Dark Horse Continuity[]
Origin[]
Alex Murphy was a police officer that was killed in Detroit. The death of Murphy was faked to the public as the remains of his brain were used by Omni Consumer Products to create the cyborg that would be known as RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement. He would also be assisted by Dr. Marie Lazarus.
Against the Terminator[]
After stopping some crimes, RoboCop was on his way to his car when a mysterious woman tried to shot him with an unknown weapon by surprise, but she was instead stopped by some strangers that quickly drove away from the scene after shooting her. Looking at the perpetrators, RoboCop soon realized that they were not humans but machines. While tending to the wounded woman, she told RoboCop that the world would die because of him.
Dynamite Entertainment Continuity[]
Origin[]
Alex Murphy was a police officer in Old Detroit until he was brutally murdered by a gang in a warehouse. What remained of Murphy's mind and body was taken by the Omni Consumer Products corporation and was used to create the perfect blend of man and machine, RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement.
Revolution[]
While he was chasing some criminals with his partner, Officer Lewis, RoboCop jumped in the OCP armoured car that the criminals took in order to save some police officers that were being held as hostages inside of it, but he later encountered an horde of ED-209's, the droids killed both the criminals, the hostages and damaged Murphy's body due to him being in the crossfire. Later in the police station, Edwina Odenkirk presented herself and made clear the new rules on Detroit, firing all the cops from the police department to replaced them with ED-209b units in order to cut costs, except for RoboCop. Despite Murphy's attempt at leaving, Edwina explained that OCP legally owns at least 92% of his body so in order to not be dismembered he had to stay alongside the ED209b's as a human figurehead for the public. And as an incentive and a bonus, they had one of the scientist at OCP recover all of Murphy's memories.
RoboCop quickly saw that the ED-209b units would kill criminals instead of arresting them, even if they surrendered. He later encountered a reporter named Jerome H. Moss, who worked for the only newspaper not associated with OCP and told RoboCop that they just shut down the internet, but he ignored him. Robocop was then sent to deal with the criminal known as Manson "Manslaughter" Vogler, whom he successfully arrested. He also secretly allied himself with Jerome by telling him to follow Vogler's van as he didn't trust OCP to keep the criminal behind bars. The two found out that Ms. Odenkirk not only released Vogler but also gave him several weapons for his army to use on the city as she wanted OCP to be seen as the heroes.