By Mark Rodriguez
Dr. Eggman and Dr. Wily teamed up and created a pocket universe combining elements from both their worlds. They also captured Sonic's friends and turned them into Roboticized Masters and used them to find the 7 Chaos Emeralds they need to warp reality to their liking. Sonic, Megama, Tails and Protoman jump into their dimension since the scientists have captured Dr. Light. Protoman runs off on his own as Megaman was able to free the Chaotix from being robots, and gained new powers in the process. Now Wily reveals that he is able to summon up all the past Robot Masters to help them fight.
The issue opens with our heroes wandering through the Skull Egg Zone as Megaman and Sonic brag about which one is cooler. After Megaman blasts down one of the robot snakes from Megaman 3, Rush flies in front of Sonic and catches a Shadow Blade. They then dodge an energy blast. The heroes see both the Shadow Man from Megaman 3, and Sonic's friend Shadow, who was roboticized into a robot also named Shadow Man. After some confusion over them both having the same name, the good guys start to fight back.
Mega Shadow Man tosses Shadow Blades that Sonic dodges, but the hedgehog is hit by Sonic Shadow Man's attack that leaves him trapped in a stasis bubble. Megaman uses the Chroma Camo he received when he defeated Espio Man and gets close enough to attack Sonic Shadow Man. Once close enough, Megaman hits him with the Tail Wind attack. Mega Shadow Man continues fighting as Megaman turns Shadow back to normal and gains another weapon. Megaman quickly uses his new Chaos Cannon at Mega Shadow Man which freezes him into stasis.
Shadow gets up, and then violently flies into Shadow Man, busting him to pieces. Everyone is surprised by his sudden action (even though I assumed they would have blasted Shadow Man to bits anyways if Megaman used any other kind of weapon). Sonic asks if Shadow wants to help the Chaotix find Protoman, or stay with them, and he says 'neither' and teleports away. Just then Megaman and Sonic have a brief memory flash of their world before reality was changed. Megaman remembers when Protoman was evil and calling himself Break Man, and Sonic remembers that his friend Sally was roboticized and turned against them.
Megaman is confused and Tails asks Sonic who is 'Mecha-Sally'. Sonic says he faced this before when Eggman rewrote history with the Genesis Wave, a storyline in which Sonic's world was revamped to look like the first 3 Sonic games and anything past that was gone. Tails says since Shadow can warp time and space with Chaos Control, his sudden warping away disrupted the zone they're in, giving them a brief glimpse of their world before reality was altered.
Elsewhere, Eggman and Wily gloat over the capture of Dr. Light. Just then one of Eggman's robots, Orbot, comes in and tells them that both Shadow Men have been defeated. The scientists are angry but are sure they have enough robots left to complete their plans. As they storm off, Rouge suddenly appears in front of Light. She's a spy and decided to get involved when one of her teammates was captured by the mad doctors. Rouge says Light is safer being locked up for the time being, but she stole the schematics for the Wily Egg and shows it to him so he can point out any weak points.
Meanwhile Megaman, Tails and Rush are on the top of a hill, and Sonic is trying to work his way up by figuring out the disappearing drops, infamous from the Megaman games. Just then they get attacked by Blaze Woman and Silver Man. Silver Man blasts Rush away, and then shoots at Megaman just as the blue bomber fires off his Spin Dash Blast. Silver is turned back to normal, but Megaman is unable to move, trapped in an energy field from the attack her took. Blaze Woman surrounds herself in fire and walks towards Sonic and Tails. Silver uses his psychic powers to hold her still while Megaman blasts her.
Once back to normal, Silver and Blaze are too worn out to help out the heroes, and need time to rest. Sonic and the others continue their quest to save their friends. Elsewhere the Chaotix found Protoman and are all headed towards Eggman's base together. They were spotted by Rose Woman and Knuckles Man, but the docs give them orders to find and destroy Megaman and Sonic 'no matter what'. Rose Woman says they now have been authorized to self-destruct if they need to....
My Opinions
The comic was cool and some good moments. They really had fun with the two Shadow Men gag and used it whenever they could.
Dr. Eggman and Dr. Wily teamed up and created a pocket universe combining elements from both their worlds. They also captured Sonic's friends and turned them into Roboticized Masters and used them to find the 7 Chaos Emeralds they need to warp reality to their liking. Sonic, Megama, Tails and Protoman jump into their dimension since the scientists have captured Dr. Light. Protoman runs off on his own as Megaman was able to free the Chaotix from being robots, and gained new powers in the process. Now Wily reveals that he is able to summon up all the past Robot Masters to help them fight.
