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Tuesday Jul 10, 2012
Video Game Icons Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man® to meet in Historic Archie Comics Crossover Event
Archie Comics, the leading children’s comic book publisher in the world and the home to some of the most recognizable pop culture characters, including Archie, Betty and Veronica, Jughead, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Josie and the Pussycats, announced today in conjunction with SEGA and Capcom® plans for a Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man® comic book crossover, starting next year. The comic book event marks the first time the two legendary video game characters have crossed over, making it a landmark meeting for comic book and gaming fans around the world. The story will be written by best-selling and longtime SONIC THE HEDGEHOG and MEGA MAN writer Ian Flynn and will feature cover art by superstar artist Patrick “Spaz” Spaziante, who illustrated the hit SONIC: GENESIS storyline and the highly-successful MEGA MAN comic book launch. “This is a historic moment for not only Sonic and Mega Man, but for Archie,” said Archie Comics Co-CEO Jon Goldwater. “We’ve had a long, fruitful history with Sonic and are enjoying great success with Mega Man in all our markets. Bringing these characters together was something we’ve been hoping for since we got both licenses, so this is very much a dream come true for the company.” The crossover, spearheaded by Archie’s Executive Director of Editorial Paul Kaminski, will be a universe-spanning tale that involves not only the legendary characters, but their expansive and diverse supporting casts and villains for a tale that’s certain to go down as one of the most acclaimed and best-selling comic crossovers ever. The 12-part storyline will run through the ongoing SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, MEGA MAN and SONIC UNIVERSE titles and be available in print and digitally. “We’ve been gearing up for this for years,” said Kaminski. “From the moment we had Mega Man at Archie, we knew we wanted to bring Sonic and the Blue Bomber together. It’s a big budget movie featuring two of the most storied video game franchises. This has never happened before. We’re making history here, and it’s going to knock people for a loop. This is what comics are all about – drama, fun, action and tons of surprises. Fans will not be disappointed.”
Posted by Kellie in Sonic the Hedgehog on 9:03:15AM Jul 10, 2012
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Comment # 1
words…cant..even..ive been waiiting for sonic and megaman to team up since i was a little kid
Posted by Tieler on July 10th, 2012 at 9:13 am
Comment # 2
This should be interesting.
Posted by RandomBlogReader on July 10th, 2012 at 9:22 am
Comment # 3
Why they said “big budget movie”?
Posted by Morton on July 10th, 2012 at 9:39 am
Comment # 4
Crossover with Pokemon, Ponies or Star Wars would have been better. :с
Posted by Unknown_R on July 10th, 2012 at 9:45 am
Comment # 5
@Comment #4
…..No to all three of those?
Posted by keero16 on July 10th, 2012 at 10:09 am
Comment # 6
What about a video game crossover, SEGA? CAPCOM? HHHHMMMM?!?!?!!?!
Nah, I’m messing with ya. This sounds pretty cool. And I seriously hope it’s SEGA Sonic crossing over with Megaman, and not Archie Sonic. Sally, Bunny, Antoine, and other crappy non-video game characters don’t deserve this high level of awesome.
But seriously, get on that video game crossover now.
Posted by Setnaro X on July 10th, 2012 at 10:21 am
Comment # 7
I hate crossover comics, if for no other reason that I have to buy twice as many comics to understand what’s happening.
I don’t think Sonic has ever had a satisfying crossover, but if anybody can pull it off it’s Ian Flynn.
Posted by Dr. Cheis on July 10th, 2012 at 10:38 am
Comment # 8
@Morton
They might mean it in a figurative sort of way.
Posted by DJ espeed on July 10th, 2012 at 10:43 am
Comment # 9
Cool. Should be interesting. The picture looks like Sonic and Megaman have intimately taken their clothes off going to bed… ?
Posted by KiDnAp CyAn on July 10th, 2012 at 10:44 am
Comment # 10
Finally! I get to meet the blue bomber!
Posted by Sonic the Hedgehog on July 10th, 2012 at 10:48 am
Comment # 11
Sonic For Hire and Mega Man Dies at the End did it first, sorry.
Posted by munkeyhatchet on July 10th, 2012 at 11:02 am
Comment # 12
Great! Now I can meet the blue blur!
Posted by Mega Man on July 10th, 2012 at 11:23 am
Comment # 13
That’s awesome, but y’know what would be more awesome, since it already kinda happened in video game form? A Sonic and Mario crossover in the comics, and in no relation to the Olympics.
Posted by Slade on July 10th, 2012 at 11:23 am
Comment # 14
WHY COULDN’T IT BE STAR WARS?!!!! Oh boy, this is something my friend need to know.
