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Sonic the Hedgehog #119

Original
Direct Ed.
Digital

Publication details

Issue

119

Date

January 2003

Publishing company

Archie Comics

Production staff

Writer

Cover artist

Cover coloring

Josh Ray

Frontispiece

Layouts

Joe Pepitone

Pencils

Inks

Publisher

President

Richard Goldwater

Issue chronology
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Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 119 is the one hundred nineteenth issue of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by Archie Comics.

Official solicitation

Cater-Killer Is Coming!

A mammoth snake-like train is ravaging the countryside, destroying everything in it's path, including innocent Mobian Village. Can Sonic and Tails stop this latest version of the Cater-Killer in its tracks before the village lies in ruins?

Dust Bunnie

It's the chaotic return of Jack Rabbit and his Sand Crew (last seen in Sonic #62), and this time they face heroic Bunnie Rabbot in this solo adventure.

Time Code

Rotor tries to crack the code to Nicole's early memory banks to find out where she came from, not realizing he wrote the code himself in the future.

Featured stories

Cater-Killer's coming

Writer: Benny Lee
Penciler: Ron Lim
Inks: Andrew Pepoy
Letterer: Jeff Powell
Colorist: Jensen
Editor: J.F. Gabrie
Managing Editor: Victor Gorelick
Editor in chief: Richard Goldwater

Synopsis

Part 1

In the dark of night, Sonic runs to Furville and warns its citizens to evacuate the town. The citizens are skeptical but quickly scatter when they feel the earth quaking beneath their feet and see a robot headed towards them on the horizon. Sonic, having cleared the area, runs ahead to take on the Caterkiller.

Part 2

Sonic reaches the Caterkiller Train and notices the giant robot is barreling ahead at over 100 miles per hour. He tries to use a Triple Sonic Spin on the robot, but finds himself unable to break through its sturdy frame. Sonic chases the locomotive menace when a hologram of Dr. Eggman is projected from one of its segments. Eggman taunts Sonic, telling him that Caterkiller will destroy Knothole next. Just as Sonic begins to worry about his friends in the village, Tails arrives on the Tornado and gives Sonic a lift.

Part 3

Sonic asks Tails if he's figured anything out about the Caterkiller. Tails reveals that it runs on simple software and, if they can get inside, they can easily hack it. They jump off the Tornado and, by vibrating at super sonic speeds, Sonic phases himself and Tails through the Caterkiller's outer shell. Exhausted by the physical strain, Sonic is left to lay exhausted on the floor while Tails hacks the Caterkiller's systems.

Conclusion

Tails flies Sonic out of the Caterkiller as it heads over a cliff and into the ocean below. Sonic tries to make a joke about it, but Tails doesn't understand what he means. Sonic decides to drop it as they head home.

Appearances

Characters:

Races and species:

Locations:

Prime Zone
- Mobius
  - Northamer
    - Furville (first appearance)
    - Knothole Village (mentioned)

Items:

Sonic's sneakers

Vehicles:

Tornado

Misc.:

Sonic Spin

Dust Bunnie

Writer: Karl Bollers
Penciler: Steven Butler
Inker: Jim Amash
Letterer: Jeff Powell
Colorist: Jensen
Editor: Justin Gabrie

Synopsis

Bunnie is flying through the sky above Sand Blast City, heading for a distress signal in the area, when she finds herself shot by an explosive weapon. She falls through a hole in the city's force field and is knocked unconscious. When she wakes up, she finds herself in a small cell with a glass wall. Bunnie tries to break the wall down, but it only cracks slightly when she punches it.

On the other side of the glass, Jack Rabbit mocks her, explaining that his crew sent out a fake SOS to lure Sonic to Sand Blast City. Jack tells her that he wanted to get revenge on Sonic, but he'll enjoy taking his frustration out on her instead. Bunnie asks what he's planning, and Jack reveals that he's going to release a swarm of Robians in her cell. Bunnie argues with Jack about Sonic's intentions when he left Sand Blast City, but Jack doesn't care and leaves her to be torn apart by the Robians.

