Sonic the Comic Issue 149

Sonic the Comic #149
Publication details
Issue	149
Date	10 February 1999
Publishing company	Fleetway Editions Ltd
Cover price	£1.30
Production staff
Cover artist	Mick McMahon
Cover coloring	John M. Burns
Editor	Deborah Tate
Managing editor	Steve MacManus
Issue chronology
Previous	Sonic the Comic Issue 148
Next	Sonic the Comic Issue 150

Sonic the Comic #149 is the one hundred forty-ninth 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

Sonic the Hedgehog - "Shanazar"

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

Synopsis

Sonic has shrunk himself with a Transportation Belt and ended up in the world of Shanazar, keen to find Grimer and Nack the Weasel. Explaining his situation to the public doesn't work, but an altercation with the Imperial Guards and genie-summoner Fajar leads to Sonic meeting his adversaries in the palace dungeons. When all three are summoned to see the Grand Vizier, they are all shocked to discover he is actually Doctor Kintobor!

Appearances

Characters:

• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Grimer
• Nack the Weasel
• Fajar (first appearance)
• Imperial Guards (first appearance)
• Doctor Ovi Kintobor
• Doctor Ivo Robotnik (mentioned)

Amy - "The Thirteenth Task"

• Script: Lew Stringer
• B & W Art: Roberto Corona
• Color: Nigel Dobbyn
• Lettering: Elitta Fell

Synopsis

Tekno the Canary and Amy's next stop is Ancient Greece, where they must face "Hercules the Magnificent"... once he gets over his touch of wind. Tekno explains that he is the son of Zeus and is a hero of superhuman strength tasked by Eurytheus of Arcos with twelve challenges. Later, Hercules drowns his sorrows with more food, but this hinders him when he engages in battle with the Minotaur. The girls step in and Hercules' gratitude is what allows him entry to Mount Olympus.

Appearances

Characters:

• Amy Rose
• Tekno the Canary
• Hercules
• Zeus
• Minotaur

Tails - "Forbidden Island"

• Script: Lew Stringer
• Art: Andy Pritchett
• Lettering: Tom Frame

Synopsis

When the Kintobor Computer informs Tails, Johnny Lightfoot and Shortfuse the Cybernik of the location of the main Doctor Robotnik Appreciation Tribe headquarters, the heroes head straight there, but a force field cuts out Shorty's armour and Tails' Bi-plane, causing them to go back. Later, Tails returns with Charmy and the two reach the island. While Charmy is fighting, Tails finds the control room and reverses the polarity of the neutron flow, making the D.R.A.T. members' battle armour useless. Victorius, Tails and Charmy have ended D.R.A.T.'s ambitions.

Appearances

Characters:

• Miles "Tails" Prower
• Johnny Lightfoot
• Shortfuse the Cybernik
• Kintobor Computer
• Charmy Bee
• D.R.A.T.
  • Grand Chief Whip
• Sonic the Hedgehog (mentioned)

Reprinted stories

• Sonic the Hedgehog - "Power of the Chaos Emeralds, Part 2" (Sonic the Comic #36)

Gallery

Stickers

Promotional stickers that accompanied the issue.

Preview pages

Gallery
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External links

• Issue 149 at the Sonic the Comic Wiki.

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