History ComicBook / MegaMan

A ComicBook series based on the Classic ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' series, produced by Franchise/ArchieComics and written by Creator/IanFlynn, writer of ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog''. Unlike the Sonic adaptation, this one largely sticks to the source material when adapting the series, including elements from the obscure UsefulNotes/GameBoy titles and NoExportForYou titles like ''VideoGame/SuperAdventureRockman'' and ''The Wily Wars''. The first issue was released in May 2011. In a similar vein to Sonic's ''Off Panel'', this series features ''Short Circuits'' in the back, which is a short, comic strip style gag based on the events on the issue.

With issue #55, Archie [[http://www.bumbleking.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8301 put the series on hiatus.]] With the cancellation of ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' and the license moving to IDW, it is extremely unlikely that ''Mega Man'' will resume.

* DoAndroidsDream: The Spiritus Ex Machina arc is all about this, including a fairly straw-free debate on the morality of machine sentience. Issue #22 features a Symposium-like discussion, with Dr. Light and Agent Stern debating if robots can feel love and deal with the consequences. It's heavily debated and various characters feel differently about it. Dr. Light, Agent Krantz, and Lalinde think it's fine. Agent Stern and Emerald Spears think it isn't right. Dr. Wily views the robots as tools with quirky personalities but little to no form of sentience.

* IHaveThisFriend: Break Man's conversation with Tempo in issue #35 plays out like this, insisting he's questioning her choice of trusting Dr. Lalinde rather than fishing for justifications regarding his own actions towards Dr. Light and his siblings. She sees through it completely, which only serves to aggravate Break Man.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Though he was being a jerk about it (and really just trying to justify himself), Dr. Lalinde feels that Break Man has a point about what she did to Tempo being unforgivable (despite the fact that Tempo ''has'' forgiven her).

** In the ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsUnite Worlds Unite]]'' crossover Iris and Colonel are not among the reploids Sigma revives.

** In the comic proper, the weapons of the robot masters built by Dr. Light, Dr. Lalinde, and Dr. Cossack are shown/implied to be an [[InvertedTrope inversion]] in that their mundane utilities were weaponized.

* OriginalCharacter: Gil and Krantz, Tempo/Quake Woman, Dr. Lalinde, and the Emerald Spears.

* SuperNotDrowningSkills: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that, as robots, they don't need to breathe, even if they can't swim. It's highly likely their [[FridgeLogic systems are water-proofed]]. Discussed between Roll and Tempo[=/=]Quake Woman in Issue 19 when an ocean liner is wrecked and they need to rescue the passengers.

* TeleportersAndTransporters: Dr. Light has one to rapidly transport Rock from location to location. While robots can use the device, humans are unable to. Sonic is able to in the crossover, albeit feeling ill afterward, indicating the process will be useable for living beings later on.

A ComicBook series based on the Classic ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' series, produced by Franchise/ArchieComics and written by Creator/IanFlynn, writer of ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog''. Unlike the Sonic adaptation, this one largely sticks to the source material when adapting the series, including elements from the obscure GameBoy titles and NoExportForYou titles like ''VideoGame/SuperAdventureRockman'' and ''The Wily Wars''. The first issue was released in May 2011. In a similar vein to Sonic's ''Off Panel'', this series features ''Short Circuits'' in the back, which is a short, comic strip style gag based on the events on the issue.

* InformedFlaw: The series states that X and other Reploids are the first robots with true free will, yet Rock, Roll, and ''especially'' Blues can think, reason, feel emotions to the point of having tear ducts, and even bend the laws of robotics.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: For now, anyway - in ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'', Snake Man is one of the Robot Masters on display in the Robot Museum. Here, he's one of the eight Wily robots who decide to find a new purpose and not be shut down for said museum (though it is unclear if the Snake Man in ''7'' is some sort of copy or not).

* CompositeCharacter: The Wily Walker is a cross between Wily Machine 3 from ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' and the berserk construction machine X fights in the BatmanColdOpen to ''[[VideoGame/MegaManMaverickHunterX The Day of Sigma]]''.

* PunnyName[=/=]ShoutOutToShakespeare: [[{{Hamlet}} Roslyn Krantz and Gil D. Stern.]] Issue #22 even has Agent Stern quote Shakespeare, and mentions he's read "Hamlet".

