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Sonic The Hedgehog Issue #22
May 1995
Two stories for this issue, starting with "The Return." Sally and Sonic are chillin' with their kids when suddenly a huge surge of energy blasts through the area and out comes Robotnik! Let me address the whole kids thing first: I'm guessing this is a glimpse into a possible future for Mobius where Sonic and Sally are married with children (Sonic is referred to as King Sonic here). Anyway, just as quickly as he appeared, Robotnik disappears again, so it was just some weird vision caused by the energy surge. Turns out there's a spacecraft orbiting Mobius that harnessed the energy. Robotnik reappears in the spacecraft (so I guess he is the real thing), wondering how he got there. Then, a figure speaks to him revealing that he is the one controlling the space station, and then we see that it's Robo-Robotnik! We learn that this is, in fact, an alternate universe from the Mobius we all know (so EVE didn't actually kill him), but I don't think it's the same Robo-Robotnik. He says that this is a possible future for Robotnik, where he roboticized himself in order to defeat Sonic, but when he failed he uploaded his core memory to this space station (his creation). However, since the station was not completed, he is only able to operate the station until his systems shut down for good.
Robotnik obviously doesn't want this to happen. Fortunately for him, Robo-Robotnik is able to transport him back to his own universe, where he sends a message to the FF declaring (in a prerecorded message) that an army of swatbots is going to flat out destroy Mobius. Operation Wasteland begins with a full on assault, and even the FF realize that there are way too many swatbots to take on. Not even Robotropolis and Snively are safe, as the swatbots try to eliminate him as well. Robotnik shows up just in time to save him, blasting the swatbot away (since it was also targeting him) and turns out that if someone says "Sonic has finally won it all" (which Snively did say) then the operation automatically commences. Robotnik shuts down the operation and then speaks to Sonic, gloating at the irony that his life was saved by his greatest enemy. He lets the FF go for now, but the war will continue. End story.
"Tails' Knighttime Story" is next. I'm not going to detail this one, it's just Sally telling Tails a medieval-based fable to teach Tails that he can't be like his hero Sonic until he becomes strong enough to handle things on his own.
Some kid in the mail asks if Knuckles is Jamaican or Australian, and we get an official ruling on Tails' age (he's five).
I'll admit I was confused at the beginning of the first story, it just seemed too discombobulated until Robo-Robotnik reveals his story. It got real good after Robotnik returned to his world though so everything worked out. Then we got a pointless side-story just to fill up some pages. One more thing: the artwork in this was all over the place (I think Pat Spaziante did this one). Like, Sally looked good, but good god Rotor looked terrible, worse than anything Manak has done so far. Anyway, that wraps up this issue.
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HBJ Dubs
~Project 1000~
May 1995
Two stories for this issue, starting with "The Return." Sally and Sonic are chillin' with their kids when suddenly a huge surge of energy blasts through the area and out comes Robotnik! Let me address the whole kids thing first: I'm guessing this is a glimpse into a possible future for Mobius where Sonic and Sally are married with children (Sonic is referred to as King Sonic here). Anyway, just as quickly as he appeared, Robotnik disappears again, so it was just some weird vision caused by the energy surge. Turns out there's a spacecraft orbiting Mobius that harnessed the energy. Robotnik reappears in the spacecraft (so I guess he is the real thing), wondering how he got there. Then, a figure speaks to him revealing that he is the one controlling the space station, and then we see that it's Robo-Robotnik! We learn that this is, in fact, an alternate universe from the Mobius we all know (so EVE didn't actually kill him), but I don't think it's the same Robo-Robotnik. He says that this is a possible future for Robotnik, where he roboticized himself in order to defeat Sonic, but when he failed he uploaded his core memory to this space station (his creation). However, since the station was not completed, he is only able to operate the station until his systems shut down for good.
Robotnik obviously doesn't want this to happen. Fortunately for him, Robo-Robotnik is able to transport him back to his own universe, where he sends a message to the FF declaring (in a prerecorded message) that an army of swatbots is going to flat out destroy Mobius. Operation Wasteland begins with a full on assault, and even the FF realize that there are way too many swatbots to take on. Not even Robotropolis and Snively are safe, as the swatbots try to eliminate him as well. Robotnik shows up just in time to save him, blasting the swatbot away (since it was also targeting him) and turns out that if someone says "Sonic has finally won it all" (which Snively did say) then the operation automatically commences. Robotnik shuts down the operation and then speaks to Sonic, gloating at the irony that his life was saved by his greatest enemy. He lets the FF go for now, but the war will continue. End story.
"Tails' Knighttime Story" is next. I'm not going to detail this one, it's just Sally telling Tails a medieval-based fable to teach Tails that he can't be like his hero Sonic until he becomes strong enough to handle things on his own.
Some kid in the mail asks if Knuckles is Jamaican or Australian, and we get an official ruling on Tails' age (he's five).
I'll admit I was confused at the beginning of the first story, it just seemed too discombobulated until Robo-Robotnik reveals his story. It got real good after Robotnik returned to his world though so everything worked out. Then we got a pointless side-story just to fill up some pages. One more thing: the artwork in this was all over the place (I think Pat Spaziante did this one). Like, Sally looked good, but good god Rotor looked terrible, worse than anything Manak has done so far. Anyway, that wraps up this issue.
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HBJ Dubs
~Project 1000~
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