Mega Man Issue 15 (Archie Comics)


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Mega Man #15 is the fourth issue in the Mega Man comic book series by Archie Comics.

Publisher's Summary
'Spiritus ex Machina,' Part 3. Time is running out for Mega Man and his friends. A new twist catches both heroes and villains off-guard, and putting Dr. Light and everyone at the A.R.T.S. in mortal danger! Meanwhile, Dr. Wily's growing army in the Amazon discovers a certain red-and-grey robot!

Spiritus Ex Machina Part Three: Desperate Measures
Rock is busy "trapping" a few of the Emerald Spears to defeat them without breaking the first law of robotics, with the help of Rush, while Elec Man, Pharaoh Man, and Quake Woman are trying to disable the bombs and have defused all except a few. Meanwhile, Xander is threatening the doctors by telling them that he'll detonate the bombs, not caring that there are some people still inside. He explains that he resents Dr. Light the most, as it was one of his Robot Masters that maimed his left eye. Dr. Lalinde tries to stand up for him and say it wasn't his fault, but when Xander questions why she's so willing to stand up for him when she debated against giving robots free will, she explains that if they build a robot to do dangerous jobs, and those jobs take their toll, tools are lost and not 'sons and daughters'. (Based on an experience she had, where Quake Woman was badly damaged in an accident, presumably almost destroyed) It was at that moment that Dr. Light realized that Quake Woman seemed distant because Dr. Lalinde took away her personality.

Back at the Temple of the Moon, Dr. Wily is using Ra Moon to repair and reprogram Shadow Man, while Quick Man questions why he needs to repair "some ancient Robot Master" when he already has so many other robot designs. Shadow Man is successfully repaired and appears surprised that he's functioning, and at first thinks Dr. Wily is a threat and summons a Shadow Blade, ready to throw it. Wily is impressed by how quickly he responds. The Proximity Alarm goes off, meaning something has wandered into the EMP field. He sends Shadow Man, Quick Man, Magnet Man, and Flash Man to investigate, thinking it's a good time to test them out. Air Man questions why Wily is doing all this instead of rebuilding his lab, but Wily assures him that they can afford a little more prep time.

Roll and Kalinka are caught by one of the Emerald Spears, who thinks that the two are sisters (And that Roll is human) and leads them outside to safety without a fight. Once outside the convention center, Roll uses Kalinka's phone to contact Agent Krantz, sending her the video of Harvey they previously recorded to her and telling her about what's going on.

Needle Man emerges from Ra Moon, and is greeted by Dr. Wily, who asks him to help with some of the 'heavy lifting' around his lab. Needle Man seems a bit confused as how to do so, as he has no hands, and Crash Man (who has drills instead of hands) emphasizes with him. Quick Man returns with Shadow Man, Magnet Man, and Flash Man, and says that a Robot Master entered the EMP field. Wily is shocked and overjoyed to find that the Robot Master is in fact Blues, who is completely deactivated. At that moment, Ra Moon explains that Blues deactivated (His power core still intact) because his EMP field deactivates any machinery that isn't of his making. He also says that his mentioned EMP field can be extended with enough time and power. Dr. Wily is fascinated knowing that, but decides to focus on fixing Blues.

Back at the convention, Xander detonates the bombs, but at first, none of them explode. When he sees why, he finds almost all of them had been disabled. Enraged, he orders his men to attack all of the robots in the convention. At first, Megaman can't fight back, but then the Spears begin shooting at people, endangering lives, he, Pharaoh Man, Quake Woman, and Elec Man start to fight them head-on. He lets them know, and soon, they're all fighting back. Xander, even more enraged, shows the doctors how their robots are attacking the Emerald Spears, but Dr. Light retaliates by explaining that his men were the ones endangering lives and that Megaman and the others are trying to save them. Unwilling to give up, he detonates the few bombs that are left.

Roll and Kalinka are still talking to Agent Krantz about what's happening, then they see the explosion as they're hiding behind a car. Inside, near where the bombs were set off, Mega Man and the others are near the lecture hall, which has caved in, the doctors and many people still trapped inside.

Short Circuits: Pharaoh Man's sarcophagus is mixed up in delivery.