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Robocop                                    Trade Paperback
Featuring the Official Adaptation of the 1987 cult movie classic.  Awesome!!
Writer: Bob Harras
Artists: Javier Saltares & Alan Kupperberg
Inker: Ton Dezuniga
Colorist: Michael Rockwitz
Letterer: Agustin Mas
Editors: Michael Higgins & Gregory Wright
Cover by: Lee Sullivan

In the not-to-distant future, Detroit has become a bed of corruption and crime, abetted by the avarice of Omni Consumer Products, the corporation that runs the police department. Alex Murphy was one of a dying breed, a cop with an overwhelming sense of duty and honor. When a gang of criminals fatally wounded him, OCP used his remains to construct the ultimate policeman. Murphy became a cyborg, ostensibly unable to care about anything except his programming. But OCP did not consider that their creation might hold higher ideals than being a “company man.” This story affirms the power of the human spirit versus cold technology in the employ of human greed.

Story/Spoilers (featuring the full Robocop 1987 Movie Synopsis for nostalgic remembrance)
In a near-future dystopia, Detroit is on the brink of societal and financial collapse. Overwhelmed by crime and dwindling resources, the city grants the mega-corporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) control over the Detroit police force. OCP Senior President Dick Jones demonstrates ED-209, a law enforcement droid designed to supplant the police. ED-209 malfunctions and brutally kills an executive, allowing ambitious junior executive Bob Morton to introduce the Chairman (“The Old Man”) to his own project: RoboCop. Meanwhile, officer Alex Murphy is transferred to the Metro West precinct. Murphy and his new partner, Anne Lewis, pursue notorious criminal Clarence Boddicker and his gang—Emil Antonowsky, Leon Nash, Joe Cox and Steve Minh. The gang ambushes and tortures Murphy until Boddicker fatally shoots him. Morton has Murphy’s corpse converted into RoboCop, a powerful and heavily-armored cyborg with no memory of his former life. RoboCop is programmed with three prime directives: serve the public trust, protect the innocent, and uphold the law. A fourth prime directive, Directive 4, is classified.

RoboCop is assigned to Metro West and hailed by the media for his brutally efficient campaign against crime. Lewis suspects he is Murphy, recognizing the unique way he holsters his gun, a trick Murphy learned to impress his son. During maintenance, RoboCop experiences a nightmare of Murphy’s death. He leaves the station and encounters Lewis, who addresses him as Murphy. While on patrol, RoboCop arrests Emil, who recognizes Murphy’s mannerisms, furthering RoboCop’s recall. RoboCop then uses the police database to identify Emil’s associates and review Murphy’s police record. RoboCop recalls further memories while exploring Murphy’s former home, his wife and son having moved away following his death. Elsewhere, Jones gets Boddicker to murder Morton, in revenge for Morton’s attempting to usurp his position at OCP. RoboCop tracks down the Boddicker gang and a shootout occurs. He brutally assaults Boddicker, who confesses to working for Jones. RoboCop attempts to kill Boddicker until his programming directs him to uphold the law. He attempts to arrest Jones at OCP Tower, but Directive 4—a failsafe measure to neutralize RoboCop when acting against an OCP executive—is activated. Jones admits his culpability in Morton’s death and releases an ED-209 to destroy RoboCop. Although he escapes, RoboCop is assaulted by the police force on OCP’s order and is badly damaged. Lewis helps RoboCop escape to an abandoned steel mill to repair himself.

Angered by OCP’s underfunding and short-staffing, the police force goes on strike, and Detroit descends into chaos as riots break out throughout the city. Jones frees Boddicker and his remaining gang, arming them with high-powered weaponry to destroy RoboCop. At the steel mill, Boddicker’s men are quickly eliminated, but Lewis is badly injured and RoboCop becomes trapped under steel girders. Even so, he kills Boddicker by stabbing him in the throat with his data spike. RoboCop confronts Jones at OCP Tower during a board meeting, revealing the truth behind Morton’s murder. Jones, in order to escape, takes the Old Man hostage but is promptly fired from OCP, nullifying Directive 4 and allowing RoboCop to shoot him. The Old Man compliments RoboCop’s shooting and asks his name; RoboCop replies, “Murphy”.

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First Printing
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Publication Date: July 1990
Format: FC, 52 pages, TPB, 10″ x 6.5″
ISBN-10: 0871356651
ISBN-13: 9780871356659

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

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