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Earlier this year Dynamite announced that it would be launching acomprehensive reprint seriesof classic Terminator comics.
You’ve been tasked with bringing The Teminator back with a new series for Dynamite.
Declan Shalvey’s main cover for The Terminator #1.
What can you tell us about it?
I rewatched the original and the core concept of it is so tight and interesting.
It’s about a young woman being terrorized by a murderer and that’s actually the core of it.
Declan Shalvey’s main cover for The Terminator #1.
So there’s a real cost to it all.
This would be fun.
So it’s new stories, but based on the first movie.
Black and white interior pages from The Terminator #1, with art by Luke Sparrow.(Image credit: Dynamite)
Can you tease the sort of tales you will you be telling with this book?
Shalvey:I wanted to lean into the episodic nature of it.
The recurring character here is the T-800 and, you know, it’s not very chatty!
(Image credit: Dynamite)
I thought it’d be more interesting seeing the robot in different scenarios with different characters.
Are these one-and-done stories, or continuing arcs?
They’re basically all standalone issues, but I have a couple of two-parters worked in.
Edwin Galmon’s variant cover for The Terminator #1.(Image credit: Dynamite)
Shalvey:Yeah, it’s basically one time period per issue.
How aware were you of the previous Terminator comics?
Shalvey:Not at all, I am completely ignorant of them.
Joshua “Sway” Swaby’s variant cover for The Terminator #1.(Image credit: Dynamite)
I want to hit it as fresh as I can, really.
And I thought, “Wow, that’s so ballsy.”
How has it been working with Luke Sparrow on the series?
David Cousen’s variant cover for The Terminator #1.(Image credit: Dynamite)
Shalvey:Luke is great.
I saw his work online a couple of years ago and I really liked it.
I remember thinking, if I couldn’t draw Old Dog, I’d ask Luke.
Alex Ross’s variant cover for The Terminator #1.(Image credit: Dynamite)
I think he’s a fantastic storyteller.
His attention to detail is amazing and his environments and backgrounds are so well fleshed out.
That’s especially helpful on something like The Terminator when we’re going to the different time periods.
How far ahead have you planned with this book?
Shalvey:I have 10 issues and I definitely have a plan for the series as a whole.
The book’s beautiful man.
It’s more more beautiful than you’d expect from a Terminator book!
I’m also glad we have this kind of singular approach to the series.
We have a good team and, y’know, it doesn’t always happen like that in licensed books.
But I’m really excited for people to get the first issue.
The Terminator #1 is published by Dynamite on October 9.
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