Shout Outs for Mega Man (Archie Comics):
- You can see an inverse of Hyadain's Mega Man songs. So far, only Heat Man was unwilling to really fight (he did, but complained about being too hot instead), where for Hyadain, Heat Man is seemingly the only one not after Mega Man's affection.
- Auto refers to Mega Man as "blue and cyan, with a gun for a hand", a reference to Brentalfloss.
- In Cutman's first appearance, he rattles off an entire page of puns, not unlike his cartoon counterpart.
- Issac Asimov gets a few - his Three Laws are referenced, and Wily mutters "For the love of Asimov..." in Issue 18.
- Going by Flynn's track record in the Sonic comic, expect a lot of these to memes and more obscure titles:
- In one Short Circuit, Crash Man is upset at having no hands. Fire Man replies "I know that feeling, bro".
- Mega Man reacts to traveling randomly throughout time in issue 20 with "What is this...? I don't even..."
- Air Man says "you can't beat me" in reference to his status as That One Boss and Memetic Badass from the fan song, Airman ga Taosenai.
- Issue 20 takes place in "the not-too-distant future."
- In Issue 2, the two Unknown Soldiers are a homage to another Capcom game called Forgotten Worlds.
- In issue 6 Dr. Wily says that Dr. Light did not unveil Oil Man and Time Man at the presentation because he felt that they were rather powered up compared to the other six robot masters, which is a reference to the Updated Re-release where they first showed up.
- Issue 12's title is "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
- In Issue 12, despite being fully under Dr. Wily's control, Mega Man hesitates when he has a huge opportunity to finish off Elec Man by shooting him point-blank in the head. This could be a reference to the first game's story as explained in the instruction manual, where Rock becomes Mega Man because he resisted Dr. Wily's reprogramming and thus was the only robot left who could fight for good.
- In issue 12, once Mega Man shoots out the projector sustaining Wily's "alien form", the doctor hurriedly says to "pay no attention to the man behind the hologram...!"
- Quake Woman's an Emotionless Girl whose civilian outfit has a green jacket over an orange blouse. Hmmm...
- Now even has an Annoying Younger Sibling. You can just hear Quinn's voice when reading Vesper Woman's lines in the comic.
- Issue 18 has Proto Man save a family from a gang. He refers to their leader as Green Biker Dude.
- Issue 18 portrays the Sniper Joes as a shout out when they're being developed for the military. You could say they're government issue.
- Issue 20 is called "Rock of Ages", after the Def Leppard song of the same name.
- The Short Circuit from Issue 20 is titled "Phoenix Wrong".
- Issue 22, Roll is carrying an original Tricorder. Also in that same issue, she's wearing an unlockable outfit from Powered Up.
- In issue 36, Wily's defense attorney resembles Phoenix Wright, with the hair color and style of Apollo Justice. The judge is also almost identical to his counterpart in the Ace Attorney games, complete with a grandiose beard and big gray eyebrows.
- At several points, characters either begin to wax lyrical with or have their characterization patterned after songs from The Megas. It's particularly heavy in the arc based around Mega Man 3:
- In issue 3, Dr. Light quotes the chorus from "The Message From Dr. Light".
- In issue 41, Top Man's final words are "... truly legendary...", a shout-out to The Megas song wherein Top Man sings, "This dance-fight will be legendary!"
- In issue 43, Needle Man's characterization as being actively resentful of Wily for his programming references his own desires from "The Haystack Principle" to fight his programming and be someone better than he was made to be.
- In issue 44, Spark Man being the last Master to be fought and his lashing out in rage and grief reflect his song, "Sparked A War".
- In issue 45, Dr. Light's rage and remorse over being fooled by Wily, as well as his visible reluctance to ask Mega Man to clean up what feels like his mistake mirror the song dedicated to his own moral breakdown.
- In issue 46, Break Man quotes the final question off the chorus of his own song. In addition, their debate about free will as well as Mega Man's attempts to reconcile with him reference two of the final tracks from the same album.
- Issue 51 has a page listing the cast of characters in the style of a Super Smash Bros. character select screen.
- One fan art in Issue 55 has Frog Man and Mega Man reenacting Blade Runner:Frog Man: All those ... moments will be lost in time, like tears...in rain flush...
- Possibly coincidental, but several comics are reminiscent of Bob and George:
- In issue 10, Mega Man mocks Crash Man for not having hands.
- Issue 43 does a Right Behind Me gag with Dr. Wily discussing his evil plans.
