Sonic #272, Sonic Universe #75, and Mega Man #49 Before Worlds Unite begins, let’s get some progress on a couple stories before it disrupts everything! After his meeting with Silver, Sonic heads to Apotos to meet with a guy about a thing. Very important secret stuff! And then off to dealing with Metal Sonic and those pesky Genesis portals only complicate matters. And what’s going on with Mega Man? He’s got to deal with all of Wily’s robots. Some of them… for the last time? And what about Wiwy himself? He’s got a new boss, whether he likes it or not!
Question: Should a violent robot be reprogrammed against its will?
>>142490486 >After his meeting with Silver, Sonic heads to Apotos to meet with a guy about a thing Our hero, going off to buys drugs while the world literally falls apart around him. Tsk tsk
>>142490486 >Question: Should a violent robot be reprogrammed against its will? Eh, morally it's little different than mind wiping dangerous criminals like what happens in other sci-fi works. Mechanical or organic, it's functionally the same thing. If you're okay with one, you're gonna have to be okay with the other. Personally, I'm in favor, cause it's preferable to outright execution.
>>142490588 Oh boy, here's Rotor with his bigger picture thing! >>142490536 You think those rings are just for the sake of collecting? Those fetch a good price!
Everytime I see antoine in reboot it just reminds me how much I miss his jacket. Not only did it look nice af but it helps make him stand out in shots, and his new outfit makes it hard to see him sometimes. >>142490727 gay sex imminent
>>142490651 Ah, it's like the old days where Sonic would constantly bully Antoine. Only here, Sonic knows when to give it a rest, because Twan is fully capable of stabbing him real good.
>>142490651 I do love the friendly bickering Sonic and Antoine have here, was lot more spiteful and hateful on both their ends preboot before they got over it and became friends
>>142490684 I kinda like this bit of nuance here. Antoine is always scared shitless in combat, but he doesn't let that stop him from being a badass. That's real bravery right there.
>>142490784 Sonicbros... we're losing our obsessed fangirl to Knuckleschads?! >>142490752 Yeah it's just Sonic playing around instead of them having some level of animosity towards each other.
>>142490889 Lucky of Sonic Universe to get its milestone issue before the event. Although, it's not much a special issue but a continuation of the one we just did.
>>142490906 >>142490895 >Not again... It's Kaminski's parting gift to Archie before he goes to DC to edit Superman and Batman comics. >>142490898 A robot of few words.
>metal jobber taking over a universe milestone right before a cross over You got to be fucking kidding me. Put that piece of shit tin can into the fucking trash where he belongs.
>>142490913 >Were they just gonna skip Colors? Colors and Generations already happened. Colors even got a small flashback in the first reboot issue. Yes, the Unleashed adaptation is happening out of order. Then again, so did the Fighters adaptation.
>>142491048 How thoughtful of Metal Sonic to scratch their backs. >>142491030 Only thing I could think is that Sega didn't know what they wanted to call it so they kept it vague and didn't want anyone else to do it.
>>142490993 ... Oh, right! This actually gets clarified in Silver Age. I somehow always forget that they changed the order.
>>142490985 It will never stop being hilarious that Sega tried to encourage writers to make up new zeti lore, and literally everyone went "Nah.". Amazing.
>Captcha: TRON Sadly, there's only a single nod to Legends in these books.
>>142491087 Sega was doing the whole "There are actually two worlds" bullshit. Archie was in an odd place since it's obviously one world here, but Sega still didn't want a name to be used.
>>142491119 Very useful to have to keep yourself from being melted by lava. >>142491101 >rouge didn't try to steal shard from nicole while they were dating
>>142491048 >rouge didn't try to steal sonic from sally while they were dating Funny you mention that as have something like that planned in au lol, though Rouge has standards to wait until they aren't dating to swoop in
>>142491139 >>rouge didn't try to steal shard from nicole while they were dating I imagine being friends with a robot has made her curious on occasion. Also, why steal one from the other when she can have both!
>>142491205 Sorry Sally but you can do leader stuff later. >>142491175 >why steal one from the other when she can have both! If only she tried that with Knuckles and Julie-Who. Two echidnas for the price of one!
>>142491247 >we can handle anything That phrase already means nothing and will only look worse when it all ends. >>142491239 At least it's not from space.
