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"Robocop versus the Terminator" Part 2
Robocop versus the Terminator #2
Dark Horse Comics
Story: Frank Miller
Art: Walt Simonson
Letters: John Workman
Colors: Rachelle Menashe
Cover: Walt Simonson
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RoboCop is forced to accept the truth of his involvement in
the creation of Skynet.
Read the
complete summary of the mini-series at Casual Comix Critique
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.
Didja Know?
Robocop versus the Terminator was a 4-issue
mini-series published by Dark Horse Comics in 1992. A 1994
video game of the same name for the Sega and Nintendo gaming
systems was loosely based on this mini-series.
Characters appearing or mentioned in this issue
RoboCop
Flo Langer
Skynet (mentioned only)
Dr. Marie Lazarus
Norman (cop, mentioned only, presumed killed by Terminators)
Sal
Didja Notice?
Page 6 has an ED-209 guarding the entrance of Laimbeer
Memorial Hospital. This appears to be a fictitious hospital
of Detroit, probably named tongue-in-cheek for former NBA
All-Star player Bill Laimbeer of the Detroit Pistons.
PopApostle readers may also know that Laimbeer played a
Sleestak on the 1974-1976 TV show
Land of the Lost when he was a high school student!
In panel 1 of page 8, notice that the admissions desk of the
hospital has a sign posted above it, "No Pay, No Play".
On page 9, Flo tells RoboCop that "when they plug you into
Skynet in a couple of years--when your mind makes the
Terminators possible--when your mind starts a war that wipes
us out, maybe then you’ll get it!" Her using the phrase "a
couple of years" hints that this story takes place in
approximately 1995 since Skynet is said to come online in
1997 in Judgment Day.
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On page 10, RoboCop's maintenance room and chair are much
more decked out than those seen in the RoboCop
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On page 12, a satellite in space labeled as Skynet 519 is
seen. It is unclear whether this is intended as a satellite
currently in orbit or a projection of what could happen if
RoboCop's human mind is merged with Skynet.
The hospital patient in panel 4 of page 24 appears to be in
an iron lung.
On page 27, an ambulance is seen with the letters EMS on the
roof. EMS stands for Emergency Medical Services.
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