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Robocop 2 – The Official Adaptation of the 1990 Hit Film!                      Magazine
Adapted from the Robocop 2 Movie screenplay by Frank Miller… all presented in Glorious Black & White.  Awesome!!
Writer: Alan Grant
Artist: Mark Bagley
Inker: Tony DeZuniga
Letterer: Rick Parker
Editors: Tom DeFalco & Gregory Wright
Cover by: Joe Chiodo

The Future of Law EnforcementSet in the near future in a dystopian metropolitan Detroit, Michigan, it is the sequel to the 1987 film Robocop. The comic sized version of the 1990 Marvel magazine adaptation of the film. Adapted from the Robocop 2 screenplay by Frank Miller and Walon Green. Story by Frank Miller. Based on the characters created by Edward Neueier & Michael Miner.

Story/Spoilers
Sometime after the events of the previous movie, Omni Consumer Products (OCP) plans to have Detroit default on its debt so that OCP can foreclose on the entire city, take over its government, and replace the old neighborhoods with Delta City, a new community development which was already planned, but with the effectiveness of the Robocop program, is now set in motion. Towards that goal, OCP forces a police strike by terminating their pension plan and cutting salaries. As Robocop is legally the property of OCP, he cannot strike due to his secret fourth command, and continues on duty with the assistance of his partner Anne Lewis. Meanwhile, the Security Concepts division of OCP continues to sink millions into the development of a more advanced “Robocop 2.” However, each project ends in disaster – all of the formerly deceased officers picked for the project have committed suicide. Dr. Juliette Faxx, an unscrupulous company psychologist, concludes that Murphy’s exceedingly strong sense of duty and his moral objection to suicide was the sole reason behind his adaptation to his program. Faxx approaches the Old Man to convince him to let her take over the project, this time using a criminal, with a desire for power and immortality, to the objection of the other executives on the project. At the same time, a new designer drug named “Nuke” has been plaguing the streets of Detroit. The distributor, Cain, believes that Nuke is the way to paradise, and is obsessed with power. He is assisted by his girlfriend Angie, his juvenile apprentice Hob, and corrupt police officer Duffy, who is addicted to Nuke. Having beaten Cain’s location out of Duffy, Robocop confronts Cain and his gang at an abandoned construction site. However, they overwhelm Murphy and literally disassemble his body, dumping all of the pieces in front of his local precinct. Duffy is later killed by vivisection. Dr. Faxx and a new team repair Murphy, programming him with over 300 new directives added for Public Relations, confusing his mind to the point of compromising his work since he cannot violently attack or take drastic actions among other restrictions. After the original Robocop team realizes that he would need a massive electrical charge to reboot his system, Murphy grabs onto a dangerous power line transformer to erase all of his directives, both new and old. The concerned picketing officers are then motivated by Murphy to aid him in raiding Cain’s hideout. Cain is badly injured in the getaway when his truck flips over. With Cain immobilized, Hob takes control. Dr. Faxx selects Cain for the Robocop 2 project, and turns off his life support, installing his brain into Robocop 2. Hob arranges a meeting with Detroit’s mayor, offering to bail out the city’s debt to OCP, but only if he agrees to a hands-off policy for the legal distribution of Nuke. Since this would hinder OCP’s attempt to open Delta City, they send Cain to slaughter everyone at the meeting, so they could install their operatives and take control. Though everyone else at the meeting is killed, the mayor manages to escape. Robocop arrives too late, but finds a dying Hob, who identifies Cain as the attacker. During the unveiling of Delta City and Cain at a press conference, the OCP President unwittingly presents a canister filled with Nuke. Cain, whose brain is still dependent on the drug, loses control, violates every directive installed into him, destroys the remote control that arms his weapons, and opens fire on the crowd. Robocop arrives and the two cyborgs battle, eventually falling off the roof and crashing through to an underground facility. As the rest of the police force arrives and engages Cain, Robocop heads back to the OCP building and recovers the canister of Nuke. Seeing the canister, Cain stops fighting to administer the drug. While Cain is distracted, Robocop manages to jump onto his back, punches through to Cain’s brain and rips it out of the machine before destroying it, effectively killing him for good. The Old Man, Johnson and OCP’s defense attorney, Holzgang, discuss the company’s liability for the massacre, and indirectly decide to use Faxx as a scapegoat, since she is the one who created the RoboCain project. Lewis complains about how OCP is escaping accountability yet again, while Robocop insists, they must be patient as “We’re only human”.

Featuring amazing Robocop art on the cover by Joe Chiodo.  Awesome!!

Magazine reprints/collects: Robocop 2 – The Official Adaptation of the Hit Film! (1990) Issues #1-3.  Marvel Comics

Magazine is bagged & double boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printing
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Publication Date: August 1990
Format: BW, 64 pages, Magazine, 10.65″ x 8″
UPC: None Stated

Collectible Entertainment note: Magazine is in Fine condition.  Nice!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Robocop and/or Movie Adaptation collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Highly Recommended.

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