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im leaving for vacation tomorrow morning. I should have internet access though, so I'll be able to keep the readthrough going.

Shooting for tomorrow night to read the next one

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Sonic The Hedgehog Issue #13
August 1994



Two things from the cover: It tells you right there that this is the first appearance by Knuckles in the comic! Also, the comic is now a quarter more expensive, being priced at $1.50 (I'll be tracking this).

"This Island Hedgehog" is the first story, and it's our second video game adaptation! This time we get a much better game, Sonic 3. Sonic and Tails discover Angel Island and their plane is immediately attacked by Knuckles. Stranded on the island, they try to escape a bot by diving into some water, which takes them through Hydrocity Zone. Just as they're about to drown, they end up in a pitch black area, where they finally encounter Knuckles. Knuckles says that Robotnik told him they were trying to steal the emerald (with Robotnik himself watching all of this from a monitor). He gives Sonic & Tails ten minutes to get off the island, so they take off (as they leave the dark cave, there's a sign that says "Gotham City - 14 miles"). Sonic realizes that they don't have to prove their innocence, since Robotnik will likely do it for them (at this point Robotnik has acquired the Chaos Emerald keeping the island afloat).

Knuckles cuts them off at the emerald's location, where he discovers it's missing. Since Knuckles is actually smart, he figures out quickly that Sonic could not have possibly taken it, which means he was duped. They end up finding Robotnik and snatch the emerald back using Sonic's speed. Robotnik takes off, and Sonic & Tails leave the island with their plane that had since been repaired. Not really an adaptation but a good story to introduce Knuckles. We won't see the last of him.

"Space In Yo' Face" is the next story. The gang find out that Robotnik has built a space weapon called Robostorm that can fire roboticizing rays at Mobius, covering a 100-mile radius. They head to the weapon and attempt to sabotage it, but then they see Robotnik heading towards them. They take off in Robostorm before he can reach it, and now they're stuck in space. Robotnik pursues them in another spacecraft and fires a ray that kills all the power in Robostorm. With the choice of either being towed back to Mobius and roboticized or be left drifting in space forever, the FF choose option C: crash land on the nearest moon, which turns out to be full of muck. Both ships get stuck in the mud, but Robotnik then tells us that his ship...is a TRANSFORMER. The transformer launches a devastating kick at Robostorm, but the FF had already left the ship before it happened. Now being chased down by Robotnik in a landrover, Sonic uses his tornado to make a giant mud statue of Robotnik. Since he loves anything that looks like him, Robotnik pauses to marvel at the statue...until it falls on top of him. The FF take the Transformer and escape back to Mobius with Robotnik and Snively stuck in the mud, and that's it. We'll see if there's any continuity to how Robotnik gets off the moon or it it just gets ignored...


Very good issue. The second story will get weakened if it doesn't get followed up on but even if it's a stand-alone it was very well done. The conflicts were set up nicely and they actually took the entire story in both cases to be resolved. All I ask is that not every problem Sonic faces is resolved in the very next panel (which was the case for a ton of stories leading up to this point). Definitely a top tier issue at the moment.

Not-So-Hidden Knothole: 2
Super Sonic appearance: 1
Video Game Adaptations: 2 (Spinball, 3)
Price Changes: 1

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that would be kinda funny actually.

I'll get at least two in tomorrow

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Ruriair
Battlefield

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The Sin
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how am i in Top 5 with a **** baseball team

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why god why.

But that does remind me: don't spoil anything I haven't read yet in this topic. Even if it will take months for me to get there!

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Sonic The Hedgehog Issue #12
July 1994



