Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle #1

The tagline says it all — "After decades of war… the beginning of the end!" — and this opening chapter of the 12-part Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle delivers an immediate jolt of post-apocalyptic tension. Pete Woods' cover puts a battle-worn human soldier front and center, leveling an enormous multi-barreled weapon while looming Terminator endoskeletons with glowing red eyes advance through a fiery, smoke-choked skyline behind him. With J. Michael Straczynski crafting the story and Matthew Wilson's scorched-earth colors setting an appropriately grim tone, this Dark Horse series kicks off with the promise of the war against Skynet reaching its most desperate — and decisive — hour.