Terminator: The Burning Earth
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Terminator: The Burning Earth was originally published in 1990 by NOW comics. Published as a five-issue mini-series featuring new characters fighting in John Connor's resistance army against Skynet. The story was written by Ron Fortier and was illustrated by Alex Ross which was his first published comic work.
17 Terminator comic issues were published by NOW comics in the two years preceding the Terminator: The Burning Earth mini-series.
In 2041, John Connor (nicknamed Bear) and the human resistance race to stop Skynet from using its nuclear stockpile to finally annihilate the human race.
The story continues from Skynet's perspective of completing final tests of the Aurora model terminator.
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Chronology
- The Terminator (NOW Comics), #1–17 (Sep 1988 - Feb. 1990)
- Terminator: The Burning Earth, NOW comics, #1–5 (Mar. – July 1990)
Characters
- Bear, aka an aged John Connor Acts as narrator for the first book.[1]
- Tim, a Resistance fighter
- Sue, a Resistance fighter
- Sasha, a Resistance fighter
- Lafe, a Resistance fighter
- Miguel, a Resistance fighter
- Gerry, a Resistance fighter
- Patch, a Resistance fighter
- Jean, a Resistance fighter
- Marissa, a Resistance fighter
- Nelson, a Resistance fighter
- Gagnon, a Resistance leader... allies with Connor
- Senor DeVerona, a rough, no nonsense Resistance fighter
- Eddie, a Resistance fighter euthanized by Senor DeVerona.
- Joey, a Resistance fighter that gives his life to die with an unnamed female Resistance fighter
- Skynet, Acts as narrator for the second book
- Aurora, a female model Terminator, erroneously called a T-808 in the comic [2]
Mentioned
Notes
- ↑ Alex Ross stated in a Wizard Magazine retrospective on his career that one of his key interests in the project was that he once had a crush on original Sarah Connor actress Linda Hamilton: "I was such a huge 'Beauty and the Beast' fan and I was so deeply in love with Linda Hamilton that I thought I'll do it for Linda 'cause I love her so". In light of this, it is noteworthy that his hyper-realistic art style (although still in its early development) depicts the adult John Connor with a striking resemblance to Hamilton, something especially noticeable on the cover of the final issue. -Wizard's Alex Ross: Millenium Edition Special,1999 , p.53
- ↑ Comic was written before series/model number designations were clarified. The T-808 is a completely different series of highly-armored, combat-centered Terminator.
