Dynamite Entertainment has announced that Declan Shalvey, the writer of ThunderCats, will take the helm of their new Terminator series, which is slated to launch in October 2024. Luke Sparrow will be the artist. The story will be set in the present, with Skynet sending Terminators to different destinations in space and time in a huge offensive. The first issue will be released in October 2024, 40 years after the release of the original Terminator film, with covers by Shalvey, Edwin Galmon, Joshua “Sway” Swaby, and David Cousens as well as a special collectible cover by Alex Ross, based on the artwork he did at age 19 for the “Burning Earth” storyline.
“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.”
Dynamite announced in April that it had acquired the license for the property (see “Dynamite Gets ‘The Terminator’“). Their crowdfunding program for collections of the older comics raised $235,800 on BackerKit earlier this year.
Shalvey’s ThunderCats had over 170,000 orders for the first issue (see “Orders Hit 170K for ‘ThunderCats’ #1“).
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