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| − | {{Infobox |
+ | {{Infobox comic |
|title = ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' #71 |
|title = ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' #71 |
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| − | |image = |
+ | |image = STH71.jpg |
| − | |issue = |
+ | |issue = 71 |
|date = March 1999 |
|date = March 1999 |
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|publisher = [[Archie Comics]] |
|publisher = [[Archie Comics]] |
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| − | |coverartist = |
+ | |coverartist = [[Patrick Spaziante]] |
| + | |writer = |
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| − | *Harvo Mercadoocasio |
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| − | + | *[[Karl Bollers]] |
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| + | *[[Ken Penders]] |
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| − | *Paul Castiglia |
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| + | *[[Mike Gallagher]] |
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| + | |pencils = |
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| − | *Chris Allan |
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| + | *[[Art Mawhinney]] |
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| + | *[[Dave Manak]] |
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| + | |inks = |
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| − | *Vickie Williams |
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| + | |colors = |
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| + | *[[Barry Grossman]] |
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|editorsupreme = |
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| − | |editorinchief = Richard Goldwater |
+ | |editorinchief = [[Richard Goldwater]] |
|other = |
|other = |
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| − | |firstappearances = |
+ | |firstappearances = |
| + | *[[Jeremiah]] |
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*[[Alexander Acorn]] |
*[[Alexander Acorn]] |
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| − | '''''Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 71''''' is the seventy-first issue of the |
+ | '''''Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 71''''' is the seventy-first issue of the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' comic series published by [[Archie Comics]]. |
| − | ==Official |
+ | ==Official solicitation== |
===Tales Of The Great War - In The Beginning=== |
===Tales Of The Great War - In The Beginning=== |
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| − | Tails and Amy visit the library and start to discover the history of Mobius. |
+ | :''Tails and Amy visit the library and start to discover the history of Mobius.'' |
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===Retro Activity=== |
===Retro Activity=== |
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| − | We've billed it as the strangest issue of Sonic you will ever read! Why? It could be because it's a completely backwards issue (and boy, do we mean it)! It has a lot to do with Knothole Village being in danger because it's three hours ahead. Just wait 'til you see what happens when Sonic tries to save it. |
+ | :''We've billed it as the strangest issue of Sonic you will ever read! Why? It could be because it's a completely backwards issue (and boy, do we mean it)! It has a lot to do with Knothole Village being in danger because it's three hours ahead. Just wait 'til you see what happens when Sonic tries to save it.'' |
| − | ==Summary== |
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| + | ==Featured stories== |
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| − | Tails and Amy Rose enter the Mobotropolis Library, where they meet Jeremiah, the grandson of a Mobian writer named Kirby. They open a book about the beginning of Mobius, where first light came down from the heavens, and then life evolved. After a matter of time, a visionary named Alexander recruited other Mobians to pool their knowledge, creating the Kingdom of Acorn. Alexander was crowned king of the city, which was named Mobotropolis. |
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| + | ===Off Panel=== |
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| + | {{See also|Off Panel}} |
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| + | * '''Writer: '''[[Mike Gallagher]] |
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| + | * '''Pencils: '''[[Dave Manak]] |
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| + | [[File:STH71OffPanel.png|thumb|left|200px|Off Panel]] |
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| + | Sonic is determined to run faster than he has ever run before to complete his mission: give J. F. Gabrie his wanton soup in time. Gabrie explains to Sonic that the wanton soup wasn't quite hot enough but it could make do. Sonic then says that the comic book business was not all glory. |
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| + | |||
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| + | * '''Writer: '''[[Karl Bollers]] |
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| + | * '''Pencils: '''[[Art Mawhinney]] |
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| + | * '''Inks: '''[[Pam Eklund]] |
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| + | * '''Colors: '''[[Frank Gagliardo]] |
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| + | * '''Letters: '''[[Jeff Powell]] |
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| + | * '''Editor: '''[[J. F. Gabrie]] |
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| + | * '''Managing editor: '''[[Victor Gorelick]] |
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| + | * '''Editor-in-Chief: '''[[Richard Goldwater]] |
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| + | A worried Tails flies Amy Rose to the outskirts of Mobotropolis at her request. Amy assures Tails that it's safe, telling him that she had been in the area with Dulcy before. She leads him to the library where they bump into a dog. Tails asks him who he is and why he's in the library, and the dog happily obliges, introducing himself as Jeremiah. Jeremiah explains that he's been protecting the works of his grandfather, the great historian and artist Kirby, from Robotnik. Tails asks if he can read one of Kirby's books, and Jeremiah gladly lets him. |
