(W) Ian Flynn (A) Gary Martin & Various (CA) Matt Herms & Various
Cold Crush.’ Is love in the air – or is that just frost? Mega Man, Roll, and Quake Woman go to the far north to assist Ice Man in a perilous research mission. Will Roll’s attempt at match-making be more hazardous than the ice?
Ice Man's fondness for Roll dates all the way back to Battle & Chase, what with that giant snow sculpture and all. Will he finally reveal his true romantic feelings? Guess we'll have to wait to find out!
At this time, it remains unclear who will be penning the interior art for this issue. However, that info should drop when Archie reveals further solicitation later this month.
17 comments:
Wow, never thought I'd see the return of this pairing. I mean, heck, Rock and Roll has been more popular as a couple, especially after Powered Up, despite the two being close siblings. But then again, one could also say that Ice Man is essentially also a sibling....
Rock and Roll are robots, there just as much siblings as Ice Man and Roll, and Splash Woman and Rock are.
Plus, every other versions of Rock and Roll have at least implied something between those versions.
Eh, I've never cared much for implied robocest, to be honest. As far as specifically Ice Man and Roll goes, I always liked the kind of relationship they had in Ariga's works the best, where they're close but you can see it's a familial/platonic bond.
I don't normally let robocest get to me either, especially since they're robots. But I've always viewed Rock and Roll as being incredibly close siblings, much more closer than in comparison to Light's other robots. They were created as a pair after all, and are essentially twins.
"They were created as a pair after all, and are essentially twins."
How? They how no blood to make them truly anything more than robots who call themselves family, and regardless of what one may think, Capcom made a few cellphone games back in the day that made them an item, as was said Mega Man Powered Up implied Roll has a crush on Rock, and again the "other versions of Rock and Roll have at least implied something between those versions", hell Battle Networks version of them get together and have a son.
I don't get why people think someone has to be related by blood to be siblings. As someone with an adopted sister myself, I can tell you right now that the thought of anyone having romantic feelings for someone they may even only consider to be their sibling is total squick to me. Why should it matter whether they're just robots, or "not blood related"?
Awesome!
What about Bass and Roll? I would love if Ian makes that fan pairing official.
I'm not complaining about anything to this comic since I love what Archie's doing for our favorite robot boy. Original episodes does gives us good taste for more excitement like how Sonic comics are doing today. But since "When Worlds Collide" gonna come next year, maybe they should start making the MM3 epic in order to help Bass catch up with his debut before its too late.
Roll / Iceman wouldn't be odd at all were it not for the HEAVY familial tone between Roll, Rock, and Blues. Because of that it's a bit .... icky.
Archie has tackled this sort of thing pretty directly (like Pharaoh questioning MM's name and whether he ought to be called "copy man"), though, so I wonder if they'll actually refer to it in this issue.
@October 20, 2012 9:36 PM Anonymous: Basically, what the Anon below you said. You do not have to be related by blood to be siblings. In the Rock and Roll's case, Light INTENDED them to be brother and sister when he created the two, and therefore it's only natural that they are.
@Anonymous 20, 2012 9:36 PM
It does not matter, I've already pointed out that Capcom implied it.
And why put real world logic into this? a lot of animes and video games throw logic about something like this out the window.
@Anonymous 20, 2012 9:39 PM
Not the same Anonymous as the other guy, but technically it's not people not blood related are not in the wrong, but morally since you grew up with the person you may think of it as wrong.
Trust me, there have been people who have fell in love with there adopted brother or sister, we just don't hear about it often, because it's personal stuff.
But maybe I'm thinking to much about the fictional story about a robot boy, who fights a evil mad scientist.
:/
I think we're looking a bit too much into that. It's not that abnormal for young siblings to develop "crushes" on each other. My bet is they're much too young in how they're programmed to really know what real, romantic love is.
Damn technicalities and the unfortunate implications they provide. XD Oh well. This looks like a really cute story and I'm looking foward to how Ian handles this one. :)
Rock and Roll were designed to be siblings. Ice Man and Roll weren't. Otherwise, you might as well say Rush and Tango are Mega Man's brothers, and that's just... weird.
@ October 22, 2012 10:39 AM Anonymous
Mega Man Powered Up says otherwise.
Also, Mega Man Megamix calls the MM1 Robot masters Mega Man's bothers.
@ October 22, 2012 4:08 PM Anonymous
1. Roll was also implied to have a crush on Rock in Powered Up. I don't think you want to use that game for this argument.
2. Mega Man Megamix was another licensed book, and another author's view of the Mega Man series. It didn't come straight from Capcom, and Archie hasn't been using it as any sort of resource. It really doesn't factor into this.
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