Sonic the Comic Issue 145

Sonic the Comic #145
Publication details
Issue	145
Date	29 December 1998
Publishing company	Egmont Fleetway Ltd
Cover price	£1.25
Production staff
Cover artist	Richard Elson
Editor	Deborah Tate
Managing editor	Steve MacManus
Issue chronology
Previous	Sonic the Comic Issue 144
Next	Sonic the Comic Issue 146

Sonic the Comic #145 is the one hundred forty-fifth comic issue of the Sonic the Comic series published by Egmont Fleetway.

Staff

• Editor: Deborah Tate
• Designer: Gary Knight
• Managing Editor: Steve MacManus
• Production: Sarah Colley
• Marketing Manager: Douglas Pocock
• Promotions: Debbie Plummer, Jane Ballard
• Publisher: Rob McMenemy
• Managing Director: Julie Goldsmith

Featured stories

"Child's Play"

• Script: Nigel Kitching
• Art: Richard Elson
• Lettering: Ellie de'Ville

Synopsis

Sonic is called to the Emerald Hill Zone by some kids. They say they have found a Badnik, although Sonic doesn't think the large robot is very impressive. It turns out that the kids built it (and are controlling it remotely), so that they could meet Sonic and see him use his speed. Sonic figures this out quickly and pretends to be defeated, but quickly reveals the ruse. The kids say they are Sonic's number one fans, so he uses his speed to build them a playground out of snow. Sonic celebrates the first Christmas in years without Robotnik ruining things.

Appearances

Characters:

• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Badnik
• Kids
• Map shovelling his driveway

Amy - "Dream On"

• Script: Lew Stringer
• B & W Art: Carl Flint (incorrectly credited as Bob Corona)
• Lettering: Tom Frame

Synopsis

Amy and Tekno arrive in an alien man's nightmare. The man recently lost his job, and in his dreams he fears being unable to give his family any presents. Amy convinces him that his family will be happy with what he's able to give them, but not if he's unhappy. This puts the man's mind to rest and he wakes up on Christmas morning to find a new offer in the mail.

As a reward, the Ring of Eternity takes Amy and Tekno to Mobius to celebrate Christmas, but says that there will be more missions for them once Christmas is over.

Appearances

Characters:

• Amy Rose
• Tekno the Canary
• Alien man (only appearance)
• Alien children (only appearance)
• Father Christmas
• Ring of Eternity
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Shortfuse the Cybernik
• Miles "Tails" Prower

Continuity

• Amy and Tekno started their inter-dimensional journey through the Ring of Eternity in Sonic the Comic #134, "Eternity Ring". They will return home in Sonic the Comic #156, "Full Circle".

Tails - "Captain Christmas"

• Script: Lew Stringer (incorrectly credited as Nigel Kitching)
• Art: Roberto Corona (incorrectly credited as Nigel Dobbyn)
• Lettering: Elitta Fell

Synopsis

Tails has a cold, which slows him down so much that he cannot stop Baa Humbug, the psycho sheep, from committing crimes. Tails is rescued by a superhero named Captain Christmas, who defeats Baa Humbug with his Pudding of Justice and Decorations of Destiny. The citizens are so grateful that they give Captain Christmas all their presents... even Baa Humbug joyfully gives Captain Christmas his car.

Tails is suspicious, and a scan of Captain Christmas' fur by the Kintobor Computer confirms that the supposed hero is really Dog Malone, an ex-employee of Doctor Robotnik from the Chemical Plant Zone. Malone developed a body spray that makes people adore him, but Tails was unaffected due to his cold.

Later, Tails accosts Captain Christmas, hitting him with a snowball laced with the body spray's antidote. Suddenly everyone realizes that Captain Christmas is a thief. Tails knows how he can put things right, and Dog Malone spends Christmas helping Father Christmas deliver presents.

Appearances

Characters:

• Miles "Tails" Prower
• Captain Christmas (only appearance)
• Baa Humbug (only appearance)
• Kintobor Computer
• Father Christmas
• Civilians

Reprinted stories

• Sonic the Hedgehog - "Sonic the Human" (Sonic the Comic #17)

Other features

• Graphic Zone - Crimbo Zone
• Pin-up - Sonic's Hedgehog Wonderland

Trivia

• The credits for this issue are accidentally recycled from the previous issue, with the colourist credit for "Dream On" removed, leaving both "Dream On" and "Captain Christmas" with improper artist credits and missing colourist credits, as well as leaving "Captain Christmas" with an improper writer credit.

Gallery

Preview pages

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External links

• Issue 145 at the Sonic the Comic Wiki.

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