Archie Sonic Boom Issue 10

Archie Sonic Boom Issue 10 is the tenth issue in the Sonic Boom comic series published by Archie Comics. It is the tenth part of the "Worlds Unite" crossover.

Official solicitation

 * The SONIC/MEGA MAN Crossover event explodes beyond the worlds of just our two blue heroes! "Worlds Unite" Part Ten: Sonic, Mega Man, X and Sticks continue to rally heroes from across the wide expanse of the SEGA and Capcom universes! Who will be brave and join the unified assaulted against Sigma? PLUS with all of the heroes busy, who’s keeping an eye on the malicious Xander Payne and Evil BFFs Drs. Eggman and Wily? The villains MUST be plotting something now—but what? Featuring the worlds of VIEWTIFUL JOE, GOLDEN AXE, BREATH OF FIRE, PANZER DRAGOON, BILLY HATCHER, MONSTER HUNTER and more! Plus cover art from the legendary Patrick "SPAZ" Spaziante, and variant cover art from Reilly Brown and part 10 of the epic 12-part connecting variant cover series by artist Ben Bates!

Worlds Unite Part Ten: Justice Across Worlds

 * Writer: Ian Flynn
 * Pencils: Tyson Hesse
 * Inks: Jim Amash
 * Colors: Matt Herms
 * Letters: Jack Morelli
 * Assistant Editor: Jonathan H. Gray
 * Editor: Vincent Lovallo
 * Editor-in-chief: Victor Gorelick
 * President: Mike Pellerito
 * Publisher: Jon Goldwater
 * Special Thanks to: Stacy-Arnold Strider, Sandra Ro, Mai Kiyotaki, Patrick Riley and to the Character Business and Licensing Department of SEGA Corporation.
 * Special Thanks to: Francis Mao, Noriko Matsunaga, Susan Suarez and Hiromi Iwasaki at Capcom media & Consumer products.

Synopsis
Sticks the Badger and Mega Man X have arrived at the Ancestral Steep at the world of Monster Hunter from the Genesis Portal on their air transport, with Sticks riding on top of X's shoulders. Sticks then comments that a scarf would look good on X, with X commenting that he will take that into consideration, but that they first need to track down the Mavericks with the Unity Engine. Sticks then asks if some people nearby were them, with X confirming it. X then recognizes the Mavericks as being the X-Hunters and expressed shock and disbelief that Sigma had to resurrect them as well before yelling at the X-Hunters' helpers, the Lynian hunters Felyne and Palico (who were dressed up as both Sonic and Mega Man), to get out of there, with Sticks telling them to shoo after confirming what X said. Agile then told X that he was not specific when checking their credentials as they were indeed hunters, as the two cat hunters brace themselves.

Meanwhile, Amy Rose and Mega Man (the former riding on an Extreme Gear and the latter riding on Rush) arrived at Morning Land's Forest Village via a Genesis Portal in the world of Billy Hatcher, with Mega Man noting that the world is pristine before mentioning they have to stop the Mavericks. Amy then mentions she heard a battle nearby, with Mega Man stating that if the Mavericks activate the Unity Engine, all of the life will be destroyed in this world. Meanwhile, Billy Hatcher and his friends Rolly Roll, Chick Poacher, and Bantam Scrambled are using their egg powers to overwhelm the Maverick Wind Crowrang. The crow-like Maverick expresses shock at being beaten by an egg and struggles to get up, with Billy Hatcher stating they have had experience dealing with crows before finishing him off, though he expresses disappointment when seeing that he didn't get fruit as a result, due to beating crow-like monsters usually yielding fruit.

Meanwhile, Rotor and Bubble Man are fighting against Burn Dinorex at the Drowned Ruins on the world of Panzer Dragoon. Bubble Man is dodging Burn Dinorex's attacks, with Bubble Man being terrified at the future robots being scary. Rotor then proceeds to dive underwater, although not before telling Bubble Man to distract the maverick while he gets into position. Bubble Man then uses Bubble Lead on Burn Dinorex while yelling that he is the weapon here so he should not be told what to do. Rotor then swims at a rate that causes a swirling trail to appear on his lower half. He then emerges and uses Drill Rush on Burn Dinorex. Burn Dinorex then notices that Gigavolt left him behind and denounced him as a coward at labored breaths, but nonetheless manages to activate the Unity Engine, to Rotor's horror.