"A Timely Arrival" is the first story. Robotnik builds a time machine and sends Sonic back into the prehistoric past. Right off the bat we get the dumbest editor's note ever. Sonic says "Hokey Smokes! A Pterodon*!" with the note being *Pterodactyl*. Why not just say Pterodactyl in the first place and be done with it? Anyway, Sonic escapes the flying beast only to fall towards the waiting mouth of a T-Rex. The Almighty Sonic Spin (should I abbreviate this to ASS?) breaks all of its teeth (Sonic can be an ******* sometimes). After all that jazz he meets his ancestor, Sonugh The Boghog! Sonugh's design is basically Sonic with a wizard's beard, and yes it's awesome. If we're getting a Sonic ancestor, you can deduce that we're also getting a Robotnik ancestor, and sure enough the evil Ivo Robughnik appears! There can't be any way this is canonically feasible but let's go with it. Robughnik catapults a boulder right on the hogs, and we get a funny bit where Robughnik is celebrating smashing Sonic exactly the same way and time as Robotnik is celebrating Sonic's banishment 400,000 years later. It's also great in that in doing so Robotnik violates three of his own laws (singing, dancing, and smiling), and he ends up smashing a Crabmeat that caught him in the act. Robotnik gets ambushed by the FF (Robotnik line, "I can't escape - Mother told me never to run with scissors!"). That's seriously the reason they give for Robotnik being totally trapped.

Back in the past the two hogs escaped that boulder by digging underground just before it hit. Sonugh brings Sonic to his hideout to meet the Freedom Fighters, who outside of some minor outfit differences look exactly the same. Alright there's no way I can buy this. It gets worse: apparently Sonic is directly responsible for causing Boghogs to evolve into Hedgehogs via forcing the Past FF to live on the surface of Mobius instead of underground. Thankfully the Present FF save me from more of this mess by teleporting Sonic back into present day.

Up next, "The Bold-Headed Eagle." Sonic runs straight off a cliff as soon as it starts and lands in a giant nest, where he meets the last eagle on Mobius, Cyril. Sonic convinces to try flying again, but Cyril ends up dropping to a lower end of the cliff. He meets up with other members of his flock that he thought had been captured years ago but turn out alright. At the same time Robotnik ambushes Sonic riding a Rambot (giant Ram, it's pretty sweet). Sonic gets rammed off the cliff but is saved by a rejuvenated Cyril, whereas a chunk of the cliff falls apart, taking Robotnik and Snively with it. End.

"The Lynx Is A Jynx" is the third story. Sonic rescues Larry Lynx, who believes that he brings misfortune to everyone he contacts. The tree branch he was on breaks, injuring all the FF, causing them to believe (except for Sonic) that he is a jynx. They refuse to let him hide out in Knothole. While out trying to find a new hiding spot, Sonic and Larry spot the rest of the FF captured by some swatbots. Sonic uses Larry as bait to get intentionally captured, which leads to bad luck turning against the swatbots via various malfunctionings. Robotnik appears and is about to run over Sonic with his vehicle, but Larry's appearance causes it to go out of control, and Robotnik crashes into a wall. Apparently all this helps break the bad luck streak, and that ends this story.


Not a good issue at all. Nobody cares about Cyril or Larry Lynx, and the first story doesn't make sense from a logical standpoint. However, we're getting something big next issue, and that will come tomorrow.

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Sonic The Hedgehog Issue #11
June 1994



"The Good, The Bad, And The Hedgehog" is the first story. Sonic's on his way to stop a toxic waste dump via the Cosmic Interstate, which is an alternate dimension-like place that works as a shortcut to get around Mobius. He gets lost and ends up in an alternate version of Mobius where Robotnik is good and the FF are the bad guys. The alternate FF look like punks, with Antisonic have the best design with his biker jacket and cool shades. They end up racing each other, which allows Sonic to set up a trap by running into Robotnik's vet clinic. He speeds off just as Antisonic runs in and is immediately captured by Robotnik. Sonic finally manages to get back to real Mobius, stops the toxic dump, and saves the day. Fun Fact: Two panels have dialogue ripped word for word from The Beatles' "Hello Goodbye" and Rolling Stones "You Can't Always Get What You Want." Anyway, that's the end.

Some Sonic fan artwork shown, and they all look very creepy.

"Beat The Clock" is the next story. Coconuts has somehow captured all the FF sans Sonic and tied them up with a ton of timed explosives. Sonic of course shows up with three seconds remaining and takes off, leaving Coconuts to get blown up by his bombs. It's short, but counts as a full story. This story does confirm that Sally is completely smitten with Sonic though.

Reader mail actually shows up before the final story. Three bits: There's a Sonic 4 reference over a decade before its release, someone thought Robotnik was a robot himself, and one fan literally said this, "Please make Robotnik's head fall off. Please tell him he has a big butt."

