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Writer: IAN FLYNN • Pencils: CHAP THOMASInks: CART MARTIN - Colors: MATT HERMS
letters: JOHN WORKMAN • Editor: PAUL KAMINSKICover b^: PATRICK "SPAZ" SPAZIANTE
Editor-in-Chief: VICTOR CORELICK • President: MIKE PEUERITOSpecial thanks to: JOSHUA IZZO. STEVE LEE. and
BRIAN OLIVEIRA at CAPCOM MEPIA $ CONSUMER PRODUCTSand to R. W. VANDEVENTER
~ VERY ^ASTUTE OFYOU! AGENTKRANTZ, WASk IT? A
' THE ROBOT MASTERS '
ARE UNDER MY CONTROL> ONCE AGAIN! .
THANKS IN PART TO THEEFFORTS OF THESE TWO!WITH MY GENIUS, THESELEFT-OVER ROBOT
MASTERS WERE COM-PLETED. . .AND THEY
TURNED THE TIDE BACKIN MY FAVOR! .
r YOU FOOLS ^FELL FOR MY LITTLEKIDNAPPING SCHEME,JUST AS I PLANNED!TAKE A BOW, ROLL!YOU PLAYED YOUR
. PART PERFECTLY!
r WHY NOT ~SURRENDER NOWAND SAVE YOUR-SELF FROM THEb SCRAP HEAP,L ROCK? A
' THAT'S >"MEGA MAN"TO YOU,DOCTOR!AND I'LL
NEVER GIVEV UP! y
I'M SORRY!OIL MAN
AMBUSHED. ME!
I HAVE APLAN, AGENTKRANTZ.
rI COPIED THE SIXROBOT MASTER'SABILITIES ON THEWAV HERE. WITH
THAT MUCH POWER,I CAN DISTRACTTHEM ALL LONGENOUGH FOR YOUTO RESCUE MV
l SISTER. .
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"BUT I'M THEYONLY ONE WHOCAN ACTUALLYFIGHT THEM
RIGHT NOW, SO,PLEASE. . .SAVE
. MY SISTER .
L FOR ME, A' TIME'S 1WASTING.CAN WEFINISH
THEM OFF>. NOW? A
THEY HAD THEIRCHANCE TO BEGFOR MERCY!DESTROY THEM!
r YOU'RE ^ONE BRAVE
LITTLEk ROBOT, j
I'LL GET ROLLTO SAFETYAND MAKE
SURE DOCTORLIGHT IS
CLEARED OFl ANY WRONG-| DOING, a.
PLEASE,CALL MEROSIE.ON YOURMARK.
,r THANK ~
YOU, AGENT. KRANTZ. j
.BUT AIN'TNOBODYBUCK AB>ME, BABY.
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POWERS ALREADY?
AND I'LL CON-TINUETO DO SOFOR THE RESTOF THE FIGHT. NOWTHEN—GUTS MAN?
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I CALL"PUNCHING
THEX CLOCK!" >
WHAT?AFTER LAST TIME,DR. LIGHT MADESURE WE WERE
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UP THIS^ AMBUSH. ^
IT'S AN OLDEXPRESSIONMEANING...
CLEVER,THOMAS.
,NO, X MEAN,\I THOUGHT '
DR, WILY HADREPROGRAMMED. YOU AGAIN? /
X'LLCRUSH
'YOU LITTLE
~COWARD! YOU CAN'TFACE YOUR FOEWITHOUT MAKING
. THEM PRONE FIRST!
SORRY. I'MGOING TO
. HAVE TO^ CUTM YOUA SHORT!
IT'S GALLED BEINGPRAGMATIC, OAF!I CAN STILL FREEZEYOU AT SHORT
RANGE. j
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FUNNY!
WORD. THISAIN'T FUNNYAT ALL!
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LET'S SEEYOU MAKEYOURSTUPID
PUNS NOW!
LIKE YOU'REONE TO
TALK. I TOLCYOU I'D KEEPYOU IN CHECK.
LET'S SEEYOU SURFON THIS!
WATCH!
AUSfff' THAT'LL BE >ENOUGH OF THAT,^ PARTNER! ^
WHAT HAPPENEDv TO USING ALL) YOUR COPIED|
POWERS?
I DON'TNEED THEM!THE ROBOT
MASTERS AREDOING GREATON THEIR OWN!
THENMAYBE.
. . .YOUSHOULD STOPDR, WILY WHILETHEY'RE BUSY?
OH.'RIGHT!HIM!
r STAY BACK. >WHERE IT'SSAFE, ROLL!
IT LOOKS LIKEI'LL NEED
THESE POWERSL AFTER ALL. i
/ ROLL! \ f I'M FINE! \/ ARE \ (
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THAT'SNICE, BUTYOU'RE
> STILL <UNDERARREST!
IT'SNO USE,MEGAMAN...
DON'T LOOK SO)OLUM, AGENT.YOU NEVERWOULD HAVEFIGURED IT OUT.X AML GENIUS,AFTER ALL.
r I MUST SAV,^B\f I'M IMPRESSED \ \ \
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THAT SAUCER IG JUST AHOLOGRAM PROJECTORWITH ATURRET! THEREAIN'T EVEN AN ENGINE
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SAW HIMMAKE THESWITCH.,,
I WAG LONGGONE BEFOREYOU EVEN GOTHERE! THE RE-CAPTURED
ROBOT MASTERSWOULD'VE BEENSUMMONED TOME ONCE YOUWERE DESTROYED.