Outside, Jack is telling his fellow Sand-Blasters that Sonic will probably come looking for his missing friend before long when Bunnie bursts out of her cell, having fought off the Robians. The Robians start to chase after Jack and his friends while Bunnie flies home.

Appearances

Characters:

Freedom Fighters
- Bunnie D'Coolette
- Sand-Blasters
- Sonic the Hedgehog (mentioned)

Races and species:

Mobian
- Robian

Locations:

Prime Zone
- Mobius
  - Northamer
    - Great Desert
      - Sand Blast City

Time Code

Writer: Karl Bollers
Pencils: Art Mawhinney
Inker: Nelson Ribeiro
Colorist: Jensen
Letterer: J. Powell
Editor: J.F. Gabrie

Synopsis

NICOLE tries to convince Rotor that he'll never be able to access her hard drive, but Rotor argues that he's prepared, having upgraded his equipment. She argues that there's no use in trying to figure out where she came from, but Rotor is persistent. He tells her that there's nothing he loves more than solving puzzles and warns her that he's going to try and hack her systems. She asks him to go easy on her.

NICOLE refuses to answer anything she's asked, blowing a raspberry at Rotor after he tries to just beg for an answer. Rotor decides to give up for now and asks if she's happy, but NICOLE retorts that Rotor would be. She secretly thinks back to her creation, where her world's Rotor tells Queen Sally and King Sonic about her and how she'll be impervious from hackers from the past. NICOLE asks Rotor to take her back to Castle Acorn, but Rotor says it'll have to wait: her programming has inspired him to fix his own security systems.

Later, on the other side of the planet, Dr. Eggman finds himself unable to hack into Rotor's computer. Every time he tries, the system replies by blowing a raspberry at him.

Appearances

Characters:

Badnik Horde
- Shadowbot (x2)
Dr. Eggman
Knothole Freedom Fighters (flashback)
- Antoine D'Coolette (flashback)
- Nicole
- Miles "Tails" Prower (flashback)
- Rotor Walrus
- Sally Acorn (flashback)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (flashback)
Rotor Walrus (future version)
Sally Acorn (future version)
Sonic the Hedgehog (future version)

Races and species:

Locations:

Mobius (future version)
Prime Zone
- Mobius
  - Northamer
    - Badlands (mentioned)
    - Great Forest
      - Knothole Village
        Castle Acorn (mentioned)
  - Southern Tundra (mentioned)

Trivia

On Rotor's hard-drive, there is a magazine with Archie character Jughead on it and a piece of paper reading "SPAZ is the Sonic god!", referring to Patrick Spaziante. A similar bit of paper is shown later with "Spaz Rocks!" instead.
On one of Rotor's techno equipment, it reads "Cybertron 1984", a reference to Transformers and the year it was created.
Also included on Rotor's desk are random letters promoting Archie comics.

Off Panel

See also: Off Panel

Writer: Michael Gallagher
Misc.: D'Onofrio

Synopsis

Sonic looks over a list and decides that, since they've made fun of everyone other production staff member, it was time to make fun of the comic's writers. Gabrie fearfully alerts Sonic to a giant flyswatter in the sky headed right for them. Sonic runs as fast as he can, but is squashed by the swatter. The editor tells Sonic that you should never bite the hand that "speeds" you.

