Oil Man

Oil Man is a fighter robot from the planet Earth in the year 20XX. He is one of the original line of Robot Masters.

During the Worlds Collide crossover, Oil Man and his 5 brothers from the original Robot Master line where called upon by Roll to aide Sonic and Mega Man during the final battle at the Skull Egg Zone. He and his brothers assist Sonic's worn out friends against the army of time-cloned Wily-Robot Masters, until Super Mega Man successfully restores their world to normal. (StH: #251)

Background Information

 * Oil Man's appearance in the Archie Mega Man comic series differs from his appearance in the Mega Man video games in both Japanese and American versions. In the Japanese games, Oil Man is depicted with very dark blue skin and extremely prominant thick pink lips, which bare a striking resemblance to blackface theatre makeup, which is considered racist in western territories. For this reason, his design was modified for international release, where his blue skin was made a lighter tone, and his lips changed from pink to yellow. For the Archie series, Patrick Spaziante chose to create a compromise of the two designs: his original dark blue skin colour is kept, but now his lips are always covered by his scarf.