"Food For Thought/You Are What You Eat" is the final story. Sonic dreams that everyone has taken the form of food (he naturally is a chili dog). Chili Dog Sonic rushes to save French Fry Tails from being deep-fried by Cheeseburger Robotnik, but falls into a trap and is captured himself. Before he gets fried though, he wakes up, and we find out it's his birthday! That wraps it up.


The first story is great and introduces some things that will show up later on. I'm positive Antisonic returns later on, and we'll also see more of the Cosmic Interstate as we progress through the comic.

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Sonnen
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Cote
Maia
Mendes
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i need to find a wolvurkel pic

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Sonic The Hedgehog Issue #10
May 1994


"Revenge Of The Nerbs" is our first story. The gang is trying to cut electrical lines to shut down Robotnik's factories, but accidentally cut one that activates a force field around them. Luckily a Nerb appears from the ground (some green looking thing, clearly a Smurf and/or the candy Nerds ripoff) and the FF force their way into the tunnel against its wishes. The nerbs are dicks and don't want anything to do with them, so they leave. On the way out, Sonic spots Robotnik digging underground with one of his inventions, as well as some captured nerbs (who are still dicks). They're such dicks that they don't even thank Sonic for rescuing them. Anyway, Sonic stops the underground digging by flooding the Mobius River inside. As he's outrunning the rushing water, we get a cameo of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. That's the best part of the story. Sonic saves day, story over. Good god this was awful.

"'Twan With The Wind" is the next one. The gang's in their hot air balloon scouting a good spot for their annual FF picnic, which is a stupid idea because they're sitting ducks. Then again, it was Antoine's idea to use the balloon so there ya go. Sure enough, some badniks show up and pop the balloon and they crash. The buzzbombers report to Robotnik, who apparently is aware that the FF hold a picnic every year. He invites himself there, presumably for evil reasons. He ambushes the FF, but Antoine (who had been away trying to repair the balloon) shows up with it fully repaired. The Buzzbombers try to pop it again, but Antoine throws a bucket of mud at them, plummeting the bots to the ground. Then he tosses sandbags filled with explosives down at the swatbots, THEN he grabs Robotnik by his cape and drops him into a pond. Idiot, you could have killed Robotnik right then and there! Whatever, that ends it.

Reader mail is full of Tails fanboys and girls. Someone wanted a 1000 issue Tails mini-series. I wonder what year the 1000th issue would be if they started that in 1993.


This may be the worst issue yet. The first story is GOD AWFUL, definitely the worst story so far. I came this close to saving your time and not write anything about it. The nerbs should be curbstomped from this comic forever. For the second, I hate hate hate how Antoine is depicted in the story. He anticipates an attack by Robotnik, even though he's always the first to freak out when these attacks happen. He's so clever that he not only has buckets of mud ready for the Buzzbombers (this I can buy a little bit), but he also is smart enough to fill up all the sandbags with explosives. WHERE DID HE GET THESE EXPLOSIVES? Finally, apparently he's so strong he can pick Robotnik up by only his cape.

Antoine is a coward. He is not an alpha male. He is at his best when he has to force himself to be brave and fight, and that's usually only when he's the only one that can save somebody important to him (and that wasn't the case with the ambush in this issue...Sonic would have whipped Robotnik's ass). He doesn't need to swag all over the place; we have Sonic for that. This just irritates me a lot.

Lastly, the cover has nothing to do with the stories and the artwork is kinda off. Augh...

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End Of The World
Birth Of A New Witch
The Executioner

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**** yeah i've been waiting for this forever

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Just checked issue #7, there you are! Forever etched in Sonic history!

Sonic The Hedgehog Issue #9
April 1994



"Pseudo-Sonic" starts things off. As you might guess from the title, Sonic's opponent is a robotic clone of himself Robotnik built (only requires 3500 AA batteries!). We'll get there in a bit. First we have a possible Knothole Discovery spot, with Antoine guarding the secret entrance to Knothole Village. Wouldn't having a guard right in front of the entrance be a good indication that the secret entrance is right there? You tell me.