A ComicBook series based on the Classic ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' series, produced by Franchise/ArchieComics and written by Ian Flynn, writer of ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog''. Unlike the Sonic adaptation, this one largely sticks to the source material when adapting the series, including elements from the obscure GameBoy titles and NoExportForYou titles like ''VideoGame/SuperAdventureRockman'' and ''The Wily Wars''. The first issue was released in May 2011. In a similar vein to Sonic's ''Off Panel'', this series features ''Short Circuits'' in the back, which is a short, comic strip style gag based on the events on the issue.

* CutShort: The series was put on hiatus after the fifty-fifth issue, right before the events of ''VideoGame/MegaMan4'' were about to begin, and no-one (not even the staff) is sure how long it'll stay that way (if it ever comes out of hiatus at all). It doesn't help that the setup for ''4'''s adaptation was delayed by the ''Worlds Collide'' and ''Worlds Unite'' crossovers.

** [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] is Wily's defense attorney in issue 36. The detective taking Wily to jail in the same episode bears a resemblance to Dick Gumshoe from the same series.

** [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] is Wily's defense attorney in issue 36.

With issue #55, Archie [[http://www.bumbleking.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8301 put the series on hiatus.]] With the cancellation of ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', it appears unlikely that ''Mega Man'' will resume.

Has a [[Characters/MegaManArchieComics character page]] under construction.

** Tempo helps to disable the bombs and rescue the doctors after one goes off in the Spiritus Ex Machina story arc.
*** She also helps Roll in Issue 19.

* ActuallyADoombot: After Time Man & Oil Man are dealt with and Dr. Wily is cornered, Roslyn reveals that the latter is really a hologram placed by the real one.

** MotherlyScientist: Dr. [=LaLinde=] has the same level of emotional attachment towards her own creation Tempo/Quake Woman. It was this emotional attachment that lead her to disable Tempo's personality and emotions when Tempo was almost destroyed in an accident.

** As Dr Light explains to Mega Man how the prison system works, he tells him that, unfortunately, neither Mega Man nor any other robots from his generation have true free will. He hopes to one day capture that [[VideoGame/MegaManX X Factor]]...
** On top of that, as he says this, his reflection in the window beside him is seen. One day, a transparent image will be all that remains of him...

** Wily saving Blues after his Robot Masters found him unconscious outside the ruins.
*** He even managed to repair Blues without wiping his personality.

** Tempo helps to disable the bombs and [[spoiler: rescue the doctors after one goes off]] in the Spiritus Ex Machina story arc.

* ActuallyADoombot: [[spoiler: After Time Man & Oil Man are dealt with and Dr. Wily is cornered, Roslyn reveals that the latter is really a hologram placed by the real one.]]
* AdaptationalBadass: The Wily Walker. The original version from the games looks like [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090220002133/megaman/images/2/23/WilyMachine3A.jpg this]]. The comic version looks like ''[[http://www.comicbookresources.com/prev_img.php?pid=22619&pg=2 this]]''.
** The actual Pinbot does show up later in issue 47, though.

* AfterActionHealingDrama: Issue 33 is dedicated to Mega Man being repaired after [[spoiler:nearly dying from overloading himself]].

* AIIsACrapshoot: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] at length, but almost completely [[AvertedTrope averted]] in that all rogue actions by robots are the result of human tampering. [[spoiler: Or [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum murderous alien supercomputers]].]]

** [[spoiler: As Dr. Wily made Ra Thor from Ra Moon's technology, Ra Moon made the Ra Devil from Dr. Wily's design of the Yellow Devil. It's much stronger than Ra Thor]].

* AvengingTheVillain: As of issue 32, [[spoiler: the Stardroids are on their way to Earth to do this for Ra Moon. They don't arrive before the series ends]].

* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler: Played with. Wily fakes a HeelFaceTurn as part of his newest plan after Ra Moon is defeated, but his inner monologue reveals that he's starting to doubt himself and is considering calling it all off. Ultimately he subverts it completely and just goes through with the plan]].
* BigBadassBattleSequence: Issue 31 has a great big splash page with Rock, Break Man, three of the [=MM 1=] robot masters, and all of the [=MM 2=] robot masters versus the [=MM 3=] robot masters [[spoiler: [[MindControl mind-controlled by Ra Moon]]]] and Ra Moon itself.

