...honcho of Sega parent company CSK – will oversee the moving of the company onto an increasingly online footing, and is likely to prepare Sega for a merger or buyout...
...mouse wheel, the mouse itself and even the arrow keys on the keyboard. Note there are still some comics are missing from the database and comics are still being added....
"The Sonic Terimnator – Part Three"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Richard Elson
Sonic receives a distress signal from Amy, who has been captured by Metal Sonic! When Sonic arrives at Never Lake, he finds the Miracle Planet completely covered with Robotnik's factories, and chained to Mobius with a gigantic chain!
Sonic puts Metal Sonic out of commission – but just when things seem to be back to normal, Metal Sonic is revived and takes Amy to the Miracle Planet as live bait for Sonic, as he races after them over the chain that holds the Miracle Planet.
"Sonic`s World – Part One"
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Mike Hadley & John M. Burns
The Kintobor computer recounts a slightly different version of the origin of Robotnik, first told in issue eight.
Cover: Mike Hadley & John M. Burns
“The Ultimate Nightmareâ€
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 Twoâ€
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 Changeâ€
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 Threeâ€
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
“The Tomb – Part Oneâ€
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 Threeâ€
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 Hopeâ€
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.
Cover Art: Richard Elson
“Flickies’ Island – Part Oneâ€
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Richard Elson
Sonic, Amy, Tails and Johnny are on the east coast of the Emerald Hill Zone watching the Emerald Hill Folk return to Mobius from the Floating Island. As the citizens question Sonic about what he’s going to do with his life now Robotnik’s gone Amy tells him he’s got a call from the Floating Island. It’s Porker saying he’s going to stay on the Floating Island to work on the ancient computer systems, but after a snide comment about Sonic’s retirement from Knuckles the hedgehog hangs up on them. A few days later Tails tells Sonic that a bird gave him a message there’s danger on Flickies’ Island (Yes, Tails can talk to birds). Meanwhile on Flickies Island Grimer is telling his master that the tests prove positive and that Flickies are the perfect organic batteries for the new badnik designs…
“The Spice Maidens – Part Twoâ€
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Nigel Dobbyn
Captain Plunder and Filch are heading to a meeting at Queen Zorabel’s mansion to meet her five daughters: Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Coriander, Pepper and Tarragon, otherwise known as the Spice Maidens. Zorabel gives Plunder a treasure map and says he’s taking her daughters on as members of his crew, but Plunder protests that a pirate ship is no place for girls. After some arguing he manages to convince her it’s a bad idea… Or so he thinks! When he returns to his ship he discovers all he’s done is convince Zorabel she should come along too to keep her girls safe.
“Flip Side – Part Twoâ€
Witer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Carl Flint
Sonic manages to talk Tails into helping him save the balloonists by saying he’s not up to the challenge. After Tails takes leave Dr. Sorders arrives to tell Sonic what’s happened, then Amy turns up to say Tails has gone to pick a fight at the Gravel Pit Zone! The three get there in time to snap Tails out of it but it’s still too late to calm down the Mobians Tails has challenged… Until Dr. Sorder’s uses her hypnotic talents to turn them into peace lovers.
Cver Art: Dermot Power
“Bravehogâ€
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Mick McMahon
Sonic rescues a stranger from some badniks and when the stranger asks him why he bothered to save someone he doesn’t know Sonic tells the story of Bravehog. Six hundred years ago all the tribes of Mobius lived in separate villages according to their species (E.g. Foxes only live with foxes, badgers only live with badgers, etc). A hyena called King Leer, who conquered other villages by burning them down, ruled the land. Taking over the other tribes was easy because no one would help someone who wasn’t the same species as them, except for the leader of the hedgehog tribe, Bravehog. When the fox tribe is attacked Bravehog goes to fight the hyenas off, but fails since none of the foxes will help him. But when Bravehog is about to receive his punishment the other tribes become inspired and start fighting back against the hyenas to set Bravehog free. From that day forward all the people of Mobius lived together. The stranger comments on how cool Bravehog must have been, to which Sonic replies, “It’s obvious who I take afterâ€. Then the stranger shows that under the hood he is a hyena himself, but Sonic shakes his hand telling him he can’t help who his ancestors were.
