Mega Man Issue 24

This is the twenty-fourth installement in the Mega Man comic series. This is the first part to Worlds Collide and the debut of Sonic the Hedgehog and most of the present cast from Sonic the Hedgehog in the Mega Man universe.

Summary
The issue opens with Mega Man in a heated battle with Sonic the Hedgehog, an anthropomorphic hedgehog with superspeed. The two are battling in a tropical paradise known as the Green Hill Zone, a land foreign to Mega Man. Despite differences in abilities, the two are equally matched.

High-above, an orange fox-like robot is monitoring the battle and reporting back to two evil scientists, toasting over a job well-done. Meet Dr. Eggman, a spherical mad scientist from another world who has teamed up with Dr. Wily. The two have quickly become great friends and are in the process of collecting Chaos Emeralds, special gemstones from Dr. Eggman's world that have infinite powers. So far, they have collected five of the seven emeralds.

The timeline flashes back a few weeks prior to Dr. Wily's secret base in the Lanfront Ruins. While scouting through the jungle, Flash Man stumbled across a glistening blue gemstone. Dr. Wily quickly analyzes the stone and is blown away by the intense amount of power stored within it. At that exact moment in another world, at Dr. Eggman's base of operations, a sudden holographic feed appears, and the doctors find themselves staring face-to-face.

The two quickly realize they have a lot in common: their desire for complete world domination, their knack for robotics engineering, and a little blue nuisance that wrecks all their fun. Realizing they should team-up, the two use the gemstone (a Chaos Emerald) to create a zone (a separate dimension): the Skull Egg Zone. With the use of their individual robotic armies, they quickly get to work constructing a joint masterpiece: the Wily Egg, a weaponized airship and their new base of operations.

Next, the two use the blue Chaos Emerald to create a Genesis Wave. Essentially, they press the "Cosmic Reset Button" to rewrite both of their worlds to whatever state they want. However from inside the Skull Egg Zone, they are completely immune to the effects. Pressing it, there is a bright flash of white (which we previously saw last issue). Dr. Wily is suddenly overcome with a revelation: he can see everything from the past to the future, even the Robot Masters he has not created yet! However, Dr. Eggman already has other plans in mind...

In Sonic's world, best friend Tails is packing to meet up with Sonic when suddenly, two robots greet him at the door: Bass, and a robotic Sonic named Metal Sonic. With a swift punch to the face, Tails is unconscious and carried away. Waking up inside a tube in the Wily Egg, the doctors start their latest plan. In order to travel between Sonic and Mega Man's worlds, something must travel with a "native specimen," hence why Metal Sonic had to accompany Bass in order to enter Sonic's world. However, by combining their robotics technology, they have a solution... In a flash, Tails is roboticized and emerges as a "Roboticized Master," Tails Man. Since Tails now exists as a product of both worlds, he can travel freely between them. With such a success under their belts, they decide to find a few more of Sonic's friends and do the same.

Meanwhile at Mega Man's world, Proto Man is watching over Mega City. (Now that the world is reset, Blues exists as Proto Man and an ally of Mega Man's, not as Break Man.) He overhears police sirens and rushes off to the First National Bank where several figures are breaking into a bank vault. Approaching, he is faced with four Roboticized Masters, ready to crush him: Tails Man, Knuckles Man, Rose Woman, and Shadow Man.