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Sonic the Comic #91: "Shanghaied (Part 1)"

Writers: Richard Elson & Nigel Kitching Art: Richard Elson Letters: Elitta Fell

Editor: Deborah Tate

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Today, I’mma gab about Fleetway. Cuz Fleetway stuff doesn’t get talked about often, and I’ve nothing better to do. 

So, anyway! At one point in the series, Amy Rose and Tekno stumbled upon this thing- The Ring of Eternity.

The Ring of Eternity was a powerful, sentient object that could teleport you anywhere in the universe and even send you through time, while simultaneously existing in every time period- it recognized Amy and Tekno after sending them into the past and was able to send them back into the future, after explaining why it sent them back to begin with. It claimed to be ‘The Spirit of Mobius’, and was created by sentient space dinosaurs millions upon millions of years ago to let them transport themselves onto other worlds so they could be seeded with life.

(Incidentally it’s strongly hinted that they are in, fact, working on the behalf of God. Fleetway could get pretty out there itself.) 

Now then, what’s fascinating here is that the Ring of Eternity bears a strong resemblance in a lot of ways to another character from earlier in the book- The Omni-Viewer. 

The Omni-Viewer is an ally of Sonic’s, and one of the biggest mysteries in the Fleetway book. We have no idea where he came from, how he came to be, or how he met and became friends with Sonic- the only hint we have is that it happened in the past, as by his first appearance he’s introduced as an old, established friend of Sonic’s. 

Much like the ring of Eternity though, the Omni-Viewer is able to transport people to anywhere on Mobius or the Special Zone and possesses a dazzling array of abilities, including the ability to send people through time and to de-accelerate time. It’s fascinating because the two are remarkably similar in that they are both sentient portals with rather vast powers of transportation, and it makes me wonder if there is some kind of connection there. Like if Omni-Viewer is a Special Zone version of the Ring of Eternity or an attempt by someone to create something similar. The comic never delves into this, but all the same it does make me wonder. 

On a lesser note- man, Proctor Speckle and Grimer look awfully similar. 

For those of you not in the know, Proctor Speckle is a re-occuring bad guy in the book, an alchemist who can turn himself into a hulk like monster called ‘Mr. Fry’. But one thing I do notice is that Speckle and Grimer are eerily alike in looks, to the point where I think Speckle might actually be the same species as Grimer... whatever THAT is. Much like the Omni-Viewer, Grimer is a bit of a mystery- according to Nigel Kitching he’s a native of Mobius and SOME kind of reptile, but otherwise we don’t know squat. Ergo, I feel fine in headcanon-ing that Grimer and Speckle are of the same species, whatever that species might be. 

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Ohhhh, that's where we heard the name "Proctor Speckle" before, he turns into Mr Fry! Oops!