Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 273


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Sonic the Hedgehog #273 is the two hundred and seventy-third issue of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series by Archie Comics, to be released in June 2015. It is part three of the Worlds Unite crossover.

Publisher's Summary
The ALL-NEW Sonic/Mega Man Crossover sequel explodes onto the shelves with "Worlds Unite" Part Three: It’s a cascade of cross-dimensional chaos! On Sonic’s World, the Freedom Fighters are battling with the terrifying arsenal of M’egga Man! On Mega Man’s World, the Robot Masters can’t keep up with the super speedy Sonic Man! Who can possibly save our heroes? The answer is sure to surprise you! After the history-making "WORLDS COLLIDE" crossover event, Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man unite once more—and this time Sonic Boom and Mega Man X are joining the fray! Featuring cover art from the legendary Patrick "SPAZ" Spaziante, villain variant by T.Rex and part 3 of the epic 12-part connecting variant cover series by artist Ben Bates!

Story

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In 200X, Dr. Light's Robot Masters are fighting a losing battle against the Roboticized Master Sonic Man (originally Sonic the Hedgehog), with Guts Man, Ice Man, and presumably Oil Man and Cut Man already taken out of commission, while Fire Man, Elec Man, Bomb Man, and Time Man are still active and fighting. Sonic Man then proceeded to use the Spin Dasher to take out Elec Man. Fire Man then attempted to have Sonic Man "burn in the fires of justice", but unfortunately, the Roboticized Master effortlessly blocked the hit with the Energy Shield. Bomb Man then tries to get Time Man to use his Time Slow special weapon so they can get a shot at him, only for Time Man to reveal that he actually was using Time Slow all this time just as Sonic Man rushes at Fire Man and uses Spin Slash to take the Robot Master out, and then lift him up. Time Man then explains that Sonic Man was far too fast for the Time Slow to have any significant effect on it, much to Bomb Man's disbelief. Sonic Man then proceeded to use Fire Dasher and Thunder Dasher to take out Bomb Man and Time Man, respectively. Meanwhile, at Light Labs, Roll rushes in and explains that the news showed her brothers' defeat, with Dr. Light sadly realizing what she was about to say, explaining he sent them in despite knowing full well they weren't equipped to be Combat Robots in the hopes that it would buy time, and admitted that he really didn't want to go back on his promise of giving the robots peace, but the circumstances forced him to do so. However, the active Robot Masters from both the second and third line of Robot Masters (Flash Man, Wood Man, Spark Man, Hard Man, Air Man, Bubble Man, Snake Man and Shadow Man), plus Quake Woman (who mostly joined despite herself not being a combat-oriented Robot Master due to not wishing to see Roll upset), mentioned that they're equipped to do combat thanks to Wily and thus will try to take out Sonic Man. Back at Mega City, a Genesis Portal opened up, with Sonic Man confirming that the Unity Engine has arrived, and stating he is going to now oversee the anchoring and activation of it. However, before he could do so, he is hit by a Hard Knuckle and knocked down. Sonic Man then changes his objectives to thwart more resistance before he can allow himself to activate the weapon, with Hard Man and Flash Man already being present and the rest teleporting in. Flash Man then tells Sonic Man that, although he doesn't know who sent him or his origins, he will make sure that Sonic Man regrets coming to this world when they're through with him.

Meanwhile, at Mobotropolis on Sonic's World, Miles "Tails" Prower and Amy Rose, alongside Antoine and Bunnie Rabbot of the Freedom Fighters, are fighting against Sonic Man's counterpart, M'egga Man (originally Mega Man). M'egga Man proceeded to use the Egg Wrecker, only for Antoine to jump out of the way. Amy then attempts to whack M'egga Man on the head with her Piko Hammer, only for the Roboticized Master to counter with the Egg Hammer Mk. 5.

Trivia

 * The Egg Wrecker used by M'eggaman is actually based on the chain ball used by the very first boss from the very first Sonic the Hedgehog game.

Preview
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