Death Crab (IDW)

The Death Crab is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by IDW Publishing. It is a crab-based, eight-legged battlemech created by Dr. Eggman that serves the Eggman Empire.

Appearance
The Death Crab is a crab-based robot at the size of a building. It possesses a round, disk-shaped body with a massive and dark gray spiked shell on top and a pale gray underbelly. Up front on its body it has several red, featureless eyes, a small flat nose, and a pair of relatively small, dark gray claws. It also has eight massively large and long crustacean-based legs made of dark gray metal with spiked lower sections and flat feet. Several of its joints are also lit up by red lights.

Past
After Sonic the Hedgehog thwarted Dr. Eggman in their last encounter, the Doctor disappeared while his Death Crab and the rest of his robot army remained. Without a leader however, the Death Crab was directionless and no longer a greater threat, with any attack from it being more accidental than aggression-based.

Fallout
Eventually, the Death Crab came under the control of an unknown villain, who made it and its fellow robots more cohesive. The Death Crab was eventually sent to attack a town in order to draw out Sonic. Sure enough, Sonic soon showed up and defeated the Death Crab before it could trample the town. Down, but not destroyed though, the Death Crab made a final attempt to attack Sonic, only to be taken out for good by Amy Rose and her Piko Piko Hammer.

Powers and abilities
Owing to its massive size, the Death Crab possesses massive strength, enough to topple trees with ease.

Allies

 * Eggman Empire

Enemies

 * Amy Rose
 * Sonic the Hedgehog

Trivia

 * The Death Crab is based on the character of the same name that appears in Sonic Forces.