Throughout all the Terminator films, I had one persistent question: “What is the future war like?” Just a glimpse of bits and pieces between Terminator and Terminator 2: On the day of judgment, the conflict between humanity and Skynet looked bleak. Soon, other Terminator media will begin to expand it. The Terminator’s salvation is set entirely during this period, but some may argue that it did not seize the possibility. Declan Shalvey and Luke Sparrow aim to change it in Terminator #10, which was set entirely during the war between Skynet and humanity.
Terminator #10 follows a few soldiers trying to confuse one of Skynet’s supply routes. The group leader says he has the route fixed to the T and the weapons needed to remove Skynet’s hover tank. Anyone who has seen one of the Terminator movies knows that the machine is constantly evolving, there are bigger, worse tanks, and soldiers have to think outside the box.
Memory plays a major role throughout the story of Terminator #10. From the title “Memory Box” to the way memories of the past play a role in the story, Declan Charby shows us how our past can shape us. One paragraph in the script really sticks out to me. “When you can weaponize memory, it’s your own time machine.” Another moment reveals as a “memory box” that reveals that one of the soldiers carries pictures of his wife and other family members with him, reminding him of what he is fighting for. Shalvey understands that no matter how small the terminator Mythos plays time.
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The horror of the mechanical/human world comes to life thanks to filling every page with twisted, warped metal, crushed buildings, and smogs of radioactive wasteland. Everything is a critical tone thanks to Colin Craker’s gloomy colour palette. You actually feel like you’ve stepped into a hellish, ruined future. The duo expands it into Skynet’s new tank. This is a huge pile of metals and weapons that literally warped the pages that appear. It takes talent to feel threats on a large scale on a single page, but Sparrow and Crackers are definitely successful.
I think most people are talking about Terminator #10 on the final page. But rather than revealing the focus of the issue, it is slowly built and tied to the themes the creative team is working on. More licensed cartoons can stand to learn lessons from what Shalvey and his artists are doing.
Terminator #10 is a way to dive deep into future wars between humans and machines, and take time to every aspect of this franchise. Shalvey is set to explore this period further, even more so that Terminator: Metal, Dynamic is now impossible.
“The Terminator” #10 makes great use of one unopened area of the film
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Terminator #10 is a way to dive deep into future wars between humans and machines, and take time to every aspect of this franchise.
Shalvey has a deep understanding of how time plays through every aspect of Terminator Mythos.
Sparrow, thanks to his art, makes him feel like he has stepped into the middle of a war between man and machine.
The colour of the crackers captures the post-apocalyptic atmosphere perfectly.
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