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Sonic The Comic #81 - July 1996
 | "Running Wild - Part Two"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Richard Elson
Super Sonic has Amy and the gang on the run, with page upon page of open promises of a very grisly and sadistic end. First the caravan is destroyed, then half the landscape, then the 'plane...
The artwork in the last couple of pages really does impress, with Sonic's gradual return to normal followed by the perspective of a single page of a very small hedgehog surrounded by an awful lot of smoking ruins...
“Revolution - Part Three”
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Nigel Kitching
Sonic and Shortfuse are forced to attack Amy and Johnny in self defence. Shortfuse manages to free Johnny, whilst Robotnik sneaks down to the lab to don his experimental war armour, and deal with Brutus once and for all...
”Shock Tactics”
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Mike Hadley
Having stayed around to Protect the Casino Night Zone from badniks, Tails is surprised when the ungrateful owner, Max Gamble, claims that he`s losing business because the fox isn`t doing his job fast enough. Tails visits Marks and Sparks, the zone`s chief electricians, who equip him with a fake badnik casing that will allow him to follow the badniks back to their secret base. But his tails break from the casing at a crucial moment, revealing his true identity, and the badniks give chase; but he leads them between two electricity pylons, allowing Marks and Sparks to short circuit them en masse. Max Gamble is not amused by the resulting power failure, but pressure from his customers forces him to leave Tails alone. Tails leaves in safety, but Max Gamble harbours a strong grudge.
Suddenly, we have not just an independent hero but a recurring villain. For anyone who doesn`t know, Marks and Sparks is a pun on the nickname for Marks and Spencer - a popular chain of British department stores – but you can almost forgive the story that for its general dynamics.
“The Fundamental Four - Part Two”
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Nigel Dobbyn
Charmy makes a brief trip home to his hive to collect some worker bees before leading an assault on the Fundamental Four. They mix the earth and water elementals, which they then use to douse the air elemental, before attacking the fire elemental with high octane fuel. The Fundamental Four are reduced to nothing more than a clay pot, which is even too crazy for Vector, who throws Charmy and his relatives out without so much as any thanks.
Coming squarely in the middle of a very powerful plot arc, this hackneyed slapstick feels somewhat schizophrenic.
Cover: Nigel Kitching |
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Sonic The Comic #82 - July 1996
| "Running Wild - Part Three"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Richard Elson
Sonic languishes in the seedier parts of the Metropolis Zone, firmly convinced of his status as a mass murderer and very, very afraid of any sort of repeat performance...
Yes, you read that correctly. Sonic shows emotion. A lot of it. More than one type, too. It's a long time before we see him this open again.
”Troubled Waters - Part One”
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Nigel Dobbyn
Knuckles is rowing homeward with his new prized chest when he is suddenly set-upon by a powerful submarine, whose Captain orders him to surrender - or else...
“Revolution - Part Four”
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Nigel Kitching
Sonic defeats Amy by re-directing her own crossbow fire, and the Freedom Fighters retreat as Robotnik and Brutus prepare to establish supremacy once and for all. Although his war armour is badly damaged, Robotnik manages to freeze and then shatter Brutus. Although suitably dramatic, this is a tragic waste of one of the most viable rival villains that Fleetway has ever seen...
“Changing Times”
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Carl Flint
What`s this? Tails just standing back and watching a zone be destroyed? Not at all! It turns out that Tails arrived shortly after the destruction, and was feeling guilty at not having prevented it, but that a freak lightning bolt has caused time to run backwards and the damage to therefore fix itself.
Cover: Carl Flint |
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Sonic The Comic #83 - August 1996
| “Bubble Trouble”
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Roberto Corona
Whilst Sonic and Tails respond to a distress call in the Labyrinth Zone, badniks knock Sonic into the water. Of course, since he can`t swim, he tries to find air bubbles; but when he does, it becomes clear that the whole situation is a trap, leaving him caught in a giant - but shrinking! - bubble. He bursts the bubble with badnik debris and climbs back onto dry land just in time to help Tails, who`s been overwhelmed by the badnik forces. Robotnik vows to make his future traps worse...