* BigBlackout: [[spoiler: ''Global'' thanks to Ra Moon.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: The first Robot Masters]].

** In the ''Mega Man 3'' story arc, Wily has been defeated again and Gamma cannot be used for evil. However, Mega Man had no choice but to destroy Gamma and Dr. Light does not have the funds to rebuild it. [[spoiler: Light also has to rebuild his home and lab after Wily destroyed it]] and Blues is still not on the best terms with his family, although he's finally getting better.
** The series ends chronologically with Kalinka Cossack being abducted by a reluctant Blues on Wily's orders, forcing her father to pretend to be a villain for him, meaning Rock cannot give up the life of constant fighting he hates so much. The final issue, meanwhile, has Doctor Light [[spoiler:witnessing all the things Dr. Wily will do, and the suffering that will happen long after both of their deaths, but also the hope of seeing the various future Mega Men, all fighting for peace, just like Rock.]]

** The [[spoiler:''Mega Man 3'' Robot Masters]] in the Ra Moon story arc.

* BreakTheHaughty: Ra Moon did this to Wily in spades. He betrayed Wily and took his Robot Masters (at least half of them). To add even more insult to injury, he takes control of Wily's ace, Ra Thor, and made an improved version of the Yellow Devil. By the end of the story arc, Wily was begging Mega Man for help and apologizing for allowing all of this to happen.

** In "Spiritus Ex Machina" Flash Man is shown to still hold resentment towards Quick Man after he [[spoiler: stabbed Flash Man in the back of the head so he could fight Mega Man back in "The Return Of Dr. Wily"]].

** [[spoiler: In issue #38, while traveling through time, Xander sees Mega Man under attack by a mysterious robot and aided by [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog a talking animal]] as he's going back in time.]]

* CoolKey: Mega Man is awarded the key to the city. Up until Break Man blasts it to pieces. [[spoiler: Like everything else Break Man damaged, it has probably been [[CosmicRetcon restored post-crossover]].]]

* CosmicRetcon: In the aftermath of the ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide Worlds Collide]]'' CrossOver, [[spoiler: all the damage from Break Man's attack is undone]].

** [[spoiler: The Chaos Devil in the ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'' crossover.]]

** The Curse of Ra Moon arc. [[spoiler: The global blackout at the end of the prelude causes, among other things, ships to become stranded at sea, motor vehicles and planes to crash, and hospital power to fail ''in the middle of surgery''. And the instigator Ra Moon? It's doing all this ''ForTheEvulz''.]]
** [[spoiler: And then there's the backstory of Ra Moon coming to Earth and manipulating a primitive society to worship and even ''kill'' for him before destroying said civilization when it wasn't suiting his needs fast enough. As well as the flashback of Dr. Light's friend who was exploring the ruins where Ra Moon was with other explorers. The EMP field crashed their helicopter resorting in many deaths and said friend losing an arm.]]
** The second half of the ''Mega Man 3'' adaption. It starts with Dr. Wily's betrayal, Break Man and Mega Man fighting, Wily stealing Gamma, and finally [[spoiler: Doc Robot destroying Light Labs]].
* DarkestHour: The entire Ra Moon arc. [[spoiler: First Roll is mortally injured by Blues and all the world's power is shut down by Ra Moon. Slowly, the world is collapsing and the EMP field is becoming strong enough to fry human brains. When Ra Moon is finally killed, Mega Man is on the verge of death.]]

* DecompositeCharacter: In the games, Mr. X was simply a PaperThinDisguise used by Dr. Wily. In the comics, he's an separate supervillain who forces Wily into his employment and [[spoiler:is revealed to be Xander Payne, having been affected by TimeTravel and taking TheSlowPath]].
* {{Deconstruction}}: This adaptation takes a more realistic approach to the Classic series' events and shows its consequences:

** There's also Dr. Lalinde and Tempo, which shows how someone might think seeing robots as children is terrifying.

* [[DieHardOnAnX Die Hard in a Convention Center]]: The plot of the Spiritus ex Machina arc.

