The Return of Dr. Wily

The Return of Dr. Wily is the third story arc of Mega Man Vol. 1. The arc runs from issue 9 to 12.

Summary
"The Return of Dr. Wily" is based on the critically-acclaimed sequel to the original NES title, Mega Man 2. On the run and unaccounted for, Dr. Wily builds himself a new fortress and eight Robot Masters of his very own. Using these robots, he lures Mega Man out for battle with the threat of destroying the city in mere hours.

In the video-games, the plot was nothing more than a revenge scheme. However the comics give it a unique twist. With each Robot Master defeated, Mega Man absorbs a piece of a malware program designed to turn him into Dr. Wily's slave. When his plan succeeds, it's up to Dr. Light's Robot Masters to storm Dr. Wily's castle and rescue Mega Man.

As expected, a vast amount of content from Mega Man 2 appears in this story arc, including all eight Robot Masters (in their respective domains), most of their Master Weapons (Air Shooter is never used), the Item Support abilities (only Item-2 is used), and most of the Wily Castle 2 bosses (with the only exclusion being Picopico-kun).

A couple other characters make early debuts in this story arc. Dr. Light's assistant robot Auto (from Mega Man 7) appears, and the story arc ends with the introduction of Rush from Mega Man 3. The story also concludes with Dr. Wily en route to Lanfront Ruins, the key setting of the Japan-exclusive Super Adventure Rockman.