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I’m not sure if Kitching has confirmed if Super Sonic and Robotnik have directly met by this point, but either way, the latter is pretty damn nonchalant about the whole thing. I would have thought he’d have a more visceral reaction to his arch-enemy screaming about destroying everything and having swirly eyes of doom than “by the way, I preferred you in the blue”

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Every time they try to make Robotnik look scary he just looks progressively more goofy

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In issue 7 it was more vague if Sonic and Super were different personalities, or if Sonic was just letting the power go to his head. Here, the former is essentially confirmed, and Sonic reveals he doesn’t remember what happens when he’s Super. That fact doesn’t play any part in this story, but it becomes much more important later. Anyways, the dust settles and it’s revealed that Super cooled the magma into a massive statue of Sonic. I’ve always wondered, why did Super create a statue of normal Sonic? Wouldn’t he much rather have made a statue of himself?

In any case, that’s where the story ends. It’s honestly one of Kitching’s weaker entries, and I think he’s talked a bit before about how he regrets this one. If Super Sonic didn’t completely steal the show, nobody would remember this issue at all, and even then, it’s barely brought up in Super discussions, likely because he doesn’t really do anything except make a lot of threats and stop a lava flow. There are some funny lines, such s Super Sonic calling Tails a whiner and Sonic saying that Tails occasionally has his uses right after saving his ass, but it’s a pretty dull story overall. Maybe if it was published during the period between Issues 11-17 it would be remembered better as a diamond in the rough, but the fact that it’s between Casino Night and the excellent Sonic CD adaptation meant it was never going to be one of the magazine’s standouts.

Ferran Rodriguez’s art is a massive downgrade from what we got in Issue 6, with the backgrounds being very bare-bones, and the characters looking worse than they did before. It’s probably the ugliest of all his work on the comic. And that’s all I have to say about the Sonic story.

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The thing I like about this story is that this is the first antagonist we encounter that isn’t related to Robotnik or one of his creations. This guy was literally created to assist Sonic and just went bonkers because he was literally confined for years and is taking it out on everybody around him. It’s kinda sad when you really think about it.

Also what are these things and how do I make sure I never see one again

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Another ad for Sonic CD, with some badass Metal Sonic art. This in fact would have been the first time anybody in the UK had seen Metal Sonic. It’s also interesting that the Final Fever zone is mentioned here

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Only a couple of pages into his debut and we already see what this guy’s about. He immediately tries to murder the rabbit he just saved and plans to kill Tails just for intervening. Yeah I wasn’t kidding when I said Super Sonic was bad news

Fortunately, Tails is able to talk him out of his mass murder spree, and Sonic’s normal personality comes back. It’s apparent that Sonic isn’t fully aware of what’s happening when he’s Super, but the difference between the two personalities isn’t really established yet. Sonic attributes Super Sonic to all the rings he’s collected, allowing him to tap into that power when caught in a tight spot. This would be slightly retconned later to the transformation being triggered by stress, but you could still say that the ring energy could contribute to his power. So that is Super Sonic’s first appearance, and it was short yet awesome. Kitching was very adept and introducing characters and establishing who they are almost instantly

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There’s a second Tornado. Also Tails is fucking adorable, so don’t be so mean Sonic