Our crew of heroes and villains head south of the border to
track down Sarah Connor in Mexico.
On page 1, Linda Paul is sunning herself on a
Santa
Monica beach.
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On pages 4-7, we see a number of
previously unseen, rather
unusual-looking, Hunter-Killer
models, some large, some small.
These models are not seen in any
other Terminator story.
And, in fact, none of the standard
Hunter-Killers of the Terminator
universe are depicted in this scene
at all. The unusual designs might be
interpreted as simply distorted,
surreal versions of the real thing
since we are seeing moments from
Mary's nightmare. But page 8
describes her nightmare as also a
memory of her past in the future
war. We probably have to chalk it up
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In
"Secondary Objectives" Part 1,
we saw a bag of Kruncho Chips. On page 9 of this issue,
I825.M is eating Krunchee Potato Chips! Kruncho appears to
be entirely fictional, but there was a brand of potato chips
called Krun-Chee around the 1950s and '60s marketed mostly
in the Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario,
Canada areas. I825.M has
to consume food since he is still part human.
On page 10, the
fully visible
guns mounted on the wall behind the counter of Sammy's Gun
Shop appear to be a Thompson submachine gun, an Uzi, and an
M-16.
On page 11, the Angel of Independence is seen beyond the
deck of Mary's hotel room in Mexico City. The
Angel of
Independence is a victory column in the roundabout of the
Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City (although I don't believe
there is a hotel of stone-structure in the vicinity as
depicted here).
Pages 12-13 depict the sleeping I825.M's inner struggle
between his human and Terminator halves. Page 12 suggests
that he is attracted to Mary with an image of the two
engaging in sexual intercourse.
On page 15, C890.L passes through the small town of El
Palos, Mexico. This appears to be a fictional community. El
palos is Spanish for "the sticks". A
Gulf
gas station is seen in the town.
I825.M reveals that his human name was Dudley. It's not
revealed whether that is his first or last name.
On page 23, panel 1, Astin has a carton of what appears to
be Lucerne milk on his kitchen table; Lucerne is the house
brand of dairy products from the
Safeway
chain of supermarkets in the U.S. (and also carried by
Albertson's markets since its merger with Safeway in 2015). There is also a can of
what may be
Henry Weinhard's beer.
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