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-'''''Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 119''''' is the one hundred nineteenth issue of the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comic series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' comic series published by [[Archie Comics]].
+'''''Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 119''''' is the one hundred nineteenth issue of the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' [[comic]] series published by [[Archie Comics]].
 ==Official solicitation==
@@ Line 62: / Line 60: @@
 *'''Colorist''': [[Jason Jensen|Jensen]]
 *'''Editor''': [[Justin Freddy Mendez-Gabrie|J.F. Gabrie]]
-*'''Managing editor''': [[Victor Gorelick]]
+*'''Managing Editor''': [[Victor Gorelick]]
 *'''Editor in chief''': [[Richard Goldwater]]
-====Part 1====
+====Synopsis====
+=====Part 1=====
-In the dark of night, Sonic runs to Furville and warns its citizens to evacuate he town. The citizens are skeptical but quickly scatter when they feel the earth quaking beneath their feet and see a robot headed towards them on the horizon. Sonic, having cleared the area, runs ahead to take on the Caterkiller.
+In the dark of night, Sonic runs to Furville and warns its citizens to evacuate the town. The citizens are skeptical but quickly scatter when they feel the earth quaking beneath their feet and see a robot headed towards them on the horizon. Sonic, having cleared the area, runs ahead to take on the Caterkiller.
-====Part 2====
+=====Part 2=====
-Sonic reaches the Caterkiller Train and notices the giant robot is barreling ahead at over 100 miles per hour. He tries to use a Triple Sonic Spin on the robot, but finds himself unable to break through its sturdy frame. Sonic chases the locomotive menace when a hologram of Dr. Eggman is projected from one of its segments. Eggman taunts Sonic, telling him that Caterkiller will destroy Knothole next. Just as Sonic begins to worry about his friends in the village, Tails arrives on the Tornado and gives Sonic a lift.
+Sonic reaches the Caterkiller Train and notices the giant robot is barreling ahead at over 100 miles per hour. He tries to use a Triple Sonic Spin on the robot, but finds himself unable to break through its sturdy frame. Sonic chases the locomotive menace when a hologram of Dr. Eggman is projected from one of its segments. Eggman taunts Sonic, telling him that Caterkiller will destroy Knothole next. Just as Sonic begins to worry about his friends in the village, Tails arrives on the Tornado and gives Sonic a lift.
-====Part 3====
+=====Part 3=====
 Sonic asks Tails if he's figured anything out about the Caterkiller. Tails reveals that it runs on simple software and, if they can get inside, they can easily hack it. They jump off the Tornado and, by vibrating at super sonic speeds, Sonic phases himself and Tails through the Caterkiller's outer shell. Exhausted by the physical strain, Sonic is left to lay exhausted on the floor while Tails hacks the Caterkiller's systems.
-====Conclusion====
+=====Conclusion=====
 Tails flies Sonic out of the Caterkiller as it heads over a cliff and into the ocean below. Sonic tries to make a joke about it, but Tails doesn't understand what he means. Sonic decides to drop it as they head home.
+====Appearances====
+'''Characters''':
+*[[Cater-Killer]] {{Only}}
+*[[Doctor Eggman (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Dr. Eggman]]
+*[[Miles "Tails" Prower (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Miles "Tails" Prower]]
+*[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]
+'''Races and species''':
+*[[Mobian]]
+*[[Overlander]]
+'''Locations''':
+*[[Prime Zone (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Prime Zone]]
+**[[Mobius (Archie)|Mobius]]
+***[[Northamer (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Northamer]]
+****[[Furville]] {{1st}}
+****[[Knothole Village (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Knothole Village]] {{Mention}}
+'''Items''':
+*[[Sonic's sneakers]]
+'''Vehicles''':
+*[[Tornado (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Tornado]]
+'''Misc.''':
+*[[Sonic Spin]]
 ===Dust Bunnie===
@@ Line 84: / Line 110: @@
 *'''Colorist''': [[Jason Jensen|Jensen]]
 *'''Editor''': [[Justin Freddy Mendez-Gabrie|Justin Gabrie]]
-Bunnie is flying through the sky above Sand Blast City, heading for a distress signal in the area, when she finds herself shot by an explosive weapon. She falls through a hole in the city's force field and is knocked unconscious. When she wakes up, she finds herself in a small cell with a glass wall. Bunnie tries to break the wall down, but it only cracks slightly when she punches it.