“The Spice Maidens – Part Fiveâ€
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Nigel Dobbyn
For breaking the seal of King Akotek Plunder receives a curse of misfortune and calamity. Zorabel confesses that she knew about the curse all along, which was why she had Plunder break the seal. But Plunder says he doesn’t believe in any of that anyway so they start taking the treasure away. But on the way off the island he falls down some steps, gets a pot stuck on his head, is almost crushed in a cave in and then almost sliced to bits by falling weapons, so he soon changes his mind. Zorabel decides it’s too risky to keep him on board so she puts him on a separate boat tied to the main ship.
“Zero Zone – Part Twoâ€
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Andy Pritchett
Sonic has been brainwashed into believing he is Citizen Seven, or at least he fools the others into thinking he has right until he accidentally gives the game away by asking a forbidden question. He tries to escape by using his spin attack against the zone’s force field causing the zone to go all fuzzy and Citizen One to reveal himself to be a computer program designed by Robotnik. Citizen One was given up on when Robotnik learned his desire was to create a happy zone, and the only reason he abducted the Mobians was because he was feeling lonely. Sonic tells him there are other ways to get Mobians to come to the zone without brainwashing them and the zone remodels itself into a carnival.
Cover Art: Mick McMahon
“The Evil Empire – Part Oneâ€
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Richard Elson
Sonic, Amy and Tails have just finished setting up the Kintobor computer into its new home at the Freedom Fighter’s tower when Robotnik turns up at their base with two badniks and a new Metallix modelled after Knuckles. The two badniks take out Amy and Tails, then the Metallix easily manages to knock Sonic out. Robotnik orders him to take Sonic through a Mobius Ring he can activate at his disposal but just before the ring disappears Tails wakes up and follows them through…
“The Spice Maidens – Part Sixâ€
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Nigel Dobbyn
Captain Tiberius receives word from one of his crew that it’s impossible to lock a signal onto Captain Plunder’s ship while a security shield protects it. But Tiberius knows Plunder’s luck can’t last and he will get revenge for when Plunder betrayed him while they served under Black Beak. Back at Plunder’s ship Zorabel has set out two chests out, one containing treasure and one that’s empty. She says that if Plunder picks the chest with the treasure in he can keep it, but if he picks the empty chest he gets nothing. Despite his bad luck Plunder somehow manages to pick the right chest, so he drops Zorabel and her daughters off back at Scourge Bay before taking the treasure. However, once they’ve left Plunder trips, spilling the treasure over the edge of the ship. This causes the security shield to be disrupted and Tiberius to get a lock on Plunder’s ship. Once he’s shot them down Tiberius leaves Plunder and his crew stuck on a desert island.
“Spot of Botherâ€
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Roberto Corona
Amy and Tekno are making sure all the local citizens have gotten to safety before they fight some of Robotnik’s new badniks when they notice one person isn’t running at all, in fact he’s watching the badniks with binoculars! The girls manage to fight them off but the guy they saved, Norris Wimple, starts ranting and raging that they’ve ruined his day’s badnik spotting. Later that evening Norris comes up with a fool proof plan to get more badniks to come, by dressing up in Sonic costume. Amy and Tekno spot him again, but think no badnik would be that dumb. Apparently they’re wrong when one does mistake Norris for Sonic and kidnaps him. Amy manages to blast the badnik with her crossbow and Norris decides badnik spotting isn’t his thing – he’d much rather measure the boot marks of famous sports player…
Cover Art: Dermot Power
“The Hive – Part Twoâ€
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Roberto Corona
The bees fail to keep Vesper and his army of wasps from entering the Hive, but despite the word of her advisers the queen refuses to leave! Sonic agrees with them but it’s already too late as Vesper storms the throne room. Though having faced hundreds of opponents like Vesper before Sonic easily manages to use his speed to disarm the wasps. He’s reminded that the sheer number of wasps waiting outside completely outranks him however and much to the queen’s horror Sonic decides to organise a planned surrender. Luring them all into one of the tunnels Sonic uses his speed vortex to send them all out of the Hive in a daze then orders for the entrance to be sealed. As with custom of an outsider saving the Hive he gets one wish and chooses for Charmy’s freedom from his role as a prince.