BAH/ LET WILV RUN AWAYLIKE THE COWARD HEIS! WE WON THE FIGHT!
YEAH. THANKS FORALL THE HELP BACK. THERE. ^
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REALLY COOLI
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WELL, ^OF COURSEI DID!
DON'T WORRYGUYS. ONCE THEFEDERAL AGENTSARE DONE IN THEIRINVESTIGATION,
DR. LIGHT WILL BEABLE TO REPRO-GRAM YOU TO BE
GOOD.
ACTUALLY,THIS VAN ISHEADED
STRAIGHT FORLIGHT LABS.
THE DOCSBEEN CLEARED.
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V ROLL? /
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VOU'RE NOTGOING TOMAKE UGOBSOLETE,ARE. VOU?
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PLAYED, THOMAS.YOU'VE YET AGAINROBBED ME OF
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X SHOULD'VE BEENTOP OF OUR CLASS,I SHOULD'VE BEENON THAT STAGE, UN-VEILING MY ROBOTMASTERS. I SHOULDHAVE THE WORLD INTHE PALM OF MY HAND...
..AND I SHOULDBE RL/L/N& ITFROM THISCASTLE, NOTUSING IT AS AH/OBOL/T/
MBANWU/LE.
NT'S TIME”TO SEE WHOTHE REALGENIUS IS,
THOMAS.../
"KEEPYOURROBOTMASTERS. TREYWERE FLAWEPBYYOUR/NPUT,ANYWAYZ W/LL BU/LOBETTES ONES'
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Well, what’d you guysand gals out there in theyear 200X think of “TIMEKEEPS ON SLIPPING”?Let’s take a peak into
Mail Mountain (whichsounds shockingly like aroller coaster attraction)
to find out...
Dear Mega-Mail,The first few Mega Mancomics have been athrilling roller coaster ride.
Like “Mail Mountain”!
Though the series is new, I
enjoy it because it is takenso seriously. From the
get-90, Mega Man feels
like it will last for years to
come, and I can’t wait until
it is just as expansive asSonic is. I only hope thefour-part story arcs will
eventually be dropped, sothe series can develop at
its own pace. But till then,
I’ll be enjoying the series
just as much because of
it’s awesomeness.
Sincerely,(from a small fan growing
into a bigger one)John P.
from Connecticut
Thanks for the letter,
John! We pride ourselvesin taking the sourcematerial seriously -
mostly because we’reall big Mega Man fans!As for the four-partarcs, we’ll definitely beswitching things up fromtime to time!
Dear Mega-Mail,This is a wonderful seriesthat has shown me thebeauty that is Mega Man!I read this comic on animpulse after readingsomething about it the STHor Sonic Universe. I hadplayed Mega Man gamesbefore but never really
got into them, but after
reading this masterpiece I
have decided to give themanother try. Please keepthe good stuff coming.
Andrew B.
sent to [email protected]
P.S - Is your Agent Sterncharacter based off of theAce Attorney series’ (also
by Capcom) DetectiveGumshoe? They lookstrikingly similar.
Glad to hear you’rediggin ’the series,
Andrew! The colorscheme for Agent Sternwas perhaps a nodby artist Ben Batesto Gumshoe, thoughour good ol’ Gil has a(grizzled) personality all
his own!
Dear Mega-Mail,My son and I love Megaman!! Clearly Mr. Flynnand Mr. Thomas arehaving a great deal of funwith this title! We alsolove the joke comic strips!!
Keep up the great work!
Your fan,
Doug and Matt B.
sent to [email protected]
Woo! Always goodto hear from multi-
generational Mega-fanduos! In fact, that’s myfavorite type of Mega-duo!
Dear Mega-Mail,I’m a huge Mega Man fan
and never have I imaginedthat someone or somegroup of people wouldactually create comicsabout Mega Man that’s
drawn ana presented this
great; and it’s about time!
Time, eh? Well I guessyou could say that we’re
a well OILEDmachine over hereat Archie! eh? eh?*dodges tomatoes *
|
Having Mega Manas part of Archiecomics is a wonderfulidea! Thank you! I just
read the first four issuesand I enjoyed it. I wantmore and I can’t wait to
read about Proto Man andBass and their stories. =)
Kelvin T.
sent to [email protected]
Sit tight, Kelvin - ProtoMan and Bass will behere soon enough! Didyou catch our Proto Manin this issue?
Dear Mega-Mail,I find it interesting howyou added extra details
onto the backs of the
Robot Masters. That’s
not usually done, as youonly saw their front in
the games. Cool! Also,
Ice Man is pretty lame.And you captured that
perfectly. Only one morething from me: please tell
me ^SOMEONE* there
gets the reference in mysignature!!
Signed,Troy F.
EXPLORER OFTHE GREATDUNGEONS OFZORK!!
Haha but c’mon, Ice Manhas got the COOLESTpower of all the RM’s!
' ?* But seriouslythough you’re gonna seeIce Man do some prettyheroic and awesomestuff along the way!
See y’all next monthfor part one of “THERETURN OF DR. WILY”!
the "MEGA MAN 2"
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THE COMPLETE FIRST
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