* DoAndroidsDream [=/=] WhatMeasureIsANonHuman:
** The Spiritus Ex Machina arc is all about this, including a fairly straw-free debate on the morality of machine sentience. Issue #22 features a Symposium-like discussion, with Dr. Light and Agent Stern debating if robots can feel love (and deal with the consequences), while Agent Krantz and Dr. Lalinde drink wine.
** This seems to be an over-riding theme in the series. Should robots be given sentience and emotions? Could they handle such concepts? Is it ''morally right'' to give robots these things? It's heavily debated and various characters feel differently about it (Dr. Light, Agent Krantz, and Lalinde think it's fine. Agent Stern and Emerald Spears think it isn't right. And some others like Dr. Wily view the robots as simply tools with no sentience at all).
** The Worlds Collide crossover has Dr. Wily help Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik, who seems to have come to the conclusion that they are Alternate Universe Counterparts, then turns Tails into a robot called Tails Man. He then complains Tails Man has no personality while Eggman responds by saying that that way there's no sass or possibility of an ignored order. Dr. Wily responds by saying it's not really one of HIS designs, showing he might on some level believe robots should have some form of sentience.

** The Emerald Spears make their debut by interrupting the robotics debate, and having Harvey appear (surprisingly menacing) on the massive auditorium screen.

* DumbassHasAPoint: Though Harvey comes off as kind of a stoned hippie, pretty much everything that happens from the ''X'' through ''Legends'' series vindicates nearly everything he's saying. This point was even raised by Gil Stern in issue #22:

** Pump Man from ''Mega Man 10'' is seen in issue #32, helping out after the [[spoiler:blackout.]]
* EasilyForgiven:
** {{Averted}} and played straight. Dr. Light forgives Wily for everything he has done (partly because he believed Wily's story about being controlled by Ra Moon), but the citizens of Mega City have not.
** Mega Man and Roll are split down the middle. Roll doesn't trust Wily despite believing in his story and Mega Man is weary of Wily despite defending him in court.

* EmotionlessGirl: Quake Woman is emotionless at first because after she was injured in a cave-in, Lalinde was terrified by the fact that she was starting to consider a robot a daughter so while making repairs she destroyed Tempo's personality. This failed to remove her empathy towards Tempo and only caused her to become plagued with guilt. After "Spiritus Ex Machina" she restores Tempo's emotions,[[spoiler:though unfortunately she wasn't the same Tempo compared to what she previously was as revealed in issue 35]]. It's softened with the later reveal that [[spoiler:Tempo's IC chip was damaged in the cave-in so it wasn't ''entirely'' Lalinde's fault]].
* EmptyEyes: [[spoiler: The fate of all the world's robots after Ra Moon does his worldwide BigBlackout.]]

* EnemyMine: Rock manages to talk the [=MM 2=] Robot Masters into a temporary alliance when he mentions what Ra Moon is really doing. [[spoiler: The [=MM 3=] robot masters might have joined him too, but they're susceptible to MindControl by Ra Moon.]] Flash Man [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it.

** Wily and his Robot Masters are horrified when they learned [[spoiler: Ra Moon wanted to kill everything on the planet]] through his black-out.
** In the crossover, Wily is beyond pissed when Eggman [[spoiler:attempted to murder Dr. Light]].
** [[spoiler: After Doc Robot destroyed Light's Lab]], Break Man contacts Wily asking if he killed everyone inside. Wily actually gets mad saying that he's vengeful, but not a monster.

** Issue #20 is basically a whole issue of {{Foreshadowing}} showing future events and characters that haven't shown up yet. The first page indicates the death of [[spoiler:Time Man]] at some point in the future.

* ForegoneConclusion: The crossover, as well as the two time travel arcs, makes any reader damn sure of many future events, even if they've never played the original games or even the X games. Any reader of either story will already know that [[spoiler: Cossack doesn't really turn evil, Bass was working for Wily, Splash Woman pulls a HeelFaceTurn, Sigma turns evil, and Mega Man never achieves everlasting peace]].
* [[DeflectorShield Force Shield]]: The Magnet Beam generates these. Dr. Light uses it to [[spoiler: contain Mega Man when he's gone power mad from absorbing the six original master weapons]] and it holds up without so much as a flicker. It is also capable of supporting Mega Man's weight in mid-air with no trouble.

* FromBadToWorse:
** The entire Ra Moon story arc in a nutshell:
*** Ra Moon making the EMP wave so strong that it would start frying human brains.
*** Ra Moon [[spoiler: taking control of Wily's trump card, Ra Thor]].
*** Ra Moon [[spoiler: shutting down the ''Mega Man 2'' Robot Masters, leaving only the Light robots to battle the BrainwashedAndCrazy ''Mega Man 3'' Robot Masters]].
*** Ra Moon creating Ra Devil, an advanced version of the Yellow Devil.
*** Even the ending isn't safe, as [[spoiler:after his defeat, Ra Moon sends a final message to his "children"... who turn out to be [[VideoGame/MegaManV Sunstar and the Stardroids]]]].