>>142491263 ENTER ZAVOK! Before it was a game tie-in comic. This time it's for real! >>142491241 Yup! Sonic don't give a fuck! Waku waku and save the day no matter what!
>If only she tried that with Knuckles and Julie-Who. Two echidnas for the price of one! >Rouge making her own echidna harem She'd either be the best thing that ever happened to Angel Island or its greatest threat. No in-between.
>>142491326 >>142491319 >Flynn seems to be writing Amy and Sonic more like their Boom counterparts. The dynamic at least. I am very okay with this. If Ian was allowed to make Sonamy happen then he would've.
>>142491392 You need some rebranding, to put some distance with your evil past and we need advertiser money to rebuild the labs. How about Nesquik Man?
>>142491410 >Ryan Jampole went from a standard style that looked akin to early Bryan Lee O'malley to mimicking the the japanese classic art damn near perfectly.
>>142491519 >>142491534 I understand wanting to have an "actual" Mr. X because 6's plot is a bit silly but having it be XANDER MOTHERFUCKING PAYNE on top of everything else he's doing is pretty fucking ridiculous
>>142491519 >>142491534 I can imagine people were annoyed by the actually quite interesting twist of Mr. X being a real person was subverted by Kaminski's bullshit... but issue #55 makes it totally worth it.
>>142491567 If Quick Man can't be an evil dick then is he really still Quick Man? >>142491546 It's about the only good thing that's done with the character. His problem is that he was just annoying and stayed the same.
>>142491583 Okay, is Quick Man right? Should he be allowed to be a seething asshole who only wants to destroy and harm because that's his "sole purpose"?
>>142491551 >"I can't convince people that ROBOTS BAD, so I'll just enable the asshole actually responsible for my misfortune!" ... Every time this character opens his mouth, my brain blue screens.
>>142491604 I actually like this ethical debate, serves a nice way to get rid of some characters but also give them some final dignity and depth as to why they want to be shut down
>>142491690 Wily disguises himself as Mr. X to steal the robots from a tournament for his evil plan. There's nothing that doesn't make sense about it. Fans have jerked themselves off to insanity believing there was a real person Wily murdered and stole the identity of to put on sunglasses and a wig.
>>142491604 >then by federal law, you must be decommissioned. I fucking see you, Ian, with that MM9 foreshadowing. Excuse me while I scream internally.
>>142491690 "Mr. X" was a billionaire, the leader of a massive foundation and organizer of a robot maker alliance. Literally how could Wily fake all of that?
>>142491715 >14 issues Collide was already way too long. This is fucking ridiculous.
>>142491779 >>142491748 >>142491812 And you know the worst part of all of it is? All those licenses they paid for? Barely used. They're all glorified cameos who have almost no real bearing on the plot. This event is a parody of itself.
I've realized, the Robot Masters may not have free will, but they have individuality meaning they wants and desires but because they lack will they can have wants they'll never get and hate what they HAVE to do. It's kinda fucked up
>>142491812 >Why did they think this was a good idea like at all?!?! Pic related. Sales upticked for WC and they did for WU. Then Kaminski left to be hired by DC cause they love those money-making gimmicks he used in Archie.
>>142491715 Thanks conductor. First time I've expeirence Worlds Unite in the correct order fully, though I keep hearing it's terrible compared to Worlds Collide. Also it basically killed both Mega Man, Sonic Boom and IIRC Sonic Universe too?
>>142491983 Paul left before WU was barely in production, he had Archie waste all of the money on getting the licenses than split almost immediately after
This'll be my first time reading World Collide, the first time I went through the Mega Man comics I hadn't read the Sonic comics yet and was just not fucking feeling like reading ANOTHER crossover when the book was going to be over right after
>>142491891 They really hyped the shit out of it too claiming a massive list of Capcom and Sega characters who are there but maybe for like a page and a joke.
>>142492083 I think people overexaggerate the effect the crossover had. It's cancellation had multiple factors in why Archie dropped the license. It is more of a mess compared to Collide due to the excessive amount of IPs crammed in.
>>142492199 I wonder if Shadow & Zero would get along >TFW Blues, Zero & Shadow all go to brood at GUN Mountain while X, Rouge & Rock look on at them wondering when they'll cut the bullshit.
