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Welcome, welcome,one and all, to the veryfirst Mega Man letters

page! This is where youguys and gals out theretake over and tell uswhat YOU think aboutthe series! So withoutfurther delay, here is

the very first e-mail eversent to MEGAMAN@ARCHIECOMICS.COM!

Dear Mega-Mail,Congratulations on landing

perhaps the greatest

possible licensing deal

you can get in the worldof video game comicadaptations. I have to sayto you guys:well done!

Rare! I mean, thanks!

I don’t think I could put all

my thoughts in a letter of

reasonable length, so I’m

just going to say, “Greatjob, everyone!”

Big props to Ian, SPAZ,Gary, John and Matt for

making the book lookincredible month after

month!

As a lifelong Mega Manfan who has grown up with

the Archie team's other

video game adaptationseries, I have to say, themarriage between youtwo has produced the

most beautiful baby in this

comic.

One thing Capcomproducts are known for andone thing I am extremelyglad to see brought into

this comic are Easter Eggs.Boy, does this issue havea lot of great Easter Eggs;I don’t know the best place

to begin! I loved it all, the“Bad Box Art” Mega Manin “Short-Circuits, the Dr.

Light Sprite, the Newsbots,

Mega Man LegendsPolice, and Neige all in thecrowd! It was great.

I guess you could saythat when it came to

Easter Eggs, we...

HOPPED.. .to it...ithankyou

But because of theseadditions and what theymay mean to the story of

the comic, I have a fewguestions, or perhaps “the

usual”?

Fire Away!

1) I always thought that

the news robots were“Robot Masters” and that

“Robot Masters” are robots

which are more advanced,and more humanoid, thanother robots (like Metals,

for example). I supposethese “Newsbots’' wouldn’t

be considered RobotMasters in the comicthen? What exactly is

the definition of “RobotMaster” in the comicuniverse?

A Robot Master refers

to a machine with the

advanced artificial

intelligence created byDr. Light and Dr. Wily,

that has been designedto perform a givenfunction in society.

“Robot Master” alsorefers to their ability to

command other robots,like the “Newsbots.”

2) Neige is from MegaMan Zero 4, which takesplace Centuries after

Mega Man. So who’sthis girl? Time traveling

news reporter looking tor

a scoop? Great-Great-Grandmother who looks

and dresses and hasthe same vocation assomeone from the future?

Just an easter egg that

I shouldn’t be worried

about?

The last one!

3.) Now that youprobably will begetting numbersin soon for the

success of this

comic, any news onadapting any other series

of Mega Man? It’s obviousthat at least Spaz seemsinterested in them.

We would love to tacklesome of the other seriesin the future! Write in

and let us know whatseries you’re dying to

see adapted!

Anyway, great way to start

up the series. Keep onjumpin’ and slidin’!

Stephen C.

sent to megaman@archiecomics.com

Thanks for writing in,

Stephen! And congratson being the very first

Mega-Mail e-mail!

Dear Mega-Mail,I have been waiting for amonth for this to arrive in

the mail, and it came just

two days ago. I just read it

now and it was just great! I

love the art so much. I give

my regards to all of youworking on the comic, but

specifically Spaz. The style

is cute, but it still packs apunch. It remains similar

to the Mega Man art style

as well. Oh, and the short

comic at the end made melaugh. I can’t wait to seethe later issues! Thank youfor making this awesomecomic, and I hope to seemore soon.

Puddingsent to megaman@archiecomics.com

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