Mega Man (Archie)

This article is about Mega Man's appearance in the Archie Comics Mega Man comic series.

Creation and Modification
Built as Rock, the second Robot Master in the original series created by Dr. Light, the robot who would become known as Mega Man possessed no special abilities initially, and was regarded-along with his "older brother" Blues and his "younger sister" Roll-as one of Thomas Light's children. Rock and his sister enjoyed a peaceful life with their creator until his former partner, Dr. Albert W. Wily, stole the rest of the initial line of Robot Masters and reprogrammed them to serve his evil designs. With no other defense against the evil Robot Masters present, Rock pleaded with Dr. Light to upgrade him with combat capabilities. Light did so with reluctance, equipping Mega Man with a Copy Chip so that he could copy other Robot Masters' abilities, and giving him the Mega Buster as his primary weapon. It was from this weapon that Rock took his heroic name, Mega Man.

Despite his sacrifice, Mega Man entered the battlefield nervously, and found himself dealing with enemies like Fleas and Sniper Joes. He then encountered and defeated the first Robot Master, Bomb Man, and copied his Hyper Bomb weapon for use against the others. Despite another victory against Guts Man, Mega Man felt guilty about his new role, having been created to help others, not to cause harm. However, bolstered by Roll's words of encouragement and the viewpoint that his actions were helping protect others, he went on to defeat Cut Man. Unfortunately, he became fairly aggressive in battling Elec Man, Ice Man, and Fire Man, and even lashed out when Dr. Light teleported him home to upgrade him with yet another weapon. After witnessing Roll running away in tears, Mega Man came to his senses and asked Dr. Light to remove all his weapons when the fight against Dr. Wily was over, feeling that he had become just as evil. Dr. Light encourages him, helping him realize that he has emotions that are strained under the burden he is carrying. After being equipped with the Magnet Beam, Mega Man is then dispatched to Wily Castle to confront the evil doctor.

In the castle, Mega Man is forced to contend with the monstrous Yellow Devil before being confronted by the Robot Masters, whom Wily recovered after their defeats. Fortunately, he is able to trick the group into fighting amongst themselves before finding himself faced by an evil replica: the Copy Robot. The duplicate possesses all of the Robot Master weapons as well, but Mega Man discovers that it lacks his Magnet Beam. To his surprise, the Robot Masters then attack and destroy the Copy Robot, thus fulfilling their orders to destroy "Mega Man." The Blue Bomber then challenges Wily himself in a battle vehicle, and successfully defeats the scientist. Mega Man and the Robot Masters return home to Light Labs, trusting that the battle is finally over since Wily has been captured.