Sonic Storyline Summarize written by: Alessandro Sanasi Last updated on December 30, 1997 This text file chronicles all of the important events in the Sonic comic storyline from Fleetway. Please keep in mind that it is still under construction, and that my knowledge of the english language is not extremely in-depth. :) Super Sonic Issue #7 Issue #7 Red calls Sonic and Tails to the Oil Ocean Zone to help them putting out a fire, and to deactivate the zone's traps. When Sonic gets attacked by an Aquis, he transforms into Super Sonic. While in this state, Sonic is out of control and just attacks everything. Luckily, after dealing with the Aquis, Sonic changes back to normal... only seconds before he would have destroyed his friends. The Origin of Sonic Issue #8 Issue #8 Sonic takes his friends Tails, Johnny Lightfoot and Porker Lewis into the Special Zone to meet the Omni-Viewer, an omnipotent computer screen suspended in mid-air. Sonic asks it to show his pals the truth about Robotnik, and how he got his powers. The Omni-Viewer reveals that Robotnik once was Kintobor, a scientist from Earth, and that Sonic was a normal, brown, but already super-fast hedgehog. Sonic met Kintobor when he dug into Kintobor's underground laboratory by accident, and the two quickly became friends. At that time, Kintobor was working on a Retro-Orbital Chaos Compressor. By using the golden rings of Mobius, he wanted to transfer all evil on the planet into the six Chaos Emeralds inside the machine; thus, it would free Mobius from evil forever. Unfortunately, without the seventh grey emerald, the machine was very unstable. While training in Kintobor's Kinetic Gyratoscope, Sonic broke the speed of sound. The resulting Sonic Boom destroyed the treadmill and changed him into the totally cool streamlined blue hedgehog we all know and love. Later that day, Kintobor took a break from his work to look for a snack, but found only a rotten egg in the fridge. While returning to his work, he slipped and fell onto the controls of the R.O.C.C. which caused the machine to explode violently. The evil stored in the emeralds, combined with the rotten egg, turned Kintobor into the evil, rotten, egg-shaped Robotnik. Meanwhile, Robotnik somehow managed to take control over everything in the Special Zone. He forces the Omni-Viewer to trap Sonic and his friends and send them into a distant future, where they can't interfere with his plans again. (continued in issue #9: Back to Reality) Back to Reality Issue #9 Issue #9 Fortunately, because Robotnik's orders to the Omni-Viewer were not very specific, the Omni-Viewer sends Sonic and his friends only six months into the future. During that time Robotnik took control of the entire planet, and has built a whole army of Badniks. Seeing his world dominated by evil, Sonic vows to rid the planet of Robotnik. Megatox Issue #10 Issue #10 Sonic frees some animals that were forced to work in one of Robotnik's factories in the Chemical Plant Zone. During their escape through the sewer system, Sonic has to fight a liquid being that calls itself 'Megatox'. In an accident one of Robotnik's evil assistants came in contact with Mega-Mack, his body merging with the poisonous chemical, and now his mind controls the liquid. Sonic defeats Megatox by digging a tunnel and forcing the liquid outside by creating a cyclone with his Sonic Speed. Time Racer Issue #11 Issue #11 Tails has been fox-napped by Robotnik, and when Sonic comes to the rescue Robotnik reveals that he is going to destroy the Emerald Hill Zone with a Death Ray from his satellite. Sonic is forced to run halfway around the planet in five seconds to save his friends. By running on the sand of a beach at hyper-speed, he melts it into a giant mirror that reflects the ray back into orbit, destroying the satellite. Hidden Danger Issue #12 Issue #12 After a fight against Robotnik in his new Sky Fortress, Sonic crash-lands in the Hidden Zone, which is protected by a cloaking device. Sonic has lost his memory from the fall, and does not know that he has accidentally shown Robotnik the way to the zone. When a badnik mentions Sonic's name during the following attack, Sonic regains his memory and is able to drive the attackers back. Hero of the Year Issue #14 Issue #14 Sonic gets the 'Hero of the Year' award, but it's actually a homing device to locate Sonic's secret hideout. Sonic finds out in time and lures the robots that were sent to follow him into a trap. Girl Trouble Issue #21 - #22 Issue #21 Amy Rose gets arrested for associating with Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic and Johnny Lightfoot use a Star Post to follow her to Robotnik's Egg Fortress in the Special Zone. Sonic dashes right in without bothering about making a plan, and they both get trapped by the automatic defense system of the fortress. Issue #22 Grimer and Robotnik try to transform Amy into a Super-Badnik. Sonic saves her at the last minute. Because Amy is no longer safe in the Green Hill Zone village, she joins Sonic's Freedom Fighter group. Elsewhere, Grimer finishes the final tests for Project Metallix. Pirates Of The Mystic Caves Issue #23 Issue #23 Sonic, Tails, Johnny and Porker search the Mystic Caves for Amy, who has been captured by pirates. Sonic and Tails get separated from the others and fall into the hands of the pirates, too. Their leader, Captain Plunder, wants Sonic's Chaos Emeralds. Amy makes an agreement with the pirates to give them valuable informations about Robotnik's air freighters, in return for their aid in the fight for freedom. The Sonic Terminator Issue #24 - #28 Issue #24 Project Metallix passes its final test, while Robotnik's troops make a raid on the Emerald Hill Zone to arrest all its citizens. Sonic and his whole group are captured in the attempt to free them. However, Sonic informed the Mystic Cave Pirates in time to come to the rescue. During the fight, Porker Lewis accidentally tells one of the pirates where Sonic hid the Chaos Emeralds: in the North Cave of South Island. Issue #25 Plunder's pirates search the North Cave of the Frozen Zone for the Chaos Emeralds, but Sonic and his friends have followed them. During the fight, Plunder is able to capture Tails. Sonic must surrender, and the pirates escape with the emeralds. Sonic and Tails pursue the pirate's ship with the Sonic airplane. Meanwhile, the emeralds have become unstable due to the temperature change and start to absorb evil emotions again, similar to the way they acted when Kintobor used them in his R.O.C.C machine. When Sonic finally enters the ship, all the pirates have become a group of peace-loving hippies. Sonic obtains the emeralds without problems. Elsewhere, Grimer's new creation, the Metal