Tag: The Blue Ink

“Bring me chopper backup!” -Commander Feral, The S.W.A.T. Kats —————————————- How many robots does it take to do a full frontal assault on a heavily fortified Skull Castle? Answer: How many do you have? In Dr. Light’s case, he has a full playset with Elec Man and the Sunshine Seven. Fresh to the force are […]

“Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.” -William Shakespeare, Othello ————————————— Wood Man, Bubble Man, Heat Man and Crash Man have all fallen to the rampaging one-life run of Mega Man… no bathroom breaks between levels. The Blue Bomber has taken his share of dings, cuts, scrapes, and scouring, but he continues on like […]

“Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.” –Chuck Norris (Popularly attributed) —————————————- When it comes to anger and fury, there are plenty of things to keep in mind: Let the Wookie win. Don’t tug on Superman’s cape. Do not call Buford Tannen “Mad Dog.” Do not mention Mufasa’s name […]

“The secret of success is never believing you are successful.” –Jeffrey Archer —————————————-———- Dr. Wily has fled to lick his wounds, and there has been a period of prolonged peace. Perhaps even six months of it. Half a year of tranquility tends to alter a person’s perceptions when they’ve known nothing but combat, and so […]

by Erico “Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.” –Sun Tzu, The Art of War ——————————– And why is Dr. Light a boy scout? Because he was prepared. More on that as the plot develops. Now, then. When we left off in Issue 7, Mega Man was staring down the […]

By Erico Having come face to face with CWU-01P, Mega Man and his two companions must now put an end to it. It’s a simple-minded thing; it doesn’t understand that the first Robot Rebellion is over. It only knows what it’s programmed to know: Protect the poop chutes, and intruder alert. In this situation, the […]

by Erico “The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.” -General George Patton — Ooh, look on the cover! It’s that thing! That Mega-Thing! Oh, and also that floating robot in a bubble! CWU-01P! Looks like the Archie team found a way to include this missing fortress guardian in after […]

by Erico “Oh, what times are these! What morals!” -Cicero —————————————- “The last Metroid is in captivity. The galaxy is at peace…” Dr. Wily’s bid for world domination has been stopped, as the wiry old roboticist has been put in chains and stowed in a dark jail cell to rot. The Robot Masters he hijacked […]

by Erico “One of the biggest roles of science fiction is to prepare people to accept the future without pain and to encourage a flexibility of mind.” —Arthur C. Clarke —————————————- Mega Man has plowed through six robots that were his friends. He has achieved greatness and accepted their powers as his own. He’s relaxed […]

Issue3Cover by Erico Three down and three to go. At the start of Issue Three, Rock is teleported into Elec Man’s domain without fanfare or applause. There’s work to be done, and the Blue Bomber is all business. Of course, Elec Man isn’t exactly sitting on his laurels; tapping into the controls of his facility, […]

by Erico “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” –The Tao Te Ching by Laozi And so it was that Mega Man set out to defeat six reprogrammed Robot Masters, save the world, and put an end to the schemes of the nefarious mustachioed villain Dr. Wily… But the question was, […]

by Erico Editor’s Note: Yeah, this may seem a little late in coming, but better late than never, and hopefully we’ll be able to catch up with the series before too long. — For years, the Mega Man fan community has been the strong and stalwart bastion of fandom within video game fandoms, setting the […]