“Shanghaied – Part Twoâ€
Writer(s): Nigel Kitching and Richard Elson
Artist: Richard Elson
Even though they are faced with the monster form of Mr. Fry the crew refuse to back down and start fighting to defend their ship. Though Fry defeats them and much to everyone’s surprise starts beating up one of the sharks claiming that in these waters they’re tough eating. After cooking the tenderised shark for them Fry gets an apology from Captain Plunder for making him walk the plank. But Fry explains that he’s a different person from Speckle and he didn’t blame the captain for making Speckle walk the plank. After explaining how he used the serum to transform in the water the crew started to wonder what happened to the remaining serum that he didn’t drink. They don’t have to wait long to find out as three mutated sharks rise out of the ocean to attack the ship!
“Head in the Cloudsâ€
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Roberto Corona
Based two months earlier when Sonic was first trapped in the Special Zone this story starts with an angry Robotnik sending the bearer of bad news to be robotisized as he wanted to get rid of Sonic personally, not simply have him disappear. Grimer comments that most of the Mobians think Sonic will return anyway which puts Robotnik into even more of a rage. He orders for a rocket to be made in his image so the citizens will be reminded who is in charge and demands for it to be ready in two months instead of the recommended six months timescale. Coming back to the present day Robotnik is preparing to launch his rocket, which turns out to be a flop and crashes. He demands to know who sabotaged it, and it turns out that the rocket crashed due to it’s own rushed construction. Despite this he tells Grimer to file the report as a sabotage saying sometimes you have to lie to protect an evil image.
Cover Art: Carl Flint
“The Detourâ€
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Richard Elson
Sonic and Tails are looking for a place to land the bi-plane, but because of a mass of fog they can’t even see the land. They manage to find a gap in the fog and head for it, but the place they end up landing in isn’t like anywhere they’ve ever seen before. Tails comments that trying to find a way around this fog is worse then being stuck in a maze, when the fog clears to reveal they really are in a maze. Then Tails starts to tell Sonic about a story he read where a minotaur lived in a maze, when a minotaur turns up and tries to squash them. They manage to escape and Tails says they were lucky it wasn’t a yeti that attacked them when a yeti does attack them. Sonic says can handle one, and Tails comments it’s a good thing he didn’t bring his tribe. And low behold his tribe turns up. They run to hide in a cave while Sonic wonders about everything Tails says coming true. He runs out to say the games up when one of the Tantaror reveals himself. He tells them they must do what he wants, but then his father turns up telling him he can’t have pets until he knows how to look after them. So Sonic and Tails get sent back to Mobius.
“Fall of the Leaf – Part Oneâ€
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Nigel Dobbyn
Tails is travelling through Eldorado Zone when a Drill-Bot from an underground diamond mine goes crazy due to the large amount of jewellery in the area and attacks. He stops the Drill-Bot but when he doesn’t accept the offer of jewellery as a reward the citizens think there’s something wrong with him and want him to clear off. Before he can leave however he’s accused of a robbery with photo evidence…
“Spaced Out – Part Threeâ€
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Roberto Corona
The Insectra are shot down onto an alien planet by their enemies and the two sides what to settle the fight there and then. But the leader of the KaamDaarn race who lives on the planet, Mello, along with her friend Amber step in to stop them, saying there’s no violence on this planet. The Insectra and the Blurrgh try to make a temporary alliance to take over this new planet but due to the planet’s energy flow their weapons don’t function forcing them to give in. After the fight Shortfuse decides to stay here instead of going back to Mobius because the KaamDaarn might be able to find a way to get him out of his armour. So the girls set off to return home without him.
Cover Art: Mick Mahon