+====Synopsis====
-On the other side of the glass, Jack Rabbit mocks her, explaining that his crew sent out a fake SOS to lure Sonic to Sand Blast City. Jack tells her that he wanted to get revenge on Sonic, but he'll enjoy taking his frustration out on her instead. Bunnie asks what he's planning, and Jack reveals that he's going to release a swarm of Robians in her cell. Bunnie argues with Jack about Sonic's intentions when he left Sand Blast City, but Jack doesn't care and leaves her to be torn apart by the Robians.
+Bunnie is flying through the sky above Sand Blast City, heading for a distress signal in the area, when she finds herself shot by an explosive weapon. She falls through a hole in the city's force field and is knocked unconscious. When she wakes up, she finds herself in a small cell with a glass wall. Bunnie tries to break the wall down, but it only cracks slightly when she punches it.
+On the other side of the glass, Jack Rabbit mocks her, explaining that his crew sent out a fake SOS to lure Sonic to Sand Blast City. Jack tells her that he wanted to get revenge on Sonic, but he'll enjoy taking his frustration out on her instead. Bunnie asks what he's planning, and Jack reveals that he's going to release a swarm of Robians in her cell. Bunnie argues with Jack about Sonic's intentions when he left Sand Blast City, but Jack doesn't care and leaves her to be torn apart by the Robians.
 Outside, Jack is telling his fellow Sand-Blasters that Sonic will probably come looking for his missing friend before long when Bunnie bursts out of her cell, having fought off the Robians. The Robians start to chase after Jack and his friends while Bunnie flies home.
+====Appearances====
+'''Characters''':
+*[[Freedom Fighters (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Freedom Fighters]]
+**[[Bunnie D'Coolette (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Bunnie D'Coolette]]
+**[[Sand-Blasters]]
+***[[Jack Rabbit]]
+***[[Jolt the Roadrunner]]
+***[[Shift E. Wolf]]
+***[[Tex the Lizard]]
+**[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Sonic the Hedgehog]] {{Mention}}
+'''Races and species''':
+*[[Mobian]]
+**[[Robian (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Robian]]
+'''Locations''':
+*[[Prime Zone (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Prime Zone]]
+**[[Mobius (Archie)|Mobius]]
+***[[Northamer (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Northamer]]
+****[[Great Desert]]
+*****[[Sand Blast City]]
 ===Time Code===
@@ Line 97: / Line 147: @@
 *'''Letterer''': [[Jeff Powell|J. Powell]]
 *'''Editor''': [[Justin Freddy Mendez-Gabrie|J.F. Gabrie]]
-NICOLE tries to convince Rotor that he'll never be able to access her hard drive, but Rotor argues that he's prepared, having upgraded his equipment. She argues that there's no use in trying to figure out where she came from, but Rotor is persistent. He tells her that there's nothing he loves more than solving puzzles and warns her that he's going to try and hack her systems. She asks him to go easy on her.
+====Synopsis====
-NICOLE refuses to answer anything she's asked, blowing a raspberry at Rotor after he tries to just beg for an answer. Rotor decides to give up for now and asks if she's happy, but NICOLE retorts that Rotor ''would'' be. She silently thinks back to her creation, where her world's Rotor tells Queen Sally and King Sonic about her and how she'll be impervious from hackers from the past. NICOLE asks Rotor to take her back to Castle Acorn, but Rotor says it'll have to wait: her programming has inspired him to fix his own security systems.
+NICOLE tries to convince Rotor that he'll never be able to access her hard drive, but Rotor argues that he's prepared, having upgraded his equipment. She argues that there's no use in trying to figure out where she came from, but Rotor is persistent. He tells her that there's nothing he loves more than solving puzzles and warns her that he's going to try and hack her systems. She asks him to go easy on her.
+NICOLE refuses to answer anything she's asked, blowing a raspberry at Rotor after he tries to just beg for an answer. Rotor decides to give up for now and asks if she's happy, but NICOLE retorts that Rotor ''would'' be. She secretly thinks back to her creation, where her world's Rotor tells Queen Sally and King Sonic about her and how she'll be impervious from hackers from the past. NICOLE asks Rotor to take her back to Castle Acorn, but Rotor says it'll have to wait: her programming has inspired him to fix his own security systems.
