 issues under the title The Terminator during 1988 to 1990.
The series is an anthology of stories featuring new characters fighting in John Connor's Resistance army against Skynet in 2031.
Overview[]
Issues[]
Collections[]
Characters[]
Resistance and affiliates | Skynet and affiliates |
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Connor's Grizzlies Resistance Command Cell (Sierra Madre, Mexico)
Sarah's Slammers Resistance Cell ("Home Base": 55 miles west of Miami)
The Synth-Slashers Resistance Cell
Hansen's 3rd De-Mechanized Infantry Battalion Resistance Cell (Orlando)
The Field Hospital Resistance Cell (Duluth)
The Horse Soldiers Resistance Cell (Cocoa Beach)
The Breeders Resistance Baby Factory (Mort-Dizzy World, Orlando, Florida)
The Amazons Resistance Transporters (Orlando, Florida)
The Sea Wind Soviet Research Submarine (Habitat, Cuba)
The Survivors
The Lunar Colonials ("Li'l Huston" Lunar Base est. 1998)
The Yanomami (The Fierce People) Indigenous Honduran tribe
The Tukini-Teri Indigenous Honduran tribe
Death Camp Survivors Darwin, California (Silver Dollar, Nevada)
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The Tech[]
- Hi-Tom - CIA Spy-Sat
- Flesh Farm - (Bedford Falls, Florida)
- Plasma - (GE-380, 506-PHW, Plasma 404, Plasma 1-X Regulator)
- Deforestation Tower -
- Viking - War-Shuttle
- TechnoDyne -
- Sea-Sac - IVF Test-Tube birthing center
- The Metal Warrior - Soviet Power Armor
Chronology[]
- 2029 - Terminator: All My Futures Past, NOW Comics, #1-2 (Aug. 1990 - Sep. 1990)
- 2031 - Rust, NOW Comics, #12 (Aug. 1988)
- 2031 - The Terminator, NOW Comics, #1–17 (Sep. 1988 - Feb. 1990)
- 2041 - Terminator: The Burning Earth, NOW Comics, #1–5 (Mar. – July 1990)
Continuity notes[]
- The NOW Comics timeline deviates after the events of The Terminator and prior to the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
- Published from 1988 to 1990, these comics operated in a vacuum, and contain numerous factual differences from what would be later established as core canon for the franchise. Only the events of the first movie were available for use as reference material. Because of this, the common errors of mixing Terminator model and series notation are repeated. Interestingly enough, T-600s are mentioned.
- The NOW series takes considerable liberties with the looks and abilities of Skynet machines. Endoskeleton often like little more than human skeletons with mechanical joints.
- In issue #17, endoskeletons are actually able to change their facial expression despite no evidence of organic tissue or liquid metal.
- The bodies of HK-Aerials are not as wide as in the movies and do not have the deep recess at the front. Their engines are farther from the main body; this makes them look more like modern unmanned drones. Issues#2 and #3 show that they have cockpits with overriding manual controls, and also appear to have weapons on their engines.
- Terminators in the series seem to exhibit a wide range of emotions, including fear, which directly contradicts movie canon. They also show a great deal of personal autonomy, sometimes even going as far as to argue with Skynet.
Notes[]
- With a few exceptions, most Terminators in this series appear to be similar in appearance to Arnold Schwarzenegger, and generally wear matching leather jackets, grey pants, and sunglasses.
- In Terminator: The Burning Earth, more physical types of Terminator are added, though the uniforms stay.
- HK-Tanks do not appear at all until Terminator: The Burning Earth.