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Archie Sonic Super Special Issue 12 (also known as Turnabout Heroes) is the twelfth issue of the Sonic Super Special series published by Archie Comics.

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Turnabout Heroes[]

(This issue is shown sideways from the normal perspective, and takes place sometime after Sonic the Hedgehog #71, but before Sonic the Hedgehog #75.)

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Dr. Robotnik and Dimitri of the Dark Legion have allied together and mind swapped Sonic into Knuckles and Knuckles into Sonic. Sally and Nate Morgan with the Freedom Fighters are traveling from Mobotropolis to the Floating Island with Sonic as Knuckles on board. Nicole, Sally, and Nate still do not believe that Sonic is trapped in Knuckles' body, so they travel to the Floating Island, but are attacked by missiles and come crashing down to Echidnaopolis.

Meanwhile In Echidnaopolis, the Dark Legion are attacking Knuckles and Julie-Su. Knuckles unable to glide in Sonic's body uses his speed and finds the crashed Freedom Fighter Special. Sonic, Knuckles, Julie-Su and the Freedom Fighters take down the robots and some members of the Dark Legion, but they are stopped by holographic projections of Dr. Robotnik and Dimitri. Dr. Robotnik commands that either Sonic and Knuckles surrender themselves to them, or they will forever be stuck in each other's bodies. Dr. Robotnik and Dimitri teleport them to their base and show them the 'Chaos-Cannon', which requires the Master Emerald as a power source, and upon activation and will blast the Great Forest, turning it entirely into metal. Sonic and Knuckles head to the Chaos Chamber making it look like they're about to steal it, but destroy the spying device and bring Dr. Robotnik and Dimtri a fake version of the Master Emerald. The cannon is destroyed by the sabotage and Sonic and Knuckles are restored to their own bodies from touching the Master Emerald. While Sonic fights Robotnik, Knuckles battles Dimitri, who unfortunately manages to teleport away. Dr. Robotnik self-destructs, revealing him to merely be a robot duplicate of the original Robotnik. Knuckles states that next time he'll get to defeat the villains, to which Sonic replies that in that case, he'd better start wishing he were a hedgehog again. This leads them into an intense argument about which are cooler; Hedgehogs or Echidnas.

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  • This story is printed entirely on a 90° axis from normal which, while giving the reader an idea of Zonic the Zone Cop's perspective, was actually in keeping with the original printed format the story saw in the pages of Comic Shop News #619-632.
  • Robotnik's line, "Then we can test it on the Great Forest.", is mistakenly rendered as "Then we can -est it on the Great Forest." due to a printing error.
  • This issue's Sonic-Grams states that this story takes place between Sonic the Hedgehog #71-#72 and Knuckles the Echidna #28-#29. However, this time frame does not work, as Sonic Super Special #10 takes place in that time frame, as does Julie-Su's backstory in Sonic Super Special #11. It was announced in a few prior issues that the main story takes place between Sonic the Hedgehog #73-#74 and Knuckles the Echidna #25-#26, but that time frame does not work well either as it would imply that Julie-Su was actually with knuckles and Locke in Haven and this incident would be after Sonic learns that the robians had vanished from knothole, but before Sonic reports it.
    • Writer Ian Flynn has stated previously that he believes this story could not have possibly have happened. It is apparently considered canon, however, as Sonic the Hedgehog #183 includes Dimitri mentioning a previous meeting with Robotnik. Unless an unknown encounter between the two villains is implied, this mention refers to the story of this issue.

Zone Wars: Giant Robotno[]

  • Plot: Dan Slott
  • Script: Karl Bollers
  • Pencils: James Fry and Nelson Ribeiro
  • Inks: Jim Amash
  • Colors: Josh and Aimee Ray
  • Letters: Vickie Williams
  • Editor & Art Director: J. F. Gabrie
  • Managing Editor: Victor Gorelick
  • Editor-in-chief: Richard Goldwater

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While Sonic is calmly fishing, Sallactor appears hoping for Sonic's help. Sonic, thinking that the version of Sally is good, is soon warned by Zonic the Zone Cop of her vile nature. Zonic summons Sallactor's mortal enemies to take care of her; Sonicaman: Chaos Ninja Team. When the battle is over and they are returned to their zones, Sonic wants to know how Zonic keeps track of everything. However, Zonic gets a warning from another zone about a very dangerous threat and asks Sonic for his help, to which he reluctantly agrees. Sonic is teleported there and is agast to see Overlanders fleeing from Rabbot-Zilla. Zonic reports to Sonic that good and evil is changed through zones, before disappearing. Sonic manages to trap Rabbot-Zilla in tar, saving the city. Dr. J. Kintobor the Robotnik counterpart of the zone appears, and tells Sonic that he is the ruler of the city, named Kintopolis, and that in an attempt to harness Chaotomic Energy, he split a Chaos Emerald in half, and tested the energy on the distant Knothole Island. However, this the mutated the local wildlife, turning them into hideious monsters, with the split halves of the Emerald still remaining in the monster's lair. To retrieve the Emerald halves, Dr. J. Kintobor builds Sonic a massive mech known as Giant Robotno which is powered by Sonic's speed. Sonic flies the mech to Knothole Island, but is confronted by mutated versions of Sally, Tails, Knuckles, Amy and Rotor. Sonic can't take fighting his friends but is forced to as they assault the mech. Suddenly, a giant mutated Hedgehog appears with a loud roar. While Sonic initially believes it to be his mutant counterpart, it is soon revealed to be a monster version Jules, who has half of the Chaos Emerald stuck on his chest. Sonic can't bear to fight his dad, but accidentally kills him by pulling the Chaos Emerald half out of his chest with using Giant Robotno. Anguished, Sonic flies the mech back to Kintopolis, with the mutated Sonic of the zone (Who has the second half of the emerald attached to his chest) arriving afterwards to find his dad dead.

Back in Kintopolis, celebrations are underway, with Kintobor explaining to Sonic that thanks to his help, the city's first robotic protector has been successfully created. Wishing to name it after Sonic, he asks for his name. However, before Sonic can answer, he is teleported back to Mobius by Zonic, who takes off his helmet to reveal that he is Sonic's counterpart from the No Zone.

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  • Chaos Emerald (only appearance)

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Archie Sonic Super Special Issue 12 cameo

Sonic fishing with a Poké Ball

  • This story contains several references to Japanese media.
    • The bobber on Sonic's fishing pole is drawn to resemble a Poké Ball.
    • The Sonicaman: Chaos Ninja Team and Sallactor are meant to resemble the characters from Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.
    • The various Mobian-Zilla monsters are references to Godzilla and the various kaiju featured in his movie franchise.
    • Knothole Island serves as a shout out to Monster Island, the setting of many of Toho's Godzilla and other kaiju movies.
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Jules-Zilla bleeding from the mouth.

    • The name of Giant Robotno, as well as the story of Doctor J. Kintobor's attempts to solve the energy crisis causing a catastrophe, is based on the OVA series Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still.
    • Tails-Zilla's face is based on the iconic look of Devilman.
  • This is one of the very rare instances where a character in any Sonic media was shown bleeding. In the case of Jules-Zilla, he had blood dripping from his mouth.


Off Panel[]

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Off Panel

J. F. Gabrie meets Zonic and offers to show him around the office. However, Zonic tells Gabrie that he is only there to use the bathroom and while he does so, Gabrie refuses to think of how Zonic would accomplish it, due to him standing sideways.

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