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Happens in the end of the ''Return of Dr. Wily'' arc. During the battle, Wily spouts random nonsense of using technology ''"From Beyond the Stars"''. After his craft is destroyed, [[spoiler: Wily reveals he's really an alien, plotting the invasion of Earth! Ultimately subverted, as it turned out to be a hologram that the mad doctor was controlling on the sidelines.]]

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler:After his trip through time and seeing a Reploid-filled future, Xander appears to have gone even further around the bend and willing to go farther in his plans.]]

** [[spoiler: Blues has a real one in issue #54.]]

** Dr. Light has a complete breakdown after Wily revealed his true colors and stole Gamma. He's so disheartened that his questioned his belief that everyone has good and just needs a chance. It takes both Roll and Rock encouragement to snap him out of it.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Mega Man pulls one of these at the end of the Ra Moon arc. Thankfully, Wily was there to keep him alive until he was brought back to Dr. Light for repairs]].
* HijackedByGanon: [[spoiler:Issue 55 suggests, and Ian Flynn later confirmed, that had the series continued Dr. Wily would have done ''something'' to Mister X, and taken his identity.]]

* IHaveThisFriend: Break Man's conversation with Tempo in issue #35 plays out a bit like this, insisting he's questioning her choice of trusting Dr. Lalinde rather than [[spoiler: fishing for justifications regarding his own actions towards Dr. Light and his siblings.]] She sees through it completely, which only serves to aggravate Break Man.
* IgnoredEpiphany: [[spoiler:In the final issue, Dr. Light looks upon the events of the X and Zero series, and he starts to seriously consider if the progress of robotics is worth it... but with looking at the ZX and Legends series, he realizes that the world always has a Mega Man to protect it.]]

** Mega Man does this on the first Robot Masters. It works on half of them, who begin fighting the other half. [[spoiler: Then they all get free thanks to some LoopholeAbuse.]]

* InvincibleHero:
** Mega Man was this when he fought the original six Robot Masters, as fans complained about him not being scratched at all (given how the source games were ''supposed'' to be [[NintendoHard difficult to beat]]). This got subverted during his battles with the [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 MM2]] Robot Masters, as he suffered more and more damage, culminating with [[spoiler: Dr. Wily gaining full control of him via a malware program he planted.]] Even then, though, some robots were still taken out in one hit.
** Effectively defied as of issue 23, where Mega Man is thoroughly beaten by Break Man despite having Bomb Man, Cut Man, ''and'' Guts Man as backup. And then defied ''again'' at the end of issue 28 when, [[spoiler: despite having all his wounds from issue 23 restored due to CosmicRetcon, he's taken out by a [[BigBlackout global]] {{EMP}} from an enemy he's never even ''met''.]]

** Poor Rush:
*** Xander shoots him in issue #16.
*** Break Man shoots him in issue #23.
*** Break Man was ready to shoot him again in issue #45, until Mega Man tells him the IC chips of the Robot Masters are in him. Break Man kicks Rush instead.

** Ra Moon.

* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Issue 55 (both the main story and the Short Circuits strip) introduce [[VideoGame/MegaManX Signas, Lifesaver, Douglas, Palette, Layer, Dr. Doppler, Lumine]], [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Dr. Weil, Neige, Copy X, the Four Guardians, the Resistance, Ciel]], [[VideoGame/MegaManZX Vent, Aile, Grey, Ashe, Prometheus, Pandora, Master Albert, Master Thomas, Master Mikhail, the Biometals, Atlas, Aeolus, Siarnaq, Thetis]], [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Mega Man Volnutt, Roll Caskett, Barrell Caskett, Data, Tron Bonne, Tiesel Bonne, Bon Bonne, the Servbots, Juno]], [[VideoGame/RockmanXover Over-1, Nero L]], [[VideoGame/MegaManStarForce Geo Stelar]], [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork MegaMan.EXE]] (though both [[LawyerFriendlyCameo as silhouettes]]), [[WesternAnimation/MegaMan Ruby-Spears Dr. Light, Dr Wily and Roll]], [[VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken Bad Box Art Roll]], [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 Bad European Box Art Mega Man]], [[VideoGame/MegaMan9 Intentionally Bad Box Art 9 Mega Man and Dr. Wily]], [[VIdeoGame/MegaMan10 and Intentionally Bad Box Art 10 Mega Man and Proto Man]]. Whew!
* LastRequest: Before Mega Man pulled his [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice against Ra Moon]], he asked Dr. Wily to take whatever remained of him back to Dr. Light. Wily [[PetTheDog fulfilled]] that request.
* LastVillainStand: [[spoiler: Xander]] attempts this against Mega Man in Issue #21.

