Numbered issue 033 of 223
Sonic the Comic #33
2 September 1994
Issue overview
The wreck of Robotnik's second Death Egg draws Sonic and Tails to the Floating Island. There they encounter Knuckles, opening a long-running rivalry shaped by Robotnik's interest in the island and its Chaos Emeralds.
Original stories
Sonic the Hedgehog · Enter Knuckles, Part 1 #
Robotnik's Death Egg II vanishes mid-descent, and the Kintobor Computer steers Sonic and Tails toward the legendary Floating Island. They touch down in the Marble Garden Zone, smash a wall-carved face that fires arrows, and nearly slide off the rim before Tails hauls Sonic back through an underside tunnel. A spiked Badnik forces Sonic to raise an unfamiliar forcefield, then Robotnik steps between the pillars—only for Knuckles the Echidna, the Island's guardian and new bodyguard, to knock Sonic cold.
Script: Nigel Kitching · Art: Richard Elson · Letters: Ellie de Ville
Reprinted in issue 146.
Mutant League · Bring Me The Head of Coach Brikka, Part 3 #
The Midway Monsters chase K.T. Slayer and Coach Brikka's stolen head in their tank until a four-armed giant rips the roof clean off and seizes Razor Kid. The Kid's screaming fans swamp the attacker, and one flung sweaty hanky turns them on every other rival in the road, clearing the Monsters' path once more.
Script: Steve White, Brian Williamson · Art: Anthony Williams, Brian Williamson · Letters: Tom Frame
Sonic's World · No More Mr. Nice Bug, Part 2 #
Cam and Bert scrap the Trooper who let two Niceniks escape, fashion the wreckage into "art", then hunt the pair with Bert's Synthetic Sonic Simulation—a balloon that loyal Badniks dutifully attack. After two hundred fruitless tests, the Niceniks themselves (Bim and Bom) are cataloguing perfect flowers; when the Barfmobile crushes more blooms and appears to have deflated Sonic, they charge Cam and Bert in a fury.
Script: Mark Eyles · Art: Mike Hadley, John M. Burns · Letters: Elitta Fell
Reprinted in issue 202.
Pirate S.T.C. · Pirate S.T.C., Part 6 #
Sackhead's lot battle on while Grrr and Bob stay frozen in ice cream; sentient ear wax and a self-battering Y Not Y-Front Man do little to help. Flame walls Granee 8 Ball with a space hopper, spawning carrot-firing pigs who eat the ice cream free. Fezhead and Skull then float in on a cloud of consciousness, spray love over the field, and ferry their newly minted "commandos" toward the next level.
Script: Stephen Bliss · Art: Stephen Bliss · Letters: Steve Potter
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Issue details
- Issue number
- 33
- Date
- 2 September 1994
- Barcode
- 977096930401333
- Free gift
- Fruit Pastilles
- Cover art
- John M. Burns, Mike Hadley
- Cover price
- £1.10
- Editor
- Richard Burton
- Designer
- Gary Knight
- Managing Editor
- Steve MacManus