Sonic, attacks the Emerald Hill Zone. He orders its residents to bring him Sonic the Hedgehog, so he can exterminate him. Issue #26 Sonic receives a distress signal from Amy, who has been captured by Metal Sonic. When Sonic arrives at Never Lake, he finds the Miracle Planet completely covered with Robotnik's factories and chained to Mobius with a gigantic chain. Sonic is attacked by Metal Sonic, but is able to put him out of comission. Just when things seem to be back to normal, Metal Sonic is revived and takes Amy to the Miracle Planet as 'live bait' for Sonic. Sonic races after them over the chain that holds the Miracle Planet. Issue #27 Sonic finds Amy and tries to defeat the Metal Sonic, but his enemy is a part of the technology that now covers the Miracle Planet. Thus, he can drain energy from the surrounding machinery, giving him limitless power. Just as Metal Sonic is about to win, he gets hit by a doppleganger of Sonic, who is only half the size of the original. The minature hedgehog then pushes Sonic into a shrinking ray, and hands him a Time Stone. Issue #28 With the Time Stone, Sonic ventures back into the past and finds the machine that caused the changes on the Miracle Planet. Due to his small size, he is able to enter the machine and destroys it from within. Sonic then travels back to the present just in time to prevent Metal Sonic from terminating his other self. As before, he hands over the Time Stone and sends the other Sonic back in time. Due to the changes in the past, the Miracle Planet is returned to normal. All machinery disappears, including the Metal Sonic. Enter Knuckles Issue #33 - #34 Issue #33 Robotnik has crash-landed on the Floating Island with his space satellite, the Death Egg II. Sonic and Tails fly to the island to finish him off once and for all. After destroying some traps and battling some Badniks, they finally meet Robotnik, who has already convinced Knuckles that Sonic is a thief who wants to steal the Floating Island's Chaos Emeralds. Issue #34 Sonic & Knuckles have an excessive fight using everything they can offer. It ends up in a tie, but Tails is able to capture Robotnik by dropping a net on him from the Sonic airplane. Sonic and Tails escape with Robotnik as their prisoner. (continued in issue #35: Power Of The Chaos Emeralds) Power Of The Chaos Emeralds Issue #35 - #36 Issue #35 Back at Sonic's Secret Underground Base, Porker Lewis tries to interrogate Robotnik. Suddenly, Knuckles digs into the cell to free the doctor. In this moment of confusion, Robotnik is able to take Porker Lewis hostage and demands the Chaos Emeralds from Sonic. Naturally, Sonic has no choice but to submit to his demands, and gaves Robotnik what he wants. Robotnik and Knuckles escape in a shuttle, but Sonic and Tails pursue them and force the doctor to crash land on the Floating Island yet again. Issue #36 Again Sonic & Knuckles end up brawling. Sonic pretends to be beaten, but secretly follows Knuckles and Robotnik. Robotnik re-integrates the six Chaos Emeralds with the six from the Floating Island. Long ago, the emeralds were split into half, making them twelve. Sonic arrives just in time to see Robotnik absorb the Chaos Energy to become invincible. Knuckles realizes that Robotnik lied to him, but is already prepared. He uses the seventh Grey Emerald, which he kept hidden, to regain control over the other emeralds. Robotnik is sent back to Mobius with his new powers removed. Sonic asks Knuckles to join the Freedom Fighters, but Knuckles chooses to stay on the Floating Island; to guard the emeralds and wait for his people to return. Day Of The Death Egg Issue #45 Issue #45 To demonstrate what the new Death Egg is capable of doing, Grimer shows Robotnik a simulated takeoff, including an attack on the Emerald Hill Zone and the destruction of Tails and Sonic (a very sad thing if if would have been for real). (continued in issue #47: Mystery Of The Sandopolis Zone) Mystery Of The Sandopolis Zone Issue #47 - #48 Issue #47 Sonic goes to the Sandopolis Zone to stop Robotnik from finishing the repairs on the Death Egg, but meets Captain Plunder instead. Back to his old, evil ways, he plans to steal a treasure from one of the zone's ancient pyramids. Issue #48 Sonic battles the Stone Guardian of the pyramid, which reforms magically each time it is destroyed. Knuckles outwits the guardian by luring it into a quicksand pit. Meanwhile, Captain Plunder and his crew have found the treasure and try to carry it away, but the pyramid is cursed. The pirates are attacked by ghosts, and forced to flee without the treasure. Inside the pyramid, Knuckles smashes a seal to allow the sand from the zone to pour inside, making the pyramid sink under the desert and keeping its treasures safe forever. Sonic and Knuckles escape through a secret exit. (continued in issue #49: Count Down To Disaster) Count Down To Disaster Issue #49 - #50 Issue #49 The repairs on the Death Egg are finished. All that is needed for the takeoff as a source of infinite energy to power it: the Master Emerald. Below the island's surface, Sonic and Knuckles have followed the tunnels to a live volcano right in the middle of the Launch Base Zone, with the Death Egg sitting atop. Robotnik sends Egg-Robos to stop them, but Knuckles breaks down the wall of a lava pit, unleashing lava which destroys all the attackers. Driven by a sudden thought, Sonic and Knuckles race back to the Hidden Palace Zone, from where the Royal Family once ruled the Floating Island. They arrive to see the Emerald Chamber open, and the Master Emerald gone. Without its energy, the Floating Island is doomed to crash on Mobius in a few hours. They search the chamber, and discover a new and improved Metal Sonic charging itself up on the Master Emerald's power. Issue #50 The Metal Sonic uses one of the ancient teleporters to teleport to the Sky Sanctuary Zone, high above the Floating Island. Sonic and Knuckles follow. Metal Sonic reveals that he wants to take revenge for the first Metallix that Sonic destroyed, which was only one of an elite brotherhood of badniks. Charged with the awesome power of the Master Emerald, the Metal Sonic proves to be almost invincible. Knuckles is knocked unconscious, and Sonic also faces defeat, until one blow knocks him clean across to the Master Emerald, the emerald's energy transforming him into Super Sonic. Sonic quickly defeats the Metal Sonic, the Master Emerald is still placed on the teleporter device. Before Sonic can save it, Robotnik teleports it into the Death Egg. With the emerald removed from the island, the Sky Sanctuary Zone is starting to fall apart. (continued in issue #51: Disaster!) Disaster! Issue #51 - #53 Issue #51 Doctor Robotnik has launched