The Terminator: The Dark Years #1

The opening chapter of this four-issue Dark Horse series announces itself with real menace: Jae Lee's cover depicts a battle-damaged Terminator endoskeleton striding forward through a wall of fire and debris, wires splaying from its skull like antenna, twin barrel-like mechanisms flanking its torso. The tagline "The Future Ends Here!" sets a suitably grim tone for what Alan Grant, Mel Rubi, and Bob Wiacek have in store across these pages. If you've ever wanted to see the post-apocalyptic machine war rendered with raw, visceral energy, 1999 was a fine year to pick this one up.