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Sonic The Comic #16 - December 1993
 | "Happy Christmas, Doctor Robotnik"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Mike Hadley
Robotnik turning over a new leaf, dressing as Santa and handing out gifts to the denizens of the Emerald Hill Zone? Only Sonic is suspicious...
After setting the scene for a much darker tone and a much more coherent storyline, this is a rewrite of `Hero of the Year` - and not a very subtle one at that.
"The Nameless Zone - Part One"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Dave Windett & John M. Burns
Tails` first solo strip arrives!
And he finds himself interdimensionally whisked back to his homeland - the legendary Nameless Zone - where the Enchanter Kings have need of the champion who, together with his sidekick Sonic, was able to defeat Doctor Robotnik.
Or at least that`s what his letters home said. Despite his protestations to the contrary, Tails is armed and taken to face the monstrous Trogg on the Dimension Bridge!
Cover: Carl Flint |
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Sonic The Hedgehog #6 - January 1994
 | "The Spin Doctor"
Writer: Mike Gallagher
Penciler: Dave Manak
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The adaption of the Sgea Genesis Game Sonic Spinball! When the freedom fighters attack Robotnik's factory, they find that Robotnik has relocated to deep within Mount Mobius, an active volcano! And it is there where Sonic enters the Veg-O-Matic Fortress where he is attacked by Rexxon and Scorpius! After defeating them, he runs into two allies in the Lava Powerhouse, Hip and Hop, who warn him about the Ferrons. But after Sonic trashes the Ferrons, he comes across a more dire situation - a cell full of animals awaiting roboticization!
"Sonic's Christmas Carol"
Writer: Angelo DeCesare
Penciler: Dave Manak
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The cast re-enacts "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens in this backup story. This is significant ONLY in that Archie FINALLY gets the issue of Rotor's name straightened out.
Cover by Dave Manak & Henry Scarpelli |
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Sonic The Comic #17 - January 1994
 | "Sonic The Human"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Ed Hillyer
Shock! Horror! Sonic and Tails have been caught by Robotnik - but Sonic suddenly wakes in an Earth bed, to find himself a human teenager!
Hillyer proves to be a lot more adept at drawing humans than he is at drawing hedgehogs.
"The Nameless Zone - Part Two"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Dave Windett & John M. Burns
It appears that Trogg, unlike Tails` neighbours, can recognise that the young fox doesn`t want to fight. The villain is defeated more by sheer luck than anything else: being forced to surrender or plunge into oblivion from the Dimension Bridge, since the fox can fly away when his sword accidentally slices one of its ropes.
But Tails still returns home a hero, much to his annoyance.
Having proved conclusively that he can`t last five minutes without Sonic. And nothing else. Oh, tell us something we don't know! This series - complete with the removal of Tails to a far more fantastic setting - was meant to establish something different for the little fox. And defeating a villain by tripping over his own feet doesn`t exactly present this in a clear light.
Cover: Ed Hillyer |
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Sonic The Hedgehog #7 - February 1994
 | "Uncle Chuck's Treasure"
Writer: Angelo DeCesare
Penciler: Dave Manak
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Rotor accidentally sends Tails through the roof - literally! It is then that the Freedom fighters find an old treasure map belonging to Uncle Chuck (Sonic 0 and 1 Miniseries). They believe the "treasure" may be an invention that will help them in finally defeating Robotnik! According to the map, the treasure was buried in the old Mobius National Park; unfortunately, the park had since been destroyed by being turned into a toxic waste dump! And when the Freedom Fighters find the spot, Robotnik attacks!
"Sorceress in Distress"
Writer: Angelo DeCesare
Penciler: Dave Manak
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Sally dresses as a sorceress for the annual Fright Night party, but needs a staff to complete the outfit. Finding one in The Great Forest and due to a string of coincidences, she believes it to be real! Robotnik sees the "sorceress" and, unaware that it's Sally, drags her back to Robotropolis; object: matrimony!
Cover by Dave Manak & Jon D'Agostino |
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Sonic The Comic #18 - February 1994
 | "Casino Night - Part One"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Richard Elson
Sonic and Porker Lewis arrive in the Casino Night Zone, run by the highly suspect Marxio Brothers. Their mission: to use Porker`s disruptor to shut down a computer that`s hypnotising all of the Zone`s customers into compulsive gamblers, before everyone becomes bankrupt! But they`re not as easy to deal with as they sound or look, and when the opposing forces meet, the freedom fighters come off worse and are left tied to a rollercoaster track!
And so, with the theme tune to The Perils of Penelope Pitstop ringing in our ears, we move on to...
