February 1995
"Night Of 1000 Sonics" is up first, the cover should tell you where this is going. A portal from the Cosmic Interstate opens up near the gang, and out pop multiple Sonics that are looking for assistance to help their respective universes. Cyborg Sonic's team got wiped out by Robotnik when he turned himself into a cyborg, and now he...now Robo-Robotnik...threatens to take over all universes. There's an awesome full page panel showing a whole bunch of Sonics, the best being Wolverine Sonic. Anyway, Robo-Robotnik (RR from here on out) shows up in Mobius with an army of shadow swatbots. Of all people, the real Robotnik ends up destroying the swatbots, causing a temporary retreat by RR. He suggests an alliance with Sonic since RR threatens both of their interests, to which Sonic reluctantly accepts.
Robotnik believes RR is looking for the Giant's Hand, a powerful weapon located in the Neutral Zone (which has no color btw, so the kids could draw them in). Naturally he has a hidden agenda here: he wants the weapon for himself to take over Mobius. Meanwhile, RR summons his trump card...AntiSonic! He's sent to the Neutral Zone to steal the Hand for RR. Sonic catches up and tackles him down, but not before the Hand was in range for RR to teleport it back to him. The Hand morphs into the Giant Borg, commandeered by RR, and **** is really hitting the fan for the Sonics now. They figure that the only way to take him down is to work as a unit, and they come up with a great strategy. They send a few Sonics down to attack Giant Borg, and they are easily beaten down. GB raises a leg in the air to smash them into bits, which commences Part 2 of the plan...every single Sonic spinning the hell out of the bot while it's off balance. There is an AWESOME two-page panel showing thousands of Sonic Spins all over the bot. Giant Borg is destroyed, and RR is destroyed along with it. To prevent either from being rebuilt, each Sonic takes a piece back to their universe (prior to this Robotnik tried to snatch them all up but was quickly subdued). That wraps up the issue.
First issue that has only one story, but it was an excellent one. I love when the main hero and villain are forced into an alliance to face a greater evil, so that was a bonus for me. Then you had other sweet touches like the Neutral Zone being colorless and the aforementioned two-page panel of all the Sonics kicking ass. If I was ranking all the issues (which I may do at the end), this is easily a top 5, probably top 3.
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