▁ 1 1 - min ute ▁episodes . ▁The ▁second , ▁broadcast ▁in ▁April — J une ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁on ▁F XX ▁consisted ▁of ▁ 1 0 ▁episodes . ▁ ▁Plot ▁Similar ▁to ▁the ▁web com ic , ▁the ▁series ▁features ▁the ▁e pon ym ous ▁police ▁officer , ▁his ▁partner ▁Fl ute ▁Cop , ▁and ▁their ▁al lies ▁So ck ar ang , ▁Gray ▁Diam ond , ▁Lib org , ▁Bat ▁War th og ▁Man , ▁and ▁W ex ter ▁as ▁they ▁fight ▁various ▁" bad ▁guys " ▁and ▁avoid ▁getting ▁into ▁conflict ▁with ▁the ▁Normal ▁Police . ▁ ▁Development ▁A xe ▁Cop ▁is ▁a ▁popular ▁web com ic ▁that ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁Eth an ▁Nicol le ▁and ▁his ▁young ▁brother ▁Mal ach ai ▁( five ▁years ▁old ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁its ▁creation ). ▁In ▁playing ▁with ▁Mal ach ai , ▁Eth an ▁found ▁that ▁his ▁brother ▁had ▁a ▁v ivid ▁and ▁dis joint ed ▁imagination , ▁and ▁developed ▁the ▁com ic ▁by ▁taking ▁the ▁stories ▁that ▁Mal ach ai ▁told , ▁ref ining ▁the ▁story ▁to ▁some ▁point ▁without ▁losing ▁Mal ach ai ' s ▁invent iveness , ▁and ▁drawing ▁the ▁com ic ▁around ▁it . ▁The ▁web com ic ▁became ▁very ▁popular , ▁leading ▁to ▁publishing ▁de als ▁with ▁Dark ▁Hor se ▁Comics ▁for ▁larger ▁com ic - book - s ized ▁stories . ▁ ▁The ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁A xe ▁Cop ▁series ▁started ▁from ▁a ▁conversation ▁that ▁Nick ▁Of fer man ▁had ▁with ▁the ▁AD