Sonic the Comic Issue 100

Sonic the Comic #100 is the hundredth issue of the series Sonic the Comic, published by Egmont Fleetway. It was a watershed moment for the series, containing a single 22-page, multi-character story instead of four separate stories, and marking the end of Doctor Robotnik's dictatorship of Mobius, which had been in place since Sonic the Comic #9.

The idea of such a turning point was created by Nigel Kitching, who pushed for a special issue to shake up the status quo and even prepared a document to sell the idea to his editor, Deborah Tate. Kitching ended up writing the first two parts of the story (and drawing the fourth), while fellow regular writer Lew Stringer wrote parts three and four.


 * Editor: Deborah Tate
 * Features Editor: Audrey Wong
 * Designer: Gary Knight
 * Production: Sarah Colley
 * Consultant: Richard Burton

Sonic the Hedgehog - "The Final Victory, Part 1"

 * Script: Nigel Kitching
 * Art: Richard Elson
 * Lettering: Tom Frame

Synopsis
In the Special Zone, Sonic, Chaotix, and Lord Sidewinder and his gang watch the Black Asteroid explode in the skies of Mobius through the viewing screen of the Omni-Viewer. Omni has just teleported the Black Asteroid to Mobius on the the orders of Sonic, who realised that the electromagnetic pulse the explosion creates should knock out all of the computerised systems on the planet... which nearly all belong to Doctor Robotnik! But now that the Black Asteroid has exploded, Super Sonic will be free, so Sonic has Omni teleport him to Mobius too, leaving Chaotix to take care of Sidewinder's gang.

In the Metropolise Zone, citizens flee in terror from the explosion in the sky. Far above, Super Sonic breaks free and vows to destroy everything! On the surface, Amy Rose and Johnny Lightfoot have been cornered by Vermin the Cybernik and a group of Newtrons when they all see the explosion too. Suddenly, all the badniks fall apart, and Amy wonders if the same thing has happened all over the city. Vermin's systems have shut down too, and he sneaks away before the good guys come after him. Sonic appears through the Omni-Viewer, wanting to know where Super Sonic is.

On the Floating Island, Robotnik's biological computer is crashing and the Emerald Hill Folk are allowed to escape. Robotnik wonders what could have caused it, while Knuckles decides to use the opportunity to rescue the Emerald Hill Folk.

Back in Metropolis City, Super Sonic catches up with the Freedom Fighters, crashing into them. Super then plays with his victims, pretending to let them live unleashing a barrage of eye blasts. However, just when Super Sonic prepares to actually kill Sonic, his eye blast fizzles out, becoming so weak that it causes no damage. Super Sonic realises that he is losing energy and can't stop it, and runs away. Omni explains the blast has changed Super Sonic somehow, and he can no longer store energy. Sonic doesn't care what happened, as long as Super Sonic is no longer a threat, and leaps into Omni to check on the Emerald Hill Folk on the Floating Island, while the citizens of Mobius celebrate their freedom.

Appearances

 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Omni-Viewer
 * Super Sonic
 * Amy Rose
 * Johnny Lightfoot
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Vermin the Cybernik
 * Chaotix:
 * Vector the Crocodile
 * Mighty the Armadillo
 * Espio the Chameleon
 * Charmy Bee
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Doctor Ivo Robotnik
 * Newtrons
 * Metropolis Zone citizens
 * Emerald Hill Folk
 * Lord Sidewinder
 * Bio-Hazard
 * Mister Fry
 * Lightmare
 * Doctor Zachary
 * Guardian Robots
 * Trooper

