Mega Man 2: Time Keeps Slipping

Mega Man (Archie) #2

by Ian Flynn

Capcom's famous video game icon is back in the action-packed Mega Man 2: Time Keeps Slipping , collecting issues 5-8 of the hit comic book!

The evil Dr. Wily has been arrested for his crimes against the world, but how long can the mad genius be held in custody? The not for long! Mega Man and Dr. Light are made the scapegoats in a daring prison escape while Roll is kidnapped!

It's up to Mega Man, the Robot Masters, and federal agents Roslyn Krantz and Gil D. Stern to find Roll, rescue her, and clear the name of Dr. Light! But it won't be easy. especially with two long-lost Robot Masters serving as Dr. Wily's personal guard!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Graphic Novels Manga, Science Fiction, Comic Book

112 pages, Paperback

First published March 20, 2012

Reviews

[Will Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lots of new characters introduced, but none of them are terribly interesting. Stern and Krantz (2 of the few human characters in this series) are just a generic good cop/bad cop duo with Stern being a stereotypical old fogey who hates technology. Time Man and Oil Man are more fun to read by comparison because of their conflicting personalities, but neither of them are fleshed out enough to be interesting individually. The story is pretty run of the mill too, existing solely to explain how Wily escaped before this series adapts the plot of Mega Man 2.

Regarding the art, Matt Herms continues to rock on coloring and Chad Thomas' art isn't as bad as I remembered. His characters are very expressive, and the panels all flow nicely together, but it does look flat compared to Spaziante's pencils in the previous volume. In short, Mega Man Vol. 2 is a very noticeable step down. Skip this one, go straight to volume 3.

[Nathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another pretty okay story.

[Kristina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun, colorful series that really cannon to the games

[Justyn Rampa · Rating 4 out of 5]

So just looking at the artwork makes me happy and distracts me a bit from the actual text and story which for all intents and purposes is written for someone in elementary school...maybe junior high:-)

Don't get me wrong, I think Ian Flynn throws some nuggets in there for the adult readers who grew up on Mega Man, but I must also endure some jokes and dialogue intended for a much younger reader. What also got me a bit down about this volume is the inclusion of Oil Man which is a robot master best left forgotten. He was created for the PSP Mega Man 1 reboot and toes the racist line. Just Google Oil Man Megaman and you'll see what I mean. That being said, they thought of a tactful to erase some of the racism:-)

Regardless, Oil Man was a major part of the story so I was a bit disappointed on that note, that is until the end when Dr. Wily is preparing the robot masters from MEGA MAN 2!!!!

Then I swoon all over again!

I'm gonna have to buy Volume 3:-/

[B · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perfectly fine. Probably the two biggest problems are opposites: the matched good cop, bad cop pair of "Gil D. Stern" and "Ros N. Crantz"is pretty boring and flat. On the other hand, the artists had to compensate for the clearly racist design of Oil Man. And it does not quite work. It's hard to look at Oil Man and not think about his problematic nature.

Otherwise, this is a perfectly fine story. The "Powered Up" depiction of Cutman is so different from the "Super Fighting Robot" version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZdEZS...), but that's my own problem.

Did Greek myths have multiple competing continuities for, e.g., Hercules? ("No, no! That's Golden Fleece Hercultes! This is pure G1 stuff!)"

[Andrew · Rating 2 out of 5]

A slightly more interesting continuation of Ian Flynn and Archie Comics take on the Megaman universe than the first addition to the series. Now that the intro is out of the way, we can see new robot masters being introduced and a continuation of the fight against Dr. Wily. This series is great for young fans of Megaman, and an interesting read for the older fans too. Time Keeps Slipping is heavy with moral ramblings that at times make it a tedious read, in a similar way to those contained within the first comic. The second in the series is an interesting direction for the series.

[Calvin Christopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of people are being overly critical of this series. For some reason, thirty year olds were hoping Archie Comics would create a dark, adult version of Mega Man; well that's just not happening.

This series is still enjoyable for those people of my age; the art is fantastic and they're doing a good job at building characters. The reading is at a fifth grade level, but it's still enjoyable to follow along.

¡Viva Nostalgia!

[sixthreezy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Again pretty much the same with the 2nd volume. It's cute and works as a kids comic, but I can't help but feel I'm a bit old to be reading these.. This one is a notch above its predecessor though...

[Felipe · Rating 5 out of 5]

More greatness. Different art team is still really good.

[Jesse · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a Mega Man fan, I love this series of comics thus far, and I think it does the characters justice.