Terminator: Metal (2025)

KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE — AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER! In the post-apocalyptic future that follows Judgment Day, the shattered remnants of humanity must make use of every tool they can in their existential battle against the machines — and that includes the deadliest weapons that Skynet sends to annihilate them. For one member of the Resistance, this means trusting his life to a reprogrammed Terminator. Trapped behind enemy lines, the soldier and his repurposed engine of destruction must find a way to both survive and complete their mission — an undertaking with such a low probability of success that it could reboot the Terminator back to its default settings! Acclaimed Terminator and ThunderCats author DECLAN SHALVEY is joined by co-writer RORY MCCONVILLE and returning artist LORENZO RE for a brand-new chapter in his chilling saga of the War Against the Machines with The Terminator: Metal #1 — featuring brutally beautiful covers from SHALVEY, BOB LAYTON, SEBASTIAN PIRIZ, and IVAN TAO!

HUMANITY — THE FIRST CASUALTY OF WAR! In Skynet’s dark future, not every human who loses a battle against the machines is killed outright. Some who are undamaged enough to work are sent to labor camps to help their robotic oppressors reclaim the salvageable material from their mechanical casualties. Among the inmates of these camps, there are rumors of a sanctuary — a fortified redoubt somewhere in the wastelands, where the Hunter-Killers and Terminators cannot approach without being destroyed. Within this fortress, the Resistance is gathering its strength and organizing the plan for its final victory. Now, one new prisoner claims to know how to get there. All they have to do is escape — and how hard could that be? Inspired co-authors DECLAN SHALVEY and RORY MCCONVILLE are joined on this second issue of The Terminator: Metal by special guest artist EOIN MARRON for a harrowing new tale set at the brutal heart of the War Against the Machines — featuring ruthlessly efficient covers by SHALVEY, BOB LAYTON, SEBASTIAN PIRIZ, and IVAN TAO!

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UNSTOPPABLE! Skynet may be an all-powerful AI with nigh-unlimited computing power, but time travel is still an inexact science. And with so many mechanical assassins sent into the past, some are bound to miss their mark by a few days… or months… or decades. When that happens, there are contingency protocols that kick in. Units switch to secondary targets, or find a place of concealment, power down, and wait —for as long as their programming deems necessary. The group of prospectors who uncover one such dormant Terminator on the side of an Oregon mountain in 1889 are, of course, blissfully unaware of this chain of events. But unfortunately for them, the first electric power station in the area has just come online — and they’re now standing between a T-800 and the energy it desperately needs to continue its mission! Local sheriff DECLAN SHALVEY and deputy RORY MCCONVILLE form a creative posse with quick-draw artist COLIN CRAKER for THE TERMINATOR: METAL #3 — featuring a fistful of covers from SHALVEY, BOB LAYTON, SEBASTIAN PIRIZ, and PAOLO ANTIGA!

MISSION CREEP! The survivors of Judgement Day have fought heroically against Skynet’s untiring cybernetic killers, but fragile biology is inexorably giving way to implacable metal. If humanity is going to have any chance of achieving victory, the Resistance must start acting — and thinking — more like its enemy. But will the ruthlessly efficient tactics of the machines succeed in the hands of flesh-and-blood fighters? And if so, what will it end up costing them?Discover the top-secret answers in The Terminator: Metal #4, intercepted by intelligence officers DECLAN SHALVEY and RORY MCCONVILLE and expertly decoded by GIONA ZEFIRO — featuring additional image analysis by SHALVEY, BOB LAYTON, SEBASTIAN PIRIZ, and EMANUELE ERCOLANI!

A TALE OF ICE — AND FIRE! Deep in the frozen wilderness of the Arctic Circle, a lonely satellite relay station is manned by a single research scientist. For years, the facility’s profound isolation has guaranteed the integrity of its top-secret operations — but all of that is about to change. Materializing out of the blinding snow, an intruder walks through every security measure the base can throw at it. As she watches the unstoppable figure approach, the lone researcher is faced with a stark choice: risk the station’s security in a last-ditch defense, or improvise a more permanent — and lethal — solution? Artist LUKE SPARROW reunites with authors DECLAN SHALVEY and RORY MCCONVILLE to finish their countdown to Judgement Day in The Terminator: Metal #5 — featuring concussive contributions from steely-eyed cover artists SHALVEY, BOB LAYTON, SEBASTIAN PIRIZ, and REESE HANNIGAN!