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Sonic the Comic #172

12 January 2000

Issue overview

Flooding hits Mobius as its environment begins to fail. Knuckles and Tails rescue Emerald Hill residents while the Freedom Fighters search for the cause of the worsening disaster.

Original stories

  1. Sonic the Hedgehog · The Terra Connection #

    Environmental collapse floods Mobius, while Sonic, Amy, Tekno and Shortfuse discover that Earth is suffering the same fate through a portal to Easter Island. The island's statue guardians are rebuilt by microbots, masking a machine beneath the ground that is draining Earth's life into one of the New Zones. Amy and Tekno destroy the machine, freeing the heroes and collapsing the statues, but Tekno traces the stolen energy back towards Mobius and Sonic races to intervene.

    Script: Lew Stringer · Art: Richard Elson · Letters: Ellie de Ville

Reprinted stories

  1. Knuckles · Carnival Night Conspiracy, Part 1 #

    Knuckles rides a stolen Flying Egg home until Robotnik triggers its self-destruct on a video link; he glides clear onto the Floating Island and finds a vast new Carnival Night City squatting on historic ground. Troopers guard the gates, so he tunnels in, flattens a construction robot sent by three watchers, then scales the roof and kicks their gun aside. The shooters introduce themselves as the Marxio Brothers; Grouchio promises an offer he can't refuse.

    First appeared in issue 39.

  2. Tails · The Land Beyond, Part 2 #

    Errol and Tails fight through goblin territory toward Trogg's labyrinth. Tails admits his letters home exaggerated his heroics before the pair find the captive Shirob and a beast guarding him.

    First appeared in issue 19.

  3. Sonic · Badniks Bridge, Part 1 #

    As Bob Beaky's Travelling Circus, the Freedom Fighters wow a crowd; Amy outlines Porker with crossbow bolts while Sonic, disguised as Bob Beaky, plugs the show. The Kintobor Computer intercepts Robotnik's plan to haul a Death Egg II thruster across Emerald Valley Bridge, so Sonic plants mines ahead of the convoy. An elite Special Badnik Service Trooper cages him just as the load rolls toward the charges.

    First appeared in issue 43.

Magazine features

  • Graphic Zone

Characters

Issue details

Issue number
172
Date
12 January 2000
Barcode
977096930406872
Cover art
Richard Elson
Cover price
£1.35
Editor
Andy Diggle
Designer
Gary Knight
Managing Editor
Steve MacManus

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