 Later, on the other side of the planet, Dr. Eggman finds himself unable to hack into Rotor's computer. Every time he tries, the system replies by blowing a raspberry at him.
+====Appearances====
+'''Characters''':
+*[[Badnik Horde (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Badnik Horde]]
+**[[Shadowbot]] (x2)
+*[[Doctor Eggman (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Dr. Eggman]]
+*[[Knothole Freedom Fighters]] {{Flashback}}
+**[[Antoine D'Coolette (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Antoine D'Coolette]] {{Flashback}}
+**[[Nicole (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Nicole]]
+**[[Miles "Tails" Prower (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Miles "Tails" Prower]] {{Flashback}}
+**[[Rotor Walrus]]
+**[[Sally Acorn (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Sally Acorn]] {{Flashback}}
+**[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Sonic the Hedgehog]] {{Flashback}}
+*[[Rotor Walrus (future version)]]
+*[[Sally Acorn (future version)]]
+*[[Sonic the Hedgehog (future version)]]
+'''Races and species''':
+*[[Mobian]]
+*[[Overlander]]
+'''Locations''':
+*[[Mobius (future version)]]
+*[[Prime Zone (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Prime Zone]]
+**[[Mobius (Archie)|Mobius]]
+***[[Northamer (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Northamer]]
+****[[Badlands]] {{Mention}}
+****[[Great Forest]]
+*****[[Knothole Village (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Knothole Village]]
+******[[Castle Acorn (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Castle Acorn]] {{Mention}}
+***[[Southern Tundra]] {{Mention}}
+====Trivia====
+*On [[Rotor Walrus|Rotor]]'s hard-drive, there is a magazine with [[Archie Comics|Archie]] character [[w:c:archiecomics:Jughead Jones|Jughead]] on it and a piece of paper reading "SPAZ is the Sonic god!", referring to [[Patrick Spaziante]]. A similar bit of paper is shown later with "Spaz Rocks!" instead.
+*On one of Rotor's techno equipment, it reads "Cybertron 1984", a reference to ''[[wikipedia:Transformers|Transformers]]'' and the year it was created.
+*Also included on Rotor's desk are random letters promoting ''[[Wikipedia:Archie (comic book)|Archie]]'' comics.
 ===Off Panel===
@@ Line 107: / Line 195: @@
 *'''Writer''': [[Michael Gallagher]]
 *'''Misc.''': D'Onofrio
+====Synopsis====
 [[File:STH119OffPanel.png|thumb|200px|Off Panel]]
 Sonic looks over a list and decides that, since they've made fun of everyone other production staff member, it was time to make fun of the comic's writers. Gabrie fearfully alerts Sonic to a giant flyswatter in the sky headed right for them. Sonic runs as fast as he can, but is squashed by the swatter. The editor tells Sonic that you should never bite the hand that "speeds" you.
-==Trivia==
+====Appearances====
+'''Characters''':
-*This issue shows the return of Jack Rabbit and the Caterkiller Badnik, who receives a different design.
+*[[Justin Freddy Mendez-Gabrie]]
-*This issue is the first to show Sonic splitting his molecules through metal since [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 71|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' #71]].
+*[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]
+'''Races and species''':
+*[[Human]]
+*[[Mobian]]
+'''Items''':
+*[[Sonic's sneakers]]
 ==Gallery==
+===Cover artwork===
+<gallery widths="200">
+ArchieSonic119CoverRaw.jpg|Front cover, raw.
+</gallery>
 ===Concept artwork===
-<gallery>
+<gallery widths="200">
 Um..jpg|Caterkiller train concept artwork
 </gallery>
@@ Line 122: / Line 225: @@
 ===Preview pages===
 {{Gallery start}}
-<gallery>
+<gallery widths="200">
 STH119PAGE1.JPG|Page one
 STH119PAGE2.JPG|Page two
@@ Line 133: / Line 236: @@
 ==External links==
 *{{ME link|Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 119}}
+*{{Plain link|http://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_119_(Archie)|Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 119}} at Sonic Retro
-{{Comics}}
+{{ArchieIssues1}}
 {{Italic title}}
-[[Category:Sonic the Hedgehog issues]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Sonic the Hedgehog 119}}
-[[Category:2003]]
+[[Category:Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) issues]]
+[[Category:2003 issues]]
+[[Category:Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) issues written by Karl Bollers]]
+[[Category:Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) issues written by Michael Gallagher]]