Continuity

 * The Omni-Viewer teleported the exploding Black Asteroid to Mobius in Sonic the Comic #99, "Doomsday, Part 3".
 * Lord Sidewinder and his gang were defeated by Sonic and Chaotix in Sonic the Comic #99, "Doomsday, Part 3". They will escape from prison shortly before Sonic the Comic #116, "Hunter & The Hunted, Part 1".
 * Sonic the Hedgehog returns to Mobius for the first time since travelling to the Special Zone in Sonic the Comic #84, "Heroes & Villains, Part 1".
 * Super Sonic is free having been imprisoned since Sonic the Comic #86, firstly in the Omni-Viewer's force field and then in the Black Asteroid since Sonic the Comic #90, "The Tomb, Part 2". This is the first time Super Sonic has been seen on Mobius since being separated from Sonic in Sonic the Comic #82, "Running Wild, Part 3".
 * Amy Rose and Johnny Lightfoot are seen facing off against Vermin the Cybernik and some Newtron badniks just prior to the pulse, and Tails recovers having knocked to the ground. Amy and Johnny were surrounded, and Tails shot out of the sky by a Buzzer, in Sonic the Comic #99, "No Exit".
 * All of Robotnik's badniks across Planet Mobius are deactivated, leaving him without an army for the first time since his earliest attempts to conquer the planet, before the first issue of the series. Robotnik's first badniks were shown in Sonic the Comic #26, "Part 1: Kintobor spelled backwards is..."
 * Vermin the Cybernik's systems are shut down by the pulse, but he is not freed from his armour. He tried to escape, only to be caught and captured in "Part 4" (below).
 * Doctor Robotnik's biological computer crashes, releasing the Emerald Hill Folk that Robotnik had tried to fuse into it during "Victims", from Sonic the Comic #97 to #99. This is followed up during "The Final Victory, Part 2" (below).
 * Sonic hopes that the electromagnetic pulse will have affected the biological computer on the Floating Island, having been told about it by the Omni-Viewer in Sonic the Comic #99, "Doomsday, Part 3" (who witnessed it in Sonic the Comic #98, "Victims, Part 2"). Sonic previously received a distress call about the same matter from Porker Lewis in Sonic the Comic #97, "Doomsday, Part 1", although it was cut off.
 * Super Sonic runs off, losing energy. "The Final Victory, Part 3" (below) reveals that he has also lost his memory. The Freedom Fighters go looking for him in Sonic the Comic #102, "What Ever Happened to Super Sonic?" but are unable to find him. Sonic and the Freedom Fighters will next encounter Super Sonic in Sonic the Comic #183, "Perfect Chaos!".

Trivia

 * In this part, the Guardian Robots on the Floating Island are shown lying face down, presumably because artist Richard Elson expected them to be knocked offline by the electromagnetic pulse. In "The Final Victory, Part 2" (below), it is revealed that the Robots themselves are unaffected by the pulse as they are ancient technology.

Knuckles - "The Final Victory, Part 2"

 * Script: Nigel Kitching
 * Art: Nigel Dobbyn
 * Lettering: Elitta Fell

Synopsis
On the Floating Island, Doctor Robotnik realises that the explosion must have caused an electromagnetic pulse which knocked out his biological computer. He suddenly panics about the damage such a pulse will have cause on Mobius, and tells Doctor Zachary that the ancient technology of the Guardian Robots (like the Floating Island itself) cannot be affected by the pulse. But when Zachary orders the Robots to attack Knuckles, they don't move. Zachary realises that while the Robots are unaffected, the modern software he used to control them has been wiped out.

Instead, Zachary himself leaps at Knuckles and attacks him with the arm cannon that Robotnik gave him. The fight moves outside, where Sonic arrives in the Omni-Viewer to lend a hand. Sonic charges at Zachary, knocking him down and damaging his arm cannon, but Knuckles says that he had everything under control. Sonic and Knuckles argue for a moment about whether Sonic's help was really needed, before Sonic points out that Zachary is getting away. Knuckles slams a fist into the ground, opening a fissure under Zachary's feet, which he falls into. Sonic grudgingly admits that the move wasn't bad. "Not as stylish as a certain blue hedgehog, but..."

Just then, Porker Lewis and the Emerald Hill Folk emerge from the building, having captured Robotnik! Robotnik demands to know how Sonic caused the explosion that saved the Emerald Hill Folk, but Sonic doesn't have to tell him anything. Robotnik's order-giving days are over!

Appearances

 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Doctor Ivo Robotnik
 * Doctor Zachary
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Porker Lewis
 * Guardian robots
 * Emerald Hill Folk

Continuity

 * The electromagnetic pulse knocks out the modern software that Doctor Zachary had been using to control the Guardian Robots since some time before Sonic the Comic #97, "Victims, Part 1". He mentioned that he used such software in Sonic the Comic #99, "Victims, Part 3". The Robots will reboot, free of Zachary's control, in Sonic the Comic #101, "Loose Ends".
 * Doctor Zachary is knocked into a chasm. In Sonic the Comic #101, "Loose Ends", it is revealed that Doctor Zachary has escaped by tunnelling deeper into the Floating Island. Doctor Zachary does not appear again during Sonic the Comic ' s run.
 * Doctor Robotnik is captured, effectively ending his rule of Mobius which has been in place since Sonic the Comic #9, "Back to Reality".

