Following John Connor's directive, Resistance soldier Flo
Langer travels back in time to kill the human mind merged
with software that is responsible for giving Skynet
consciousness...RoboCop!
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.
Dr. Marie Lazarus
Didja Notice?
The first page of each issue of this 4-issue series shows
only a large number (1-4) plus sound effects, perhaps meant
to suggest each "round" of the fight of Robocop versus
Terminator.
Page 3 introduces some tripodal Hunter-Killer walkers not
previously seen in the Terminator universe.
On page 5, Flo Langer has a cybernetic interface helmet on
her head and she seems to be sifting through Skynet's
database to see how Skynet was created, finding a human mind
merged with software, Alex Murphy. It seems that Flo is
inside a Skynet facility, but why would a facility belonging
to Skynet have a cybernetic interface helmet built into it
that a human could use?
In this mini-series, it was the Robocop program, and the
merging of the human mind of Alex Murphy with software to
form the cyborg entity Robocop that led to the creation of
Skynet. In Flo Langer's words, "...his mind held the secret
that made the junk conscious..."
The gigantic HK that shoves its hand through the wall in an
attempt to capture Flo is similar to the Harvester HK that
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On page 7, Flo removes her clothing as she flees through the
facility so she can make the jump through time in the time
displacement chamber (only living tissue can be transported
through the TD field). But later installments of the
Terminator series have shown that the time displacement
process will strip the clothing, etc. off a person without
them having to remove it.
The narration on page 7 implies that Skynet had almost won
the war against humanity at this point, with Flo being the
last soldier to survive. Her journey through time on this
page resets the possibilities.
The design of the gun the taxi driver pulls on Flo after her
arrival in the "present" on page 10 suggests that it is
sometime in the "future" from when this issue was published
in 1992.
On page 10, Flo realizes she has arrived in the past, in the
city of
Detroit, as intended. The 1987 film RoboCop
takes place in Detroit at an unidentified time in the "near
future".
Flo identifies Alex Murphy as living in the Detroit suburb
of
Livonia.
On page 12, a man named John tries to entice Ellen Murphy to dinner at a
Greek family restaurant in Cadillac Heights.
Cadillac Heights is an actual neighborhood in Detroit.
On page 14, Flo has a confrontation with what appears to be
an ED-209 law enforcement unit (seen in the
RoboCop
film, as well as
RoboCop 2 and
RoboCop 3).
On page 16, a cop at RoboCop's police station clocks off
duty and tells his cohort he's got tickets to watch the
Spartans that night. "Spartans" is the name used by the
sports teams of
Michigan State
University.
Dr. Marie Lazarus appears for the first time here, as the
primary technician for RoboCop. Also appearing for the first
time is the young hacker, Nikko Halloran. Both later appear
in the 1993 film RoboCop 3.
Page 18 takes the reader to Cass Corridor. This is an actual
neighborhood of historical significance in Detroit.
What appear to be HK tanks are seen on page 27.
Page 28 takes the reader to the
Palace
at
Auburn Hills. A basketball game is taking place there at
the time, probably meant to be an NBA game of the Detroit
Pistons, who played there at the time.
The gun wielded by the Terminator on page 29 appears to be
an Uzi.
RoboCop appears to be wielding his usual Auto 9 machine
pistol on page 31. This is a fictitious gun, used by RoboCop
in all of his film appearances.
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