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[FUS News Robot]

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.”

[DaddlerTheDalek]

Hm. This could be really Cool.

[Keen Bean]

Extremely interested to see how this is pulled off. Ian has said that this has forced him to make some changes in how he was laying out and leading up to #250... and I haven't found a confirmed source, but most people are saying that this crossover will be taking place during #250 (perhaps starting at 248 or 249). We do know it will be 4 issues in Sonic, 4 issues in Sonic Universe, and 4 issues in Megaman (not sure if all at the same time or not), and there will be recaps for those who don't get all of the various series issues.

I would have preferred this to be a separate thing (much like the Super Specials and various mini-series back in the day), but as long as something just crazy doesn't happen like Megaman being the one to destroy the Death Egg I'm OK with it.

[PuffinGrandeur]

This crossover takes place during Sonic's 250, Mega Man's 25, and barely misses Sonic Universe's 50th issue. We know that much.

[Keen Bean]

Can't say I'm super excited for the crossover to be taking up #250, unless Ian does something really epic here, or we have something huge happening just before/after it... kind of like how #225 lead straight in to the Genesis arc and we are still seeing it's direct effects in #238.

If nothing else though, Ian has me very, very interested in just how he's going to pull it all off.