place shortly after RoboCop 3. RoboCop 3 (3-issue film adaptation mini-series) (Jul–Nov 1993) This mini-series adapts the film of the same name. RoboCop: Mortal Coils (4-issue mini-series) (Sep-Dec 1993) This mini-series has RoboCop chasing down some criminals related to a coffin from a recent OCP break-in as he follows them to a snowy Denver, Colorado. RoboCop: Roulette (4-issue mini-series) (Dec 1993–Mar 1994) Bodies keep popping up in Old Detroit which slowly keep leading back to OCP. There is also an ED-209 unit on a rampage which RoboCop must put a stop to. It takes place right after RoboCop: Prime Suspect. Two mini-stories were also published in the series "Dark Horse Comics". Dark Horse Comics #1–3 provided the events that led up to the story presented in Prime Suspect. Dark Horse Comics #6–9 provided the events that led up to the story presented in Mortal Coils. A RoboCop versus Predator comic was proposed for Dark Horse. Some of the proposal pages by Joshua Boulet can be seen at the RoboCop Archive website. Avatar Press Almost a decade later, the comic rights to RoboCop were acquired by Avatar Press. Upon announcing the acquisition, the company's publisher, William Christensen, received several offers from artists and writers hoping to contribute to the project (which eventually led to the Avatar one-shot RoboCop: Killing Machine). Frank Miller's RoboCop (9-issue ongoing series) (Jul 2003–Jan 2006) William Christensen was interested in producing a comic adaptation of Miller's "lost" screenplay, of which he possessed a copy. Christensen soon got in contact with Miller, who was enthusiastic about the idea of his story finally being told uncensored. The series was personally overseen by Miller, based on his own unused screenplay for the film RoboCop 2 and notes of unused ideas for RoboCop 3; however, scheduling prohibited him from personally writing the comic adaptation or illustrating it. It was written by Steven Grant, a long-time acquaintance of Miller's who had written the comic adaptation of RoboCop 3 for Dark Horse Comics. Juan Jose Ryp, best known for illustrating the Avatar comic Another Suburban Romance (written by Alan Moore), became the title's illustrator while Miller drew covers. The series was composed of nine issues that were published from August 2003 through February 2004 under Avatar's Pulsar Press line, which specializes in licensed comic properties from movies. Issues featured covers by Miller and alternative covers by Ryp. Reception Critical reaction to Frank Miller's