History ComicBook / MegaManArchieComics

A ComicBook series based on the ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' series, produced by Creator/ArchieComics and written by Creator/IanFlynn, writer of ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''. 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''. 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.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Referenced, Dr. Wily sarcastically suggests that "'''Light'''" makes "'''Right'''".

* CripplingOverspecialization: Crash Man has drills instead of hands, Needle Man has guns in place of his hands and Spark Man has spikes in place of arms. The problems of this quickly become apparent. [[spoiler:Crash Man and Magnet Man even bring up this trope as their motivation for being shut down following Wily's supposed death.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Crash Man has drills instead of hands, Needle Man has guns in place of his hands and Spark Man has spikes in place of arms. The problems of this quickly become apparent. [[spoiler:Crash Man and Magnet Man even bring up this trope as their motivation for being shut down following Wily's supposed death.]]
* CrocodileTears: Wily pulled these after the second-generation Wily Numbers stole the energy crystals needed for Gamma.

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

* BeachEpisode: Issue 19, in that it takes place on a beach. It starts off as usual, but then a storm blows in and a shipwreck happens...

** Concrete Man appears in issue #17, and Splash Woman in #19. It's justified in that the VideoGame/MegaMan9 Robot Masters have to be around early enough to warrant their decommissioning later.

* {{Egopolis}}: A subversion in that when the city is renamed Mega City in honor of Mega Man, it isn't his idea. In fact, he's rather embarrassed by the whole proceeding.

** Issue 54 introduces [[http://i.imgur.com/lRWipjO.png Vesper Woman]], a bee robot made because they couldn't use the scrapped RM [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-glOCtbpHvpI/UM_XqpcHHCI/AAAAAAAAMf0/TTejKEKH-gc/s1600/hornet1.jpg Honey Woman's]] design.

*** His third one triggers when half of the Wily Robot Masters [[RedemtionRejection decided to]] [[DyingAsYourself go offline to preserve their identities]].

** 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.

* NotMeThisTime: Played with. When Mega Man and the other Light robots saw Wily's Robot Masters, they assumed that he was behind the black-out. They are right in that Wily did wanted to cause a black-out, but much more limited and not one that would wipe out humanity.

* SuperNotDrowningSkills: {{Justified|Trope}} in that, as robots, they don't need to breathe, even if they can't swim. It's highly likely their 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.

* YouCantThwartStageOne: [[JustifiedTrope Completely justified]] in that the heroes don't learn about most of the evil plots until stage one is already ''complete''.

* AfraidOfNeedles: Needle Man, ironically enough. {{Justified}} in that almost all of the ''Mega Man 3'' Robot Masters are weak to their own weapon.

* AntiHero: Blues. He has a good heart and does want to do the right thing, but his issues with Dr. Light leads him to make terrible decisions like attacking his own brother on his birthday. Not to mention he does not know how bad Wily is until the fourth issue, where after Wily instructs that Blues kidnaps Kalinka, Blues [[EveryoneHasStandards just loses it]].

* ShipSinking: Thankfully, neither Mega Man nor Quake Woman want an intimate relationship, as they're both uncomfortable with the idea (especially given that the former is physically and mentally 10 years-old).

* OutOfFocus: Of the original eight Light Masters, Fire Man had the least amount of page time and dialogue, and never had a major focus.

* AfraidOfNeedles: Needle Man, ironically enough. {{Justified}} in that almost all of the ''Mega Man 3'' Robot Masters are weak to their own weapon.[[note]]This is probably more a quirk of the game's ObviousBeta status.[[/note]]

* BagOfSpilling: Justified. After his power corruption in issue #3, Mega Man avoids holding onto weapons longer than needed to prevent it happening again.

** The series as a whole ends on [[VideoGame/MegaMan4 Dr. Cossack's announcement for world domination and Kalinka's kidnapping]] and Dr. Wily already putting his future evil plans into motion including getting started on [[VideoGame/MegaMan5 his next wave of Robot Masters]], but this is counterbalanced by Break Man finally resolving to oppose Dr. Wily (right after being blackmailed by him to perform said kidnapping) and becoming Proto Man, Rock suiting up ([[TenMinuteRetirement again]]) to oppose Cossack, and in accordance with the game canon, the ForegoneConclusion that Mega Man will bring peace to the world once and forever more.