his ultimate weapon - the Death Egg. Sonic and Knuckles race to the highest point of the Sky Sanctuary Zone. Noticing that they cannot reach the flying fortress by foot, Knuckles glides toward the Death Egg while carrying Sonic on his back. Sonic uses his Spin Attack to break through a window into the satellite. While Sonic is busy battling the Death Egg Security System, Knuckles glides back to the island and tries to navigate it toward the Death Egg, using the ancient technology of his people. Issue #52 Sonic has reached the control room, but can't get to the Master Emerald because Robotnik has too many security robots around. Just as Robotnik is ready to fire at the Emerald Hill Zone, the Death Egg is hit by a blast from the Floating Island. Robotnik starts firing at the Floating Island with disintegrator rays. With Robotnik distracted, Sonic is able to remove the Master Emerald, leaving the Death Egg without energy. As Robotnik sends his Egg-Robos after Sonic to retrieve the emerald, the Death Egg is hit by another attack from the Floating Island, the shockwaves of the impact causing Sonic, the emerald, and several Egg-Robos to crash through a window and fall out of the satellite towards the earth! Issue #53 It's all over for the Death Egg. Robotnik's deadly device is being torn apart by Knuckles' attacks from the Floating Island. Sonic flies back to the island by using a jet pack that he grabbed from one of the Egg-Robos. Robotnik executes a final attack on Sonic in his battle armour, but Sonic pushes him off the island's edge. Robotnik survives and vows to take terrible revenge on the Emerald Hill people, and especially Sonic. Knuckles agrees to let Sonic evacuate everyone to the Mushroom Hill Zone on the Floating Island, where they are safe from Robotnik's attacks. Total Chaotix Issue #53 - #58 Issue #53 While checking the damage done to the Floating Island by the blasts of Robotnik's Death Egg, Knuckles discovers a strange circular stone with ancient writing on it that cryptically says something about a 'Gateway to a Dream Country'. When he touches the stone, it starts to glow and sucks him in. Too late does he realize that the writing said 'Nightmare Country', the name Knuckles' people used for the weird dimension known as the Special Zone, which is certainly not a place for an echidna to be. In the zone he meets the Omni-Viewer, who still believes that Knuckles is working for Robotnik. The Omni-Viewer sends the Chaotix Team to defeat Knuckles: Vector, Mighty, Espio, Charmy Bee and Nack the Weasel. Issue #54 Knuckles and the Chaotix fight, and despite their abilities Knuckles defeats all of them one by one. Meanwhile, the Omni-Viewer has checked Knuckles' story and found out that Knuckles is no enemy. At that moment of recognition, two Metallixes appear. They have been sent by the Brotherhood of Metallix to capture the Omni-Viewer and use it for their evil plans. Issue #55 Neighter Knuckles nor the Chaotix can prevent the Metallixes from taking the Omni-Viewer captive, but are able to follow them to Robotnik's abandoned Egg Fortress. Without thinking for long, Mighty uses his strength to break through the outer hull, and triggers the alarm. Issue #56 Emperor Metallix, the chief of the Brotherhood, sends a Metallix to intercept the unwanted intruders. Knuckles and the Chaotix hide in the ventillation system, but are spotted by the robot's infra-red sensors. Nack makes a run for it, while the other Chaotix get buried under the debris caused by the Metallix' blasts. Now with the Chaotix gone, Knuckles has to face the Metallix alone. Issue #57 Knuckles is able to defeat the Metallix, and Mighty's strength saves the other Chaotix from being crushed by the rubble. Nack reveals that he found out where the Onmi-Viewer is being kept, but leads them right into the lion's den: to Emperor Metallix. Issue #58 Nack betrayed the Chaotix Team for money, and also gave the Brotherhood of Metallix the access codes to break into the Omni-Viewer's systems. However, the Metallixes are not willing to keep their part of the bargain. Being already prepared for something like this to happen, Nack pulls out a disruptor device, but gets shot by one of the Metallixes before he can use it. Knuckles is able to grab the disruptor and shut down all the Metallixes. After being freed, the Omni-Viewer returns Knuckles to the Floating Island. But, unknown to everyone, the Brotherhood of Metallix had a backup system that re-activated them, and also kept a pirate copy of the Omni-Viewer that now enables them to have control over space and time. (continued in issue #59: The Brotherhood Of Metallix) The Homecoming Issue #65 - #68 Issue #65 Knuckles recieves an automatic alarm signal from Megopolis City, the former capital of the Floating Island. There, Knuckles has to fight off a robot of unknown design that looks strangely familiar to him. Then he meets a white-furred echidna who says that he was hiding from the robot. He introduces himself as Doctor Zachary, the first one of Knuckles' people to return to the island. Issue #66 In his excitement of finally meeting one of his own kind, Knuckles shows Zachary all secrets of the Floating Island, including the Emerald Chamber. Later that day, Knuckles searches through the ancient scrolls, and finds a blueprint of the robot he met earlier, which proves that it had been built by the former inhabitants of the island. Knuckles wonders why such a robot would attack an echidna, one of its masters. Just as he is going to ask Zachary about this, the robot breaks through the wall of the building. Knuckles is unable to prevent it from entering the Emerald Chamber and destroying the Master Emerald. Issue #67 The robot starts to absorb all the emerald's energy. Knuckles tries to attack, but gets hit and buried by falling rubble. With Knuckles thought gone, Zachary reveals his true intentions: that the robot is under his control, and that he needed the chaos energy to to power up his robot and take revenge on the people of Mobius. The robot's head turns out to be a cockpit, big enough for one echidna to fit into. Knuckles digs his way out of the debris and stops Zachary just before he can leave the island, by ripping apart one of the robot's wings, disabling its flying ability. Meanwhile, the lack of emerald power brought the Floating Island in a collision course with a mountain. Issue #68 The Floating Island impacts with the mountain, and gets stuck right on top. Knuckles is able to disconnect the robot head from its body by throwing a stone at the connecting parts. As Zachary climbs out, a minor tremor hits the island and both the doctor and the lower part of the robot fall off of the island's edge. In a desperate