E-101 Beta (Archie)

E-101 Beta is a character who appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. It is the second unit in the E-100 Series robotic group created by Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik. In the Post-Super Genesis Wave timeline, E-101 Beta was one of the first E-100 Series robots created, specifically during the time of when Eggman harnessed the power of Chaos.

In the Pre-Super Genesis Wave timeline, his role remains similar to his new world-counterpart, albeit with some minor changes.

Pre-Super Genesis Wave
Created in the year 3235 by Dr. Eggman inside the Egg Carrier, E-101 Beta was the second unit of the E-100 Series. Along with three of his "brothers"–E-102 Gamma, E-103 Delta, and E-104 Epsilon–Beta was assigned to a competition to see which E-100 Series robot can retrieve Froggy (the entity that contained the "tail" of Chaos). However, Beta did not accomplish the mission, bringing in a regular lizard. It was Gamma, however, that brought Froggy and won the contest. Eggman then sent the other E-100 Series robots away from his sight.

Sometime later, at least after Gamma had betrayed the Eggman Empire, Beta was remodeled into E-101 Mark II and was assigned to destroy the traitor. However, Beta was destroyed during combat.

Post-Super Genesis Wave
Although hardly anything is known about E-101 Beta in the Post-Super Genesis Wave timeline, it is assumed that Beta did indeed exist within the timeline and was eventually destroyed by E-102 Gamma, if the events of Sonic Adventure remain true to the timeline.

Powers and Abilities
Because not much is known about E-101 Beta in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series, E-101 Beta's arsenal has not been fully shown. However, it does have a Jet Booster, allowing it to fly in the air, along with a twin missile cannon on its left arm. Note that this information only applies to the Pre-Super Genesis Wave timeline, as the Post-Super Genesis Wave timeline incarnation of E-101 Beta has not been fully shown yet.

E-101 Mark II
Like its video game counterpart, E-101 Beta received a remodeled version of itself specifically assigned to destroy the traitorous E-102 Gamma. However, it was easily destroyed by

Trivia

 * E-101 Beta received the worst incarnation treatment of the E-100 Series during the Sonic Adventure adaption in the Pre-Super Genesis Wave timeline, as it was colored wrong (purple instead of black, like his video game counterpart, but, interestingly, it replaced E-105 Zeta in terms of color design) and was given the incorrect model type (one twin missile cannon rather than two).
 * Thankfully, its E-101 Mark II incarnation model was slightly spot-on with the video game counterpart.