Archie Comics Absorbs Mega Man

[Tom Goldman]

Archie Comics Absorbs Mega Man

The company behind Archie is leaving Riverdale behind to give Mega Man his time to shine.

Archie Comics has announced that it'll be producing a brand new monthly comic book series featuring Capcom's Mega Man. For now, the book will focus on the classic Mega Man first seen on the NES, but variants on the original blue bomber are also planned for the future.

Mega Man #1 will hit newsstands and comic book stores in spring 2011. The creative team putting the series together is artist Patrick Spaziante and writer Ian Flynn, known for their work on Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog books.

Archie Comics is promising a faithful take on Mega Man and his universe, with editor Paul Kaminski saying it will "hold true to the spirit of the old school with a fresh eye on Mega Man's strong potential in the world of American comics." The book apparently even names Mega Man Rock, his original Japanese title, when not wearing the helmet.

Though an entire twelve issues (or more) could likely be filled up with Mega Man's attempts to get past those frustrating disappearing platforms, it's unlikely. Instead, we'll probably see various robot masters show up and cause mischief, with Dr. Wily as the series' main villain.

If the book does well, Kaminski says Archie hopes to "fully explore not only [the] classic world, but the other spin-offs including Mega Man X, Mega Man Zero, Mega Man Legends and more." CEO of Archie Comics Jon Goldwater says that the creative team understands Mega Man "inside and out."

The entire announcement of the comic series indicates that Archie wants gamers to be proud of their version of Mega Man. For the series to do that, I think it'll have to represent what Mega Man is all about, which is progression and enhancement. If robot masters are actually destroyed and absorbed by Mega Man, never to return, I think that would make for a more compelling story than one where the same enemies constantly get knocked out and come back in a later issue. We'll see if Archie can pull of its goals for the series next year.

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[Gigaguy64]

Hmmmmm.
It sounds interesting.
And i like the cover of that issue.

I may haft to check this out.

 

[Lord Krunk]

DO BATTLE NETWORK
DO BATTLE NETWORK
DO BATTLE NETWORK

Quite possibly one of the best game series ever.

EDIT: Sans BN4.

 

[Impluse_101]

Megaman Legends....yeah...good stuff.

 

[Souplex]

DO BATTLE NETWORK
DO BATTLE NETWORK
DO BATTLE NETWORK

Quite possibly one of the best game series ever.

EDIT: Sans BN4.

Don't forget sans 5, 6, and battlechip challenge.

 

[Nostalgia Ripoff]

DO BATTLE NETWORK
DO BATTLE NETWORK
DO BATTLE NETWORK

Quite possibly one of the best game series ever.

EDIT: Sans BN4.

They did. It was in manga form, though.

 

[Lord Krunk]

DO BATTLE NETWORK
DO BATTLE NETWORK
DO BATTLE NETWORK

Quite possibly one of the best game series ever.

EDIT: Sans BN4.

Don't forget sans 5, 6, and battlechip challenge.

Haven't played Battlechip Challenge, but I loved 5 and 6.

2 and 3 were the best though.

 

[Lord Krunk]

DO BATTLE NETWORK
DO BATTLE NETWORK
DO BATTLE NETWORK

Quite possibly one of the best game series ever.

EDIT: Sans BN4.

They did. It was in manga form, though.

Know if it was any good?

 

[The Rascal King]

There's nothing I didn't like about this bit of information. I just hope this comic is good. That would just be awesome if Archie comics graduate to Mega Man X.

 

[Nicarus]

The X series, I can kinda see that. Legends, I definitely see potential. Zero...could these guys make a comic to fit the epicness? I'm just saying that if they plan to do the Zero series, they better hold to the theme really well.

 

[Nostalgia Ripoff]

DO BATTLE NETWORK
DO BATTLE NETWORK
DO BATTLE NETWORK

Quite possibly one of the best game series ever.

EDIT: Sans BN4.

They did. It was in manga form, though.

Know if it was any good?

I can't remember. I bought it when the show was on, and at that point I never read manga so I was just confused on how to read it.
Edit: I just looked it up. It was based on the anime that was based on the game. That count's, right?

 

[ShakerSilver]

When I read this I was like this: 8D

Then when I realized I will most likely never see it here in Lebanon I was like this: D,8

Ah well, I just hope they do a good job in making the comic.

 

[Lord Krunk]

DO BATTLE NETWORK
DO BATTLE NETWORK
DO BATTLE NETWORK

Quite possibly one of the best game series ever.

EDIT: Sans BN4.

They did. It was in manga form, though.

Know if it was any good?

I can't remember. I bought it when the show was on, and at that point I never read manga so I was just confused on how to read it.

Well, thanks for letting me know. I'll be searching for it now.

 

[The Great JT]

I suppose Archie Comics has to do something. Dunno how many units of Archie they can sell, especially without the Punisher involved (yes, there was a Archie/Punisher crossover, which just the thought of that makes me laugh).

 

[Something Amyss]

I suppose Archie Comics has to do something. Dunno how many units of Archie they can sell, especially without the Punisher involved (yes, there was a Archie/Punisher crossover, which just the thought of that makes me laugh).

That, at least was tongue in cheek.

Archie Published several comics when I was younger. Didn't they publish the long-running Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic based on the cartoon (as in, not the Mirage Studios one)?

 

[The Great JT]

I suppose Archie Comics has to do something. Dunno how many units of Archie they can sell, especially without the Punisher involved (yes, there was a Archie/Punisher crossover, which just the thought of that makes me laugh).

That, at least was tongue in cheek.

Archie Published several comics when I was younger. Didn't they publish the long-running Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic based on the cartoon (as in, not the Mirage Studios one)?

They did, in addition to the Sonic comics and Archie and Sabrina The Teenage Witch (AKA "Riverdale's Hot Goth Chick").

 

[xmbts]

I used to read the sonic ones in the 90's and they did a pretty good job with those. Problem is though it's STILL going on as far as I know which makes me think they might do megaman to death too. Luckily they have alot to cover before then.

 

[Disembodied_Dave]

the first thing that comes to mind when I hear this is "welcome to a top the 4th wall.. where bad comic burn." hehe