try, Knuckles puts the still-charged robot head between the other emeralds in the Emerald Chamber, and the Floating Island starts to rise again. But Knuckles has to find a replacement emerald soon, that can hold the power of the old one. (continued in issue #69: Graveyard) Graveyard Issue #69 - #72 Issue #69 Knuckles has to go to the Emerald Mine to get a new Master Emerald. This mine is located in the Kohenyu Graveyard, a valley filled with the ancient skeletons of hundreds of gigantic animals, that some strange power preserves for all time. In the valley, Knuckles accidentally gets poisoned by a Dryalid flower. Right after that, a giant Kohenyu head appears and calls him a murderer for killing all of the Kohenyu. Issue #70 The skeletons of the Kohenyu herd start to attack Knuckles. He tries to fight back, but the poison of the Dryalid flower soon takes effect on him and knocks him out. Knuckles awakes in the Emerald Mine. The 'Spirit of the Kohenyu' tells him that Knuckles' ancestors once killed the whole herd, and that Knuckles has to pay for it with his life. Issue #71 Knuckles tries to dig out one of the giant raw emeralds, but always has to flee from the Kohenyu ghosts that threaten him. Finally, he reaches a big glowing crystal, the 'Soul Crystal', which keeps the 'Spirit of the Herd' alive. Issue #72 The Spirit of the Herd does not want to accept a deal, and sends every single one of the Kohenyu skeletons to destroy Knuckles. Knuckles beats them all apart, but is unable to destroy the Soul Crystal in the end, because he doesn't want to be the one responsible for destroying the last trace of the herd. The Spirit finally realizes that Knuckles is different from his savage ancestors. He allows him to take one of the raw emeralds and leave in peace. The Brotherhood Of Metallix Issue #59 - #62 Issue #59 Sonic and his group receive a signal from the Metropolis Zone, which originates from a new kind of Badnik. It turns out to be a clown-like robot that calls itself Mr. Blobnik. Its foolish appearance, however, is only a trick to put Sonic off guard. When Sonic smashes the robot he is caught inside a prison bubble and transported to Citadel Robotnik. Meanwhile, the Brotherhood of Metallix captures Robotnik's assistant Grimer and brings him to Robotnik's old base in the Special Zone, the Egg Fortress. They want him to develop a device that can control the magical power of the Miracle Planet, so they can use it for their evil plans. Issue #60 Robotnik has finally captured Sonic, but has to join forces with him to defeat the Metallixes, which have become too powerful. All entrances to the Special Zone have been sealed, and Sonic is the only one who can still enter it by powering up a Star Post with his speed. He arrives just in time to see the last of the Metallixes and their Emperor depart to the Miracle Planet, but is unable to stop them. Issue #61 Sonic, Amy, Johnny and Porker enter the Miracle Planet over the chain that connects it to Mobius. They try to use the underground cave system on the planet to do a sneak attack, but are found by a Metallix guard. Amy defeats the robot with a shot in its neck circuity, the only weak spot. Meanwhile, the Brotherhood uses the Alpha Device that Grimer made to draw energy from the planet, and turn it into a mechanical wasteland. Issue #62 Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get this issue . All I can tell is that Sonic and his team stopped the Metallixes somehow, and that Porker Lewis didn't make it back in time and got stuck on the planet until its next appearance over Mobius. (continued in issue #67: The Return of Chaotix) Project Brutus Issue #63 - #66 Issue #63 Robotnik has created a new kind of robot commander called Brutus, almost indestructible and equipped with the brain patterns of Robotnik himself (for those who have read some of the fan-fiction stories... this one reminds me a lot of Packbell). When reports indicate that Sonic has been seen in the Pleasant Zone, Brutus leads a platoon of robots into the zone to finish the hedgehog on his own, without informing Robotnik. Issue #64 Sonic and his friends loose in the first confrontation and have to flee, but Brutus tracks them down by following Sonic's heat trail with his infra-red sensors. One of the troopers is able to grab Amy (that girl should rent herself out as a professional hostage) and Sonic has to surrender. Brutus puts them in chains, and revels in his triumph. Issue #65 Brutus disobeys Robotnik's orders by parading his prisoners through the streets in chains to glorify their defeat instead of immediately returning to Citadel Robotnik as ordered. Robotnik has to repeat the order. Brutus gets angry about being nothing more than Robotnik's robot slave, and hits one of his troopers who makes a comment to this fact. Amy is able to grab the gun that has been dropped by that trooper and gives Brutus a full blast. Sonic and friends make a run for it, with Brutus and his troops close behind. Brutus uses his anti-gravity unit to attack from above. Just as everything seems to be lost, Sonic is driven too far, and the stress transforms him into Super Sonic. Issue #66 Again Brutus captures Amy, hoping that Super Sonic won't attack while she is close to him. But as Super Sonic, Sonic can't control himself and just wants to destroy everything in sight. Brutus looses an arm in the fight and has to flee with the rest of his troops. The Return of Chaotix Issue #67 - #72 Issue #67 Once again, the Miracle Planet appears over Mobius. Sonic arrives there looking for his friend Porker, who returns to Mobius unharmed. At the same time, the Chaotix Team is brought to Never Lake by the Omni-Viewer, and stumbles right into a SWATBot patrol. Together with Sonic they defeat them. The Omni-Viewer tells Sonic about evidence that the Brotherhood of Metallix is still active and tries to use the Miracle Planet to further one of their sinister schemes. When they look up, they notice thet the planet has changed. Now it is totally covered with machines and metal, its surface resembling the head of a giant Metallix. Issue #68 Sonic, Porker and the Chaotix head for the Miracle Planet. Halfway there, Sonic notices that Porker has hurt his arm while fighting the SWATBot patrol. Taking a closer look, he realizes that this is not Porker Lewis, but a Metallix sent to destroy him. The new Metallix proves to be stronger than all the previous ones. Sonic is knocked off of the chain, but is saved from falling to certain death by Charmy Bee. Only with the combined forces of Sonic and the Chaotix do they succeed in destroying the robot. On the Miracle Planet they find the real Porker Lewis, who has been captured by the Brotherhood of Metallix. Sonic