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IN THE VEflR 20XX, A SUPER ROBOT NAMED MEGA MAN HAS PLEDGED TO STOPTHE EVIL DESIRES OF DR.HILV AND PROTECT THE HORLD. MEGA MAN NON FIGHTS

ALONGSIDE HIS FELLOW ROBOT MASTERS TO DEFEAT THE FORCES OF EVIL!

Thanks to the robotic know-how of both Drs. Light and

Wily, Mega Man was re-built and revived. While Dr.

Wily helped save the Blue Bomber, his criminal record

—-— 1 overshadows his good deeds and was^breaking. ,, ,'W'ewsi taken off to be monitored by the police.

TaA.aSit Mega Man, who stands for what is right in all

aspects, wishes to clear Dr. Wily's name of the

fsl .w • Blackout catastrophe. Rock now leads a researchi " team back to the Landfront Ruins seeking the truth

behind Dr. Wily and his connections with Ra Moon. Mega Man barely madeit out of the ruins on his last adventure,

and although Ra Moon is destroyed,

the evil computer's ambitions

are still being executed...a‘

A Hero’s Revival

When the sinister alien Ra Moon rose from his

hibernation on Earth and enacted a plan to erase

all life from the planet, Mega Man leapt into action

and confronted the destructive menace. In the end,

humanity was saved and Ra Moon destroyed, but the

battle nearly killed Mega Man in the process!

SHADOW OF RA MOON part 1

IAN FLYNNSCRIPT

TYSON HESSEPENCILS

GARY MARTININKS

JOHN WORKMANLETTERS

MATT HERMSCOLORS

PATRICK SPAZIANTECOVER

X - FACTOR part 1

IAN FLYNNSCRIPT

PATRICK SPAZIANTELINE ART

JOHN WORKMANLETTERS

MATT HERMSCOLORS

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SHADOW or

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NEVER HAPPENSAGAIN. MY POORKALINKA***ISSTILL HAVINGNIGHTMARES...

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ACCOMPLISHED.

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WITH THEOTHERS AT THEBUILDING SITE.

HE'S RIGHT—THATCASTLE ISN'T

GOING TO BUILDITSELF. THEDOCTOR WILLHAVE FURTHERORDERS FOR US

THERE.

I SEE. BUT THENEW MASTER...

HE'S CAPTURED...CORRECT? HOWWILL HE SEND USINSTRUCTIONS?

HE'S A GENIUS,MAN. HE'S DONETHIS SORT OF

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REMAMSJTHE REMA/MS OF

RA MOON!

-'S/SZ/c THE MOST-LIKELY-JUST-REMAINSOF RA MOON ARE

RIGHT THROUGH HERE.

ALL RIGHT, SON, THIS IS IT.^

REMEMBER:YOU AND THEOTHERS HAVE THE EMP-

RESISTANT COATING ON. WE'REALL HERE WITH YOU. EVERY-

THING WILL BE... OKAY. I-IT'S GOING TO BEFINE, ROLL. I WON'TLET RA MOON HURTYOU OR ANYONEELSE EVER AGAIN.

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April 8th. 21XXStill nothing. I’ve been sifting through the dirt

since March, trying to find a fossil record whichwould verify my findings.

From the Journal

of Doctor Cainj

Archeologist...

So far I’ve come up empty. Tomorrow I’ll movemy dig to a new site. Maybe I’ll have better luck.

April 9th.

Set up camp at the new site and laid out a preliminary gridworkfor the dig. I got some odd readings at location E-46. It lookslike something metallic is buried several meters below the

surface. I think I’ll begin there tomorrow,

April 10th.

I can’t believe what I’ve found! Several meters below the surfacewere the remains of a lab. Although most of it was damaged, I

did manage to find papers that indicate that it belonged to the

famous robot designer DR. THOMAS LIGHT. I’ve begun to

review what is left of Dr. Light’s notes, and it looks like he wasonto a major breakthrough. The notes keep referring to "THECAPSULE”...

