Crawlton (Sonic the Comic)

The Crawlton is a character that appears in the Sonic the Comic series published by Fleetway Editions. It is a centipede-based Badnik variant created by Dr. Ivo Robotnik. They are some of Robotnik's earlier Badnik models.

History
Several Crawltons were stolen by Captain Plunder and his pirates who used them to defend their hideout. These Crawltons surprisingly did not include organic batteries. On a mission to the hideout, the Freedom Fighters made light work of the Crawltons they faced.

later, Dr. Ivo Robotnik mobilized a Crawlton fleet when he launched an assault on Kintobor's Laboratory. Since the base was underground, Robotnik utilized Crawltons, Grounders, Tunnelbots and his own Squeeze Tag Machine to dig through one of the blocked entrances. Crawltons watched while Sonic and Robotnik traded blows, but were not called into action until Knuckles the Echidna showed up. The battle moved outside, where the Sonic, Knuckles and Johnny eventually defeated all the Crawltons after an arduous battle.

Follow that battle, the Crawltons were not generally used by Robotnik, their role diminished to patrolling underground areas that the Freedom Fighters were not likely to visit. Tails himself faced a large Crawlton underneath the Spring Flower Zone. Despite its superior strength, Tails used his aerial ability to tie up the Crawlton and push it then into the lava. Later, a Crawlton worked together with a variety of other Badniks to wear down the Freedom Fighters. With the help of Shortfuse the Cybernik though, the Crawlton was swiftly dispatched.

During the invasion of Flickies' Island, Robotnik created more powerful Crawltons that looked more closely to Caterkillers with similar antennas. However, Robotnik failed to set these new Crawlton loose on Sonic when he invade the doctor's base, as he was take away by the Drakon Empire.

As Robotnik seemingly started to experiment with new Badnik designs, the Crawltons were quickly forgotten. However, old Crawlton models which Robotnik had ceased building years ago was found by Big Bill Screwloose, a duck eager to make the citizens of Sunshine Valley Zone lose faith in heroes. Reprogramming them to lose, Screwloose set the Crawltons loose on the villagers, for then to destroy them and get all the glory (until his plan fell apart).