The issue opens with our heroes wandering through the Skull Egg Zone as Megaman and Sonic brag about which one is cooler. After Megaman blasts down one of the robot snakes from Megaman 3, Rush flies in front of Sonic and catches a Shadow Blade. They then dodge an energy blast. The heroes see both the Shadow Man from Megaman 3, and Sonic's friend Shadow, who was roboticized into a robot also named Shadow Man. After some confusion over them both having the same name, the good guys start to fight back.
Mega Shadow Man tosses Shadow Blades that Sonic dodges, but the hedgehog is hit by Sonic Shadow Man's attack that leaves him trapped in a stasis bubble. Megaman uses the Chroma Camo he received when he defeated Espio Man and gets close enough to attack Sonic Shadow Man. Once close enough, Megaman hits him with the Tail Wind attack. Mega Shadow Man continues fighting as Megaman turns Shadow back to normal and gains another weapon. Megaman quickly uses his new Chaos Cannon at Mega Shadow Man which freezes him into stasis.
Shadow gets up, and then violently flies into Shadow Man, busting him to pieces. Everyone is surprised by his sudden action (even though I assumed they would have blasted Shadow Man to bits anyways if Megaman used any other kind of weapon). Sonic asks if Shadow wants to help the Chaotix find Protoman, or stay with them, and he says 'neither' and teleports away. Just then Megaman and Sonic have a brief memory flash of their world before reality was changed. Megaman remembers when Protoman was evil and calling himself Break Man, and Sonic remembers that his friend Sally was roboticized and turned against them.
Megaman is confused and Tails asks Sonic who is 'Mecha-Sally'. Sonic says he faced this before when Eggman rewrote history with the Genesis Wave, a storyline in which Sonic's world was revamped to look like the first 3 Sonic games and anything past that was gone. Tails says since Shadow can warp time and space with Chaos Control, his sudden warping away disrupted the zone they're in, giving them a brief glimpse of their world before reality was altered.
Elsewhere, Eggman and Wily gloat over the capture of Dr. Light. Just then one of Eggman's robots, Orbot, comes in and tells them that both Shadow Men have been defeated. The scientists are angry but are sure they have enough robots left to complete their plans. As they storm off, Rouge suddenly appears in front of Light. She's a spy and decided to get involved when one of her teammates was captured by the mad doctors. Rouge says Light is safer being locked up for the time being, but she stole the schematics for the Wily Egg and shows it to him so he can point out any weak points.
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| 1- I wish my flash drive would pull up holograms 2- How did Rouge escape being turned into Rouge Woman? |
Once back to normal, Silver and Blaze are too worn out to help out the heroes, and need time to rest. Sonic and the others continue their quest to save their friends. Elsewhere the Chaotix found Protoman and are all headed towards Eggman's base together. They were spotted by Rose Woman and Knuckles Man, but the docs give them orders to find and destroy Megaman and Sonic 'no matter what'. Rose Woman says they now have been authorized to self-destruct if they need to....
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| I assume the threat here is, if they self destruct, they'll die... but if they're robots, can they be repaired and rebuilt before being turned back to normal? |
The comic was cool and some good moments. They really had fun with the two Shadow Men gag and used it whenever they could.
I also liked the bit with the disappearing blocks from the Megaman games. While the Sonic games also have disappearing blocks, I remember the ones in Sonic disappear in a straight line, mostly to cross a big chasm. Megaman's blocks have random patterns, sometimes requiring you to backtrack, and yes, sometimes you have to figure them out to climb up a high distance. I like when they fell and there's an extra frame of Tails landing face first into a block that just appeared at that moment. I can imagine a loud THOK!! sound if this was a cartoon.
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| THOK!!! |
I'm a bit confused as to why everyone was in shock when Shadow smashed Shadow Man to pieces. I guess it's to showcase 'omg Shadow is bad ass and isn't afraid to kill' but dude, he's a robot. I mean, Sonic and Tails bust up robots all the time, and I'm sure Megaman had to blow up some Robot Masters here and there.
Rouge is in the story now. I honestly forgot about her. I wonder where she was that she avoided capture and wasn't turned into Rouge Woman.
As for Silver and Blaze, I call BS on them being too tired to help out after being turned back to normal. Tails and the Chaotix might have been kinda out of it at first, but they were just fine to continue their adventure. I guess they didn't want too many heroes to keep track of, but they sure could come in handy.
Then we have the cliffhanger. Rose and Knuckles, as robots, sent to stop Megaman and Sonic at all costs.... Even if they have to self destruct to do it. Of course if they blow up they'll never be able to return to normal again. It's a really grisly fate that Eggman set up for them when you think about it. They'd be completely unaware that they'd be killing themselves at the service of their worst enemy.
A great issue overall. The story continues. Stay tuned to see what happens next.
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