** Despite the publishing rights to ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' being held by Creator/VizMedia, issue 55's Short Circuits features [[Characters/MegaManBattleNetwork MegaMan.EXE]] and [[Characters/MegamanStarForce Geo Stellar]] as silhouettes.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: In the crossover, Eggman and Wily conspire to use Metal Sonic and Copy Robot to trick Mega Man and Sonic into each thinking that the other is the villain.

* LighterAndSofter: Especially when compared to the Brazilian comic and previous Mega Man comics released before Archie's.

** [[spoiler: The first Robot Masters manage to overcome Wily's programming to "Destroy Mega Man" by following it... by destroying the Mega Man Copy Robot.]]

** In a straight fight, the Emerald Spears versus the Robot Masters. [[spoiler: The Spears get defeated easily]].

** In the comic proper, the weapons of the robot masters built by Dr. Light [[spoiler: and Dr. Cossack]] are shown[=/=]implied to be an [[InvertedTrope inversion]] in that their mundane utilities were weaponized.

** A [[DownplayedTrope mild example]]; This type of reaction can be seen in Break Man's eye when [[spoiler: he inadvertently shoots Roll while she got in the way, during his fight with Mega Man.]]
** Dr. Lalinde is racked with guilt over basically lobotomizing Tempo and destroying her emotions, not for Tempo's sake but to make ''herself'' feel better. After "Spiritus Ex Machina" she realizes the full extent of her actions and restores Tempo's personality [[spoiler:[[CameBackWrong as best as she can anyway]]]].
** Wily had a major one when he realized that [[spoiler: Ra Moon was going to wipe out humanity using his technology]].

** The first ''Short Circuits'' has Mega Man being upgraded into [[spoiler: the infamous image from the cover of the first game]].

* PersonalityChip: IC (Integrated Circuit) Chips are the source of a Robot's personality. When confronted by Break Man in Issue #23 [[spoiler: Mega Man begs him not to destroy the IC, lest he breaks Dr. Light's heart.]]

* PyrrhicVictory: The victory over [[spoiler: Ra Moon. The good guys won, but Mega Man is mortally wounded, Blues is still on Wily's side, and the Stardroids are on their way to Earth.]]

** Pharaoh Man subverts this due to having menacing red eyes, but being a good guy. [[spoiler: For now.]]

** Dr. Light has these programmed into his robots, with a slight twist: in accordance with the "Zeroth Law", it's acceptable for robots to attack humans if not doing so would put ''more'' humans in danger. [[spoiler:When the Emerald-Spears start attacking people along with the robots, that allows Mega Man and the others to start fighting back.]]
** Lampshaded when Elec Man [[spoiler:says he actually ''wants'' Dr. Wily's programming back because it would let him attack the Emerald-Spears. He's a three laws compliant robot ''wishing he wasn't''.]]

* TimeStandsStill: This ability makes Flash Man one of the most dangerous Robot Masters. [[spoiler: He nearly kills Mega Man as Doc Robot by stopping time and aiming his Buster at Mega Man's head. He only fails because of a power overload]].

* UnexpectedCharacter: [[spoiler:Madam Y]], a [[http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah272/Waiwai/XY_zpsozofrews.png revamped version]] of a character from [[http://kobun20.interordi.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RockmanH2.jpg an obscure, but official, one-off alternate universe piece]].

** Subverted. When Mega Man resorts to ExplosiveOverclocking to save the world from Ra Moon, Wily pushes his genius to its limits to keep Mega Man alive and get him home. And it wasn't just a plan to look good either - he had no idea what to do when the police finally showed up.
** [[spoiler: Played with/double subverted when a later issue reveals that it was actually part of a plan. While he was trying to make himself look good and pin all of his villainy on the now-deceased Ra Moon, he actually did feel gratitude towards Rock and later found himself questioning if he should go through with his newest scheme]].

