Numbered issue 098 of 223
Sonic the Comic #98
4 March 1997
Issue overview
The Black Asteroid blazes over New Tek City like a second sun. Omni-Viewer's hold on Super Sonic is failing, and panic spreads across the Special Zone as the Doomsday story approaches its climax.
Original stories
Sonic the Hedgehog · Doomsday, Part 2 #
The blazing object above New Tek City is revealed as the Black Asteroid, where Super Sonic has turned himself into a huge store of energy to escape Omni-Viewer’s time trap. Omni cannot yet send Sonic home, so the hedgehog helps Chaotix confront Lightmare. Her nightmare weapon reveals that Sidewinder’s plan to command Super Sonic is hopeless, and that she is secretly his daughter. While Sonic’s group pursues the madman, Vector stays behind to help Omni prepare a desperate solution.
Script: Nigel Kitching · Art: Richard Elson · Colour: Steve White · Letters: Tom Frame
Reprinted in issue 215.
Knuckles · Victims, Part 2 #
Robotnik’s new captives are shown the fate awaiting them: the Emerald Hill folk are wired into a biological computer, with their minds intended to replace ordinary circuitry. Knuckles and Porker are powerless to intervene, while Doctor Zachary explains how Robotnik rebuilt him after his fall from the island. The machine’s activation is imminent, but an unnoticed visitor changes the wider situation: Omni-Viewer witnesses the atrocity and hurries back towards the Special Zone to warn Sonic.
Script: Nigel Kitching · Art: Nigel Dobbyn · Letters: Elitta Fell
Reprinted in issue 215.
Decap Attack · Dead! Part 2 #
Chuck and his companions try to prove they are alive while Max D Cap’s train hurtles towards Hell. Rupert, worried that his employer might look soft, produces a gun and turns the dispute into an execution attempt. Chuck seizes the weapon and provokes Max, who responds with fire and a furious chase through the carriages. With no route off the Death Train, Chuck reaches for its emergency brake just as Hell Central announces their arrival.
Script: Nigel Kitching, Richard Rayner · Art: Mick McMahon · Letters: Ellie de Ville
Sonic's World · Solidarity #
With Robotnik absent, Acting Tyrant Grimer turns the Metropolis Zone into a petty police state, arresting people for absurd offences and enforcing an impossible curfew. The Freedom Fighters abandon their planned raid to defend the residents, but Troopers soon trap them. A young citizen’s courage sparks a mass revolt: neighbours rise together, overwhelm the bullies and rescue the heroes. For once, Robotnik’s oppressed population proves it can organise without waiting for a saviour.
Script: Lew Stringer · Art: Andy Pritchett · Letters: Tom Frame
Reprinted in issue 215.
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Issue details
- Issue number
- 98
- Date
- 4 March 1997
- Barcode
- 977096930404498
- Cover art
- John M. Burns, Richard Elson
- Cover price
- £1.25
- Editor
- Deborah Tate
- Features Editor
- Audrey Wong
- Designer
- Gary Knight