The cult favorite franchise RoboCop is coming back in a big way courtesy of Dynamite Entertainment, the publisher responsible for bringing other popular licenses like Battlestar Galactica, Zorro, The Lone Ranger, Army of Darkness, and Buck Rogers to comic books. Scheduled for release in January 2010, RoboCop #1 is being written by popular writer Rob Williams with art by Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness artist Fabiano Neves.
Fans of the original film will be pumped (full of lead) that this new series picks up right after Paul Verhoeven's cult classic in a dystopian Detroit with intense violence, satirical political commentary, and conspiracy theories galore.
"We're coming in off the back of the first Verhoeven movie and pretty much ignoring everything else that's ever happened Robocop-wise," said Williams. "So, Dick Jones is gone. OCP are still there, albeit in a restructured form. Some unnamed time has passed since the end of the first movie, but that's our status quo pretty much. Old Detroit's overrun by crime, the country's following it down the tubes due to a ‘super recession' and Murphy, Lewis and the rest of the ODPD are fighting a losing battle on the streets. And then things get an awful lot worse…"
President of Dynamite, Nick Barrucci, said: "We specifically went after RoboCop, knowing that both the character and story are a perfect fit for the Dynamite audience. Robocop became an instant icon for its (and my) generation and is quite possibly one of the most influential and hardest hitting sci-fi movies of all time, and we hope to do it right so that it can be an overwhelming success. I believe we're going in the right direction as we're also quite fortunate to have the opportunity to work with writer Rob Williams, who is extremely excited and passionate about this project, and what he has planned for Officer Murphy, Officer Lewis and OCP…. And the all-new all-dangerous ED-209 will undoubtedly be considered the true continuation of director Paul Verhoeven's vision of Robocop from the first movie."
The first issue of the series will also ship with two covers, the normal one by artist Stephen Segovia and a variant by Dynamite newcomer Johnny D, shipping in a 75/25 ratio.
Head to the next page for a sneak peek at the badass Segovia cover and a few uncolored pages from RoboCop #1!