Anyway, Sonic's off to get some flowers for Sally, but accidentally picks up some poisonous ones that he's also allergic to, gets real swollen up and passes out. During that time, Pseudo-Sonic makes his way to Knothole's entrance, with Antoine of course not being able to tell the difference. The rest of the gang easily tell it's a robotic clone, but before it can reveal the location of Knothole, Tails of all people saves the day by dragging his two tails real fast on the ground to generate enough static electricity to not only screw up Robotnik's feed but also destroy Pseudo-Sonic. Meanwhile, Robotnik spots the real (and severely weakened) Sonic while tracking his robot's last known location. Luckily we have Betty Butterfly to let the FF know where he is, and Sonic is saved just in time by mah gurl Bunnie, who beats the **** out of Robotnik and literally throws him all the way back to Robotropolis. Hell Yeah! On top of that she also cures him of his allergic reactions. Totally should have been Sonic x Bunnie instead of Sonic x Sally. Then again there's still 200+ issues for Archie to fix that. Anyway, that ends the story.

You get to learn how to draw Sonic in a ministory. I like that.

"What's The Point?" is story number two. Sonic finds a porcupine-bird and decides to bring it to Knothole as a present for Sally's birthday. Turns out she hates it (especially after it eats her cake) and wants Sonic to take it back where he found it. As Sonic is finding a safe place for the bird, he spots Sally (who was picking berries for making another cake) captured by an EVIL TREE. Sonic spends an entire panel getting all the cheesy tree-related puns out of the way so we don't have to read them later. Before he himself is captured, Thorny the bird saves him and shows him which tree is the evil one. Sonic makes quick work of the tree, but here comes Robotnik armed with a freeze blaster. Thorny saves the day again by taking a **** on Robotnik's head and pecking him in the ass. Okay it was an egg and not poop. NOW Sally likes the damn thing. Whatever, the end.

Awesome pin-up of a totally ripped Sonic. I wish I could find a picture.


Great story followed by a bad one, but I'll take it. It's nice to see Sonic in moments of weakness every now and then.

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In The Sun -Destructive-
The End Of The World

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Cena/Michaels was just short of an hour, so it's not a broadway. It has to be a draw.

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Jakyl25 posted...

From: sonten1 | #047
Sonic The Hedgehog Issue #7
February 1994


I got my name in the letter section of this issue I think!

I know I'm in one of them!

If it's this issue, you're either the kid who wanted Sonic to started the Antoine Haters Club, wanted to know what happens to Robotnik on the TV Show, the #1 Tails fan, or the one who actually wanted to see more Cal and Al. Or one of the many mentioned for coloring in a page of one of the previous issues!

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Sonic The Hedgehog Issue #8
March 1994


"Bot's All, Folks!" is the first story. Robotnik's got a new weapon to destroy Sonic...Botman! Yes it is a Batman rip-off, complete with a bat signal (although here it's a silhouette of Robotnik's face). Sonic gets his ass kicked for a bit but then he uses his speed to take apart Botman. However, Robotnik's got a Wolverine ripoff ready to go, but something goes wrong, and out comes a Wolvurkel bot. Yes, it looks like Urkel, and definitely a small nod to Jaleel White, who voiced Sonic in the shows. Next bot ripoff...Spawnmower! Sonic removes the spark plug wire and pushes it off a cliff. Then we get Magbot, Captain Marbot, and Mighty Bot, all quickly disposed. Robotnik escapes as usual, and that's it.

Sonic bowling pin-up.

"A Little Sonic Goes A Long Way" is next. First issue of Sonic playing the guitar I believe. He plays his music which somehow reaches all the way to Robotnik, so he makes a device that makes things shrink. Snively makes an appearance here (his first was in the Christmas Carol story, but his name was Snarley there). Robotnik has a monitor that can track the FF outside the Great Forest, so he has to know Knothole is somewhere in there right? Of course, every plan he makes to destroy the Great Forest fails miserably, so yeah. Anyway, the FF head to the abandoned concert hall to play as a band. Bunnie wants to play cymbals and saxophone, because she's the sax-cymbal of the team. Heh, nice.

