Sonic the Comic Issue 165

Sonic the Comic #165
Publication details
Issue	165
Date	22 September 1999
Publishing company	Fleetway Editions Ltd
Cover price	£1.30
Free gift	Whoopee rumbler
Production staff
Writer	Lew Stringer
Cover artist	Richard Elson John M. Burns
Pencils	Richard Elson
Letters	Ellie de'Ville
Editor	Deborah Tate
Managing editor	Steve MacManus
Issue chronology
Previous	Sonic the Comic Issue 164
Next	Sonic the Comic Issue 166

Sonic the Comic #165 is the one hundred sixty-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: Michelle French, Jane Ballard
• Marketing Director: Rob McMenemy
• Managing Director: Julie Goldsmith

Featured stories

Worlds Collide, Part 2

• Script: Lew Stringer
• Art: Richard Elson
• Lettering: Ellie de'Ville

Synopsis

With everything in place on Shanazar for Dr. Robotnik to merge Mobius and Shanazar with his Dimension Blender so he can take over the unified world in the chaos, Robotnik announces to Sonic and Amy that he confident that he will not be affected by the worlds merging, thanks to a magic gem of his own that will protect him from harm. Sonic is blasted to one side by Grimer before he can make a move, but Princess Kupacious remains, and is very angry. Just as Robotnik activates the Dimension Blender, Kupacious grabs the gem with her tongue. As all of the assembled begin to feel the machine's effects, Robotnik is unable to find the gem, and the worlds begin to merge.

A short time later, Shanazar's Zones have been added to a redesigned Mobius, and Sonic and Amy find themselves back home in the Emerald Hill Zone. All is well, but Robotnik is right behind them and very angry. The dictator tries attacking the blue blur, but Sonic effortlessly dodges all his attacks and knocks him down. As the Freedom Fighters arrive, Robotnik aims one last threat at Sonic, promising him he will never rest until he is finished, but Amy tells him he is wrong. Amy tells Robotnik that he could be a good and kind ruler, but he chooses to be evil, which is why his plans are always doomed to fail. Amy then finishes off by telling Robotnik that Sonic is not his greatest enemy: it is himself, something which leaves Robotnik with a shocked realization. Grimer leads his despondent master away and a party celebrating Sonic and Amy's return begins. Once the celebration's over, Tekno reveals that in addition to access to the Zones of Shanazar, the heroes can access gateways leading to different periods and locations in Earth's history. Sonic is looking forward to the new adventures he will experience, and leads Amy off to explore the New Zones, as the story ends on Kupacious, still with the gem, lording it over a number of other frogs.

Appearances

Characters:

• Freedom Fighters
  • Sonic the Hedgehog
  • Miles "Tails" Prower
  • Amy Rose
  • Johnny Lightfoot
  • Tekno the Canary
• Shortfuse the Cybernik
• Knuckles the Echidna
• Princess Kupacious
• Dr. Ivo Robotnik
• Grimer
• Nack the Weasel
• Imperial Guards

Reprinted stories

• Captain Plunder - "Shanghaied, Part 3" (Sonic the Comic #93)
• Tails in - "Zonerunner & The Big Freeze, Part 2" (Sonic the Comic #49)
• Sonic the Hedgehog - "Disaster! Part 1" (Sonic the Comic #51)

Other features

• Graphic Zone: The Graphic Zone features fan art from readers of the comics. The theme of this issue is "Summer", showing Sonic and friends having fun in the sun. Winners of the published pictures received a Sonic the Hedgehog mouse hat.
• Captain Plunder pin-up by Nigel Kitching.
• Photo Zone

Gallery

Preview pages

Gallery
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External links

• Issue 165 at the Sonic the Comic Wiki.

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