Agent X

This character exists primarily or exclusively within the Sonic the Comic continuity. Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.

Shayde
Shayde, a.k.a. Agent X, from Sonic the Comic #131
Appearances
First appearance	Sonic the Comic #122
Real-world designer(s)
Creator(s) (real-world)	Richard Elson
Biographical overview
Nickname(s)	Agent X
Physical description
Gender	Male
Skin	Black
Eyes	Black with green sclera
Attire	Purple hooded cloak White gloves
Alignment and character traits
Alignment	Evil
Affiliation(s)	Shadow Dimension
Powers and abilities
Skills	Shapeshifting

Agent X is a character that appears in the Sonic the Comic series published by Fleetway Editions. A mysterious operative working for Doctor Ivo Robotnik, he was believed as Johnny Lightfoot, a member of the Freedom Fighters who had turned traitor. But, he was really an alien named Shayde from the Shadow Dimension, who had replaced the real Johnny months earlier.

Appearance

As Agent X, he wore a hooded cloak to conceal his identity.

History

Shayde taking the identity of Johnny Lightfoot, from Sonic the Comic #132. Art by Richard Elson.

The being known as Agent X was created when a temporary split in time and space allowed the creature called Shayde to make contact with Mobius. By touching Johnny, Shayde absorbed his appearance and identity in order to survive on Mobius. As "Johnny", Shayde approached Doctor Robotnik, offering to betray the Freedom Fighters and work for Robotnik instead.

Agent X's first mission was to plant the Doom Seed under the Metropolis Zone, so that it would eventually grow and cover the whole city with weeds. However, Agent X was spotted by Sonic the Hedgehog and narrowly escaped by teleporting away. Agent X was later sent to Trituna to offer Zone Leader Sharka Khan a serum that would grant him and his citizens the ability to breathe on land, in exchange for defeating Sonic.

As Johnny, Agent X lured Tails to the Sun Valley Zone, which had been wreathed in fog by Windy Wallis's weather machine. Disguising himself as Agent X once more, he attempted to use the fog as cover to ambush and shoot Tails, but Tails gained the upper hand when he used his twin tails to blow away the fog and then destroyed Wallis' fog machine. Wallis escaped, while Agent X removed his clothes and presented himself as Johnny Lightfoot, claiming to have landed far away and to have only just arrived on the scene.

When Robotnik disappeared after a defeat on the Floating Island, Sonic gathered the Freedom Fighters to storm Robotnik's base on Flickies' Island to rid the island of Robotnik's influence. Agent X, present at the meeting as Johnny, volunteered to stay and guard the Emerald Hill Zone but teleported himself to Flickies' Island as soon as the others had left. There, he managed to gain control of possibly every Badnik on the planet (albeit the older models) and sent them to intercept the invading heroes. The Badniks severely outnumbered Sonic and the gang, capturing them one by one, and brought the gang as prisoners to Flickies' Island. Agent X still did not reveal his identity until seemingly vaporizing Sonic with a bulky machine. With the hedgehog out of the way, Agent X revealed himself to be Shayde, but was quickly captured by Shortfuse the Cybernik. Tekno the Canary reversed Agent X's machine, which was really a matter transporter, to bring both Sonic and the real Johnny Lightfoot back from the Shadow Dimension. Agent X tried to shoot Johnny, only to hit the matter transporter, causing the entire base to explode. However, before this happened, the real Johnny grabbed Agent X, and the contact caused Agent X to change back into a shadow and return to his own (self-destructing) dimension.

Trivia

• Lew Stringer originally planned for Agent X to actually be Johnny, but Nigel felt that Johnny was "too nice a guy" to do that.

External links

• Agent X at the Sonic the Comic Wiki.