“Troubled Waters - Part Two”
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Nigel Dobbyn
Knuckles defeats Captain Claw and the Octo-Naught by causing some highly convenient sea stacks to crush it. But since Knuckles` boat has been destroyed, he`s reduced to loading his chest of documents onto the wreckage, and forcing the Captain to row it towards the nearest shore.
“The Mystery Villian”
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Mike Hadley
Tails is suddenly attacked by a stranger who seems to know him well and hold a serious grudge. After besting her during their chase, he finds out that it is actually Metamorphis, who, robbed of her shape-changing powers as a punishment for her failure to catch Sonic, is out for revenge against any of the Freedom Fighters that she can find, in order to prove her worth. Tails comforts her, telling her that she is better off away from Robotnik, and she suddenly undergoes one final, unexpected metamorphosis. Transformed into a young girl, she will be unrecognisable to Robotnik, giving her an opportunity to start a new life.
Tails doing what he does best: being kind and reasonable. This is most likely an unexpected, and certainly a highly sentimental ending to the story of Metamorphia, but that`s probably its charm.
Cover: Carl Flint |
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Sonic The Comic #84 - August 1996
| “Heroes & Villains – Part One”
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Richard Elson
Sonic travels to the Chaotix Crew’s headquarters in the Special Zone via Omni-Viewer to try and hunt down Super Sonic, but when he tells the Chaotix about the dangers at hand they refuse to believe him and head off to New Tek City on Planet Meridian to deal with some problems of their own. After deciding to go with them Sonic gets caught up in a battle between two groups called “The Justice Brigade” and “The Discriminators” but it’s pretty difficult to tell the good guys from the bad guys. The fight ends with the police show up, Vector quickly informs Sonic that the Chaotix have a “little misunderstanding” with them and the gang run to escape through Omni. But Sonic hesitated at the last minute and ended up getting caught…
“Village of the Damned – Part One”
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Nigel Dobbyn
After making it across the ocean Knuckles is currently continuing his journey to The Floating Island through a forest. He stumbles upon a village and chooses to spend the night at a local tavern - although it turns out he probably won’t be getting much rest when he discovers the villagers are planning to sacrifice a young girl.
“Sneaker Seeker”
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Roberto Corona
A kindly stranger gives Tails a pair of new sneakers as a gift for all the times he’s beaten Robotnik, but when Tails leaves to show them to Sonic the sneaker designer reveals himself to be Grimer!
As Tails walks down the street with his new footwear everyone is really impressed, though Tails’s limelight is shattered when a missile heads his way. After flying around for a while he realises that the new sneakers must have a homing device in them so he looks for a place to dump them. First he tries to drop them in the sea but a couple of dolphins remind him that there’s life in the ocean as well as on the land. So instead he dumps them on Grimer, who activates the missile’s self-destruct device to save himself. Even though the city folk don’t find Tails cool anymore he’s happy with the new found knowledge that he shouldn’t accept gifts from strangers and comfort is better then fashion.
Cover: Carl Flint |
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Sonic The Comic #85 - September 1996
 | “Heroes & Villains – Part Two"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Richard Elson
In the New Tek prison, Sonic tries to reason with Lieutenant Furor about Super Sonic and the Chaotix without much luck. However his luck changes when Lord Sidewinder, a man apparently linked with a nuclear bomb incident, comes to bail him out.
Back at the Chaotix headquarters the gang are feeling guilty about Sonic’s capture and try to plan a rescue, unknowing that Sonic has already found his own way out. At Lord Sidewinder’s family residence Sonic is introduced to Lightmare, Mr. Fry, Bio-Hazard and finally… Super Sonic!
Sidewinder says he had a deal with Super Sonic but now Sonic has been brought to him Super Sonic goes back on his end of the deal and blows up Sidewinder’s home. Super Sonic kept everyone safe from the explosion so he could have the pleasure of wiping them out personally and easily defeats Mr. Fry and Bio-Hazard, but its Sonic he’s really interested in destroying.
“Village of the Damned – Part Two"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Nigel Dobbyn
Knuckles rescues the girl that the villagers are planning to sacrifice, and she leads him to a place where they should be safe. She turns out to be the sister of the ringleader - and leads the villagers to Knuckles, who is made the new sacrifice!