gets to face Emperor Metallix, who reveals that the Brotherhood has already won. By using a pirate copy of the Omni-Viewer, they travelled back into the past and changed history. Then he shows them Mobius, which is now covered with cold metal and robot factories, which send fire and smoke high up into the air. Issue #69 The Chaotix use the Omni-Viewer's abilities to escape back to Mobius, now called Planet Metallix. But they are hopelessly outnumbered, and finally get stuck in a dead end. At the last moment they are saved by two cloaked figures, who bring them to a secret underground hideout, where the last living people on Mobius fight a hopeless battle against the Metallix. The figures remove their hoods, revealing one of them to be Dr. Ovi Kintobor, the person who turned into Robotnik in the other timeline. In this reality however, he is the leader of the resistance. Issue #70 The Omni-Viewer tracks the timelines and sends Sonic and the Chaotix back into the past, but the Metallix have left guards to prevent another change in history. By using the anti-Metallix device that Kintobor gave him, Sonic is able to turn the Metallixes against each other. In the posession of one Metallix he finds a rotten egg, and takes it with him. Finally, they reach their destination: the laboratory where Kintobor once built the R.O.C.C.; the device that turned him into Robotnik when it exploded. Issue #71 Sonic places the egg back into Kintobor's fridge. The rotten egg, combined with the explosion once turned Kintobor into the evil, rotten, egg-shaped Robotnik. To make absolutely sure that the timelines are restored, he lets Kintobor trip over a wire. Kintobor falls onto the control panel of the R.O.C.C. which short-circuits and causes the machine to explode. Again Mobius is as it once was, but the Miracle Planet is still under the control of the Brotherhood of Metallix. Because Robotnik seems to be the key to beating the Metallix, the Omni-Viewer transports Sonic and the Chaotix right into Robotnik's headquarters. Issue #72 Grimer reveals that Project Metallix was his creation, Robotnik only designed the self-destruct programme, implemented in their hardware. By getting rid of Robotnik by changing history, the Metallixes would still exist, but the self-destruct programme wouldn't. Robotnik however hoped the Metallixes would destroy Sonic and all the hatred Freedom Fighters, then he could activate the self-destruct and rule supreme. Meanwhile, the Brotherhood of Metallix, lead by their emperor, mobilizes for its final strike against Robotnik. There are so many of them that they are blotting out the sun, and the attack comes totally unexpected for everyone. Suddenly the Metallixes are everywhere around them, and everyone has to fight for his life. Robotnik tries to operate the self destruct device, but can't reach it. At the last moment Sonic battles his way through and presses the button. The Metallixes are destroyed, Sonic and the Chaotix leave. Grimer however comes up with yet another evil robot design: the Metal Knuckles. Running Wild Issue #80 - #82 Issue #80 While visiting Porker Lewis on the Floating Island, Sonic falls into the energy beam of the seven Chaos Emeralds in the Emerald Chamber. This gives him the biggest charge of Chaos Energy he ever had, turning him into the strongest Super Sonic ever. Totally out of control, Super Sonic looks for something to destroy, and attacks Amy Rose because she was the last thing Sonic thought of before falling into the beam. Issue #81 Super Sonic is out to get Amy and anyone else who gets in his way. In his rampage he destroys everything, including the Freedom Fighters' caravan, which served as their headquarters for a long time. As a last resort, Amy, Tails and Johnny try to escape in the Sonic airplane. When Super Sonic sees the plane taking off, he shoots it out of the sky with laser beams coming from his eyes. Victorious, he starts a maniac laughter, and finally changes back into his normal self. When he realizes what he has done, he is alone, surrounded by nothing but burnt earth and destruction. Issue #82 Three weeks have passed. Disguised, Sonic enters a bar in the Downtown Metropolis Zone. When he hears some hooligans talking about how Super Sonic killed his own Freedom Fighter gang, he makes a rash comment, and his cover gets blown. Because there is a reward on his head, the others try to capture him. Sonic begs them to leave him alone, but it's too late. There is still too much Chaos Energy stored inside of him, and the stress makes him change into Super Sonic once again. Meanwhile, Amy, Tails and Johnny have followed the Emerald Radiation that Sonic is giving off since he absorbed this unhealthy amount of Power. They survived by using the Kintobor Computer to fly the Sonic airplane by remote control, to give Super Sonic something to bash. Now they bring a Star Post with them, and worked out a way to use it to remove all the Emerald Radiation from Sonic. But Super Sonic tries to break free, and Amy has to raise the energy level of the Star Post to a critical value. Although Sonic is changed back into his normal blue self, it turns out that the process transferred every bit of Emerald Energy that was inside him into the Special Zone, which means that Super Sonic might have been split from Sonic and is still existant in this alternate dimension, now a free agent. Heroes & Villains Issue #84 - #86 Issue #84 Super Sonic has been separated from Sonic and sent into the Special Zone. Sonic asks the Omni-Viewer to transport him into the Chaotix' Headquarters to inform them about the serious danger the zone might be in. But the Chaotix are too busy with their own things and don't actually believe Sonic's words that Super Sonic could destroy everything. Instead, they invite Sonic for a trip to New Tek City on planet Meridian. When they arrive in New Tek City, the Justice Brigade and the Discriminators are just about to line up for the final showdown. Sonic and the Chaotix join the fight but have to flee when the cops arrive, since they consider the Chaotix to be criminals too. While the Chaotix manage to escape through the Omni-Viewer, Sonic is captured by the police. Issue #85 Sonic is put into a police cell and interrogated by Lieutnant Furor. Much to the surprise of everyone, Lord Sidewinder puts up the bail for the hedgehog's release. Sidewinder introduces Sonic to his associates, namely Lightmare, Mr. Fry and Bio-Hazard, and then reveals that he made a deal with Super Sonic. In return for getting his hands on Sonic, Super Sonic has agreed to join Sidewinder's gang. But Super Sonic isn't interested in keeping his part of the bargain. He defeats Sidewinder's henchmen with ease, and then