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.