The Terminator: Metal #3
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| Writer | Declan Shalvey, Rory McConville |
| Artist | Colin Craker |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
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 cou
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9.6
You Don't Read Comics - Russ Bickerstaff
Dec 10, 2025There are a lot of different errors that one could place a terminator unit in that would benefit from a story like this. Thankfully, they're specifically placing it in the old west. It's nice to see a frontier story that doesn't necessarily feature clich imagery. And the particularly tweak and shift that makes it science fiction. Horror happens to fit remarkably well into the frontier genre. It's really a remarkably well articulated fusion of a few different popular genres. Read Full Review
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9.4
The Comicbook Dispatch - dragoncache
Dec 10, 2025With the 20th Century approaching fast, news travels faster as an ailing T-800 races against time. Long before Percy Dalton hacks a T-800 and names it Tex, another Terminator strives to complete its objective while civilization builds the foundation for Skynet. The Terminator may not feel pity, remorse, or fear. Yet the T-800 struggles against its programming to preserve its life in the Sci-fi/Western, The Terminator: Metal #3. Read Full Review
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9.0
Fanlight Zone - Rich Coryell
Dec 10, 2025The Terminator: Metal #3 is another good entry in this series. Taking a time period story and injecting a Terminator into the mix really works and is very entertaining. The anthology style of this series really lends itself to this franchise and fits it like a glove. If you are a Terminator fan or just like one and done stories, this is a series you should definitely check out. Read Full Review
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