Another story with very dark and even vaguely political overtones, showing actual snapshots of Robotnik's style of rulership on everyday Mobians
“Trooper Trouble – Part One”
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Carl Flint
Robotnik’s troopers seem to be demanding tax from the citizens of Wood Village Zone a lot more then usual. Tails finds a stray trooper to get answers from but instead of standing to fight this Trooper tries to escape.
Fleeing again from a group of troopers, the stray causes Tails to break its armour, and reveals a donkey called Clive.
Clive tells Tails that he repaired a Trooper Sonic had destroyed to teach the villagers a lesson for bullying him. Tails warns him that although he knows what it’s like to be picked on himself there was no call for what Clive did - and whilst they’re talking the real troopers are able to attack, over power and capture them both!
“Scream Theme Park”
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Roberto Corona
Max Gamble opens up a new Theme Park at Casino Night Zone to try and make money by attracting customers with The Pit Plunge Roller Coaster. Many Mobians go to the park to take their minds off Robotnik’s reign, but it turns out that at the bottom of The Pit Plunge a badnik-creating machine is waiting for them with a horde of troopers!
As the troopers round up the prisoners, one rider reveals himself to be Shortfuse The Cybernik - who destroys the machine and then destroys the ride, so Gamble can’t try the same trick again.
Cover: Carl Flint |
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Sonic The Comic #86 - September 1996
 | “Heroes & Villains – Part Three”
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Richard Elson
Just as Super Sonic closes in to destroy Sonic, the Chaotix Crew appear through the Omni-viewer! Sidewinder sets his minions on them.
While Lightmare reveals her powers to Charmy (a magic box which forces her enemies to think they’re living their worst nightmare), Sonic tells has an idea to beat Super Sonic. He takes on his evil counterpart whilst Chaotix battle Sidewinder’s gang and manages to force Super Sonic into the Omni-viewer, instructing it to send Super Sonic to another dimension - but Omni refuses to do this as he knows Super Sonic would destroy no matter what dimension he was in.
Instead, the Omni-viewer freezes time inside himself to trap Super Sonic in stasis, whilst Sidewinder escapes in the commotion.
“Village of the Damned – Part Three”
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Nigel Dobbyn
Knuckles demands an explanation from the traitorous girl - who tells him that the legends foretold he must die at their hand or else she will be sacrificed instead! He destroys the source of Mesmer's control over the villagers, and as Knuckles begins questioning, the landlord of the Tavern shows himself to be Robotnik!
“Trooper Trouble – Part Two”
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Carl Flint
Restrained on an aircraft, Tails tries to break their cuffs by force. Clive uses his technical knowledge to cut the power - but accidentally cuts off the power to the whole craft! Tails flies Clive out of the craft and beats the troopers on the way down. Clive promises to give the villagers their money back, and in return Tails tells everyone how Clive helped him defeat the troopers, so that they’ll stop picking on him.
Stringer's Tails stories increasingly held a strong sense of didacticism - made all the more obvious by the use of a character who had only recently been shown to have any sort of maturity at all suddenly knowing better than just about everyone he came across one minute, and not being able to grasp a similar concept the next.
“Future Shock – Part One”
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Roberto Corona
It's a typical day in the badnik-bashing office for the gang until they meet an elderly blue hedgehog beats them to it then claims to be Sonic from fifty years in the future! When Sonic still doesn’t believe him, they find a doctor capable of sampling their DNA - and it turns out that the cell samples from the two hedgehogs are identical…
Cover: Nigel Kitching |
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Sonic The Comic #87 - October 1996
| “Mister Shifter”
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Richard Elson
Sonic sits contemplating about being stuck in New Tek City and how the others might be when he hears someone screaming. It turns out to be from a girl whose about to get shot by a gangster called Mister Shifter. Sonic manages to catch the bullet in mid-air and fights with the current villain, but it turns out this creature is made from a material that’s too soft for Sonic to even hit! However Sonic works out a way by using his speed to stretch out Mister Shifter so far he can’t fight back. The girl he saved vanishes before saying thank you and turns out to be a spy waiting to inform Robotnik that the Special Zone isn’t ready for an invasion yet, as well as who she bumped into during her time there.