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| + | Tails reads the story aloud for Amy, beginning from the early origins of the Mobians. According to the story, the Echidna were the first advanced society, with others springing forth in similar fashion. For generations creatures lived in insular societies until Alexander Acorn realized that society as a whole could benefit from working as a single community. The Echidna, fearing that their knowledge would simply harm the lower beings, refused to join Alexander's society, while the Overlanders were simply to barbaric to cooperate. Despite the Echidna and Overlander tribes refusing to join, Alexander's dream-community came into being and flourished. This new community created Mobotropolis and crowned Alexander as their king. |
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===Retro Activity=== |
===Retro Activity=== |
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| + | * '''Writer: '''[[Ken Penders]] |
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| + | * '''Pencils: '''[[Steven Butler]] |
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| + | * '''Inks: '''[[Jim Amash]] |
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| + | * '''Colors: '''[[Barry Grossman]] |
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| + | * '''Letters: '''Jeff Powell |
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| + | * '''Editor: '''J. F. Gabrie |
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| + | * '''Managing editor: '''Victor Gorelick |
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| + | * '''Editor-in-Chief: '''Richard Goldwater |
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| + | :''Note: This story is told here in chronological order for the convenience of the reader'' |
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| + | High above Mobius, a mysterious satellite detects a temporal distortion on the planet below. Locking on to its target, the satellite fires an energy beam at the planet. An hour later, in Mobotropolis, King Max welcomes Nate Morgan back, glad to see him safe. Sonic congratulates Elias on their successful rescue mission, only to be interrupted by the king scolding both of them for disobeying his orders. The king then asks Sally to escort Sonic home. |
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| + | While walking through the forest, Sonic and Sally chat about recent events. Sally tells Sonic that the king isn't angry with him, and is probably proud of him for rescuing Nate. Just as Sonic realizes he's been ignoring his parents ever since they were rescued, a blinding light emerges from the Great Oak Slide. They enter the slide only to find themselves falling through an endless abyss of light. They grab hold of each other and emerge in Knothole. |
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| + | Sonic and Sally notice that the citizens of Knothole are ignoring them, everything is moving in reverse, and they are covered in a strange glowing light. They realize that the area around them is actually moving in reverse time while they are somehow unaffected. Sally muses that this could be a good thing, since Knothole was thrown three hours into the future by the Ultimate Annihilator, but they need to fix Knothole's time problem quickly. However, being unable to interact with the world around them, Sonic and Sally can't escape the village. Sonic attempts to vibrate himself and Sally at supersonic speeds to pass through the slide, but ends up on the other side without Sally. |
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| + | Unable to head back into the Great Oak Slide due to the intensity of the light pouring from its entrance, Sonic seeks out King Max and Nate in Mobotropolis for help. Nate explains that a mysterious energy beam is being fired at Knothole from space, most likely drawn to the village due to its existence outside of normal time. He further explains that the beam is forcing Knothole to resume its normal place in time, but if the beam continues firing on the village it could break space-time and the planet itself. Nate tells Sonic and Max that the only way to stop the "time beam" is to redirect it to a more suitable target: a Super Emerald. |
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| + | Nate equips Sonic with a special red suit and one of the world's last Super Emeralds. Amy, Bunnie, Rotor, Antoine and Tails cheer for Sonic as he prepares to run as fast as he can to draw the beam's fire. As he runs, the Super Emerald's energy transforms Sonic into Super Sonic. Passing through Deerwood Forest, Sonic continues to accelerate and transforms into Ultra Sonic. He speeds through Mount Stormtop Village, and as he passes through the Great Desert the combined heat of the sands, power of the Super Emerald, and continuous acceleration transform him into Solar Sonic. Sonic continues to transform as he circles Mobius, becoming Polar Sonic as he crosses the Southern Tundra and Eco Sonic while dashing through the Great Rainforest. |
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| + | As Sonic circles the globe, time around him begins to accelerate, causing the time-beam to move from Knothole towards him. The beam strikes Sonic, and the field of energy that had engulfed Knothole vanishes. In Mobotropolis, the Freedom Fighters and Nate Morgan celebrate Sonic's victory. Nate surmises that Knothole is no longer three hours in the future and that the planet has been saved. Sally and the other citizens of Knothole are suddenly woozy, feeling off-balance as Knothole returns to its proper place in time. Realizing that Sonic must have fixed the village successfully, Sally wonders what happened to him. Sonic arrives, looking a bit different than when he left. Sally doesn't understand how Nate's plan ended up making Sonic's eyes green or giving his shoes buckles, and Sonic tells her he'll run through the story for her one more time. |
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| − | ==Quotes== |
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==Key Events== |
==Key Events== |
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| − | Sonic turns from Classic (short, pudgy, short quills and black eyes just to name a few) to Modern (tall, skinny, longer quills and green eyes just to name a few). |
