Archie Mega Man Issue 50

Archie Mega Man Issue 50 is the fiftieth issue in the Mega Man comic series. It is the fourth part of the Sonic & Mega Man: Worlds Collide crossover event.

Official solicitation

 * Celebrate 50 issues of Mega Man with the latest chapter in the globe-smashing SONIC/MEGA MAN crossover event! "Worlds Unite" Part Four: Act One comes to its mind-blowing conclusion! Sigma’s plan reaches its first stage, and the worlds of Sonic and Mega Man have fused! It’s definitely going to take more than one hero to stop the threat from the future—maybe even ten!  Sonic, Mega Man, X, Sticks, the Freedom Fighters, Robot Masters and Maverick Hunters—UNITE!  PLUS: Stick around for a special bonus anniversary story as Mega Man and X meet for the first time!  Featuring a wrap-around cover from the legendary Patrick "SPAZ" Spaziante! PLUS 5 variant covers from Edwin Huang, Irvin Rodriguez, Patrick Thomas Parnell, Roger & Idalia Robinson and part 4 of the epic 12-part connecting variant cover series by artist Ben Bates!

Summary
As the Unity Engines provide power to the Master Engine, Sigma-1 is invigorated by the energies of Sonic's World and Mega Man's World being fed into his body. Dr. Wily becomes anxious, but Dr. Eggman reminds him that their "real plan" has yet to begin. Ignorant of their plotting, Sigma relishes the prospect of controlling not only the Genesis Portals, but all of reality. Meanwhile, as their planets begin merging, the corrupted Mega Man and Sonic-still in the forms of M'egga Man and Sonic Man-begin attacking each other as the secondary programming installed by Eggman and Wily takes effect. While they clash, their battle is noticed by the New Freedom Fighters and Wily Robot Masters, who recognize the transformed heroes. The two groups then register each other's presence, but are prevented from fighting by the cautious thinking of Sally and Break Man. As the two worlds begin fusing together, the effects become dangerous to the inhabitants, and Sally orders her teammates to protect civilians.

Characters

 * Comedy Chimp
 * Dr. Albert W. Wily
 * Dr. Eggman
 * Dr. Thomas Light
 * Gemerl
 * Fastidious Beaver
 * New Freedom Fighters
 * Amy Rose
 * Antoine D'Coolette
 * Bunnie D'Coolette
 * Sally Acorn
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Robot Masters
 * Light Robot Masters
 * Break Man
 * Wily Robot Masters
 * Bubble Man
 * Flash Man
 * Hard Man
 * Snake Man
 * Spark Man
 * Reploid
 * Maverick
 * Sigma
 * Maverick Hunters
 * Axl
 * Mega Man X
 * Zero
 * Roboticized Masters
 * M'egga Man
 * Sonic Man
 * Sticks the Badger

Continuity

 * Sonic Man and M'egga Man engage in battle due to Drs. Eggman and Wily's programming, which started in Sonic the Hedgehog #273, "Worlds Collide Part Three: Clash of the Corrupted".
 * The merging of the Prime Zone and Mega Man's World nears completion, which began in Sonic the Hedgehog #273, "Worlds Collide Part Three: Clash of the Corrupted".
 * The New Freedom Fighters and Robot Masters recover from the beating they received in Sonic the Hedgehog #273, "Worlds Collide Part Three: Clash of the Corrupted".
 * Sonic Man and M'egga Man manage to return each other to normal, after having been roboticized since Sonic Boom #8, "Worlds Unite Part Two: Broken Heroes."
 * Realizing that Drs. Eggman and Wily had tricked him, Sigma sends Zeena, Zomom and Master Zik after them.
 * Team Dark is killed by a merging of a G.U.N. aircraft and a government building.
 * Sonic tells about the events of Worlds Collide to the inhabitants of Mega Man's World.
 * Sigma begins resurrecting his toughest Mavericks to form an army.

Trivia

 * The first variant cover is a homage to the front cover of The Avengers #4.
 * This is the second milestone issue in the Mega Man comic series, as well as the second to be the fourth part in a crossover with the Sonic comics.
 * This is the third Archie Sonic publication to feature a wraparound cover, and the third (outside of the Sonic Super Special series) to be a 48-page issue.
 * The fact that this issue has five variant covers is likely a nod to the issue number 50.
 * Interestingly, variant covers 2 through 4 make no reference to Worlds Unite in any way. Additionally, no characters from the Sonic universe appear on said covers. The fifth variant cover is part of a set.
 * Variant 6 was available exclusively at San Diego Comic Con 2015.
 * Ian Flynn has confirmed that the deaths of Team Dark are temporary (as Sega would never let them be killed permanently) and was done as a way to raise the stakes and make the fight personal without falling back on the loss of the world.