Timecop was a story in the anthology comic Dark Horse Comics and a two issue comic book

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 adaptation of the eponymous film

Timecop

Timecop is a 1994 science-fiction thriller film directed by Peter Hyams and co-written by Mike Richardson and Mark Verheiden. Richardson was also executive producer...

 published along with the film's release in September 1994. The film and its sequel

Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision

Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision is a 2003 direct to video sequel of the 1994 movie Timecop. The movie stars Jason Scott Lee and Thomas Ian Griffith...

 were both written by Mike Richardson

Mike Richardson (publisher)

Mike Richardson is an American writer, film producer and the founder of Dark Horse Comics, a comic book publication company based in Milwaukie, Oregon.-Career:...

, the founder and publisher of Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...

. His company published the adaptations which were themselves written by Mark Verheiden

Mark Verheiden

Mark Verheiden is an American television, movie, and comic book writer. He is a co-executive producer for the television series Falling Skies for DreamWorks Television and the TNT Network.-Career:...

, and drawn by Ron Randall. The film also spawned a Timecop TV series

Timecop (TV series)

Timecop is an American science fiction television series. The show was broadcast on the ABC network and first aired in 1997. The series was based on the Timecop movie and the "Time Cop" feature which had appeared in the comic book series Dark Horse Comics.- Cast :* Officer Jack Logan – Ted...

 in 1997 and a video game

Timecop (video game)

is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game that is based on the movie of the same name. Intending to be a semi-sequel, this game offers many stages not shown in the major motion picture...

 in 1995.

Publication history

Time Cop: "A Man Out of Time" ran in Dark Horse Comics #1-3 (August-October 1992).

The two-part film adaptation was published in 1994.

Plot synopsis

The original story involves the main character catching an illegal time traveler robbing a South African mine of a huge diamond in the 1930's. After his capture and return, however, Walker is soon made aware that the criminal's personal robotic bodyguard is still operational in the past and wreaking havoc on the time line. To restore order, Walker must return to the mine and stop the machine's malfunctioning rampage.

The movie tie-in story is about a "time enforcement" officer who breaks the laws concerning time travel

Time travel

Time travel is the concept of moving between different points in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space. Time travel could hypothetically involve moving backward in time to a moment earlier than the starting point, or forward to the future of that point without the...

in order to save his wife.

External links

• Timecop at Dark Horse Comics