Sonic the Comic Issue 179

Issue 179 is the one hundred and seventy-ninth edition of Sonic the Comic. Released on the 19th April 2000 at the price of £1.35, the issue contained one original story, three reprints and several features, as well as a free gift of a pack of Chewits.

Contents

 * Sonic the Hedgehog - Out of Time!
 * Knuckles the Echidna - Total Chaotix: Part 1 (from Issue 53)
 * Graphic Zone
 * Tails - Fleabyte Returns (from Issue 80)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog - The Rampage of Mekanik: Part 2 (from Issue 58)

Sonic the Hedgehog
Out of Time! is a complete story set in the ancient past, written by Nigel Kitching, drawn by Richard Elson and lettered by Ellie de Ville. In the Control Centre, Porker Lewis is trying to get to the bottom of an impatient Sonic's new green eyes. That is until the hedgehog is whisked into the past by Tikal the Echidna, right in front of a Kohenyu hunt! Sonic also learns that Knuckles was alive thousands of years ago and that he's appeared right before the Great War, preceded by the appearance of a Drakon Prosecutor.

Features
This issue's Graphic Zone has the theme of Easter Egg-citement!, in the vein of Doctor Robotnik's old egg puns. Boomers who managed to get their egg-themed pictured published won themselves a Sonic the Hedgehog watch.

Staff

 * Andy Diggle - editor
 * Richard Elson - cover artist
 * Steve MacManus - managing editor
 * Sarah Colley - production
 * Douglas Pocock - marketing manager
 * Michelle Brown - promotions buyer
 * Rob McMenemy - marketing director
 * Julie Goldsmith - managing director
 * Steve Goldsmith - advertising