Sonic The Hedgehog Issue #1
July 1993
Here we go, the first issue of the main series! Good cover. One thing I want to take notice of is the price tag as we go through the issues. This would cost you $1.25 in 1993. Let's see how much that hikes up as we go along.
"Meet Me At The Corner Of Hedgehog & Vine" is the lead story to begin the series. The very first page is Robotnik hanging Sonic from a noose. Holy ****, what an image to show first impressions to kids. Sonic's tongue green and his eyes are bulging out. Well if you didn't think Robotnik was evil before you know now. Then if that wasn't enough, Robotnik DECAPITATES him with his evil villain cane. Series over already!
...Well it turns out it was only a pinata that Robotnik was smashing to vent his frustrations. In walks a Swatbot holding a plant, so the big guy smashes its head in because one of his laws is no plants. The swatbot barely is able to explain that it's a robotic plant that can be used against the FF by having Burrobot plant the seeds all over the forest. To thank the swatbot for this idea that Robotnik clearly came up with himself, he tosses it into the robot disposal like the ass that he is. The first victim of these plants is Antoine, who was attempting to get Sally to notice him by finding some flowers for her. Hearing his screams, Sonic rushes to the rescue, but since it's Antoine, we get a great line, "Sonic The Hedgehog never deserts a friend in need! But since there's none around right now, I might as well help you!" It's funny how both Sonic and Robotnik can be total asses to their allies sometimes. They get a tangled up Antoine back into Knothole, where Rotor jokes about using a chainsaw to get him out. Antoine faints at that notion, which allows Rotor to just pull all the plants off him. Tails walks in and, not realizing the nature of the plants, decides to water them. Everyone thinks they will mutate as a result, but instead it short circuits. Knowing how to destroy the plants, the FF end up...not doing anything, because it ends up raining outside, which destroys all the plants in the forest. A pissed off Robotnik tosses Burrobot in the robot disposal (you know a punchline is ending it too: Burrobot pleads that all he did was seed the forest, which Robotnik responds, "I've seed what you've done, that's why I'm planting you in the trash!"). That ends the story.
We get two bumper stickers we can cut out and stick to our cars! "Honk if you <3 Sonic", "Have you hugged your hedgehog today?", "I'd rather be playing Sonic The Hedgehog", and "If you can read this, you should be reading Sonic The Hedgehog comics!"
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