Chapter 113: RoboCop’s Story

Part Man, Part Machine, All Cop! It was a cringy exposition to those in the future but it had an amazing pull on people in the 80s.

With that cyborg and law-enforcement slogan creatively displayed on every well-made issue cover, everyone that could be hooked has already been hooked.

Of course, most of the people who read on with the fun only found the superficial enjoyment it portrayed.

Who wouldn't be amazed when there's the future with the cop being transformed into a crime-fighting half robot? Every nerd interested in sci-fi stuff would not be able to resists, especially with the limited number of high concepts that were extremely prevalent in the new century.

The adults and those much intricate, however, somehow saw much more than others.

The five successive RoboCop issues explore a much-grounded reflection of a world that they know of.

Everything can be put into perspective and those with much critical inclination saw differently than others.

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For starters, 'Issue #1: Future Detroit' depicts how the world could possibly develop into.

It was gritty and dark but intriguing nonetheless for anyone interested in the story. It also reflects how the world that they know of would devolve and not become the great futuristic paradise that they'd imagine it to be.

Crime and corruption are still rampant but with much more dangerous consequences as advanced weaponry and mindsets have amplified what is already terrible.

It conveys much on how capitalism and corporate businesses have ruled over everything else.

Issue #1 even comes to the point where a company called Omni Consumers Product has bought the Detroit Police Department and even planning to buy the entire city of Detroit.

Such depiction of capitalism being able to manipulate law enforcement is already implicit in the current society and the unabashed method of doing so in the future has only served to remind people of its unfairness and danger.

'Issue #2: Automation' was all about the introduction of ED209, OCP's planned replacement for the battered police people that can't keep up with the high death rate and the technological amplification of criminal activity.

The big problem that Enforcement Droids is that it is the commodification of what is human and its faulty logic program that leads to the death of an unwitting OCP director.

Such a computer-led machine was way too dangerous and wasn't anything that different than a weapon meant for slaughter if unleashed and is given to the wrong hands.

The death of the OCP director also did not warrant much attention from the other capitalistic directors during the ED209 display as they cared more for money-making and the advancement of their goals.

The second issue also highlighted the disagreements between the business helmsman and their disregard for the opinions of the technological geniuses that worked hard to make their products for them.

It also shows how the geniuses debate on whose initiative was better. There was one who made the ED209 and wanted to correct and improve upon it while there was another who wanted the crazy fusion of human and tech.

Essentially, pro-ED209 was made the villain due to his failed mistake while the readers sympathized more with the much inventive pro-human/tech fusion.

Of course, the debate ensues on who among the two is the most right and who is the most ethical. Either way, it is an argument that may as well be true if the world progresses as the RoboCop comic depicted it to be

'Issue# 3: Alex Murphy' finally introduces people back to how normal a normal man from future Detroit usually lives.

He has a wife and child that he muddles through like any other normal man. What makes his story much more intriguing is how dedicated he is to his policing job which has already become one of the most dangerous jobs of the future period.

It was also in this unfortunate issue that Alex Murphy's would-be demise was shown as he is attacked by a rampant criminal gang that is led by a man that is set up to be one of his prime antagonists.

Of course, the violence has been toned down but it was still impactful nonetheless. The knowing parents among the reading and buying crowd had already noted the stricter PG ratings that the CARS has given it.

In essence, the dismaying issue shows the bleak representation of the life of a police officer and lets one to have much more appreciation for the profession.

'Issue #4: Death?' shows the after-effects of Alex Murphy's "death" to his family and the opened up window that the human-tech genius wanted.

The cyborg enthusiast finally had his perfect person to work on and he essentially got approval from the mourning wife who just wanted her husband back to herself and their son.

Unwitting Alex Murphy is then subject to tests he didn't know about and the limited funding to the cyborg initiative led up to bulky but exciting doctoring and machine sequence that every comic reader has now chanced upon.

The timeliness of Murphy's accident and the cyborg initiative's lack of volunteers also opens up the avenue that Murphy's fate may or may not be orchestrated.

Just the sheer amount of hidden agendas, straightforward schemes, hopes of the mourning, and operational ethics that the issue has shown was already staggering and impactful in on itself.

'Issue #5: Cyborg-ed' showed the after-effects of the last issue and the RoboCop project finally had its preliminary success.

The doctors and spearheading genius marvel at their work and were already discussing what they could improve upon their cyborg and police masterpiece.

The wife was relieved to see Alex stable and fine compared to the likely unfortunate demise he could have had. Her son was still clueless about it all but he was still looking forward to seeing his father that hadn't come home in a while.

The issue also ends with the usual 'To be continued...' cliffhanger but with Alex finally opening his eyes.

Imagining the distraught, traumas, and adaptations that Murphy had to do from then on has already hyped up for the expectations that the story would have moving forward.

Everyone who read up on this new Creed Comics masterpiece can't help but want for the 6th issue to finally be in the stalls.

Of course, as usual, the sales for Creed Comics shot up from this collective amazement and expectations for what is about to come.

Be it the teens, the childish geeks, and the adults that just want to appease their children. The story struck them in varying levels that they just want to take it home and ruminate about it some more.

Newcomers from the summer buzz or the old-timers who had long been fans of the Creed Comics titles were all eyeing RoboCop so much that those that formed Creed buy train had all five consecutive issues at hand.

Everyone had long prepared to buy the Volume Books, so cheap single issues were discounted sales that can't be missed out on.

The sales of the copies were at great speeds just on that day that every comic book store was afraid to run out of stock already.

Fortunately, Creed Comics had scarily adapted again and increased their limited quotas to 300,000 copies per single issue.

With 8 different Creed single issues on that day and on the way to being sold out, the record and market increase was at an all-time high.