Mega Man (Dreamwave Productions)

In 2003-2004, Dreamwave comics published a Mega Man series. Even though it appears to be set in the video game continuity, this appears to be an alternate telling of the Mega Man Classic storyline, very much like the mid-90's Mega Man cartoon did. Only a few issues were printed before Dreamwave went out of business.

Today, it can be hard to find a complete set of issues, but, Dreamwave was able to collect all four issues of the first Volume into a pocket- sized trade paperback (TPB). However, the TPB's are also becoming rare.

Plot
Dr. Light enrolls Mega Man (as Rock) to Junior High School so he can adapt more to humans, but Mega really doesn't want to go. When he arrives, he befreinds two humans named Alan and Chelsea and gets bullied by a trio calling themselves the Boltz Boys. But, later it is revealed that the Boltz trio are actually Dr. Wily's nephews. While Rock appears to be enjoying his time in school, he comes home one night to find the lab completely destroyed with Dr. Light, Roll, Rush and Auto missing.

Robot Master appearances
The only Robot Master to appear in the story is Heat Man from Mega Man 2. Instead, a group of original robot Masters were created for the story, including BarrageMan (a robot that can manipulate traffic), ExpressMan (a robot that is very fast) and MultiMan (a robot who contains several clones of itself inside his body). In the fourth and final issue multiple Robot Masters make cameo appearances inside Dr. Wily's corporation: Guts Man embroiders the entrance, Cloud Man as a holographic welcome sign, Cut Man, Magnet Man, Tengu Man, Air Man, Turbo Man, Astro Man, and Ice Man in display cases.

Trivia

 * In the story, when Mega Man is in his human form as Rock, he is referred to as Rocky and not Rock.


 * The story takes place in a fictional setting known as Mega City, formery known as Monstropolis. (incidentally, in Mega Man 1, Mega had to battle Dr.Wily's robots in Monstertropolis.)


 * At the end of the last issue of the miniseries, Mega Man X and Zero were shown fighting Vile in the darker future of the Mega Man X continuity. X travels back in time and asks Dr. Light for help. The last frame of the comic contained this message: "To be continued in MEGAMAN X. Coming soon from Dreamwave!!" The company went out of business before the issues could be printed.


 * There were three different variant covers for the first issue. The most expensive is the third version, called a "holofoil" cover with an image of Mega Man and Rush high above city.