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Terminator
"The Final Battle" Part 4
Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle #4 (Dark
Horse)
Script: J. Michael Strazynski
Art: Pete Woods
Cover: Pete Woods with Matthew Wilson
March 2014 |
Dr. Kogan explains Skynet's plan to the serial killer, Parnell.
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Notes from the Terminator chronology
This story takes place during the future war in 2029 in the Salvation
timeline.
Didja Notice?
2003: On page 2, the Terminators estimate the man who
assisted Parnell after his car crash was 94 kilos in weight
and 1.8 meters in height. This converts to about 207 pounds
and 5'11" height.
2029: On page 7, Kyle tells John he's studied the photo of
Sarah he gave him so he'll recognize her when he makes
contact in the past and John comments he never got to meet
the dog she had with her. Obviously, this refers to the
photo of Sarah taken by a Mexican boy at the end of
The Terminator,
with her German shepherd dog in the Jeep with her. The
novelization of
The Terminator
reveals the dog's name was Pugsley, Jr., after the pet
iguana Sarah lost earlier in that film.
2029: Page 8 reveals that Parnell's new body is built
from Skynet's latest tech, a Terminator Ultra-5000.
2029: On page 12, panel 1, the
Wikipedia page for "military
history" appears as part of the awakening Skynet's study
into the world it is born into.
2029: The Nazi swastika appears in the background of page
12, panel 3, indicating types of tactics Skynet has studied.
2029: On the bottom of page 14, the faces of Josef Stalin
and Charles Manson appear, as examples of the type of person
Skynet was looking for as an infiltrator, people who were
good at killing other people because they enjoyed it. Stalin
was leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s through
1952 and who imprisoned, exiled, and executed millions of
his countrymen. Manson was convicted of conspiracy to commit
numerous successful murders with members of his so-called
Manson Family cult in 1971 and is still serving a life
sentence at Corcoran State Prison, CA.
In the 2029 scenes, the length of Dr. Kogan's coat changes
from page-to-page throughout this issue and the following
issues.
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