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[Shadow]

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #235

Written by Ian Flynn, art and cover by Terry Austin and various.

"Remember the Fallen." The Freedom Fighters are torn apart in the fallout from last issue. Sonic and his friends must deal with the loss in their own way, and it will change the team forever. When Silver the Hedgehog arrives looking for "the traitor," will the weary Sonic give him a chance to speak?

32 pages, $2.99.

SONIC UNIVERSE #38

Written by Ian Flynn, art and cover by Jamal Peppers and various.

"Scrambled," Part 2. The hunt is on! Dr. Eggman goes into all-out war with G.U.N., all in an attempt to smoke out his wayward lackey, Snively! Meanwhile, in the heart of G.U.N. headquarters, Snively seeks the next step in his master plan: a girl named Hope!

32 pages, $2.99

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SELECT VOLUME 5 TP

By various, cover by Patrick Spaz Spaziante.

Blast into the past at Sonic speed with this flashback-themed edition of the hugely successful Sonic Select graphic novel series! You'll catch the early adventures that turned Sonic and the Freedom Fighters into the heroes they are today! From the founding of the team to the secret past between Princess Sally and Knuckles -- it's all here! Sonic Select 5 collects stories from Sonic Super Specials #5, 8, 9, and 11.

128 pages, $11.99.

KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA ARCHIVES VOLUME 2 TP

By various, cover by Patrick Spaziante.

Hot off the heels of his successful debut graphic novel, Sonic's original "friendly nemesis" takes on all new challengers in the pulse-pounding Knuckles Archives 2! Dive in as Knuckles investigates the mysteries of his origins and the wonders of the Floating Island. Knuckles's past comes back to haunt him -- and in a big way! New villains arrive as the Dingo Regime is thrust back into fray, while the old villains of the Dark Legion and Enerjak return to wreck havoc! Collects two complete story arcs from Knuckles the Echidna # 4-9!

160 pages, $9.99.

BEST OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG HC

Written by Ian Flynn, art by Patrick Spaz Spaziante & Various, cover by Patrick Spaz Spaziante

After nearly twenty years of comics, specials and mini-series, Sonic the Hedgehog has told hundreds of stories! Through the laughs and thrills, the action and adventure, the highs and lows, some stories stand out among the rest, - presented here for the first time ever in this thematic graphic novel collection! From the titanic clash of "Mecha Madness" to the universe-shattering epic "Order from Chaos," join the Archie Comics Sonic team picks their favorite stories from the history of the series!

144 pages, $24.99.

[RedAuthar]

Let me guess, Best of Sonic is Sonic Selects only bigger.

[LaserX5]

So, the Freedom Fighters are actually going to fight Mecha Sally now?

Why am I not surprised?

[henryiii]

Is it just me or did someone put a rejected Sonic X cover on the new Universe issue by mistake, because it just screams painful humor degrading this once potentially dramatically epic franchise down the toilet. I mean really? Those two Scratch and Grounder rejects from Sonic Colors? Were they or those two robots from Sonic x unavailable?

Way to kill the SATAm spirt with unnecessary game characters pointlessly shoved in; while Archie/Satam ones get more and more shoved to oblitaration. Why dosen't Ian just follow Dan Didio and remake the universe to your making as you see fit: to see your fetishtic love of destroying continuity and the comics culture for your sick plesure!

[RedSonic]

I suppose the question now is: how long are they going to drag out the Mecha Sally storyline. Probably till Sonic #250.

[LogiTeeka]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm actually really excited about these issues.

Ian Flynn may not be a great writer, but his writing is better than the recent games' stories. At least he's trying to make the series both epic and fun to read at the same time. If it weren't for Sega's demands and deadlines, Ian's stories would probably be better than what is currently being published now.

Oh! And one more thing... Please don't turn this forum topic into another "Ian Flynn sucks" subject, okay? There's plenty of other forums that you can post your opinions on, you know. No sense in beating a dead horse.

[RedAuthar]

I'm not saying Ian sucks. But I really believe that this Best of Sonic is a waste of money, it's just the same collections released again...

[LogiTeeka]

I'm not saying Ian sucks. But I really believe that this Best of Sonic is a waste of money, it's just the same collections released again...

