Tag: Comic

When we saw the solicitation for Archie’s Mega Man #5, we learned a little more of what we could expect from the comic outside the confines of the games’ stories. Today, we have not one, but two new covers to share with you. Well, sort of. The first is the cover for issue #6, which […]

Hitoshi Ariga has formally announced his revamped edition of Rockman Maniax, which is set to release in Japan on July 11th. The cover features a Comic Bombom style arrangement in honor of the original publication where Rockman Maniax appeared. Announced contents include: Colored pages, including content from 10 year anniversary encyclopedia Rockman Maniax special edition […]

Have you managed to get your hands on Mega Man #1 from Archie yet? If so, we hope you’re enjoying it. Following the opening of the first issue, some people have expressed concerns about a slower pace. But today, you need not worry: business is about to pick up. You can check it out for […]

Mega Man Gigamix is a whole new series from famed manga artist and writer Hitoshi Ariga. Whereas the original Mega Man Megamix was done in Japan years ago, Mega Man Gigamix is much more recent. We fans can be thankful for not having to wait nearly as long this time! The following review is written […]

Rejoice Ariga fans, your first big helping of Mega Man Gigamix comes tomorrow! Via a notice from UDON’s Matt Moylan, that’s when you can expect the manga to hit stores. Online orders ought to be forthcoming soon after. We’ve gotten numerous tips over the past couple months concerning how much Gigamix vol. 1’s release date […]

The first issue of Archie’s new Mega Man comic has only just come out, and yet we now have a preview of what’s to come after the inaugural story arc “Let the Games Begin!” Two new covers have been revealed, apparently continuing the “Villain Variant” theme introduced with Mega Man #2. This variant will be […]

It has been a little while since we put the call out to you for your questions for the Archie Comics creative staff behind the new Mega Man comic. The folks there have been working at a feverish pace to get the book going, and as some of you have already seen, the effort appears […]

Delays, delays, delays… always with the delays. We received word from reader Tony Ponce earlier (who, we should add, has a neat article about Dr. Wily, which you can read up on here) that Amazon has apparently sent notices out to its customers that Hitoshi Ariga’s Mega Man Gigamix manga, published by UDON Entertainment, has […]

Just a quick note for those of you who are getting the first issue of Mega Man from Archie… The original solicitation for the book stated that the comic was to arrive at comic shops today, May 4th. And following that, a number of stories on this site (including last week’s “Countdown” features) followed that […]

Our final stop on our trip back through Mega Man‘s adventures into the North American mainstream comes not from the United States, but Canada, and a small comic book company once known as Dreamwave. Though Archie’s first issue of Mega Man will be available in comic shops next week, this will not be the first […]

Following the posting of the preview pages for Mega Man #1 earlier, MMN reader Lamarfll pointed out that Comic Book Resources has an interesting animated trailer for the book, which you can see below, or find here. As promotion for a comic book, this is kind of neat– to say nothing of unexpected. No telling […]

While our countdown doesn’t end until tonight and the first issue doesn’t come out until next week, we have the preview pages for Archie’s Mega Man comic right here, right now. It feels like it has taken forever to get here, since the announcement at the New York Comic-Con in October of last year. It […]