** Some of the Robot Masters redirect their lives to helping others: Air Man predicts the weather, Bubble Man studies nature, Hard Man levels the land with his weight, Heat Man helps Fire Man with waste disposal, Spark Man and Magnet Man generate power, Wood Man protects a town park, Snake Man and his Search Snake minions survey the land, etc. Quick Man and Shadow Man are exceptions, though: Quick Man tries to preserve his character via [[DyingAsYourself decommission]] and brings Top Man down with him, while Shadow Man continues serving Wily.

*** His third one triggers when Quick Man [[RedemtionRejection decided to]] [[DyingAsYourself go offline to preserve his identity]] and takes Top Man down with him.

* RedemptionRejection: Quick Man decides to be [[DyingAsYourself decomissioned]] rather than be given a new purpose like his brothers. This is because he fears that it would kill off what makes him Quick Man. Even worse, he takes down Top Man with him.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Dr. La Linde gives one to Blues during his tirade against Doctor Light for replacing him with Rock and Roll.
--> '''La Linde''': Blues, did you stop to consider that he built a brother and sister '''for''' you? So that when you came home, as he always hoped you would, you'd never be alone again?

* ArtShift[=/=]OffModel: Happens when Chad Thomas or Ryan Jampole (to a lesser extent) pen the artwork, as their art styles are noticeably different from Spaz's, Bates's and Hill's in some ways.

** ShipSinking: Thankfully, neither Mega Man nor Quake Woman want an intimate relationship, as they're both uncomfortable with the idea (especially given that the former is physically and mentally 10 years-old).

* SceneryCensor: In issue 17, Proto Man's AnimeHair conveniently censors Michelangelo's ''The Creation of Adam'' when he and Dr. Light are in the art museum.

* {{Robot Master}}s: [[NamesTheSame No, not those.]] In addition to Dr. Light and Dr. Wily, who are arguably two of the most well known examples of this trope ever, there's enough people who fit this description for them to have their own ''convention''. It's effectively an entire world ''full'' of Robot Masters! [[note]]And we still don't mean the mechanical ones![[/note]]

* SmugSnake: For all of Wily's brilliance, he can fall into this. Most notable during the end of the ''Mega Man 2'' arc and the Ra Moon story arc.

** The series as a whole ends on [[VideoGame/MegaMan4 Dr. Cossack's announcement for world domination and Kalinka's kidnapping]] and Dr. Wily already putting his future evil plans into motion including getting started on [[VideoGame/MegaMan5 his next wave of Robot Masters]], but this is counterbalanced by Break Man finally resolving to oppose Dr. Wily (right after being blackmailed by him to perform said kidnapping) and becoming Proto Man, Mega Man suiting up ([[TenMinuteRetirement again]]) to oppose Cossack, and in accordance with the game canon, the ForegoneConclusion that Mega Man will bring peace to the world once and forever more.

** The series as a whole ends on [[VideoGame/MegaMan4 Dr. Cossack's announcement for world domination and Kalinka's kidnapping]] and Dr. Wily already putting his future evil plans into motion including getting started on [[VideoGame/MegaMan5 his next wave of Robot Masters]], but this is counterbalanced by Break Man finally resolving to oppose Dr. Wily (right after being blackmailed by him to perform said kidnapping) and becoming Proto Man, Mega Man suiting up ([[10MinuteRetirement again]]) to oppose Cossack, and in accordance with the game canon, the ForegoneConclusion that Mega Man will bring peace to the world once and forever more.

* ExponentialPlotDelay: The arcs of the first and second games happen almost one after another, with only two short interludes in between. Meanwhile, a significant amount of time passes before even the backstory of the third game takes place. In addition, the robot masters in the first and second games take two/three issues, while the third game uses four issues to go through the Robot Masters.

--> '''Breakman''': ''Then what does that make me?!''