Sonic the Comic Issue 178

Issue 178 is the one hundred and seventy-eighth edition of Sonic the Comic. Released on the 5th April 2000 at the price of £1.35, the issue contains one original story and three reprints, as well as several features, part 3 of a mega-sized pin-up and a free gift of stickers.

Contents

 * Sonic the Hedgehog - Splash-Down!
 * Knuckles the Echidna - Knuckles Versus the Cybernik (from Issue 52)
 * Speedlines
 * Tails - Fox On The Run: Part 4 (from Issue 76)
 * Graphic Zone
 * Sonic the Hedgehog - The Rampage of Mekanik: Part 1 (from Issue 57)

Strips
Splash-Down! is a complete story by Nigel Kitching, Richard Elson and Ellie de Ville. Chaos is in the Emerald Chamber and is stealing the Chaos Emeralds. The only option left is to eject them to the four corners of Mobius, with Chaos in pursuit. In another dimension, Doctor Robotnik and Grimer track the Emeralds' flight and move to collect them. On the Floating Island, the Freedom Fighters arrive to prise Knuckles away from certain death and Sonic returns to save the world.

Features
Sonic is back to answer readers questions in Speedlines. Letters includes praise for Tails, a return to a Sonic and Knuckles team-up, a new villain called "Spikeball", a "Sonic gang" and a possible review of Sonic Adventure (that never appears).

This issue's Graphic Zone has the theme of "Sonic and the Gang", with pictures of Sonic's friends earning artistic Boomers a Sonic the Hedgehog watch.

Staff

 * Richard Elson - cover art
 * Andy Diggle - editor
 * Gary Knight - designer
 * Steve MacManus - managing editor
 * Sarah Colley - production
 * Douglas Pocock - marketing manager
 * Michelle Brown - promotions
 * Rob McMenemy - publisher
 * Julie Goldsmith - managing director
 * Steve Goldsmith - advertising