RoboCop (comics) RoboCop (comics) RoboCop refers to a number of comic book series spun off from the feature film of the same name. The main character is a cybernetic police officer from Detroit who begins as a human police officer before his murder ultimately transformed him into the cyborg entity by the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP). Since his 1987 film debut, the RoboCop character and franchise have been exercised through numerous entertainment media, including multiple comic book mini-series and ongoing series. In March 1990, Marvel Comics released the first issue of an ongoing "RoboCop" superhero comic book series based on the
RoboCop (comics) in the actual film "RoboCop 2". This would continue in the Dark Horse comics.) The stories told within these issues take place between the second and third "RoboCop" films. Entering a Marvel Universe, though not the main superhero universe by Marvel, "RoboCop"s futuristic setting is expanded with more futuristic elements like gangs riding on hover bikes, urban droids carrying out public services like waste disposal, and the fact that almost anyone with the know-how or money can create a giant killer robot. About mid-way through the comic's run, pressure from fan letters convinced Marvel to eliminate some of the more