Archie Sonic Universe Issue 53

Archie Sonic Universe Issue 53 is the fiftieth-third issue of the spin-off Sonic Universe comic book series published by Archie Comics. It is the eight part of the Sonic & Mega Man: Worlds Collide crossover event.

Official Solicitation
"When Worlds Collide": Part Eight of Twelve - The hunt for the Roboticized Masters comes to its explosive end! As the gripping second act of the Sonic/Mega Man crossover event comes to a close, Proto Man and the Chaotix make a crucial discovery in the battle to restore BOTH worlds! The tension is fraying the bromance of Drs. Eggman and Wily! Bass and Metal Sonic prepare to lead an army-but an army of what? Featuring new cover art from Sonic/Mega Man art legend Patrick Spaziante, and a special "E.F.F. (aka Evil Friends Forever) Variant" featuring Dr.'s Eggman and Wily gaming on their EGGSbox!

When Worlds Collide Part 8: Liberation
This issue begins with Eggman and Wily trying to keep each other calm despite having only two Roboticized Masters left. This is also where we begin to see the two doctors start to turn on each other as each of them are secretly plotting to abandon the other if all else fails. As they walk away, we see Orbot and Cubot constructing a hybrid of the Sonic 2 Death Egg Robot and Wily Machine 9.

Meanwhile, our main heroes continue traversing through the Skull Egg Zone walking down the Sonic 2 Special Stage halfpipe surrounded by Chemical Plant Zone's Mega Muck before jumping off into a sandy desert area. Knuckles Man and Rose Woman teleport in and another fight begins. Both bots announce that they are about to self destruct giving the Blue Duo only a few minutes to deroboticize them. After they're deroboticized, Sonic teases Knuckles for getting tricked again and Amy glomps Sonic as usual.

Mega Man receives a communication from Proto Man finding out that they found the Wily Egg in a loading dock surrounded by mountains shaped like the doctors. The Chaotix are shown trying to guess the password for the computer system. Sonic sends Tails and Knuckles over to help them and Mega Man and Rush to get Silver and Blaze. Sonic and Amy head off to find Shadow.

Back in the Wily Egg, Rouge has been found releasing the Chaos Devil. The monster doesn't know friend from foe and Metal Sonic and Bass are no match for it. It takes Eggman commanding it like a dog to make it stop. Eggman sends Rouge to be roboticized as an army of Robot Masters stand by waiting for orders. The issue ends with Duo finally showing up at Light Labs.

Off-Panel
Dr. Wily asks Dr. Eggman what happened to Tikal when they released Chaos. Eggman says she is completely useless and couldn't harm anyone. Tikal is then shown counseling Yellow Devil in a cell.

Trivia

 * The EGGSbox on the variant cover is a clear parody of the Xbox.
 * Many of the toys in the background on the variant cover are creations built Dr. Eggman and Dr. Wily, such as the Wily Castle from Mega Man 3, Bass, a Motobug, a Buzzbomber, the Egg Emperor, and the Death Egg Robot.
 * The "Chaos Devil" is a combination of Chaos and the Yellow Devil from Mega Man, cleared by Perfect Chaos's voice from when you defeat him in Sonic Generations in the trailer.
 * While tracking down Rouge within the base, Bass mentions that she is in Lab S-A2. This could be a reference to Sonic Adventure 2, the game that Rouge debuted in.
 * When the heroes split up, Sonic says that he will go with Amy because she can find hedgehogs when she thinks they are him. And in the journey to find Shadow, they talk about how Amy confuse Sonic with him. These are references to Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), because in both, Amy confuses Shadow and Silver with Sonic.
 * Sonic makes fun of Knuckles, calling him "tougher than leather". This is most likely a reference to Knuckles' theme song in Sonic Adventure: "Unknown from M.E."