“The Good, the Bad and the Echidna – Part One”
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Nigel Dobbyn
On the way back home Knuckles passes through a desert and unfortunately gets caught up in a stampede. Luckily two guys riding pterodactyls were around looking for a friend of theirs who was also in the accident and manage to find him, unluckily all three of them think it was Knuckles that started the stampede to sabotage them and knock him unconscious before taking him to a nearby city…
“Easy Target”
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Carl Flint
Tails helps out a Unicorn called Forelock who’s being attacked by a group of badniks and in return gets granted one wish. Of course he wishes for Mobius to be free of Robotnik so Forelock transports him to a room above a parade that Robotnik is celebrating, gives him a gun and tells him if he shoots then all of Mobius will be free. Ultimately Tails decides that doing that would be wrong and Forelock sends him back telling him he made the right choice and what he just saw was an illusion. Before disappearing he tells Tails that one day his wish would come true.
“Future Shock – Part Two”
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Roberto Corona
Even though the tests show the older hedgehog is Sonic from the future the present day blue blur won’t accept it, but decides to hear his story after Amy and Tails convince him to. The older Sonic reveals that while he was fighting Robotnik a decision he made caused Amy, Johnny, Shortfuse and Tails to be killed in battle leaving him unresisting when the troopers came to arrest him. He spent years in a prison cell grieving over the loss of his friends while Robotnik ruled Mobius. One day he managed to escape and returned here to fix his mistakes. When Amy asks how he got back the older Sonic simply replied that he wasn’t sure but thought an increase in speed caused him to break the time barrier. Sonic still doesn’t believe him but the others decide to go along with him to destroy the weapon that kills them before its been completed. During the mission Amy starts to have her doubts and turns out to be right when older Sonic leads them right to Robotnik!
Cover Art: Carl Flint
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Sonic The Comic #88 - October 1996
| “The Ultimate Nightmare”
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Nigel Kitching
Sonic and the Chaotix finally notice that Super Sonic isn’t exactly frozen in the Omni Viewer and come to think that Omni Viewer slowed time down instead of stopping it. However the Chaotix are distracted by the appearance of a mysterious box that makes them live out their worst nightmares when they open it. Lord Sidewinder and his gang come out of the box and reveal that they shrank down by a device supplied by Nack the Weasel, as well as that the box is Lightmare’s doing. It turns out Sidewinder has another scheme to capture Super Sonic and use him as a slave but doesn’t count on Sonic being around and unaffected by the box (Since he wasn’t looking into it when the Chaotix opened it). During a fight Biohazard accidentally hits Sidewinder with some of his toxic sludge and the gang escape to get the antidote. Sonic talks with the others and tells them their old friend Nack the Weasel may be back soon…
“The Good, the Bad and the Echidna – Part Two”
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Nigel Dobbyn
Even though there isn’t any proof of his crime Knuckles is still placed in a cell until the sheriff returns from out of town. During the wait it’s revealed that it may be a business rival called Boss Krouch who tried to kill Rooster so that he would have the market all to himself. Over at a bar it turns out to be one of Rooster’s own men, Chito, who started the stampede for Krouch and that Krouch has plans to take care of Knuckles. A gang storm the prison and take him hostage to try and hang him, but in the nick of time the real sheriff shows up and scares them off after setting Knuckles free and full of complaints.
“Small Change”
Writer: Lew stringer
Artist: Roberto Corona
Jealous of his cousin Grimer for being Robotnik’s favourite Slimy sets out to prove this wrong and chooses Tails as a target for a weapon that shrink him down to the size of an ant. Then he attacks the citizens with the help of a badnik. But Tails manages to use this size to his advantage by flying inside the robot and messing with its circuitry. When the shrink ray wears off Slimy tries to hit him with a more permanent blast, however the blast reflects off the badnik and shrinks Slimy down instead.
“Future Shock – Part Three”
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Roberto Corona
After leading Amy, Tails, Shortfuse and Johnny to Robotnik future Sonic reveals that the only chance they have at peace is to side with the evil dictator. But Robotnik tells him he’s a moron to believe that and he isn’t Sonic from the future at all, just a clone created in a lab. Since the clone aged too rapidly to be used to fight Sonic he was instead implanted with the story and sent to bring the Freedom Fighters to Robotnik. In a rage the clone Sonic manages to escape and find Sonic, telling him that his friends are in trouble. While Sonic goes to save them the clone fights Robotnik and defeats him, though the rapid aging causes him to die and change into pure energy that shoots off to the stars.
