Jolley Tells A Tale Of Robotic Horror In "Terminator: Enemy Of My Enemy"

By Daniel Glendening


Sent from the future to pursue a woman named Sarah Connor, the walking weapon of destruction known as the Terminator first exploded into the pop culture consciousness in 1984. Luckily for Connor -- and the rest of the world -- she had help from a man named Kyle Reese, a future resistance fighter, in defeating the robotic menace. Now, it's 1985, and in Dan Jolley's "Terminator: Enemy of My Enemy," a Terminator once again threatens us all, but this time, there's no resistance fighter to face it down.
Debuting February 19 from Dark Horse Comics, "Enemy of my Enemy" is a six-part miniseries written by Jolley and featuring art by "Molly Danger" creator Jamal Igle. The series' story takes a path both tangential and parallel to the traditional approach to the franchise: This machine is sent back to eradicate a threat to Skynet in the form of a bio-engineer named Elise Fong. With limited resources, the resistance can't protect everyone in the past from Skynet's forces, and as a result, no one knows who or what this Terminator is, or how to stop it.
Comic Book Resources spoke with Jolley about taking a different approach to the Terminator mythology, as well as his current miniseries "Bloodhound: Crowbar Medicine." As we spoke, it became apparent that some themes resonate across both series: Ordinary people rising to extraordinary occasions and borderline between action and horror.
Sent from the future to pursue a woman named Sarah Connor, the walking weapon of destruction known as the Terminator first exploded into the pop culture consciousness in 1984. Luckily for Connor -- and the rest of the world -- she had help from a man named Kyle Reese, a future resistance fighter, in defeating the robotic menace. Now, it's 1985, and in Dan Jolley's "Terminator: Enemy of My Enemy," a Terminator once again threatens us all, but this time, there's no resistance fighter to face it down.

Debuting February 19 from Dark Horse Comics, "Enemy of my Enemy" is a six-part miniseries written by Jolley and featuring art by "Molly Danger" creator Jamal Igle. The series' story takes a path both tangential and parallel to the traditional approach to the franchise: This machine is sent back to eradicate a threat to Skynet in the form of a bio-engineer named Elise Fong. With limited resources, the resistance can't protect everyone in the past from Skynet's forces, and as a result, no one knows who or what this Terminator is, or how to stop it.

Comic Book Resources spoke with Jolley about taking a different approach to the Terminator mythology, as well as his current miniseries "Bloodhound: Crowbar Medicine." As we spoke, it became apparent that some themes resonate across both series: Ordinary people rising to extraordinary occasions and borderline between action and horror.

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