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[FUS News Robot]

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #239

"'Heroes,' Part One. It's Team Freedom vs. Team Metal! Elias Acorn may no longer be king, but he's still a symbol of hope in Dr. Eggman's eyes - and that just won't do! As Dr. Eggman launches a two-pronged assault, Sonic and Team Fighters must save Elias from a deadly assassin - his own sister! Featuring a brand new painted cover by Greg Horn!"



SONIC UNIVERSE #42

"'Unsung Heroes,' Part Two. When Sonic is away, the Secret Freedom Fighters make evil pay! Deep under the city, in the scar left by the Battle Bird Armada, the evil wizard Ixis Naugus is shaping the earth to his whim. Elias, the deposed king, must lead his squad of Secret Freedom Fighters to find out what's going on! But with Naugus able to control the stones and shadows, will Elias' team emerge alive?"



SONIC SUPER SPECIAL MAGAZINE #4

"Sonic Super Special Magazine is back - to the future! The first ever Sonic comic magazine in Archie history, packed with over 100 pages of comics, news and features, will spotlight the complete 'Mobius: 25 Years Later' epic! Sonic's complete futuristic adventure is collected in its entirety and available for the first time in one place in this deluxe, magazine-sized, quarterly collection! Also featured is an exclusive interview with Sonic superstar artist Ben Bates, and the new Sonic Time Line, which features more new art from fan-favorite artist Tracy Yardley!"



SONIC UNIVERSE TPB VOL 03 KNUCKLES RETURNS

"Enter the Sonic Universe alongside Knuckles the Echidna! Rad Red is hot on the trail of his arch-nemesis, Dr. Finitevus. What he finds, however, is an ever-deepening mystery! But before he can investigate further, the newest Dark Egg Legion chapter attacks! To save Angel Island, Knuckles must team up with the Downunda Freedom Fighters - as well as Dr. Finitevus? New faces, new twists and surprises abound, and you cannot miss the thunderous showdown at the end! Collects the entire 'Knuckles Returns' storyline from Sonic Universe #9-12."

[LaserX5]

So Eggman is now going to have Sally attack her own brother?

Why am I not surprised?

[LogiTeeka]

So Eggman is now going to have Sally attack her own brother?

Why am I not surprised?

Why not? Since she's now roboticized, Eggman might as well put her to use.

In a way, Eggman's using her sacrifice to his advantage. Now that's evil!

[Gojira007]

Can't say I'm crazy about those "SEGA Variants" (although, in #239's case, it seems to be the standard cover for some reason). Super generic, and I don't even get what the point of them is. Here's hoping they don't become a permanent fixture.

[bwrosas]

So Eggman is now going to have Sally attack her own brother?

Why am I not surprised?

But yet, covers are deciving, and may send hints our way, like say a certain restortation, perhaps with the help of certain A.I. in the 2nd part in the 240th issue, seeing as it will be ten issues, since said character was changed. But that is just my guess? What's your's

[LaserX5]

But yet, covers are deceiving, and may send hints our way, like say a certain restoration, perhaps with the help of certain A.I. in the 2nd part in the 240th issue, seeing as it will be ten issues, since said character was changed. But that is just my guess? What's your's

Ironically, I have the same nagging feeling.

From 240 and on, Sally may indeed get her mind back.

Can't imagine what her reaction her be if it turns out you're right about this.

[Prime]

Okay, seems promising enough, might give them a read when they arrive.

I doubt Elias will be killed off, people were getting all emo and such when #234 and #235 were previewed, saying Antoine is dead, yet last time I read #235, seemed to me that he was on life support. Plus Elias appears to be a major character in the Universe arc that will be publishing at the same time, and correct me if I'm wrong, but don't some of the Universe arcs run side by side to the actual events that happen in the ongoing series? Perhaps this arc does too?

If anything though, I'm more interesting in finding out what happens in #238 to Lupe and the Wolf pack. On the one hand the preview for #239 doesn't state anything about it, so I'm thinking that Lupe doesn't get legionized. On the other hand, Lupe and the Wolf pack aren't major players in the comic, just secondary characters who pop up now and then and thus maybe they aren't deemed important enough and they do get legionized.

And to agree with Gojira007, I'm not impressed with Archie jumping on the variant cover bandwagon either. In the comics entire run of nearly 20 years they've just pulished the one cover for all their issues, be it the ongoing series, any mini-series, the Knuckles series and so on. Then last year they started it off with #225. Seemed okay as it was a milestone issue. But now this makes the 5th variant cover in less then a year. Sure that may be a small number, but 2 of them were comic convention exclusives that now trade a hefty sum of money for. Hell, I haven't seen one of the variant covers of #226 on eBay or a long while, and that had a production run of 1,000 compared to #229's variant cover production run of 500.

Variant covers are a collector's thing if anything. Only the die hard collectors go for them. Yes, I'll be getting the variant cover of Universe #42 just for the sake of completing my collector, but I really hope it doesn't become a permanent thing with these comics. I just don't see the point in the variant covers, be them retail variants or convention exclusive variants for the Sonic comics because at the end of it, it's a comic aimed at young kids.

[PuffinGrandeur]

Paul Kaminski just likes them. I would expect more, at least as long as he's around.