‘The Terminator’ Franchise Returns to Comics in October

Get ready to be terminated!

At San Diego Comic-Con Dynamite Entertainment has announced that The Terminator franchise will be returning with a new comic book series this October written by Declan Shalvey with art by Luke Sparrow.

The new series arrives just in time for the franchise’s 40th anniversary, following the original film’s October 1984 release.

The official synopsis of the series reads “The plans to kill Sarah Connor and her son John have failed, but that isn’t going to stop the genocidal Skynet. If at first it doesn’t succeed, it’s going to expand the theater of operations. There are still a few more avenues into the past to try that will allow it to eliminate the human resistance before it even starts. Skynet and its Terminators are determined to stamp out these pivotal figures in history before they lead to their processors being smashed into silicon shrapnel. This new front in the time war comes with Terminators dispatched all across the globe and throughout time to target not only current resistance fighters but also their ancestors, as well as any unlucky souls caught in the crossfire. Though at first it may not seem that this wide range of secondary objectives are as straightforward or critical as the original missions of the T-800 and T-1000, the sheer scope of this new warfare defies that. Time is literally on Skynet’s side — when all of history becomes a war zone, suddenly nowhere — and no-when is safe!”

“The approach of this series is new situations, new dilemmas in each issue. Mostly done-in-one stories, but as the series progresses there may be some recognizable faces…,” said writer Declan Shalvey. “We’re going for a more stripped-down, pulpy approach to the book. As innovative and groundbreaking as the first film was, it was also grounded in its environment, being noirish and moody as hell. An unstoppable force is coming to kill you — that’s the element of the franchise I want to lean into.”

The first issue of the new series is slated for release in October 2024.Stay tuned to Horror News Network for more on The Terminator.

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