The Terminator Vol. 1: Out of Time

The Terminator (2024)

by Declan Shalvey, Luke Sparrow (artist)

The plans to kill Sarah Connor and her son John have failed, but the genocidal Skynet isn’t out of options yet. There are still a few more avenues into the past that will allow it to destroy the human resistance that is poised to smash its processors into silicon shrapnel ― it just needs to expand its theater of operations.

Opening a new front in the war, Terminators are dispatched across the globe and throughout time to target current resistance fighters, their ancestors, and anyone else unlucky enough to be in the strike zones. And while none of these secondary assignments are as straightforward as the missions of the first T-800 and T-1000, time is literally on the machines’ side. When all of history becomes a war zone, nowhere ― and nowhen ― is safe!

collects issues #1-5 and the backup story "Buried Alive"

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

128 pages, Paperback

Published February 24, 2026

About the author

Declan Shalvey is an Irish comics artist and writer.

Reviews

[Sarospice · Rating 2 out of 5]

I actually like the anthology style used here. Terminators can come back in time and this shows them all over the place, not always winning, but always learning, and that's the creepiest part of this.

[Donavon · Rating 3 out of 5]

vol 1 (issues 1-5) includes 5 unreleated stories, which were interesting but enjoyed more once vol 2 (issues 6-10) ties most of them togther.

back-up story in issues 1-5 still does not make sense. who/what is that about?

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bold choice to start with episodic stories and no immediately clear overarching storyline, but it works well.