Emerald Spears

Emerald Spears is a terrorist organization from the Mega Man comic book series by Archie Comics introduced in issue 13, in the fourth story arc, Spiritus Ex Machina.

Story
The Emerald Spears is a group of anti-technology extremists that want to rid the world of advanced robotics. Their first action was to invade the A.R.T.S. Convention and capture Dr. Thomas Light, Dr. Mikhail Cossack, Dr. Noele Lalinde and all robots present, and planted bombs on the convention to destroy the robots. Mega Man, alongside Rush, Elec Man, Pharaoh Man, and Quake Woman, managed to disable most bombs before they exploded, and except for Xander, Theo and Simone, all members are captured in the end of the story arc.

In issue 21, Xander, Theo and Simone attempt another bombing, but they are captured by Mega Man and the federal agents Gilbert D. Stern and Roslyn Krantz.

100 years later, in the year 21XX, the Emerald Spears, being called an "ancient cult", endured throughout the years. Two of the Spears attempted to destroy X, but failed and captured by X and Zero as seen in Issue 37. After learning of their history and motives from Zero, X became disturbed due to the implications that some sort of disaster happened in the past that was similar to the Maverick outbreaks that plagued his present.

Known Members

 * Harvey Greenleaf - The former activist leader. He tries to convince the three doctors to change their mind about advanced robotics before destroying the robots, planning to talk with them for hours until Xander impatiently knocks him down with a kick in his head and takes over his place as he was losing the debate. Harvey, upon being arrested, explained what little he knew about Xander Payne's activities. According to Stern, Harvey had been a hippie before becoming the figurehead leader of the terrorist group.
 * Xander Payne - Former second-in-command and current leader.
 * Theo Payne - Xander's loyal young brother.
 * Simone Miller - Theo's girlfriend, a woman that knows Roslyn Krantz. She had formerly been a member of the same academy as Krantz, but she dropped out and went into hiding after she had done something bad that required Krantz to report her.
 * At least 20 members with unknown names.

Trivia

 * The name Emerald Spears is a nod to Ruby-Spears, the company that produced the Mega Man animated series.