Doctor Robotnik - "The Final Victory, Part 3"

 * Script: Lew Stringer
 * Art: Roberto Corona
 * Colouring: John Burns
 * Lettering: Tom Frame

Synopsis
Having travelled back to Mobius using the Omni-Viewer, Sonic parades the captured Doctor Robotnik through the streets of the Metropolis Zone, much to the delight and awe of the citizens. Elsewhere, a bewildered Super Sonic wanders around powerless and confused. He encounters a friendly old lady (Madge), who takes him in when he reveals he cannot remember who he is.

Meanwhile, Sonic leads Robotnik to a courthouse and says that Robotnik will be locked up for a long time. Suddenly, Grimer arrives on a giant, antique robot. A nearby professor says it was taken from the Museum of Mobian Machinery, and that the electromagnetic pulse didn't affect it because it is steam-powered. Grimer rescues Robotnik and sets the machine to attack the Freedom Fighters and the crowd while Grimer and Robotnik escape. Sonic destroys the machine with a Spin Attack, much to the dismay of the professor, but the bad guys have escaped and if they get their technology back on line, Mobius is finished!

Appearances

 * Doctor Ivo Robotnik
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Amy Rose
 * Johnny Lightfoot
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Grimer
 * Super Sonic
 * Madge
 * Museum professor
 * Metropolis Zone citizens

Continuity

 * Super Sonic is revealed to have lost his memory, in addition to losing his powers in "The Final Victory, Part 1". He is taken in by an old woman named Madge, and is seen still staying with Madge and her husband Arthur in Sonic the Comic #102, "What Ever Happened to Super Sonic?".

Trivia

 * The amnesiac Super Sonic walks past the broken head of a Buzz Bomber.

Sonic's World - "The Final Victory, Part 4"

 * Script: Lew Stringer
 * Art: Nigel Kitching
 * Letters: Gordon Robson

Synopsis
The Freedom Fighters search the streets of the Metropolis Zone for the escaped villains. There's no sign of Robotnik or Grimer, but Tails has managed to captured Vermin the Cybernik, whose powers were knocked out by the electromagnetic pulse. The Freedom Fighters guessed that Robotnik would try to return to Citadel Robotnik, so they posted sentries at every entrance... suddenly Sonic realises that could have got back through the sewers, and he runs back to the Citadel to head them off.

In the Emergency Generator Room beneath Citadel Robotnik, Grimer attempts to manually power the generators. Just then, Sonic smashes in through a wall, kicks Grimer out of the way and winds up the turbines himself. The Citadel's systems start to come on-line, and Robotnik believes that Sonic doesn't realise that he's really helping the old dictator. But Sonic knows exactly what he's doing: he's charging up the generators so fast that he's causing the power core to overload! Robotnik and Grimer dive back into the sewers moments before the entire Citadel explodes!

Sonic announces to the assembled crowd of citizens that Robotnik's reign is over and that they are finally free. He declares the day to be V.R. Day (Victory over Robotnik) and the celebrations begin.

On the edge of the city, Grimer and Robotnik emerge from the sewers, still covered in slime. Grimer is ready to give up, but Robotnik calls that loser talk. This isn't the end! Robotnik wants revenge! He'll make everyone regret this day for the rest of their lives!

Appearances

 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Amy Rose
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Johnny Lightfoot
 * Doctor Ivo Robotnik
 * Grimer
 * Vermin the Cybernik
 * Troopers
 * Metropolis Zone citizens

Continuity

 * Vermin the Cybernik is captured in this issue. He will eventually break out of jail in Sonic the Comic #120, "Breakout, Part 1".
 * Citadel Robotnik is destroyed. It has been Robotnik's main headquarters om Mobius (and a physical manifestation of Robotnik's dictatorship) since Sonic the Comic #55, "The Great Escape! Part 1".
 * Robotnik is forced out of his Metropolis Zone base and swears revenge on Sonic and the people of Mobius. It is revealed in Sonic the Comic #104, "Flickies' Island, Part 1", that Robotnik has regrouped with Grimer on Flickies' Island, where he is rebuilding his forces.

Trivia

 * Robotnik says "Oi! Hedgehog! No!", a reference to a catchphrase used by the characters Frank and George Doberman in Harry Enfield's Television Programme.

Other features

 * Control Zone
 * STC/Sega Pin-Up! - Sonic the Comic 100 (based on box art for Sonic 3D Mega Drive release)
 * Spoiled Egg Zone (Graphic Zone)
 * Speedlines