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The Terminator graphic novels
Terminator Rewired
A collection of Terminator tales by some of the comic industry's most popular and award-winning writers and artists.
160 pages, Paperback
First published August 31, 2004
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Alan Grant
1,717 books144 followersAlan Grant was a Scottish comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is also the creator of the character Anarky.
Alan Grant first entered the comics industry in 1967 when he became an editor for D.C. Thomson before moving to London from Dundee in 1970 to work for IPC on various romance magazines. After going back to college and having a series of jobs, Grant found himself back in Dundee and living on Social Security. He then met John Wagner, another former D.C. Thompson editor, who was helping put together a new science fiction comic for IPC, 2000 A.D., and was unable to complete his other work. Wagner asked Grant if he could help him write the Tarzan comic he was working on; so began the Wagner/Grant writing partnership.
The pair eventually co-wrote Judge Dredd. They would work on other popular strips for the comic, including Robo-Hunter and Strontium Dog using the pseudonym T.B. Grover. Grant also worked on other people's stories, changing and adding dialogue, most notably Harry Twenty on the High Rock, written by Gerry Finley-Day. Judge Dredd would be Grant's main concern for much of the 1980s. Grant and Wagner had developed the strip into the most popular in 2000AD as well as creating lengthy epic storylines such as The Apocalypse War. Grant also wrote for other IPC comics such as the revamped Eagle.
By the late 1980s, Grant and Wagner were about to move into the American comic market. Their first title was a 12-issue miniseries called Outcasts for DC Comics. Although it wasn't a success, it paved the way for the pair to write Batman stories in Detective Comics from issue 583, largely with Norm Breyfogle on art duties across the various Batman titles Grant moved to. After a dozen issues, Wagner left Grant as sole writer. Grant was one of the main Batman writers until the late 1990s. The pair also created a four issue series for Epic Comics called The Last American. This series, as well as the Chopper storyline in Judge Dredd, is blamed for the breakup of the Wagner/Grant partnership. The pair split strips, with Wagner keeping Judge Dredd and Grant keeping Strontium Dog and Judge Anderson. Grant and Wagner continue to work together on special projects such as the Batman/Judge Dredd crossover Judgement on Gotham. During the late 1980s, Grant experienced a philosophical transformation and declared himself an anarchist. The creation of the supervillain Anarky was initially intended as a vehicle for exploring his political opinions through the comic medium. In the following years, he would continue to utilize the character in a similar fashion as his philosophy evolved.
Grant's projects at the start of the 90s included writing Detective Comics and Strontium Dog, but two projects in particular are especially notable. The first is The Bogie Man, a series co-written by Wagner which was the pair's first venture into independent publishing. The second is Lobo, a character created by Keith Giffen as a supporting character in The Omega Men. Lobo gained his own four issue mini series in 1990 which was drawn by Simon Bisley. This was a parody of the 'dark, gritty' comics of the time and proved hugely popular. After several other miniseries (all written by Grant, sometimes with Giffen as co-writer), Lobo received his own ongoing series. Grant was also writing L.E.G.I.O.N. (a Legion of Super-Heroes spin-off) and The Demon (a revival of Jack Kirby's charac
Alan Grant first entered the comics industry in 1967 when he became an editor for D.C. Thomson before moving to London from Dundee in 1970 to work for IPC on various romance magazines. After going back to college and having a series of jobs, Grant found himself back in Dundee and living on Social Security. He then met John Wagner, another former D.C. Thompson editor, who was helping put together a new science fiction comic for IPC, 2000 A.D., and was unable to complete his other work. Wagner asked Grant if he could help him write the Tarzan comic he was working on; so began the Wagner/Grant writing partnership.
The pair eventually co-wrote Judge Dredd. They would work on other popular strips for the comic, including Robo-Hunter and Strontium Dog using the pseudonym T.B. Grover. Grant also worked on other people's stories, changing and adding dialogue, most notably Harry Twenty on the High Rock, written by Gerry Finley-Day. Judge Dredd would be Grant's main concern for much of the 1980s. Grant and Wagner had developed the strip into the most popular in 2000AD as well as creating lengthy epic storylines such as The Apocalypse War. Grant also wrote for other IPC comics such as the revamped Eagle.