turns to destroy Sonic. Issue #86 Right in the middle of the fight the Chaotix Team appears. Sonic manages to force Super Sonic into the Omni-Viewer, who then traps Super Sonic inside itself by freezing him in time. However, since the Omni-Viewer was also the only way to travel from Mobius to the Special Zone and back, Sonic is now stuck with the Chaotix. (continued in issue #89: The Tomb) The Tomb Issue #89 - #90 Issue #89 It becomes obvious that the Omni-Viewer wasn't able to freeze Super Sonic in time, but only managed to slow the flow of time down tremendously, which means that Super Sonic will sooner or later free himself. To make sure he won't escape, the Chaotix decide to take Super Sonic to the center of the Black Asteroid and then set off a Graviton Bomb in the main tunnel to block the way outside. But before they can finish their mission, Nack the Weasel sneaks into their ship to steal Super Sonic by order of Lord Sidewinder. With one of his shrinking devices he reduces Sonic and the Chaotix down to the size of mice, and only Sonic escapes before being caught. Issue #90 Sonic manages to get hold of the shrinking device and uses it on Nack, but accidentally he exposes the weasel to the shrinking ray for too long, causing Nack to shrink into nothingness. Restored to their old size, the Chaotix bring the Omni-Viewer with the imprisoned Super Sonic to the asteroid's center and detonate the bomb, sealing the exit with thousands of tons of rubble. (continued in issue #97: Doomsday) Doomsday Issue #97 - #99 Issue #97 Sonic receives an emergency call from Porker Lewis. Before the transmission is cut off, Porker manages to tell Sonic that Mobius is at grave danger. As if this weren't enough, a second sun appears over New Tek City, which, according to an old legend, is the prelude to the end of the world. All citizens flee in panic. Issue #98 The Omni-Viewer is back, and informs everyone that somehow Super Sonic somehow worked out what was going on and that he was trapped in the Black Asteroid. So he built up enough engergy to turn himself into an electron bomb. The second sun is actually the asteroid, heated up to millions of degrees. Within only a few hours it will explode, and Super Sonic will be free again. Lightmare appears and warns the Chaotix that Lord Sidewinder knows about Super Sonic and wants to use him to take over the Special Zone. But although Sidewinder believes he has found some way to control Super Sonic, Lightmare knows that his plan is doomed to fail. It is revealed that Lightmare is actually Lord Sidewinder's daughter, which is the reason why she can't desert him. Meanwhile, Lord Sidewinder has prepared a spaceship to bring him and his gang to the Black Asteroid. Issue #99 Sonic and the Chaotix follow Lord Sidewinder's ship to the Black Asteroid, while Vector seeks assistance from the crocodile-scientists at a top secret scientific laboratory in New Tek City, called the Equinox. With their help, the Omni-Viewer is recharged to full power, enabling it to travel between dimensions again. After analysing the readings from the Black Asteroid, the scientists find out that it's giving off a massive amount of electromagnetic radiation. When it explodes, it will produce an effect called an Electromagnetic Pulse, which won't have any affect on the people, but will knock out every computerised system on the planet. Sonic and the Chaotix defeat Lord Sidewinder and his gang, but the Omni-Viewer brings more bad news from Mobius. Robotnik has captured all the Emerald Hill folk on the Floating Island and is about to turn them into a biological computer - permanently. Sonic orders the Omni-Viewer to teleport the Black Asteroid to Mobius. (continued in issue #100: The Final Victory) The Final Victory Issue #100 Issue #100 The Black Asteroid explodes above Mobius, causing all of Robotnik's systems and Badnik robots to shut down. Mobius is finally free. But so is Super Sonic, intending to have his revenge and destroy everything. The Omni-Viewer transports Sonic to Mobius too, but even with the combined efforts of Sonic and the other Freedom Fighters it turns out to be a loosing battle. Just as Super Sonic is about to finish them all off, he runs out of energy and has to flee. The explosion altered him in a way that he isn't able to store energy anymore, leaving him powerless. Sonic heads for the Floating Island to take care of Robotnik. Flickies' Island Issue #104 - #106 Issue #104 With Doctor Robotnik defeated, the Emerald Hill folk can finally return to their home zone. Knuckles is pleased to get his Floating Island back to himself and tells Sonic that he can retire from hero business now, about which Sonic isn't all that happy. The peaceful life in the Emerald Hill Zone is really getting on Sonic's nerves, until Tails comes to him with a plea for help. A Flicky bird from Flickies' Island brought news that Robotnik built his new headquarters there and is now using Flickies as organic batteries for his badnik robots. Sonic and Tails set off to the island immediately. Issue #105 Robotnik has found out that the Flickies come from a different dimension, which can be accessed through the giant golden Mobius Ring on the island. With the Flickies as a new power source, he built a new range of deadly badniks, more stronger and durable than any of his creations before. Sonic has a hard time fighting off all the badniks. When Tails is captured, he is forced to surrender. Issue #106 Just as Robotnik is about to lock Sonic up in a cage, a prosecutor from the Drakon Empire arrives through the Mobius ring and demands to know who discovered the ring's secret, since someone with enough intelligence to understand their technology could perhaps be a threat to them. Sonic tells the prosecutor that Mobians are peace-loving people, except for Robotnik. The prosecutor takes Robotnik with him for interrogation. (continued in issue #108: The Evil Empire) The Evil Empire Issue #108 - #111 Issue #108 Sonic and his Freedom Fighters have set up their new headquarters in the Emerald Hill Village, and transferred Kintobor's mind into a newly-built computer, from where he is now able to access a network of sensors and warn everyone in case the zone is ever attacked again. But before Kintobor can make full use of this, Robotnik invades the place with his new badnik creation, the Metal Knuckles. Because Robotnik made a deal with the Drakon Empire, he now has control over the Mobius Rings, which allow him to appear whereever he wants. Metal Knuckles defeats Sonic and takes him to the Drakon dimension. Unnoticed to Robotnik, Tails manages to follow. Issue #109 Sonic is charged with crimes against the Drakon Empire, namely for destroying an old