Actually, I was referring to most other forum posts. They all start off as a sneak preview to the next upcoming issues, but suddenly turn into another repetitive subject about Ian Flynn's writing that goes on for several or dozens of pages.

It gets really tiresome.

[RedAuthar]

Ah...I see.

[LaserX5]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm actually really excited about these issues.

If Sally wasn't roboticized, I admit I would be very intrigued about this latest arc of Ian's.

But, having her suffer this fate just completely killed it for me.

There were so many better choices if Ian wanted to have one of the Freedom Fighters end up as Eggman's robot slave.

[MoonPrincess07]

I don't know, I'm kind of interested in seeing what happens in this arc. It'll give me something to think about during school hours. Well, once I'm back in for another semester.
It should be noted that Sally is the only non-game character on "Best of Sonic's" cover. I thought that was sort of interesting. At least they are still somewhat acknowledging the "Strictly Comic" characters.
And as for Ian...I think that he deserves some sort of nod or something for still continuing to write despite all of the criticism he's receiving. I respect him for that.

[MoKat]

Ian Flynn may not be a great writer, but his writing is better than the recent games' stories.

*coughs* Given the writing on the recent games, that really isn't saying much...

Oh! And one more thing... Please don't turn this forum topic into another "Ian Flynn sucks" subject, okay?

I second that.

[PuffinGrandeur]

The Best of seems more like the Sonic Super Special Magazine, but I am wondering what's the point. Everything else is aces though. Love it, love everything about it.

[LaserX5]

And as for Ian...I think that he deserves some sort of nod or something for still continuing to write despite all of the criticism he's receiving. I respect him for that.

I can't respect him, but I will give him credit for taking all this bashing and not letting it get to him.

Then again, since his material is being published to the entire Sonic fandom, he doesn't have any reason to quit.

His vision, whatever it may be... is being read by the majority of SegaSonic fans.

Who'd want to give that up?

[bwrosas]

Just to point out, someone on the Sega forums, said that Sal's mecha color scheme is different on SU #38. But perhaps that was a miscoloring on Tracy's part (maybe), it's happens!

[PuffinGrandeur]

Tracy didn't draw or color that cover, so I wouldn't put too much blame on him.

[LaserX5]

Just to point out, someone on the Sega forums, said that Sal's mecha color scheme is different on SU #38. But perhaps that was a miscoloring on Tracy's part (maybe), it's happens!

I get the feeling Ian's going to make Sally some super souped up Mecha Sonic styled of robot villain just for kicks.

If this was his plan for Sally from the get go, wouldn't it have been simpler to just give these abilities to Metal Sonic or Silver Sonic III and let them wreak havoc?

[LogiTeeka]

I get the feeling Ian's going to make Sally some super souped up Mecha Sonic styled of robot villain just for kicks.

If this was his plan for Sally from the get go, wouldn't it have been simpler to just give these abilities to Metal Sonic or Silver Sonic III and let them wreak havoc?

So Mecha Sally should just stand around and do nothing? Since she's roboticized, Eggman might as well put her into use.

Actually, I like this roboticizer better than the old one. Not only does it transform its victims into mindless robots, but also grants them super powers and abilities.

[LaserX5]

So Mecha Sally should just stand around and do nothing? Since she's roboticized, Eggman might as well put her into use.

I never said he shouldn't put her to use.

But to have her perform actions another robot could do, and probably even better makes no sense.

At least let utilize Sally's best strengths as a FF if she HAS TO BE a mindless robot of Eggman's.

Actually, I like this roboticizer better than the old one. Not only does it transform its victims into mindless robots, but also grants them super powers and abilities.

The irony is though, this version of the roboticizer sounds an awful lot like the super roboticizer I had Snively invent in Episode 2 of Sonic Satam X last year.

You know, now that I think about it, maybe calling it a Mechanizer would have been a better name.

I think I just gave myself a new story idea.

[PuffinGrandeur]

She's not really a mindless robot, she talks and everything. Giving her weapons does not make Metal Sonic redundant any more than Orbinaut made Metal Sonic redundant. We have no idea what Metal Sally's capable of, seeing as we've had about A SINGLE PANEL OF HER DOING ANYTHING. Also, the roboticizer Robotnik Prime made during Mecha Madness did the same thing to Sonic (heck, even Bunnie's roboticizer turned Knuckles into a weaponized threat.)