Sonic the Comic #196

Reprinted stories

1. Sonic the Hedgehog · Happy Christmas Doctor Robotnik #

   Robotnik's Christmas presents make Emerald Hill suspect he has changed. Sonic discovers the apparent generosity hides a bomb and acts before the celebration can become a disaster.

   First appeared in issue 16.

2. Tails · Going Crackers #

   Tower Hill Zone-Leader Basil Poultry frets over the first Christmas since Robotnik fell until damp crackers tip him into a powered exo-suit rampage that cancels the festivities. Tails bowls him with a giant snowball that shatters the suit's dome, then argues there is more to the day than crackers and cards. Neighbours' forgiveness finally shows Poultry the one thing he could not crush: Christmas spirit.

   First appeared in issue 119.

3. Doctor Robotnik · A Day in the Life of Robotnik #

   A mock documentary follows Robotnik from a cutesy nightmare through a greasy breakfast to designing polluting traps and new Badniks. One fresh robot snares Porker Lewis, only for Sonic to free him and force the doctor to scrap his failures. Vowing one day to Badnik the hedgehog, Robotnik retires with cocoa and a soppy magazine.

   First appeared in issue 42.

4. Sonic's World · Season of Goodwill #

   With Emerald Hill deserted on Christmas Day, Tekno hosts the Freedom Fighters underground while Robotnik prepares a heat-ray satellite to drown Happy Valley. Father Christmas appears, offers Robotnik a chance to destroy the weapon himself, and is refused; Shortfuse wrecks it instead. The visitor warns that Robotnik's empire will soon fall, leaving the dictator to discover that power is no substitute for friends.

   First appeared in issue 93.

Magazine features

• Speedlines
• Graphic Zone
• Pin-up

Issue details

Issue number

196

Date

13 December 2000

Barcode

977096930406896

Cover art

Richard Elson

Cover price

£1.35

Designer

Gary Knight

Managing Editor

Steve MacManus