+ | *Sonic turns from Classic (short, pudgy, short quills and black eyes just to name a few) to Modern (tall, skinny, longer quills and green eyes just to name a few). |
==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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*Sonic's new look is based on his updated video game design for ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'', and all other games there after. This was written into the story after SEGA demanded that all Sonic media update Sonic with this design. Sonic has kept this in the comic series ever since. |
*Sonic's new look is based on his updated video game design for ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'', and all other games there after. This was written into the story after SEGA demanded that all Sonic media update Sonic with this design. Sonic has kept this in the comic series ever since. |
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*To correspond with the main story being told in reverse order, the entire issue had most of its contents put in backwards order. The very first page started with Sonic Grams—usually at the back of the comic—followed by the letters, fan art, and pin-up. Next came the back-up story, followed by the main story. |
*To correspond with the main story being told in reverse order, the entire issue had most of its contents put in backwards order. The very first page started with Sonic Grams—usually at the back of the comic—followed by the letters, fan art, and pin-up. Next came the back-up story, followed by the main story. |
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| + | **Even on the main cover, [[Patrick Spaziante|Patrick Spaziante's]] signature is backwards |
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| + | *The production staff's names for the story "Retro Activity" were typed backwards |
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| + | *Sonic's arms are miscolored twice |
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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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| + | ===Preview pages=== |
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| − | <gallery captionalign="left"> |
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| + | {{Gallery start}} |
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| − | Inthebeginningpage1.jpg|Page 1 |
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| + | <gallery> |
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| − | Inthebeginningpage2.jpg|Page 2 |
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| − | + | Inthebeginningpage1.jpg|Page one |
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| − | + | Inthebeginningpage2.jpg|Page two |
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| − | + | Inthebeginningpage3.jpg|Page three |
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| + | Inthebeginningpage4.jpg|Page four |
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| + | Inthebeginningpage5.jpg|Page five |
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</gallery> |
</gallery> |
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| + | {{Gallery end}} |
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| + | == External links == |
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| − | {{Comics}} |
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| + | * {{ME link|Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 71}} |
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| − | {{Stub/TV and comics information}} |
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| − | + | {{Archie Comics issues}} |
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| + | {{Italic title}} |
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| + | [[Category:Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) issues]] |
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Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 71 is the seventy-first issue of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by Archie Comics.
Official solicitation
Tales Of The Great War - In The Beginning
- Tails and Amy visit the library and start to discover the history of Mobius.
Retro Activity
- We've billed it as the strangest issue of Sonic you will ever read! Why? It could be because it's a completely backwards issue (and boy, do we mean it)! It has a lot to do with Knothole Village being in danger because it's three hours ahead. Just wait 'til you see what happens when Sonic tries to save it.
Featured stories
Off Panel
- Writer: Mike Gallagher
- Pencils: Dave Manak
Off Panel
Sonic is determined to run faster than he has ever run before to complete his mission: give J. F. Gabrie his wanton soup in time. Gabrie explains to Sonic that the wanton soup wasn't quite hot enough but it could make do. Sonic then says that the comic book business was not all glory.
Tales Of The Great War Prelude: In The Beginning
- Writer: Karl Bollers
- Pencils: Art Mawhinney
- Inks: Pam Eklund
- Colors: Frank Gagliardo
- Letters: Jeff Powell
- Editor: J. F. Gabrie
- Managing editor: Victor Gorelick
- Editor-in-Chief: Richard Goldwater
A worried Tails flies Amy Rose to the outskirts of Mobotropolis at her request. Amy assures Tails that it's safe, telling him that she had been in the area with Dulcy before. She leads him to the library where they bump into a dog. Tails asks him who he is and why he's in the library, and the dog happily obliges, introducing himself as Jeremiah. Jeremiah explains that he's been protecting the works of his grandfather, the great historian and artist Kirby, from Robotnik. Tails asks if he can read one of Kirby's books, and Jeremiah gladly lets him.
Tails reads the story aloud for Amy, beginning from the early origins of the Mobians. According to the story, the Echidna were the first advanced society, with others springing forth in similar fashion. For generations creatures lived in insular societies until Alexander Acorn realized that society as a whole could benefit from working as a single community. The Echidna, fearing that their knowledge would simply harm the lower beings, refused to join Alexander's society, while the Overlanders were simply to barbaric to cooperate. Despite the Echidna and Overlander tribes refusing to join, Alexander's dream-community came into being and flourished. This new community created Mobotropolis and crowned Alexander as their king.