>>142492642 My point is no one cares, one character always will lose to someone they shouldn't or should've beat or could've beat, some "researched" internet show or power level debates don't matter when a writer can have bullshit like Spiderman gets lynched by mutant racists to death then he can also defeat Firelord or the Juggernaut
>You will never rediscover your own lost sense of wonder at the beauty of the world by watching your digital friend discover things for the time that you have since taken for granted.
I'm gonna be honest, that was a fairly boring issue of Mega Man. Also, they could've let Quick Man meditate on his life and maybe escape. Y'know, let the man be interesting... Make him Wily's Blues. That decommission ending just sucked.
>>142493155 An easy way to bring them back for something later. Besides, Quick Man is like Sonic, he's not going to navel-gaze or consider anything different than what he wants.
It really does show the general irresponsibility of Dr Light. He's so in love with his idea and his dream of dicking a toaster he put no real long term thought into what any of he's doing and what any of it actually means in the long. He effectively created a slave race where robots are aware enough to feel things but doomed to their programming to be nothing more than puppets meant to serve a singular purpose. And he just thinks everyone is going to fine with that because, just do it okay. And we're supposed to ignore this level of irresponsibility because he got good intentions? Well, Dr Light. After careful consideration I've decided NOT to endorse your park.
>>142493403 Mon amour. She iz like the morning dew. The first breath of fresh air on a spring day. She is the ray of sun that parts through the clowns after a long rain.
>>142493403 She balances being tough as nails, sweet as sugar and easygoing at the same time. Her design is great too as it mixes being an awesome cyborg badass with being a sexy southern belle. She just amazing.
>>142493403 /m/ + qt small bunny girl is such a good concept for a character. Though reading the comics from the start and looking into SatAM made me realize that I prefer the earlier versions of her design where her limbs look less like regular prosthetics and more like huge robot limbs, the contrast is what sells her character to me.
I like rotors priortizing the many over the few. wish tho he would actually go more with that then bending over for sonic. but all the friend characters do that desu. but I bet penders probably would fume if he learned rote liked making guns this time around. god that GUNS BAD thing was so dumb. what was the point
>>142493962 I love what Bollers did with Hunter in the future plus in Jon Gray's old art style humans kind of looked like DBZ characters so it added onto the cool factor of Hunter
>>142493155 >Especially since it doesn't even last. It lasts long enough in comic format that it has weight, it fits the character, and it brings up an interesting dilemma and debate. I know you're dumb Boco so I don't blame you for not getting it.
>>142491715 >14 fucking issues of a crossover Christ almighty, imagine how much of Reboot Archie could have been done if we didn't have to waste time on this one? >>142491724 What's weird is that they (the MM9 RMMs) should have know about this. Then again, in the game they should have known Wily should never be trusted, but they all allowed themselves to be "repaired" by him.
>>142494959 >What's weird is that they (the MM9 RMMs) should have know about this.
I don't really think that changes matters much and even knowing Wily is untrustworthy he's at least offering them a chance. Desperation does things to a bot.
>>142495481 The problem is that despite any blame you can put on Wily, Light is still the guy obsessed with making the robots a near sentient slave race who either have to acquiesce to single servitude or be shit down. Robots and even the world just are ready for that level of servitude. It's like that Simpson's bit where the robot runs out of the burning building screaming "WHY WAS I PROGRAMMED TO FEEL PAIN!" Even if Wily never started his life of crime and villainy this is all kinds of morally reprehensible.
>>142490486 >Question Really depends how sexy he is >>142490507 Beat me to it! >>142490555 Chip's adorable! >>142490559 It's weirdly muted yet garish. I'm not sure what to make of it >>142490607 >Oh boy, here's Rotor with his bigger picture thing! Big needs to pound some sense into him! >>142490651 Hey, it's that Sonic reaction image! >>142490664 Looks like Eggman let Burn Bot out again! >>142490727 >I like this version of you Sonknux confirmed yet again! >>142490751 Yeah, I'd have loved to have had him playable >>142490799 >that last panel Wew! >>142490809 REDACTED built it to withstand him and Big going at it. It's gotta be pretty soundproof >>142490822 >That Rotor in the last panel... So handsome!