Meanwhile, at the lost shore of the steel grave at the world of Breath of Fire III, Hard Man and Big the Cat are traversing the area. While this is going on, the last of the Dragon Brood Ryu and the holy warrior guardian Garr are fighting against Toxic Seahorse and Spiral Pegasus, and the princess of wyndia Nina, the engineer Mono, and the chrism-powered robot Honey are close to the Unity Engine. Momo is distracted with analyzing the Unity Engine, noting that it was definitely recent and shows no sign of wear, while Nina is attempting to warn the distracted engineer that Spiral Pegasus is headed in their direction. Momo then, after apologizing, proceeded to use the Cyclone Spell with Nina at Spiral Pegasus.

Meanwhile, at Yurian Forest at the world of Golden Axe, Shadow Man and Antoine D'Coolette are at the location, with Antoine telling Shadow Man to follow his lead as he has more experience of the inter-dimensional travelling, albeit only due to his listening to Sonic's stories, much to Shadow Man's disbelief. Antoine then gets startled when he sees the dwarven warrior Gilius Thunderhead fending off Gareth's Lion, eventually decapitating it in a single blow after flipping it onto its back, with Shadow Man expressing interest and Antoine grimacing at the brutal attack. Gilius then sees Shadow Man and Antoine and believes them to be Death Adder's minions and notes they are getting stranger by the second. Antoine then tells him in a panicked manner that they aren't minions and in fact they came to help him. Gilius then puts away his axe and tells them that if that's the case they should hurry up as they're about done here.

Appearances

 * Bantam Scrambled
 * Billy Hatcher
 * Chick Poacher
 * Garr
 * Gilius Thunderhead
 * Honey
 * Lynian
 * Melynx
 * Felyne
 * Maverick
 * Agile
 * Burn Dinorex
 * Spiral Pegasus
 * Toxic Seahorse
 * Wind Crowrang
 * Mono
 * Nina
 * Rolly Roll
 * Ryu
 * Unified Army
 * Maverick Hunters
 * Mega Man X
 * New Freedom Fighters
 * Antoine D'Coolette
 * Amy Rose
 * Big the Cat
 * Rotor the Walrus
 * Robot Masters
 * Light Robot Masters
 * Mega Man
 * Wily Robot Masters
 * Bubble Man
 * Hard Man
 * Shadow Man
 * Rush
 * Sticks the Badger

Continuity

 * The Unified Army continues their search for allies across the Multiverse which they began in Mega Man #51, "Worlds Unite! Part Eight: Holes in Reality".
 * Sigma's Army continues planting Unity Engines which Sigma sent them out to do in Mega Man #51, "Worlds Unite! Part Eight: Holes in Reality".
 * The Unified Army travels to the following worlds and stop their Unity Engines while recruiting the following individuals for the battle against Sigma:
 * Gore Magala of the world of Monster Hunter.
 * Billy Hatcher, Rolly Roll, Chick Poacher and Bantam Scrambled of the world of Billy Hatcher.
 * Keil Fluge and Blue Dragon of the world of Panzar Dragoon.
 * Ryu, Nina, Momo, Honey, Garr, Rei and Peco of the world of Breath of Fire III.
 * of the world of Golden Axe.
 * Viewtiful Joe and Sexy Silvia of the world of Viewtiful Joe.
 * Sigma destroys the Sky Patrol after starting his attack in Sonic Universe #78, "Worlds Unite Part Nine: Infinite Possibilities".
 * Metal Sonic arrives with the final Chaos Emerald after Eggman called for it in Mega Man #51, "Worlds Unite! Part Eight: Holes in Reality".
 * Sonic tells Nicole to round up the Unified Army for the final battle in Sonic the Hedgehog #275.

Trivia

 * Sticks saying that a scarf will fit X is not a nod to her version of Sonic, but rather a reference to  Mega Man X: Command Mission, where he gains an energy scarf that shows up when he runs.
 * The Felyne and Pelico wear the Sonic and Mega Man DLC skins for Monster Hunter 4.
 * Wind Crowrang's battle with the team from Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg is an obvious nod to the plot of the game, in which Billy and his chicken-suit wearing friends engage the villainous Crows.

Trivia

 * The main cover is similar to the cover of Sonic the Hedgehog #161. This might have been done as a reference to Scourge the Hedgehog as both Sticks and Scourge are from a different universe.
 * Another reference the main cover makes is that it is almost identical to Sonic Universe #78 (or the previous part of "Worlds Unite"). This is most likely done intentionally to showcase more SEGA and Capcom characters that appear in the crossover.