Cover Art: Nigel Kitching
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Sonic The Comic #89 - October 1996
| “The Tomb – Part One”
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Richard Elson
In the Chaotix Communication room Sonic is talking to the Freedom Fighters to explain the events that happened involving Super Sonic. However he’s cut short by Espio. The chameleon explains about the Black Asteroid, formerly the largest gemstone mine on Mobius, where they will be taking the frozen Super Sonic to before setting off a gravitation bomb that’ll seal the entrance shut. As Sonic questions if it’ll work the ship bumps into something. It’s passed off as nothing to worry about, as this section of the Special Zone is full of debris. However this is far from the truth as Nack the Weasel boards the ship in his micro size as they reach the entrance of the asteroid. Returning back to his normal size he manages to shrink Sonic and the Chaotix down, causing the ship to crash since Vector can’t pilot it at this small size. Nack manages to capture most of them before they can escape but he misses Sonic…
“The Good, the Bad and the Echidna – Part Three”
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Nigel Dobbyn
With his former debuty out of the picture the sheriff offers the job to Knuckles before seeing Roster off on his travels. At the bar Knuckles, complete with his new sheriff’s outfit, searches for Chico, who doesn’t hesitate to fight with the echidna and quickly loses. Chico tells Knuckles that Krouch has left town to kill Rooster himself so Knuckles decides to pursue him.
“A New Hope”
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Carl Flint
While Sonic’s trapped in the Special Zone the three remaining Freedom Fighters (Tails, Amy and Johnny) struggle to fight against the mass horde of Badniks attacks. During the fight Tails takes a fall and when Amy turns to him she is grabbed by a flying Badnik and taken off. During the flight something in the distance blasts the Badnik apart and before she hits the ground Shortfuse the Cybernik comes to her aid. The two quickly return to the battlefield helping Tails and Johnny to overcome the attack. Once the danger is over the gang manage (With some difficulty) to convince Shortfuse to stay with them during Sonic’s absence.
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Sonic The Comic #90 - November 1996
| “The Tomb – Part Two”
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Richard Elson
Nack believes that now Sonic is micro-sized he can’t cause much of a threat and casually blabs about his mission to return Super Sonic to Lord Sidewinder. Though attacks at Sonic’s size can hardly cause damage to Nack he does put enough force into one spin to knock off the hat Nack was storing the capsules on. He manages to zap Nack with one of the capsules but accidentally gives him too strong of a dose of the chemical, making the weasel disappearing into seemingly nothing. As Vector has knowledge of the capsules he knows which one will return them to the correct size and they take off again to continue their journey. They leave Super Sonic and the trapped Omni Viewer in the asteroid, musing on if Omni Viewer will know what to do when Super Sonic breaks loose. With a last look they seal the exit to the asteroid.
“The Good, the Bad and the Echidna – Part Four”
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Nigel Dobbyn
Krouch plans a sneak attack on Rooster before Chico arrives on the scene. Angrily, he tells Chico he already had his chance to kill Rooster, which is enough of a confession that the sheriff and Knuckles (Disguised as Chico) need from him. When he realises he’s been tricked Krouch sets his men on them before making a getaway, only to be followed by Knuckles. At the edge of a cliff Krouch threatens to drop a chemical smelling of the Apterixes’ most feared predator into their holding area causing them to stampede. However, he accidentally falls off backwards and spills the chemical over himself. This makes the herd stampede and crush him to death. To thank Knuckles for his duty and save him the trouble of carrying the heavy chest home he’s given a Pterodactyl to travel with.
“Secret Weapon”
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Roberto Corona
In Metropolis City a rough looking stranger gives Johnny some information on a new Super Badnik Robotnik’s creating and taking through the Gum Tree Zone tomorrow. However once Johnny leaves it is revealed the stranger was given the information to pass on by Robotnik himself. As the Freedom Fighters arrive in the location they find the Troopers, who seem to be letting them win too easily. When they inspect the cargo a new Cybernik called Vermin breaks out. The Rat who gave Johnny the information decided to let himself willingly become a Cybernik for Robotnik. And one more powerful then Shortfuse at that.
Cover Art: Carl Flint
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