Mega Man Issue 33 (Archie Comics)


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Mega Man #33 is the thirty-third issue in the Mega Man comic series by Archie Comics, planned to be released in January 2014. It was originally to be released on January 15, but delays ran over.

Publisher's Summary
The critically acclaimed Mega Man series continues with the dramatic, action-packed epilogue to the 'Blackout: The Curse of Ra Moon' storyline in, 'Unplugged'! The battle against the sinister alien being known as Ra Moon has ended, and Mega Man's final fate remains in doubt! With major repairs looming, and Rock's future as a super fighting robot in question, Dr. Light must work to restore our hero to his former glory. This may be a job that even Dr. Light can't handle, but at least he's got some help from his trusty pal Dr. Wily. Wait! Why on earth is the evil scientist helping to save the Blue Bomber? And how far will Dr. Wily go to remain free? Featuring cover art from Brent McCarthy and a special variant cover from Mega Man artist supreme Patrick 'SPAZ' Spaziante!

Unplugged
Mega Man was undergoing a memory restoration subroutine, although it was about to undergo imminent failure due to the extensive damage he had endured as a result of destroying Ra Moon. Meanwhile, at Light Labs, Dr. Thomas Light and Dr. Albert Wily, at intense work trying to repair Mega Man, order Roll and Auto to supply them with a system analyzer and an E-Tank, respectively, the latter due to Mega Man losing a lot of power. Cut Man then informs Dr. Light that he and his brothers were also heavily damaged from the event, and are not sure whether they'll be of any use in helping restore Mega Man. Dr. Light informs them they did enough help by bringing Mega Man over, and that they simply let them take care of Mega Man. Wily then snapped at Auto's setting up the E-Tank due to his having rerouted most of Mega Man's systems to keep his I.C. Chip intact, before Roll interrupted and informed them that the E-Tank had restored enough of Mega Man's internal systems to show his current power output. Light is proud at Mega Man holding on, while Wily bitterly remarks that Light's giving credit to Mega Man again when it was Wily who saved both Mega Man and Blues. Dr. Light, filled with rage at Wily's insensitive remark, then grabs Dr. Wily and demanded to know Wily's role in Ra Moon's attack and Mega Man's condition, but then calms down enough to inquire about Blues status. Wily then informed Light that Blues came to him, and he even replaced Blues power core, although he eventually left due to being very angry (leaving out his role in getting Blues, rechristened Break Man, in attacking Mega Man). Roll ends up confused over the inconsistent behavior about Blues both shooting her and then giving Light the formula. Auto then demanded to know why no one had sent the Police to arrest Dr. Wily yet, before Wily protested that Ra Moon had used him. Light then informed him that they'll hear his side of the story soon, before deciding to take a break from the intensive repairs so they could fix up Cut Man, Bomb Man, and Guts Man, shutting Mega Man down for the time being.

Short Circuits
Mega Man was playing the Guitar. Roll then asks him why he's doing so, and he explains upon transforming back to Rock that, since the strip is called "Unplugged", he's "Acoustic Rock", causing Roll to grimace at the bad pun.

Trivia

 * Mega Man's appearance and position on the cover mirrors the position Zero was when he first appeared in Mega Man Zero.