They get ambushed and shrunk by Robotnik, who now has a roboticizer vacuum. Sonic clogs it up by cutting open a box fill with music programs, giving them a chance to hide. Robotnik crashes into a stage which wrecks the vacuum, but he still sucks Sonic up in a dust buster. The others FF save him by using a violin as a bow and arrow, and the effects finally wear off and they're big again. The shrinking device's effects last only an hour, which means these last few pages took an hour, and Robotnik still failed. They drive Robotnik away by playing music, and then shrink the invading army of badniks to save the day. End.


Much better issue. Both stories were good in their own way, and for the first time Robotnik had a significant advantage that required all the FF to help each other out to defeat him. You can argue that using music was a cheap way to end the fight, but Robotnik has always canonically hated music throughout all Sonic media, so it works here. One of the best issues so far.


I'll end tonight here while it's on a good note.

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Sonic The Hedgehog Issue #7
February 1994


"Uncle Chuck's Treasure" is the first story. The FF find a map of Chuck's buried treasure and set out to find it. Some swatbots spot them and tell Robotnik, who ambushes them at the treasure location. Sonic saves his friends by himself, but Robotnik gets away with the treasure. Sonic remembers what it was though, and chooses not to go after, because all it consists of is a bronze statue of Sonic's baby shoes (Badnik punchline: "Another de-feet at the hands of Sonic!").

Ministory of Sonic beating up his own shadow and Robotnik drawing a police sketch of Sonic.

"Sorceress In Distress" is next up. The FF are having a costume party, and Sally (a sorceress) goes off by herself to find a stick to complete her outfit. She finds one and pretends it has magical powers...until a geyser is set off by coincidence. She thinks the stick may actually have powers, and apparently so does Robotnik, who had been watching her. Robotnik is in love and asks her to marry him (apparently he doesn't realize that it is Sally). Sally plays along for fear of being discovered, but Robotnik immediately starts the ceremony. Sonic, who had been spying on her, uses his speed to attack Robotnik and escapes with Sally. She gives him a kiss in appreciation but then smacks him with the stick for disobeying her orders. End.


The stories weren't too bad I guess, better than last issue for sure.

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Sonic The Hedgehog Issue #6
January 1994


"The Spin Doctor" is up first. We get our first video game adaptation, and I would never have guessed that it would be for Sonic Spinball. It follows through the first three levels (with an appearance by the creepy Robotnik scorpion. We don't get The Showdown other than a mimic of getting booted out of the volcano fortress (which is just Robotnik kicking him out instead of those slingshot socks breaking the glass in the game). That's it.

MInistory of a reader mail praising Antoine, but Sonic finds out that Antoine himself is writing it. Clever.

"Sonic's Christmas Carol" is next, and it's a reenactment of A Christmas Carol. Robotnik is Scrooge, Sonic is all three Ghosts, and Rotor apparently works for Robotnik. Basically the future is Robotnik thinks he has the battle won but a bomb he sent Rotor got returned to him after many years which end up killing him. Turns out it's all a dream, we get a Happy Holidays from Sonic, and that it. Definitely a non-canon story, but this is the first issue that Rotor is actually named Rotor, so that's what we get from here on out.

Definitely not an important issue. The Spinball tie-in was way too short...

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Sonic The Hedgehog Issue #5
December 1993



First up, "Olympic Trial & Errors." Robotnik has built a stadium to challenge Sonic & Co. to the Robotropolis Olympic Games. The deal: if Sonic can win only one out of four events, Robotnik will leave Mobius. If he loses all four, then the Freedom Fighters have to be roboticized. There's definitely a trap or several. While Sonic was chilling in a pond, a swatbot swapped his sneakers with a pair that drains his energy. Sonic quickly passes out before the Games begin, so Sally, Rotor, and Antoine take his place. They easily lose in long jump, swimming, and weight lifting. The last event is a race against a Buzzbomber. Meanwhile, Tails finds Sonic's real sneakers in some trash and brings them back to him. Sonic runs around the badnik to confuse it, giving Antoine enough time to barely win the race. Robotnik keeps his promise and leaves Mobius forever...YEAH RIGHT. He escapes to fight another day, and that's it.

Ministory of Sonic's ten second workout of him running across the world.

