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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