Sarah makes an offer to the feds.
Sarah offers herself up to NetWork Developments, promising
everything she knows, if they will stop the research into
the future technology. Karyn Stern shows Sarah that NetWork
Developments has known of the Terminators since the
mid-1970s and has recovered a number of damaged Terminator
bodies since then. Sarah is shocked to learn this...and then
Karyn transforms into a replica of Sarah herself, revealing
her poly-alloy nature.
Meanwhile, Mossberg is fleeing L.A. with John and the Dyson
kids, but they are pursued by Terminators themselves.
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On the cover of this issue, the specimen tube holding
the T-800 endoskeleton is labeled "21". This number is
explained within this issue's story.
On the cover of this issue, notice that the female T-1000
appears to be gripping something like a small scythe in her
curled fingers...but that's misleading. Note that her index
finger is missing, indicating the "scythe" is actually her
transformed index finger itself.
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On page 1, the partially obscured slogan on the coffee mug
on the reception desk at NetWork Developments appears to
read "Stud Muffin".
Also on page 1, the guest signatures on the receptionist
clipboard are all names of highly-regarded cartoonists:
Wally Wood (1927-1981), best known for T.H.U.N.D.E.R.
Agents and his work on The Spirit; John Severin
(1921-2012), best known for his work in EC Comics and
Cracked; Alex Toth (1928-2006), best known for his work
in comic books and Hanna-Barbera cartoons; Russ Heath, best
known for his comic book work; Bernie Kriegstien (sic)
(1919-1990), best known for his EC Comics work; Will Eisner
(1917-2005), best known as the creator of The Spirit;
the final signature is half obscured and can't be made out.
The name badge of the security guard at the reception desk
of
NetWork Developments on page 2 reveals his name is
Nedermeyer.
On page 4, Sarah tries to reassure Agent Spasky that he has
the upper hand by remarking, "You've got a nine to the back
of my skull, Spasky." "Nine" is referring to a 9mm pistol,
i.e. a gun that fires 9mm bullets.
Page 5 opens on Highway 78, skirting the Chocolate
Mountains. This appears to be a reference to California
State Route 78, running near the Chocolate Mountain Naval
Reserve. Mossberg is driving the kids in a Volkswagen van
(officially referred to as the Volkswagen Type 2, or
sometimes T2, which may have been the inspiration for its
appearance here).
On page 5, Mossberg buys some comic books for the kids,
including one published by Hafass Comics. I think you can
figure out what "Hafass" means; needless to say, this is a
fictional publisher.
On page 6, a sign in Pop's store says drink Coda. This
appears to be a fictional beverage, probably a play on the
word "cola".
Also on page 6, John tells Blythe that Mossberg is a wad.
This is presumably short for "dickwad", a term John uses in
Judgment Day and
earlier in this mini-series.
On page 8, the T-1000 (as Karyn Stern) states the date as
Friday the 5th. No month is given. This is supposed to be
only a couple days since the end of
Judgment Day,
which takes place in 1995 and the only Friday the 5th in
1995 is in May of that year. However, the novelization of
Judgment Day claims
the month is June.
The phone booth on page 11 has a lot of graffiti on it, some
of it the same names as seen in the graffiti at the end of
"Judgment Impaired":
"Owsley" (for the comic's letterer, Patrick Owsley) and
"Iggy" (possibly for rock musician Iggy Pop). Also seen here
are: John Cale (possibly a reference to the founding member
of the rock band Velvet Underground); New England
(half-obscured, may be a reference to the U.S. rock band of
that name); Shaheen (the comic's editor, Dan Shaheen); Oingo
Boingo (a U.S. rock band); Levine (unknown); Coil (possibly
a reference to the English experimental music group).
Page 11, panel 1 shows a bus destination sign reading
Sepulveda. This refers to Sepulveda Boulevard in Los
Angeles, as confirmed by Sarah in panel 3.
On page 13, young Danny Dyson proposes an idea to John: that
the basic source code of Skynet must be contained in the CPU
chip they retrieved from the fallen T-800 (in
"Judgment Impaired"),
so they could theoretically write a virus from that which
could later infect and destroy Skynet. It seems that John
plans to implement this plan at the end of the following
issue, "No Fate".
On page 15, the Terminator appears to be wielding an Uzi
submachine gun.
On pages 19-20, it's revealed that the U.S. government has
27 partially intact Terminator bodies, the first found in
the mid-1970s, all believed to be part of Skynet's
experiments to perfect time displacement. The U.S. believes
China to have another three and France, one. The presence of
all these past Terminators may help explain why the
development of Skynet is seemingly inevitable, as expounded
in Rise of the Machines.
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