I didn't see any topic for this so I thought I'd post for those interested:
I personally believe that robot to be AntiOmega, considering what looks like a peace symbol on his shoulder and the blue coloring. Omega to appear soon?
WHOA! Where did you find the cover? Looks sweet. Wait... what if this cover isn't done yet? Maybe it will be changed to show that it is actually Omega. Oh well. We'll find out soon enough.
That model series is looking pretty bad ass on the cover there. Lacking the Eggman Empire colour scheme, though.
I just happen to visit alot of sites ^_^. As for the colors, I thought that at first myself, but look close at the bot's shoulder. You'll notice what looks just like a Peace symbol. Anti Robotnik did make Swatbots to do cleaning duties in Mobotropolis, so why not take the next step and make peacekeeping robots? Considering the upcoming Metal Scourge it seems like we may be seeing Moebius in the coming months.
Finally ive been waiting for ever to see the cover for 193, now if only i could get a summary of the story, gotta say this color scheme suietes omega better then segas, so could it be that Omega is the suprise new comer & not Silver or Metal scourge.
ok now do the cover for 194 (I can hope darn it.)
Upon further inspection, I don't believe that to be the symbol for peace upon his left shoulder.
Legionfan44, it has already been confirmed by Ian that the blue robot is not Omega. Ian also said that he is not the newcomer.
O.K. so ITS an omega look-alike. HMM....Interesting, & if you ask me the symbol on his arm looks like a smash ball From SSBB, but i digrese this is most likely like Max said one of Kintobor's Peace keeping Robots. Bit i wonder How Sonic & co. Will end up on scourge's version of mobi---er I mean Moebius?
Look at all the claw marks that he's left on his surroundings. For some reason I always pictured an 'E-117 Sigma' as being a blue-colored Omega (no real reason, 'Sigma' is just a cool sounding name for a rival robot to Omega... would be a cool boss fight), though it was more of a Sonic blue than the aqua blue of this robot. I saw a thumbnail of this cover at Bumbleking forums a week or so ago, but it still feels odd seeing not-Omega before actual Omega in the comic.
...Man ive gone to Archie's website every day & they haven't updateded it since the 16th Those lazy sonS of a &%&(* But serieously how hard is it to update a Site July's already almost over & they hav'nt done their Monthly shipping previews yet, I wanna know what 193's story is darn it. oh well hopefully the'lll have updated by at least wendsday.
Where Ian confirms the blue robot is not Omega ("in the classical sense"): http://www.bumbleking.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=20989&highlight=#20989 .