"Chomp On This, Chump!" is the second story. Rotor orders an ant farm which is naturally a trap set up by Robotnik ("We can ant-icipate the end of Sonic and his friends very soon!"). It ends up being a termite that grows the more it eats, and it starts eating up all the FF's stuff in the village. Sonic makes a log made out of pancake batter which ends up clamping the bot's mouth shut. Rotor reconfigures it and sends it to Robotropolis where it eats all of Robotnik's stuff. End.

Ministory of Sonic eating his food really fast and getting sick. In reader mail, someone sent a really long one asking what animal Sally was. Wow...

This issue sucked, that's all I have to say.

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Reminder to let me know if there's anything I should keep track of during the series (except for cheesy jokes cause there's probably over 9000 of them)

Sonic The Hedgehog Issue #4
November 1993


"The Lizard Of Odd" is the first story of the issue. Robotnik swears that the next animal captured will become the ultimate killer robot, so of course the next one is a tiny salamander. He gives it a whirl anyway, but Buzzbomber accidentally sets the size control too high, which turns it into a gigantic robotic salamander. Apparently the bigger the robot is the harder it is to control, as the robot has full free will (and is evil) and thus Universalamander is born! The FF spot it on the monitor, and Sonic questions that Jurassic Park is already out on the Sega Genesis. Sonic rushes off to destroy it but is quickly eaten up by the bot. A Sonic Spin causes USalamander to spit him out. Lo and behold, we get our first Super Sonic appearance! I'll keep track of when he shows up. He blasts right through the bot's chest, then grabs a device Rotor made that shrinks the bot and promptly smashes him. End.

Several ministories: Crappy Antoine and Al/Cal ministories and a nifty Robotnik birthday card you can make, along with a Super Sonic pin-up. One more of Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts at a villain's audition. One more of Bunnie hairstyling on Sally (it looks awful)

"Tails' Little Tale" is next. Tails tries to be the hero while Sonic rests after the first story. He's able to take care of the lower level badniks like Orbinaut and gets cocky enough to attempt to defeat Robotnik by himself. He heads to Robotropolis but is quickly captured by swatbots. Luckily Sonic spotted him earlier and saves him from being roboticized, they escape, and that's it.


Nothing special, but we got a Tails story which is usually fun stuff.

Not-So-Hidden Knothole: 1
Super Sonic appearance: 1

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Cena turning heel will be the major event of this decade and Cena knows it. However it's one of those things that you need the entire build planned out (the prelude, the turn, and about a year's worth of storylines leading up to a face finally ending Cena's reign of terror). I believe Cena is smart enough to know if WWE is ready to pull the trigger on it.

With that said, I won't be shocked if he announces in advance that he's cashing in at Summerslam. However, if that briefcase is still in his possession when that show ends, it tells me that they have something hot planned (which doesn't mean they'll execute, but like I said I'm not as sure about that prediction).

I'm positive he will not successfully cash in to win the title though. Even if he doesn't turn there's a lot more places to take Cena with a loss.

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Dance Of The Moon Rabbits
Corruption

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I'm calling it right now.

John Cena will be the first person to lose his MITB Cash-In Title Match.

As a corollary (not as confident on this but still my current guess), the briefcase is going to turn him heel if he does not cash it in at Summerslam.

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ended up staying an extra night. I promise to do at least 5 issues tomorrow

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Nothing today, will be in Chicago until tomorrow night.

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gotta enjoy them while I can!

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"Rabbot Deployment" is the second story, and I just want to say IT'S ABOUT TIME. Up until this point Bunnie Rabbot was in one page of one issue of the comic, and it was a pinup of all the characters, good and evil, facing off against each other. She was all white in that too, definitely not close to the final design she'll come to have. Anyway, this is basically her origin story. Sonic and Rotor spot an innocent bunny rabbit with a southern accent getting captured by some swatbots, which immediately produces a great line...

Bunnie: Unhand me, you Yankee contraption!
Swatbot: Yankee? I'm an Orioles fan!

