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"Kill Human" Part 1
Terminator/Robocop: Kill Human #1
Dynamite Entertainment
Written by Rob Williams
Illustrated by P.J. Holden
Colored by Rainer Petter
Lettered by Simon Bowland
Cover C by Tom Feister
2011 |
After years of inactivation, Robocop finds himself on display in
Skynet's personal museum during the war against humanity.
Read the
complete summary of the mini-series at the Terminator Wiki
Notes from the Terminator chronology
This story takes place in an unidentified future year some
time after the first RoboCop film, in an alternate
universe from that seen in either the main RoboCop
or Terminator franchises. It is also a different
universe from the one seen in the previous cross-over of
Terminator and RoboCop,
RoboCop vs. the
Terminator.
Didja Know?
Terminator/Robocop: Kill Human was a 4-issue
mini-series published by Dynamite Entertainment in 2011.
Characters appearing or mentioned in this issue
Taylor (dies in this issue)
Lauren Amendola (dies in this issue)
DeSean (dies in this issue)
Skynet
Robocop/Alex Murphy
Didja Notice?
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When Lauren breaks into Skynet's museum on page 6, a number
of historic and pop culture robots and drones are seen on
display:
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An X-45 aircraft is seen suspended
from the ceiling. This is the
Boeing X-45 a demonstration model of an unmanned
combat air vehicle built in 2002 for DARPA (Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency of the U.S. Department
of Defense).
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In a glass case on the right-hand
side of the page is what may be the Big Dog dynamically
stable quadruped robot prototype built by Boston
Dynamics for DARPA in 2005.
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What appears to be a boy and his
teddy bear is also seen in a glass case. This is
probably a reference to A.I. Artificial Intelligence,
a 2002 film about a robot boy and robot teddy bear.
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Others are present I haven't been
able to identify. Possibly the copier-looking device
partially visible behind Lauren's head is the W.O.P.R.
(War Operations Plan Response) computer from the 1983
film War Games (although it looks a bit small),
about a teenage boy who inadvertently causes an
automated NORAD super-computer to begin preparations for
a nuclear strike against the Soviet Union.
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Also in the museum, on page 7, panel 1, we see an ED-209
law enforcement unit (seen in the
RoboCop
film, as well as
RoboCop 2 and
RoboCop 3). Robocop later activates it on page 17
to battle against the Terminators.
Robocop has inscribed lettering on his left leg that was not
there in the films. Possibly, it was added as part of the
museum exhibit. It reads: OCP POLICE DEPT.
On page 12, Robocop introduces himself to Lauren as Murphy.
In his human life as a cop before he was nearly killed and
rebuilt as Robocop, he was officer Alex Murphy.
Unanswered Questions
Why did Robocop wake up in his display case at the museum
when Lauren was attacked by the Terminator? Wasn't he
deactivated for display? It may be that Skynet deliberately
activated him in order to launch a new plan to use him
against John Connor back in 1995 (also see the study of
"Kill Human" Part 4).
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