
The Terminator: Death to the Future, by Alan Grant and Steve Pugh. In 19, Dark Horse released two particularly epic crossovers centered around the Terminator. This ambitious crossover also spawned a video game in the early '90s and a sequel, Terminator/RoboCop: Kill Human, from Dynamite Entertainment in 2011. Part of what makes the story fascinating, however, is that the crossover takes place in both the past AND future, with Murphy's human consciousness existing inside Skynet and working to undermine the AI overlord's schemes from within the machine. However, Murphy isn't exactly a huge fan of knowing that he'll be the arbiter of the world's destruction, so sets out to defeat Skynet once and for all. As it turns out, the technology that brought Alex Murphy to life are eventually used to create Skynet. In this wild series, three Terminators are sent back in time by Skynet not to fight Robocop but to protect him from a human who has come back to kill him. This four-issue crossover was written by Frank Miller - who penned drafts for RoboCop 2 and RoboCop 3 - and is illustrated by comics legends Walter Simonson. However, the talent behind this Dark Horse title is certainly surprising. The 1992 miniseries, RoboCop Versus The Terminator, almost seems logical, since it brings two of the biggest sci-fi, robot-related franchises of the '80s in an epic clash against each other.