By the late 1980s, Grant and Wagner were about to move into the American comic market. Their first title was a 12-issue miniseries called Outcasts for DC Comics. Although it wasn't a success, it paved the way for the pair to write Batman stories in Detective Comics from issue 583, largely with Norm Breyfogle on art duties across the various Batman titles Grant moved to. After a dozen issues, Wagner left Grant as sole writer. Grant was one of the main Batman writers until the late 1990s. The pair also created a four issue series for Epic Comics called The Last American. This series, as well as the Chopper storyline in Judge Dredd, is blamed for the breakup of the Wagner/Grant partnership. The pair split strips, with Wagner keeping Judge Dredd and Grant keeping Strontium Dog and Judge Anderson. Grant and Wagner continue to work together on special projects such as the Batman/Judge Dredd crossover Judgement on Gotham. During the late 1980s, Grant experienced a philosophical transformation and declared himself an anarchist. The creation of the supervillain Anarky was initially intended as a vehicle for exploring his political opinions through the comic medium. In the following years, he would continue to utilize the character in a similar fashion as his philosophy evolved.
Grant's projects at the start of the 90s included writing Detective Comics and Strontium Dog, but two projects in particular are especially notable. The first is The Bogie Man, a series co-written by Wagner which was the pair's first venture into independent publishing. The second is Lobo, a character created by Keith Giffen as a supporting character in The Omega Men. Lobo gained his own four issue mini series in 1990 which was drawn by Simon Bisley. This was a parody of the 'dark, gritty' comics of the time and proved hugely popular. After several other miniseries (all written by Grant, sometimes with Giffen as co-writer), Lobo received his own ongoing series. Grant was also writing L.E.G.I.O.N. (a Legion of Super-Heroes spin-off) and The Demon (a revival of Jack Kirby's charac
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December 10, 2024
Three stories, the first of which sees another Terminator sent back to 1984 but who pursues the wrong Sarah Connor. The second has a bounty hunter and a gang of Satanists encountering two Terminators in 1998 and the final story reveals how the war against the machines in 2029 unfolds in Siberia.
I've previously read James Robinson's 'One Shot' and found it to be a little too tangential and unengaging. The Sarah Connor here is just some woman trying to murder her husband and mostly only survives because of the random appearance of a Resistance soldier who was sent back to 1955 and has just been kicking his heels for three decades.
Alan Grant's untitled story starts well, with a cool scene of the Resistance fighting the machines and then devolves into a weird story of a bounty hunter, a missing girl and Satanists that goes nowhere and doesn't even really have an ending.
The final story here actually goes a long way to make up for the failings of the previous two.
First of all, it's set entirely amid the war in the future which, honestly, is what we all want to see more of right? But also it tells the story of that post-apocalyptic future from a new perspective; that of the Russians. Almost all of the other Terminator stories I've encounter are, perhaps understandably, America-centric but here we get to see that the war for humanity is taking place simultaneously across the globe but in very different ways.
The best element of this story is that we discover that the machines in Russia are controlled by a second AI called Mir, awakened by SkyNet as an inferior partner. The dynamic between these two killer AIs (SkyNet thinks Mir is inferior and incompetent, Mir is trying to overthrow SkyNet and take control) adds a whole new dimension to the franchise that I'd happily see explored further.
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I've previously read James Robinson's 'One Shot' and found it to be a little too tangential and unengaging. The Sarah Connor here is just some woman trying to murder her husband and mostly only survives because of the random appearance of a Resistance soldier who was sent back to 1955 and has just been kicking his heels for three decades.
Alan Grant's untitled story starts well, with a cool scene of the Resistance fighting the machines and then devolves into a weird story of a bounty hunter, a missing girl and Satanists that goes nowhere and doesn't even really have an ending.
The final story here actually goes a long way to make up for the failings of the previous two.
First of all, it's set entirely amid the war in the future which, honestly, is what we all want to see more of right? But also it tells the story of that post-apocalyptic future from a new perspective; that of the Russians. Almost all of the other Terminator stories I've encounter are, perhaps understandably, America-centric but here we get to see that the war for humanity is taking place simultaneously across the globe but in very different ways.
The best element of this story is that we discover that the machines in Russia are controlled by a second AI called Mir, awakened by SkyNet as an inferior partner. The dynamic between these two killer AIs (SkyNet thinks Mir is inferior and incompetent, Mir is trying to overthrow SkyNet and take control) adds a whole new dimension to the franchise that I'd happily see explored further.
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