"The Land Beyond - Part One"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Dave Windett & John M. Burns
Tails is once again summoned to the Nameless Zone, where it appears that the two remaining Enchanter Kings have received an SOS from their comrade Shirob, who had been lost in the Land Beyond, presumed kidnapped by Trogg (see last issue), some years before. Since Tails, whether he likes it or not, is the zone`s champion, it`s his job to go to the rescue; together with a warrior fox named Errol Blackthorn, he sets off across the Dimension Bridge into the Land Beyond - only to be immediately attacked!
Cover: Carl Flint
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Sonic The Comic #19 - February 1994
 | "Casino Night - Part Two"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Richard Elson
After freeing themselves from the rollercoaster track, the Freedom Fighters attempt to recover their disruptor, lost in the previous issue`s scuffle. The Marxios smash the device as Sonic attacks, only to realise that he was a mere distraction whilst Porker manually reprogrammed the computer...
"The Land Beyond - Part Two"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Dave Windett & John M. Burns
Tails and Errol see off their attackers, but Tails` reluctance to throw himself into the fray has made Errol suspicious that he is not the hero that he claims. The two of them progress uneasily into a labyrinth of tunnels - where they find the object of their quest, Shirob, chained in the lair of the Pit Beast. And you can bet that it`s hungry.
Cover: Brian Williamson & Steve White |
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Sonic The Hedgehog #8 - March 1994
 | "Bot's All Folks"
Writer: Mike Gallagher
Penciler: Dave Manak
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When Crabmeat is caught reading Sonic The Hedgehog comics (Gallagher's early stories were pathetically lame), Doc Robotnik becomes inspired to build super-powered robots to attack Sonic!
"A Little Music Goes a Long Way"
Writer: Mike Gallagher
Penciler: Dave Manak
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When Sonic finds an old guitar, the rest of the Freedom Fighters decide to form a band. Robotnik hears the music and decides to put a stop to it - With a shrink ray! While the Freedom Fighters rummage through the Mobius Music Hall, Robotnik and Snively finally shrink them, and using his Pest Buster vacuum to suck up the shrunken Sonic!
Cover by Dave Manak & Jon D'Agostino |
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Sonic The Comic #20 - March 1994
 | "Hill Top Terror"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Ferran Rodriguez
Sonic and Tails fly into the Hill Top Zone to sort out a badnik problem, only to find themselves battling in the bowl of a volcano! It looks as though it could be a fiery fate for the two heroes until the stress brings about a transformation into... *drum roll* Super Sonic!
"The Land Beyond - Part Three"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Dave Windett & John M. Burns
Giving the slip to the Pit Beast, Tails and Errol must rely on the navigational skills of Shirob - who has been imprisoned in the labyrinth for many years - to get them out alive. Both are suspicious of where he appears to be leading them, but still follow - only to be led into an ambush and grabbed by goblins!
Cover: Jon Howard |
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Sonic The Poster Magazine #3 - March 1994
 | "The Kid Cruel Caper"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Mike Hadley
A six page Sonic strip, in which the Sonic and the Freedom Fighters are called to deal with a robot chimp who`s enslaving a jungle village.
The bright, brash artwork works with the harsher moments of the story (watching how Robotnik's rule can affect ordinary families), but offset by the parodic villain, who hams up accordingly to his pun.
Cover: Ferran Rodriguez |
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Sonic The Comic #21 - March 1994
 | "Girl Trouble - Part One"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Richard Elson
The first part of the adaption of Sonic The Hedgehog CD for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. Amy Rose is arrested for mouthing off a fantasy of being Sonic's girlfriend within earshot of some troopers. Sonic and Johnny Lightfoot use a Star Post to follow her to Robotnik's Egg Fortress in the Special Zone - but when Sonic dashes right in without bothering about making a plan, they both get trapped by the automatic defense system of the fortress.
Meanwhile Robotnik has made himself a cocoon, deciding that it's time for a change...
"The Land Beyond - Part Four"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Dave Windett & John M. Burns
The truth finally comes to light: Trogg is Shirob, driven to mutating and insanity by magical contact with the evil Dark One!
It looks as though the captured Tails and Errol, no matter how much they resist, will never reach home alive; but a portal to the Nameless Zone opens up just in time, and they dive through. Back at the palace of the Enchanter Kings, Tails expects Errol to reveal his guilty secret, but the other fox proclaims him to be a true champion (I think that's what's called getting a grade A for effort, if not ability), and he returns to Mobius with his reputation intact.
Cover: Carl Flint |
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