>>142490913 >I wonder if she knows he's gay. I choose to believe she does, and was just complimenting him. Honestly, it's a lot of fun platonically flirting >>142490965 It's a nice distinction from the rest of the cast >>142491011 >your world Please understand, Silver's special needs and doesn't realize it's his world too >>142491041 More like Testicular the Torsion amirite? >>142491101 Rouge is just girl Sonic so she'd steal Sally
>>142491739 Really depends on if I get a say in the new personality >>142491820 So cute! >>142491936 He really is the worst Archie editor, and that's quite the competition >>142492006 Very nice >>142492199 Plap fucking plap! >>142492367 So cool! >>142492701 Yeah, it's never about who would actually win, but which winner would make the most interesting story >>142493018 They should've added more Guts Man to liven things up! >>142493707 lmao >>142493945 Yeah. Purple with silver or gold highlights would've been very stylish >>142495533 Nice! >>142495620 There's only 25 posts, and you can see the art on their other socials
>>142493403 I've never been able to look at Bunnie the same way after the whole "finally gets turned back to normal but voluntarily seeks to undergo legionization because she became useless as a result" aspect.
Feels like it invalidated almost all her growth as a character. Rotor got his Iron Man suit to address his problems, there's no reason Bunnie couldn't have gotten something similar without giving up her restored body. She didn't even try.
>>142491625 Honestly, Roll's idea of a museum is probably also bad, I wouldn't want my corpse displayed for people to gawk at. Plus they'd be broken out a week later by the next mad scientist.
>>142491671 Never read the Megaman series before, but I'm aware of Sigma as the evil robot guy from the future. Buy X seems pretty anti-robot, and I did hear the messianic savior guy Zero was made by Light. So is he trying to ensure Zero exists by sending his past self to Sigma and thus become anti-robot and make Zero? Or is Sigma using X instead of X manipulating Sigma into eventually creating the guy that will stop him?
>>142494998 >>142495209 Given how we've seen how Blues react to the stuff he sees, I get your points. >>142495415 >>142495815 >I've Made A Robot That Screams >Why >..... Like, I get Light is trying to push the field of robotics, but you can't help but feel bad for them.
>>142499477 Making robots is fine, and I wouldn't blame him for all the things his robots do But why make them feel pain, and have emotions when they're just meant to be a labor force? Not to mention he fails to protect his robots from things like the death date legislation when only causes more problems in the future. I'm not calling him evil, or even a bad person, but he had fuck ups of his own.
>>142490747 > Only here, Sonic knows when to give it a rest, because Twan is fully capable of stabbing him real good. Kek >>142490752 This, it so nice to see this friendlier banter with each other.
>>142496979 I mean , its not clear if she was going to do the exact same thing to her body. We might have had a different surprise when she showed up again.
>>142500140 Because he wanted to create life. And he did fight against the expiration date mandate, but one scientist doesn't have the power of an entire government.
I seriously hope everyone turns out for the threads for this event. These threads need to be filled out and shipped off to the Archive Zone so we can have another.
>finally got the remaining threads sorted out >counting today there's 14 threads left >including the unfinished stuff and the fan finished sonic universe story with sonic and antoine Two weeks, bros. Two more weeks. Then we shift into the Unofficial Archie Ride.
I legit haven't checked my usual list of fancomics in months. I expect some of them have several pages that haven't been posted either here or elsewhere. Maybe even some have come back from the dead.
>>142502009 Personally, I think taking a bit of break is something you should do. You've been trucking along storytiming for YEARS at this point. No harm once it's over to just chill to casually post about sonic on the other site especiallyif that board gets made hopefully
>>142502046 >spoiler They better hurry. We really are taking up the board and we're getting close to needing a new thread. Also, can't post any lengthy comics because of the image limit.
>only one issue of sonic boom after worlds unite >only three issues of mega man after worlds unite >two incomplete classic pandering arcs at the end >the last complete story is the chaotix one for sonic universe
>>142502245 Those are the good things. >>142502258 The Sonic Universe issue for Sonic Underground was cancelled and all that came out of it was that incomplete cover. ASO did their version of it and that's all there is to it.
>>142502633 Doesn't look very interesting to me, all it has going for it is the art desu. Feels like one of those 'just make it all ocs' type of comics.
