Well, I have received issue six of the comic (Yaay it finally came in the mail. I was about to go buy it too.
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Spoilers ahoy.
[spoiler]Issue 6. Time Keeps On Slipping Part 2: Unresolved Issues
Cover: Cover was done by Patrick Spaziante, I have to admit, it's nice to see him still doing something for this comic. I loved his work in the first four issues, although Chad's style is growing on me. The cover features Mega Man fighting CWU-01P. Oddly enough, Bomb Man is there along with Cut Man and Mega Man.
The last issue, Dr. Wily managed to escape from the police convey with a distraction by a sniper joe and Time Man using his powers to stop everyone (Including vehicles and momentum with it). Roll ends up being kidnapped by Oil Man. Only took five issues.
We begin with Agent Stern accusing Dr. Light of assisting in Wily's escape. Roslyn Krantz tries to be the voice of reason between the two men, and Light allows them to take him into custody in order to prove his innocence. He tells Mega Man to go home and wait until things are sorted out.
When our Blue Bomber arrives back at Light's Lab, he finds a note left by Oil Man about Roll's kidnapping written by Wily of course, and threatening to dismantle her if he goes to the authorities.
We shift scenes over to Wily's lab. Time Man apologizes over the state of the lab, blaming Oil Man who had just arrived with Roll (who is oddly bound by ropes. She oughta be able to break those you would think.) I have to say, Time and Oil seem to have a 'Bert and Ernie' thing, with Time overly serious and Oil the mellow guy. I have to laugh at the part where Oil rang one of the bells on Time's head. They are about to get into a fight when Wily just smashes their heads together. Roll asks about Time and Oil and Wily explained that they were highly experimental, makes a powered up reference, and as Light didn't feel they were ready, Wily worked on them behind his back.
We shift back to Mega Man and the other Light robots. Mega Man explains the situation to them and they decide to split up as they were in the middle of cleaning up their mess from the first four issues. Cut Man and Ice Man join Mega Man to Wily's old fortress and make their way back to the Copy Robot's boss room (Which Cut and Ice talk about how they ruined to Copy, and even began fighting over the trashed helmet, while Mega Man looks a little disturbed by th exchange). From here we connect to the third stage of the Wily fortress. Complete with the flooding tunnel, which Ice Man tried to hold back to no avail which lead to the line that made me laugh;
Cut: Well you failed miserably! (About Ice trying to seal off the water)
Ice: Well, maybe you should've tried to cut the water! I'm sure THAT would've worked!
I admit I giggled. Ice's face was priceless with it.
Of course, CWU-01P appears on the very last page. Which is why I find the cover odd in that Bomb Man is there and not Ice Man. [/spoiler]
Chad's style is growing on me as I said. There was a nice pace going with this unlike the first issues which seemed to move too quickly, I like the seriousness of agents in investigating Dr. Light's possible involvement in Wily's world domination attempt and escape, intermixed with the humor. The interaction between the characters is actually nicely handled, Wily's character is spot on as the crazy bastard we all know and love. Oh and Cut Man eased off the puns a little. There're still there, just not constant.