** Averted in issue 8. Wily simply [[GracefulLoser stands on top of his saucer with confidence]], even as Mega Man shoots at it before he can use it. [[spoiler:But then, it turns out that he's a hologram and not the real Wily, [[DoubleSubversion who had already left]].]]
** At the end of the Spiritus Ex Machina arc [[spoiler: Xander, Theo, and Simone escape from the authorities.]]

* VillainRespect: Wily is honestly surprised that Mega Man is willing to [[spoiler: sacrifice himself]] to save humanity from Ra Moon. He is so impressed that he grants Mega Man's LastRequest.

** Blues does this in issue 46 when he questions what Rock is to Dr. Light, and then paraphrases part of "I'm Not The Break-Man" also by Music/TheMegas

* [[WeWillUseLasersInTheFuture We Will Use Lasers In 200X]]: Almost everyone, human and robot, seems to prefer high-tech energy weapons.

** How do you top ''Worlds Collide?'' [[spoiler:How about Ra Moon initiating a world wide EMP wave that shuts down every''thing'' save for the robots it built or rebuilt. Including Proto Man/Break Man. And having Break Man watch as the entire world goes into complete chaos as his younger brother and sister are functionally ''dead''. This happens right after Break Man accidentally '''shot Roll in the gut'''.]]
** The finale of "Blackout"; [[spoiler: Mega Man is mortally wounded and near death after the battle with Ra Moon and Wily and his Robot Masters seem to have pulled a HeelFaceTurn. But before it was destroyed, Ra Moon sent out a signal into space. We're than shown what that signal was for; ''[[OhCrap it was calling the Stardroids to come and destroy Earth]]''!]]
** Xander's time-travelling shenanigans during "Dawn of X" reveals [[spoiler:not only was his time warping at least partially to blame for the bizarre events of Rock of Ages, but the Worlds Collide crossover is part of the comic's canon future.]] Even worse, [[spoiler:after his arrest, we see a quite clearly unhinged Xander carving several symbols into his prison wall]]...
* WhamShot:
** ...including [[spoiler:an X, an infinity sign (representing Zero's DWN designation), as well as the faces of Mega Man, Bass... and Sonic.]]
** [[spoiler: Roll getting shot by Break Man, along with the immediate aftermath of Ra Moon's world-devastating EMP.]]
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Downplayed. Proto Man tracks down Quake Woman to inquire about the nature of family due to his difficulty understanding [[FamilyOfChoice the relationship Light has with Rock and Roll]] as well as [[BigBrotherInstinct his own feelings]].

** Proto gets yanked around again in #18. Sadly, it is not played for laughs.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Xander, member of an anti-robot group, [[spoiler:has a cybernetic implant to replace his lost eye.]]
** Gets taken a bit further. As a former conspiracy nut, he [[spoiler:uses knowledge of the future to create a giant, shadowy organization with seemingly unlimited funds that secretly controls dozens of shell companies around the world. Not only that, he now actively finances robot terrorism]].

* ContinuityReboot: Has nothing to do with the previous''Mega Man'' comic series.

** An unusual example, as Dr. Light does this in issue 3... to a song by TheMegas that's supposed to be sung by him.
** Blues does this in issue 46 when he questions what Rock is to Dr. Light, and then paraphrases part of "I'm Not The Break-Man" also by TheMegas

A ComicBook series based on the Classic ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' series, produced by Franchise/ArchieComics and written by Ian Flynn, current writer of ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog''. Unlike the Sonic adaptation, this one largely sticks to the source material when adapting the series, including elements from the obscure GameBoy titles and NoExportForYou titles like ''VideoGame/SuperAdventureRockman'' and ''The Wily Wars''. The first issue was released in May 2011. In a similar vein to Sonic's ''Off Panel'', this series features ''Short Circuits'' in the back, which is a short, comic strip style gag based on the events on the issue.

A ComicBook series based on the Classic ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' series, produced by Franchise/ArchieComics and written by Ian Flynn, current writer of ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog''. Unlike the Sonic adaptation, this one largely sticks to the source material when adapting the series, including elements from the obscure GameBoy titles and NoExportForYou titles like ''VideoGame/SuperAdventureRockman'' and ''The Wily Wars''. The first issue was released in May 2011.

