Killian’s master plan to bring guns back into the city, as well as his backstory, are revealed in this issue while Murphy gets closer to discovering his plan. He shares a tender moment with Officer Lewis before being hit wiped out by a monster truck. “Robocop”#3 is one of the most tonally and qualitatively consistent book out today.
WRITTEN BY: Joshua Williamson
ART BY: Carlos Magno
PUBLISHER: BOOM! Studios
PRICE: 2.99
RELEASE: September 3, 2014
Reviewed By Epic Switzer
Writing about “Robocop” every month is like trying to find new ways to describe a sunset; there is only so much hyperbole and beautiful language I can use to talk about something that is so perpetually fantastic. I can say that this issue in particular favors plot of action, taking time to show the Killian getting arrested and then catching us up on the cities failed attempt to control gun ownership.
I really appreciate how little time was spared in the actually investigation of it all. No doubt Killian is the villain, and Murphy pretty much immediately guesses where his stash of weapons is going to be. The book, like the movie, lets the plot serve the action and Killian, like Clarence Boddicker and Cain before him, is a despicably appropriate antagonist for Murphy. Everything is pretty cut and dry here, and I just can’t get enough of it.
Carlos Magno’s art is already beginning to feel like home. Opening this issue to the first page requires a sigh of relief, as if I’ve been wondering around for the last month trying to remember my own name. But here we are once again and issue 3 delivers, big time. I suspect some pretty disturbing and serious carnage in this book’s future and Magno is just the man for the job.
This book continues to earn top marks for consistently delivering on its promises. Not a line of dialogue is out of place, none of the characters ever do anything to to act like anyone other than themselves, the art never feels rushed or less than meticulously constructed. This book has a well defined style and genre and fits it to a T. It may not be for everyone, but it sure as hell is for me