sentinel robot the Drakons left behind in the Aquatic Ruin Zone. Since in the Drakon Empire, trial is by combat, Sonic has to fight to prove his innocence. Issue #110 Sonic is lead to the Arena of Judgement, where he has to defeat Metal Knuckles, while Tails can do nothing but helplessly watch the spectacle on the giant viewscreen outside the arena. Issue #111 Sonic is fighting a loosing battle, until Tails manages to open one of the arena's doors to help him escape. When the Metal Knuckles follows, it gets stuck in the closing door and is cut in half. Sonic destroys an approaching prosecutor, and finds out that the Drakons are actually fishes with robot bodies, which they constructed to help them function on dry land. Since Sonic won his trial, he is allowed to return to Mobius, despite Robotnik's protesting. (continued in issue #116: Best Of Enemies) Best Of Enemies Issue #116 - #118 Issue #116 The leaders of the three most powerful houses of the Drakon Empire, the House of Knowledge, the House of War and the House of Magic, have gathered to find the creature who knows the answer to an ancient mystery: the secret of the mighty Chaos Emeralds. Although Emperor Ko-Door from the House of War knows that the creature in question is Sonic the Hedgehog, he petends not to know him. Instead, he wants the power of those gems for himself, to let the House of War dominate the Drakon Empire and make him Ruler of the Universe. Ko-Door travels to Mobius and requests from Robotnik to keep his side of the bargain they made and get the Chaos Emeralds for him. But Robotnik claims not to know about the whereabouts of the emeralds. Issue #117 Ko-Door sends a prosecutor and several sentinels to capture Sonic for interrogation, but Sonic destroys them all. Finally, the prosecutor calls upon the Master Sentinel, a robot at least ten times taller than Sonic. Issue #118 Sonic uses all his tricks and speed to fight the Master Sentinel, but to no avail. Finally Tails flies him up to a hole in the sentinel's chest, and Sonic destroys it from within, being victorious once more. Ko-Door is furious and can't believe that Sonic managed to defeat all his forces. Grimer is sick of working for Robotnik and the bad treatment he gets from him. He informs Ko-Door that Robotnik knew the location of the emeralds all the time and asks for permission to join the Drakons. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Glossary: Who is who in the Fleetway Universe? * Amy Rose Amy is a cute, pink, female hedgehog who makes her feelings for Sonic very obvious. However, Sonic is one cool dude and is not impressed with such displays. * Aquis The resident badniks of the Oil Ocean Zone. They are shaped like sea-horses, have the ability to fly, and can shoot deadly fire from their heads. * Bio-Hazard Bio-Hazard is one of Lord Sidewinder's associates. He got his name because he has the ability to spit out toxic waste and thus poisoning any attacker. * Black Asteroid The Black Asteroid once was the biggest gemstone mine on Mobius, but now all that's left are tunnels. To get rid of Super Sonic, the Chaotix once tried to take him to the center of the asteroid and then set off a Graviton Bomb to seal up the main tunnel. * Brotherhood of Metallix This is the the group name for an elite brotherhood of badnik robots, the Metallixes. Initially designed by Robotnik's Chief Scientist Grimer to defeat Sonic the Hedgehog, they disobeyed their master and now pose one of the greatest threat ever for both Sonic and Robotnik. * Chaos Emeralds The Chaos Emeralds are a great source of power and can also absorb evil emotions. However, without the seventh grey emerald to control the others, they are very unstable and have to be kept in a cold place to stabilize them. * Chaotix Team The Chaotix are the Guardians of the Special Zone. Their members are Vector the Crocodile, Espio the Chameleon, Mighty the Armadillo, and Charmy Bee. Once Nack the Weasel was also a team member, until he betrayed the others to the Brotherhood of Metallix. * Charmy Bee Charmy Bee has a very irritating character and his yapping and silly comments often get on other's nerves. Still, he is a valuable member of the Chaotix Team for investigating or helping out with his flying abilities. * Citadel Robotnik This is Robotnik's current headquarter, and base of operations. It is located in the Metropolis Zone, a giant fortress shaped in the form of Robotnik's head. * Drakon Empire The Drakon Empire exists in a different dimension that can only be reached through the Mobius Rings. Thousands of years ago the Drakons had an outpost on Mobius at a place that is now known as the Aquatic Ruin Zone. Mobians were primitive in those days, and eventually the Drakons lost interest in them. But when they departed, they left behind one of their Mobius Rings, knowing that one day the Mobians would become advanced enough to understand it... and on that day would perhaps be a threat to their empire. * Dryalid Flower This is a poisonous flower which grows only in a valley called the Kohenyu Graveyard. The valley got its name because it is filled with the ancient skeletons of hundreds of gigantic animals, the Kohenyu. The poison of the flower can cause hallucinations and unconsciousness. * Egg Fortress To have a place where no one could pose a threat for him, Robotnik chose the Special Zone to build his Egg Fortress, and removed all the Star Posts to prevent anyone else from going there. Later, when Robotnik moved his base of operations to the Metropolis Zone, the base became an automated factory to create the ultimate Metal Sonic. But unfortunately the Metallixes took over, and now use it as their headquarters. * Egg-Robos Those egg-shaped robots look like a smaller version of Robotnik. They are equipped with a powerful laser gun and a jet-pack, which gives them the ability to fly (also check out the "Sonic & Knuckes" game - Sky Sanctuary Zone). * Emerald Hill Zone This is the Zone where Sonic and his friends used to hang out. It is located on South Island, together with many other Hill Zones. The zone itself is deserted, since Robotnik vowed to take terrible revenge on its inhabitants after the destruction of the Death Egg II. Knuckles allowed Sonic to evacuate everyone to the Mushroom Hill Zone on the Floating Island. * Emperor Metallix Emperor Metallix is the leader of the Brotherhood of Metallix. Unlike the other Metallixes, he is colored in a deep red, and more than twice the size of a normal Metallix. His body is mounted on a round anti-gravity chair. * Espio Espio the Chameleon has the ability to blend into any background. He can also do a fast spin-around to knock attackers off by hitting them with his horn. * Flicky The Flicky