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"The Burning Earth" Part 4
Terminator: The Burning Earth #4
NOW Comics
Writer: Ron Fortier
Illustrator: Alexander Ross
Letters: Joseph Allen
Cover: Alexander Ross
June 1990 |
Skynet begins nuking human resistance enclaves while John
Connor and his crew assault Skynet's mountain bunker.
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Notes from the Terminator chronology
This story takes place in 2041, 10 years after the events of
the regular NOW Comics Terminator comic book
series.
Characters appearing or mentioned in this issue
John Connor (aka Bear)
Skynet
Patch
Nelson
Gerry Gagnon
Lafe
Marissa
Tim Reese
Didja Notice?
On page 6, an aerial HK drops a nuclear bomb on the remains
of
Phoenix, Arizona. John Connor's journal entry in the
last panel of this page reads that the city was "located at the
center of something once called..." and then the thought is
not continued onto the next page! Presumably, he was going
to say the name of the state, Arizona; Phoenix does lie
roughly in the center (actually a bit more southerly).
On page 10, Patch calls John amigo. He also says,
"All I have left are some old prayers mi madre
taught me."
Amigo
is Spanish for "friend",
mi madre
Spanish for "my mother".
On page 15, Nelson is wearing a collegiate t-shirt featuring
the letters UCSB. Most likely this stands for
University of
California, Santa Barbara. The character of Nelson here
appears to be the book's artist, whose full name is Nelson
Alexander Ross (though whether he has any connection to
UCSB, I don't know!).
On page 16, the entrance corridor of the Thunder Mountain
base has a sign reading "NORAD COMMAND, Skynet World
Defense".
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