In a similar vein to Sonic's ''Off Panel'', this series features ''Short Circuits'' in the back, which is a short, comic strip style gag based on the events on the issue.

With issue #55, Archie [[http://www.bumbleking.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8301 put the series on hiatus.]] It's unknown if the book will return, get rebooted, or is canceled. With the cancellation of ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', it appears unlikely that ''Mega Man'' will resume.

** And Roll as well

With issue #55, Archie [[http://www.bumbleking.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8301 put the series on hiatus.]] It's unknown if the book will return, get rebooted, or is canceled.

* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Issue 55 (both the main story and the Short Circuits strip) introduce [[VideoGame/MegaManX Signas, Lifesaver, Douglas, Palette, Layer, Dr. Doppler, Lumine]], [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Dr. Weil, Neige, Copy X, the Four Guardians, the Resistance, Ciel]], [[VideoGame/MegaManZX Vent, Aile, Grey, Ashe, Prometheus, Pandora, Master Albert, Master Thomas, Master Mikhail, the Biometals, Atlas, Aeolus, Siarnaq, Thetis]], [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Mega Man Volnutt, Roll Caskett, Barrell Caskett, Data, Tron Bonne, Tiesel Bonne, Bon Bonne, the Servbots, Juno]], [[VideoGame/RockmanXover Over-1, Nero L]], [[VideoGame/MegaManStarForce Geo Stelar]], [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork MegaMan.EXE]] (though both [[LawyerFriendlyCameo as silhouettes]]), [[WesternAnimation/MegaMan Ruby-Spears Dr. Light, Dr Wily and Roll]], [[StylisticSuck Bad Box Art Roll, Bad European Box Art Mega Man, Intentionally Bad Box Art 9 Mega Man and Dr. Wily, and Intentionally Bad Box Art 10 Mega Man and Proto Man]]. Whew!

* MergingTheBranches: Issue 55's preview of ZX provides a rather clear indication that Flynn had plans to include all four protagonists in the same timeline, instead of the split-timeline approach the actual games took.

** The two soldiers that Mega Man encounters after the very first Robot Master attack are the same guys from the arcade Forgotten Worlds.

** When the robot masters celebrate after Wily's second castle is destroyed, Guts Man is seen singing at the party, and Cut Man tells him to sing "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmgkU3nBxgY that one about the wind blowing]]" and Roll says that she loves that song.

** While explaining his time-machine scheme in issue 20, Wily mentions that it's [[LampshadeHanging "almost like I've done it before"]] - which he did, in the "Future Shock" episode of the cartoon. This could also have been an in-universe CallBack[=/=]in-comic CallForward to the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide Worlds Collide]] CrossOver where Dr. Wily also manipulates the fabric of space-time with the help of [[VillainousFriendship Dr. Eggman]].
** The ''Short Circuits'' in issue 20 has Police Man, a dead ringer for Fake Man from VideoGame/MegaMan9 (save for the lack of a blaster).

** Any time Roll is seen in a different outfit than usual, it's probably one of her unlockable outfits from [[VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp Mega Man: Powered Up]].

** In the Worlds Collide arc, Dr. Light mentions that he's building a robot named Bond Man who he put off since the original robot masters. Bond Man was a robot master cut from [[VideoGame/MegaMan1 the first game]].

* TameHisAnger: In Issue 46, Mega Man attempts this on Blues, given him a new purpose of being his big brother. Blues rejects the offer, saying this was who he was.

** In "Rock of the Ages" this is foreshadowed as one of Wily's future plans.
** Xander breaks into the Chronos Institute in an effort to change the past, preventing the creation of robots. He instead ends up in the future.

** Blues does this in issue 46 when he questions what Rock is to Dr.Light, and then paraphrases part of "I'm Not The Break-Man" also by TheMegas

** In "Prototype", Blues refers to a biker as "Green Biker Dude" in reference to a nickname for a minor-yet-memetically-popular character from the ''Mega Man X'' series.

* ArcWelding: Shadow Man's backstory and the alien threats from SuperAdventureRockman, MegaManV and MegaMan8 are now all related. In addition. Time Man's existence is now linked to the plots of MegaManII and the Japan-only game ''Challenger from the Future.''