birds appear on Flickies' Island for about two months every year and spend the rest of the time in the Drakon dimension. Realizing their huge potential as organic batteries for his badniks, Robotnik now uses only Flickies to power his badnik robots. * Grimer Robotnik's Chief Scientist. Designed Project Metallix and some other nasty things as well. * Johnny Lightfoot Johnny is a rabbit who helps Sonic in his fight to free Mobius from Robotnik. * Kohenyu The Kohenyu are giant animals that lived on the Floating Island hundreds of years ago. They roamed the lands in peace. There were many of them, until the echidnas came and started to hunt them for food. Although the herd was many hundreds, they had just twenty males, which were the slowest. It took years, but finally the echidnas had destroyed the whole herd. Only the Kohenyu skeletons remained, in a valley that is now called the 'Kohenyu Graveyard'. * Lightmare Lightmare is Lord Sidewinder's daughter, although only few know about this, since she always wears a mask. With her Box of Nightmares she has the power to let people relive their worst nightmares, leaving them helpless. * Lord Sidewinder Lord Sidewinder is one of the major criminals in New Tek City, although the police was never able to link him with any of the crimes he comitted. His associates are Lightmare, Mr. Fry and Bio-Hazard. * Mega-Mack This is a bright red chemical which is poisonous on contact. In an accident one of Robotnik's evil scientists came in contact with the substance, his body merging with the liquid. Now his mind controls the chemical, enabling it to behave similar to a shapeshifter (check out 'Deep Space Nine'). It can move, talk, modify its form, even create a face for itself, but cannot change its color or form anything 'solid' like a real body. All in all, it always stays a chemical. * Megopolis City This used to be the capital of the Floating Island, before Knuckles' people left for unknown reasons, leaving only Knuckles behind to guard the island. * Metal Knuckles Metal Knuckles is an improved version of the Metallix robots. This new model is more durable than the Metallixes, and totally loyal to Robotnik. The Metal Knuckles is also equipped with a Death Ray. * Mighty Mighty the Armadillo is the strongest of the Chaotix Team. Like Sonic, he prefers to just leap into action instead of making plans, which sometimes brings him and the Team into trouble. * Miracle Planet The Miracle Planet appears once a month over Never Lake on Mobius. It stays for only three days before vanishing again. Nobody knows where. It is connected to Mobius by an awesome chain, which itself has some special kind of magic. Although it looks hundreds of miles long you can walk its length in only a couple of hours. Nobody knows how it works. * Mobius Ring Mobius Rings are used by both Flickies and the Drakons to travel between dimensions. One of them was left on Flickies' Island, allowing the Flickies to go from Mobius to the Drakon dimension and back. * Mr. Fry Mr. Fry is one of Lord Sidewinder's associates. By drinking a self-made potion he can turn his skinny body into the one of a strong ferocious monster. * Never Lake The Never Lake is one of the greatest beauty spots on planet Mobius (before Doctor Robotnik came along, that is). * New Tek City New Tek City is a high-tech city on planet Meridian in the Special Zone, populated with all kind of weird persons and powerful criminals. * Oil Ocean Zone The Oil Ocean Zone is situated high in the northern hemisphere of planet Mobius. It consists of large platforms, built into a sea of oil. * Omni-Viewer The Omni-Viewer is an omnipotent computer program that manifests itself in the form of a giant screen with a face on it. It is usually found in the Special Zone, where it floats in mid-air. It has the power to view everything and travel to any place in space and time, and can also provide transport for others. When the Chaotix team is on a mission, Vector carries the Omni-Viewer in his walkman-styled mini-computer. * Planet Meridian Meridian is a planet in the Special Zone. The Special Zone too has planets, suns and moons, although most people have only seen the 'weird part' of it. * Porker Lewis Porker is a member of Sonic's Freedom Fighter group, a pig with scientific abilities and a high technical knowledge. In some of the early Sonic books he is called Porker Harris, but has apparently been renamed by the storywriters after the success of the 'Parker Lewis' TV series. * Red Red is a lion working for the Mobius Fire Department. Sonic met him once when he was called to the Oil Ocean Zone to put out a fire, and deactivate the traps of the zone (issue #7). * R.O.C.C. Retro-Orbital Chaos Compressor. This machine was created by Doctor Ovi Kintobor, who tried to use the golden rings of Mobius to transfer all evil on the planet into the six Chaos Emeralds that he had put inside the machine, to free Mobius from evil forever. Due to an accident the machine exploded, and the evil power stored in the emeralds turned Kintobor into the evil Robotnik. * South Island South Island is the location of the many hill zones on planet Mobius. Green, Emerald, and others. At the northern part of the island is the Frozen Zone, a zone of perpetual winter. This is also the location of the North Cave, where Sonic kept the Chaos Emeralds hidden for some time. * Star Post Star Posts can be used to enter the Special Zone, or to transport you to any other Star Post you choose, but only Sonic can activate them by charging them up with his Sonic Speed. Robotnik removed all Star Posts to prevent anyone entering this Zone, but Sonic kept one of them hidden in his Secret Underground Base. * Special Zone The Special Zone is some kind of weird alternative dimension. It's crammed with all kinds of crazy, and sometimes even dangerous stuff. Usually, only Sonic can enter it by powering up a Star Post with his Sonic Speed. * Super Sonic When Sonic absorbs too much ring or chaos energy, he transforms into Super Sonic. Sometimes this transformation also occurs when Sonic is under too much stress, which somehow causes the ring energy that he absorbed over the years to be activated. While changed, Sonic is almost all-powerful, but he is also totally out of control and just wants to destroy everything in sight. When the energy is used up, he changes back to his normal self again. * Tails Miles Prower, also called "Tails" because of his two tails. He is Sonic's closest pal and best friend. His two tails also enable him to fly, by spinning them around like a helicopter. * Vector Vector is the leader of the Chaotix team. He is the one who usually decides what to do, and keeps cool even in the most complicated situations.