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The capsule was hidden underneath acollapsed ceiling. Even underneath all the

rubble, it has remained intact and wasstill running some sort of diagnostic test

when I found it. There was a warning...

"THIRTY YEARS?"IT'S BEEN

CONSIDERABLYLONGER THANTHAT, DOCTOR.DOES THAT MEAN

...all the indicators on the capsuleshow green. It SHOULD be safe to

open it.

Do I dare? Will this "X” evenfunction after all this time?

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FEATURE-THE ABILITY TOTHINK, FEEL, AND MAKE HISOWN DECISIONS. HOWEVER,THIS ABILITY COULD BE VERYDANGEROUS. IF "X" WERE TOBREAK THE FIRST RULE OFROBOTICS—"A ROBOT MUSTNEVER HARM A HUMAN BEING"

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CAN SAFELY CONFIRM HISRELIABILITY. UNFORTU-NATELY, X WILL NOT LIVE

TO SEE THAT DAY, NOR DOI HAVE ANYONE TO CARRYON MY WORK. THEREFORE,I HAVE DECIDED TO SEAL

HIM IN HIS CAPSULE,WHICH WILL TEST HIS

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Light was a genius! I’ve been goingover his design notes, and they are aquantum leap beyond anything the

world has ever seen.

Using them as a guide, 1 may be able to replicate his

designs and integrate them into a new generation ofrobots. Doctor Light wanted to share these remark-able machines with the world, and I intend to see his

dream fulfilled! I’ll begin transporting X and the rest

of Dr. Light’s things back to my lab tomorrow.

November 22nd.

With X’s help, I have completedthe first "Reploid.”

Although I don’t completely un-derstand how all of Dr. Light’s

systems work, 1 was able to

make some minor modifications,

and the reploid seems to befunctioning perfectly.

And to think—some said mygenius was wasted on archeology-ho-ho!

The reploid’s strength and intelligence seem limit-

less, and he is able to make his own decisions.

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The new reploids Have been running off the

assembly line for several weeks. It’s

amazing how easily they have been able to

adapt to even the most difficult jobs.

It still is a bit odd to

see them workingslde-by-side with

humans, but everyone

seems to be happy to

accept them.

Doctor Light’s dream has finally been realized, and I

could not be prouder to have played my part In it all.

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Dear Mega-Mail,I love the Ra Moon arc! It has beenbuilding up to this for some time.

It sure has! Even when you thinkit’s over the ambitions of RaMoon continue to cause chaosand mayhem in Mega Man’sworld!

I noticed at the beginning of the

arc after the crossover Wily said

something about controlled chaos.I was wondering if that was adeliberate reference to chaoscontrol from the crossover. Did

anyone else notice that?

Hmmmm... perhaps there wassome relation... :)

Thanks for the awesome comicsguys! Keep up the good work.

Micah G. from Virginia

P.S. I look forward to Mega Man X!

So long, Micah! Let us know whatyou thought of the first half of theMega Man™ X story that debutedin this issue!

Dear Mega-Mall,I love the storyline, and it just getsbetter and better. I can’t wait to seewhat Mega Man is gonna do next!

Michael M. sent toMegaMan@ArchieComics.com

Thanks for the letter, Michael!Mega Man will be visiting all

sorts of places in the future, solook forward to it!

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my freshman year of high school.

Since then, I have waited eagerlyfor every new issue. I have everyissue so far, and I’ll always follow

the Blue Bomber until the very end!A loyal reader,

Archive “Kora” Wavelength sent to

MegaMan@ArchieComics.com

PS: Hats off to all the wonderfulartists for the beautiful comic pagesand variant cover artwork, and to

Ian Flynn for his AMAZING skill in

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come!

That’s all for now! We’ll seey’all next time for part two ofShadows of the Moon and theX-Factor!

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