Posted by Seth on July 10th, 2012 at 12:14 pm
Comment # 15
seems Cool!
It should be a game on xbox 360 and ps3
Posted by Mark on July 10th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
Comment # 16
Should be great! Love ‘em both!
Posted by Piplupfan77 on July 10th, 2012 at 1:17 pm
Comment # 17
I would have preferred SEGA vs. Capcom, but what the heck. I might have to check this out.
Posted by sonicfan88 on July 10th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Comment # 18
I just don’t like the way Archie makes Sonic: A “player”
Posted by Sonic Hog Speed on July 10th, 2012 at 3:42 pm
Comment # 19
Don’t know if I’ll be able to tell whats going on. Haven’t read one of the Archie comics since Issue #202 of Sonic The Hedgehog
Posted by Jerrith Draco on July 10th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
Comment # 20
As what Sonic said in Sonic Colors: No copyright law in the universe is going to stop me!
Posted by Seth on July 10th, 2012 at 5:04 pm
Comment # 21
This is awesome! A crossover game would also be cool. So…will Drs Wily and Eggman also be teaming up?
Posted by Raakone on July 10th, 2012 at 6:16 pm
Comment # 22
A 12-part storyline? That a years worth of comics, Which mean’s if it’s bad we’ll have to put up with it the entire year!!! I might have to right in.
Posted by Fire fox2 on July 10th, 2012 at 7:07 pm
Comment # 23
@KiDnAp CyAn you’re one sick twisted person, thanks for putting that disgusting image in my head you nimrod.
Posted by SuperSpindasher on July 11th, 2012 at 2:13 am
Comment # 24
if CAPCOM pulls the rehash and rehash idea out of their butts, i’m in on this
Posted by sporeboy100 on July 11th, 2012 at 4:31 pm
Comment # 25
Yo creo que CampCom nesesita dinero y por eso se junto con sega pero ya que podrian ser un buen duo mientra sonic sea protagonista xD
Posted by XD on July 12th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
Comment # 26
i hope they bring in the original team for sonic and mega man like sally anton bunny roll rush and keep out those lame character form the game like amy or the rest i quite caring about soice when they brought them in i love to see them go old school like how i grew up with them
Posted by grey on July 12th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Comment # 27
Too bad Capcom ruined Megaman.
Posted by Gator on July 15th, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Comment # 28
@Fire_fox2 The 12-issue storyline will actually be spread out through three publications: Sonic, Mega Man, and Sonic Universe. So, more about 4 months with a new addition every 10 days or so.
Posted by crippenstation on July 15th, 2012 at 6:44 pm
Comment # 29
3, 2, 1, VIDEO GAME, I CHOOSE YOU!
Posted by James Rowan Marsh on July 20th, 2012 at 1:57 pm
Comment # 30
@Unknown_R Pokemon, Ponies or Star Wars what that makes no sense at all! go SEGA!
Posted by Speedy X on July 21st, 2012 at 5:54 pm
Comment # 31
why did it say big budget movie? are they makin this into a movie too?
Posted by ed on July 26th, 2012 at 7:20 pm
Comment # 32
This is a comic?
Posted by Andreas on July 28th, 2012 at 1:19 pm
Comment # 33
Ugh, stop this archie comic crap already. I just wanted to these Sonic Comic Books to just disappear!
Posted by Neo on July 28th, 2012 at 4:59 pm
Comment # 34
Finally, the battle between the ultimate gaming icons. Megaman.. Known for his infamous buter and incredible power to beat almost anyone. Sonic, The fastest thing alive, amazing skills rescued the world many times. Who is better? This ultimate Comic con will answer this question
Posted by ??? on July 28th, 2012 at 7:15 pm
Comment # 35
Hmmm… I wonder if Sonic will look classic or modern? While a videogame would certainly get more buzz, I can certainly see why this is being done as a comic book mini-series.
Posted by Lugbzurg on August 11th, 2012 at 7:12 pm
Comment # 36
Heh, this should be sweet. Might have to start order a subsciption to the Megaman Comics and grab some back issues as well so i can catch up to the story so far on his front. Been following the Sonic Comics for years and i see this is garenteed to be good. Personally like the comics more than the games at this point, It incorperates all the characters in Sonic’s Universe w/o making them aggrivating or just plain annoying like in the games, as well as being able to cleverly weigh-in new characters. So i expect great things from this crossover, don’t let me down archie; you’ve got two of the greatest comic icons under your belt, let’s see what you’ve got.
Posted by DDC20XL on September 4th, 2012 at 12:28 am
Comment # 37
Where CAN i find this sonic ? http://youtu.be/c__DuGl57cI
Posted by Teddy on December 7th, 2012 at 2:24 am