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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