Retro Activity
- Writer: Ken Penders
- Pencils: Steven Butler
- Inks: Jim Amash
- Colors: Barry Grossman
- Letters: Jeff Powell
- Editor: J. F. Gabrie
- Managing editor: Victor Gorelick
- Editor-in-Chief: Richard Goldwater
- Note: This story is told here in chronological order for the convenience of the reader
High above Mobius, a mysterious satellite detects a temporal distortion on the planet below. Locking on to its target, the satellite fires an energy beam at the planet. An hour later, in Mobotropolis, King Max welcomes Nate Morgan back, glad to see him safe. Sonic congratulates Elias on their successful rescue mission, only to be interrupted by the king scolding both of them for disobeying his orders. The king then asks Sally to escort Sonic home.
While walking through the forest, Sonic and Sally chat about recent events. Sally tells Sonic that the king isn't angry with him, and is probably proud of him for rescuing Nate. Just as Sonic realizes he's been ignoring his parents ever since they were rescued, a blinding light emerges from the Great Oak Slide. They enter the slide only to find themselves falling through an endless abyss of light. They grab hold of each other and emerge in Knothole.
Sonic and Sally notice that the citizens of Knothole are ignoring them, everything is moving in reverse, and they are covered in a strange glowing light. They realize that the area around them is actually moving in reverse time while they are somehow unaffected. Sally muses that this could be a good thing, since Knothole was thrown three hours into the future by the Ultimate Annihilator, but they need to fix Knothole's time problem quickly. However, being unable to interact with the world around them, Sonic and Sally can't escape the village. Sonic attempts to vibrate himself and Sally at supersonic speeds to pass through the slide, but ends up on the other side without Sally.
Unable to head back into the Great Oak Slide due to the intensity of the light pouring from its entrance, Sonic seeks out King Max and Nate in Mobotropolis for help. Nate explains that a mysterious energy beam is being fired at Knothole from space, most likely drawn to the village due to its existence outside of normal time. He further explains that the beam is forcing Knothole to resume its normal place in time, but if the beam continues firing on the village it could break space-time and the planet itself. Nate tells Sonic and Max that the only way to stop the "time beam" is to redirect it to a more suitable target: a Super Emerald.
Nate equips Sonic with a special red suit and one of the world's last Super Emeralds. Amy, Bunnie, Rotor, Antoine and Tails cheer for Sonic as he prepares to run as fast as he can to draw the beam's fire. As he runs, the Super Emerald's energy transforms Sonic into Super Sonic. Passing through Deerwood Forest, Sonic continues to accelerate and transforms into Ultra Sonic. He speeds through Mount Stormtop Village, and as he passes through the Great Desert the combined heat of the sands, power of the Super Emerald, and continuous acceleration transform him into Solar Sonic. Sonic continues to transform as he circles Mobius, becoming Polar Sonic as he crosses the Southern Tundra and Eco Sonic while dashing through the Great Rainforest.
As Sonic circles the globe, time around him begins to accelerate, causing the time-beam to move from Knothole towards him. The beam strikes Sonic, and the field of energy that had engulfed Knothole vanishes. In Mobotropolis, the Freedom Fighters and Nate Morgan celebrate Sonic's victory. Nate surmises that Knothole is no longer three hours in the future and that the planet has been saved. Sally and the other citizens of Knothole are suddenly woozy, feeling off-balance as Knothole returns to its proper place in time. Realizing that Sonic must have fixed the village successfully, Sally wonders what happened to him. Sonic arrives, looking a bit different than when he left. Sally doesn't understand how Nate's plan ended up making Sonic's eyes green or giving his shoes buckles, and Sonic tells her he'll run through the story for her one more time.
Key Events
- Sonic turns from Classic (short, pudgy, short quills and black eyes just to name a few) to Modern (tall, skinny, longer quills and green eyes just to name a few).
Trivia
- Sonic's new look is based on his updated video game design for Sonic Adventure, and all other games there after. This was written into the story after SEGA demanded that all Sonic media update Sonic with this design. Sonic has kept this in the comic series ever since.
- To correspond with the main story being told in reverse order, the entire issue had most of its contents put in backwards order. The very first page started with Sonic Grams—usually at the back of the comic—followed by the letters, fan art, and pin-up. Next came the back-up story, followed by the main story.
- Even on the main cover, Patrick Spaziante's signature is backwards
- The production staff's names for the story "Retro Activity" were typed backwards
- Sonic's arms are miscolored twice
Gallery
Preview pages
| Gallery |
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External links
- Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 71 at Mobius Encyclopaedia, the Archie Sonic wiki.