Wily's Robot Masters

Wily's Robot Masters are the members of Dr. Wily's Robot Master Army during Worlds Collide. These robots have all been previously used by Wily for his world domination schemes, some being built by the doctor himself while others were merely designed by him or reprogrammed to do his bidding.

Dr. Wily's First Masters
A group of super fighting robots built to enact revenge against Mega Man after he foiled Dr. Wily's first attempt at world domination. The group was encoded with malware that slowly corrupted Mega Man. Originally featured in Mega Man 2, this group of masters includes:
 * DWN-009: Metal Man
 * DWN-010: Air Man
 * DWN-011: Bubble Man
 * DWN-012: Quick Man
 * DWN-013: Crash Man
 * DWN-014: Flash Man
 * DWN-015: Heat Man
 * DWN-016: Wood Man

Ra Moon's Masters
Designed by Dr. Wily, these Robot Masters were created by Ra Moon and used to further Ra Moon's goal of global annihilation against their will. Unlike the others, Shadow Man was not designed by Dr. Wily. He was found within the Lanfront Ruins. Originally featured in Mega Man 3, this group of masters includes:
 * DWN-017: Needle Man
 * DWN-018: Magnet Man
 * DWN-019: Gemini Man
 * DWN-020: Hard Man
 * DWN-021: Top Man
 * DWN-022: Snake Man
 * DWN-023: Spark Man
 * DWN-024: Shadow Man

Dr. Cossack's Masters
Designed by Dr. Cossack, these Robot Masters were part of his supposed ploy to take over the world. However, it was revealed that Dr. Cossack was simply acting out a plan concocted by Dr. Wily, who had kidnapped his daughter, Kalinka. Originally featured in Mega Man 4, this group of masters includes:
 * DWN-025: Bright Man
 * DWN-026: Toad Man
 * DWN-027: Drill Man
 * DWN-028: Pharaoh Man
 * DWN-029: Ring Man
 * DWN-030: Dust Man
 * DWN-031: Dive Man
 * DWN-032: Skull Man

Dark Man's Masters
Disguised as Proto Man, a new Robot Master known as Dark Man kidnapped Dr. Light and wreaked havoc with his eight Robot Masters. Originally featured in Mega Man 5, this group of masters includes:
 * DWN-033: Gravity Man
 * DWN-034: Wave Man
 * DWN-035: Stone Man
 * DWN-036: Gyro Man
 * DWN-037: Star Man
 * DWN-038: Charge Man
 * DWN-039: Napalm Man
 * DWN-040: Crystal Man

Robot Tournament Masters
Previously entrants in the First Annual Robot Tournament, this set of Robot Masters was reprogrammed by Mr. X to help him take over the world. Originally featured in Mega Man 6, this group of masters includes:
 * DWN-041: Blizzard Man
 * DWN-042: Centaur Man
 * DWN-043: Flame Man
 * DWN-044: Knight Man
 * DWN-045/DAN-001: Plant Man
 * DWN-046: Tomahawk Man
 * DWN-047: Wind Man
 * DWN-048: Yamato Man

Dr. Wily's Second Masters
Built and designed by Dr. Wily, these Robot Masters were put into stasis and activated when Wily ended up in prison, breaking him out and attempting to help their master take over the world. Originally featured in Mega Man 7, this group of masters includes:
 * DWN-049: Freeze Man
 * DWN-050: Junk Man
 * DWN-051: Burst Man
 * DWN-052: Cloud Man
 * DWN-053: Spring Man
 * DWN-054: Slash Man
 * DWN-055: Shade Man
 * DWN-056: Turbo Man

Dr. Wily's Third Masters
Infused with Evil Energy, this group of Wily designed and built Robot Masters attempted to help their master take over the world. Originally featured in Mega Man 8, this group of masters includes:
 * DWN-057: Tengu Man
 * DWN-058: Astro Man
 * DWN-059: Sword Man
 * DWN-060: Clown Man
 * DWN-061: Search Man
 * DWN-062: Frost Man
 * DWN-063: Grenade Man
 * DWN-064: Aqua Man

Dr. Light's Second Masters
See Light's Robot Masters.

The Roboenza Masters
Inflicted with the robot-virus "Roboenza", this group of Robot Masters went into a frenzy and started causing trouble around the globe. It turns out that the virus that drove the robots berserk was actually created by Dr. Wily. Originally featured in Mega Man 10, this group of masters includes:
 * DWN-073: Blade Man
 * DWN-074: Pump Man
 * DWN-075: Commando Man
 * DWN-076: Chill Man
 * DWN-077: Sheep Man
 * DWN-078: Strike Man
 * DWN-079: Nitro Man
 * DWN-080: Solar Man

King's Masters
Designed and built by Dr. Wily's newest super robot, King, this group of masters (as well as Astro Man and Tengu Man) helped King to create a human-free nation for robots. However, King's plot was actually just a ploy by Dr. Wily to throw Mega Man off his trail. Originally featured in Mega Man & Bass, this group of masters includes:
 * KGN-001: Dynamo Man
 * KGN-002: Cold Man
 * KGN-003: Ground Man
 * KGN-004: Pirate Man
 * KGN-005: Burner Man
 * KGN-006: Magic Man

Special Masters
These masters are special units that don't belong to an eight-master group.
 * Bass
 * Copy Robot
 * The Genesis Unit
 * The Mega Man Killers
 * Compass Man: A member of "Dimensions", makes a cameo in silhouette during Worlds Collide.

Background information

 * Only Wily's First Masters and the Ra Moon Masters have currently been adapted in the Archie Mega Man comic so far. The backstory for the other groups is based on their video game incarnations and cameos in the comics.
 * Plant Man's secondary serial code, "DAN-001", refers to his creator in the Archie comic books, Dr. Pedro Astil.
 * In the original Mega Man 3 video game, the Ra Moon Masters were actually created by the combined efforts of Dr. Light and Dr. Wily as peacekeeping robots.
 * While technically not Dr. Wily's robots, Dr. Light's Second Masters are part of the Robot Master Army during Worlds Collide.