No wonder the swatbots keep getting their ass beat XFD. Anyway, the bots are driving a truck that's also a portable roboticizer, and she's promptly tossed inside. Sonic, praying there's time to save her, goes into Sonic Spin mode, decapitates the swatbots, and cuts into the roboticizer. He shuts it down, but a little too late; Bunnie's legs and left arm have been roboticized. Rotor is skeptical of bringing back to Knothole, thinking Robotnik can track her, but a passionate Sonic puts her health and safety first.

Sonic: Are we MICE or MEN?
Rotor: Neither!

They bring her back, and she joins the FF, just in time because a giant Burrobot is tearing down the Great Forest. Sonic races out of the tree stump entrance, but Bunnie pulls him back down just before he's run over by the Burrobot's treads. I'm only mentioning this because of this line from Sonic, "I was almost a Sonic Pancake!" I always love these kind of lines, and it's entirely because of Jill Sandwich. Anyway, Sonic is lured into a trap because he doesn't think before he acts, but Bunnie lifts the Burrobot with her robotic arm and drops the badnik on its head. Sonic finishes the job by burying the bot in a trench, and that's all folks.

Ministory displaying Robotnik's Rules (such as "No Fun"). Nothing exceptional though.


Well this write-up went long but it had to be. The first story had some great jokes and I just had to make that confusing paragraph. As for the 2nd, Bunnie Rabbot is probably my second favorite character in the series behind Sonic (it's mostly because I liked her in SATAM, especially that Southern accent), so any story emphasizing her is likely going to be more detailed. Overall this was a good issue. The first story you knew right away that the bomb was not going to be a bomb but the execution worked. Second story I already detailed, and the ministories weren't bad.

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I did get the pun. The comic even bolds it to make sure. I know they reappear in the comic again but I don't remember what they do (I know when it is, it'll take some time to get there). Also I made an error: Issue #2 was released in September, not August. ANYWAY...

Sonic The Hedgehog Issue #3
October 1993


No smoking slogan on the cover. I knew Sonic had a vice.

"The Bomb Bugs Me!" is the first story. Neat add-in: Rotor and Sally are watching Sonic on a TV Monitor, and under it lists the zones from Sonic 2, except for Hill Top for some reason. Anyway, time for actual story: During a routine scouting in Robotropolis, Sonic overhears Robotnik mentioning that he is in possession of a bomb, which freaks the gang out (Rotor in particular is so scared, he says this, "That's why the call it a 'Cold War'...because we'll all be...*gulp* on ice!" and then starts singing Swing Low Sweet Chariot). Their plan? To protest in front of Robotnik's HQ of course. This page has two great jokes that I feel the need to post:

Swatbot: Look my lumpy liege...protestors!
Robotnik: Impossible! I've outlawed all religious freedom!
Swatbot: Not Protestants! Protestors!

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Robotnik: And look who it is! Sonic, Princess Sally and that overweight walrus! How can anyone let himself get so obese?

Robotnik and his army of swatbots charge at them, but smash into the wall, knocking the big guy out. Turns out they were using a video projection of themselves protesting against the wall. Sonic & Sally use this time to locate the bomb. Rotor, disguised as Robotnik, orders a Crabmeat to bring him the bomb, but plants suspicion on himself for saying the word "please," and Crabmeat knows his master would never use that word. The bot tries to ambush Rotor, but is disposed of easily. Now get ready for this...

Rotor tries to get the gang to return to Knothole to analyze the bomb but Robotnik comes in saying that Rotor is a fake then Rotor says obviously Robotnik is lying but then Robotnik takes off a mask to reveal it's Rotor then Rotor takes off his mask to reveal it's Robotnik THEN they each take off about five more masks while arguing who is who. Confused? So is Sonic, so he busts out a Sonic Tornado to take care of all the disguises. They take a dizzied Rotor (the real one) back to Knothole. By the way, the bomb is just a small yellow package that says "The Bomb" on it. They open it reluctantly, but it turns out to be...bug spray. Robotnik's pantry was infested with bugs which was why he asked for the spray (which is called the "Bug Bomb"). The End!

Ministory of a turtle riding a rocket-powered skateboard. I can explain this but I think some things are better left unsaid! Then another one of Sonic speaking to himself on both sides of a phone line. He's very fast. And a third one with the FF making a joke newspaper making fun of Sally changing her hair from blonde to brunette, which makes her extremely pissed off.

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