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SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #245

"(W) Ian Flynn (A) Terry Austin & Various (CA) Tracy Yardley, Matt Herms

'Endangered Species,' Part Three. It's all-out war on Albion! Lien-Da's Dark Egg Legion battles Thrash's devil dog pack, with Knuckles and Team Fighters giving their all to control the chaos! The dark origin of Thrash is revealed, opening up a no-holds-barred throw-down with Knuckles!"

SONIC UNIVERSE #48

"(W) Ian Flynn (A) Jim Amash & Various (CA) Stephen Downer, Tracy Yardley

'All For One,' Part Three. The Chaotix travel the world in search of Mighty and Ray! The trail leads them to Sand Blast City and into the clutches of the nefarious Sand Blasters. The case takes a turn for the secretive as lies are spun and plans are hatched. And Mighty makes an all-or-nothing decision!"

SONIC SUPER SPECIAL MAGAZINE #6
"(W/A) Various (CA) Tracy Yardley & Various

This month the Sonic Super Special Magazine really packs a punch! The first ever Sonic comic magazine in Archie history returns with over 100 pages of comics, news, and features, with a special spotlight on Sonic and Knuckles! Pack up for a journey to the east, return to the mysterious Angel Island, and do battle with Mammoth Mogul alongside the Chaotix, available for the first time in one place in this deluxe, magazine-sized, quarterly collection!"

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SELECT VOLUME 7

"(CA) Patrick Spaz Spaziante

Sonic the Hedgehog's most popular graphic novel series is back! Princess Sally Acorn is the single most famous Sonic character to come from Sonic media other than the games! Debuting in the cartoons and living on in the comic series. Sally has endured as the tomboy rebel leader and Sonic's love interest. This volume of Sonic Select collects signature Sally stories, including the entire hard-to-find Princess Sally mini-series!"

SONIC UNIVERSE GN #4 - JOURNEY TO THE EAST
"(W) Ian Flynn (A) Tracy Yardley & Various (CA) Tracy Yardley, Ben Hunzeker

When the going gets tough, the tough get going! Sonic leads Tails, Sally and Monkey Khan to the other side of Mobius to the beautiful and mysterious Dragon Kingdom! Four ninja clans have sworn fealty to the Iron Queen and her Iron Dominion, and it's up to Sonic to get them to break away! New and old faces abound in this world-spanning foreign adventure! Collects the entire 'Journey to the East' storyline from Sonic Universe #13-16 plus exclusive special features!"

[RedAuthar]

Heh...what's up Croc.

[Uncle Ben]

wowzers... thats a lot

[LogiTeeka]

Does anyone else notice Geoffrey St. John's absence on the Sonic Select cover? Could this have anything to do with the Archie/Penders trial case?

[Uncle Ben]

is that still going on??

[LaserX5]

You know, I really wonder if there's any point to this "endangered species" story arc. It doesn't look like it'll play any necessary role to Sally finally getting deroboticized or even the climax with Eggman.

More padding perhaps...?

[Prime]

Does anyone else notice Geoffrey St. John's absence on the Sonic Select cover? Could this have anything to do with the Archie/Penders trial case?

Seems to have been the case. The cover change was reported a while back and Penders does claim he has the rights to the character.

It's either that or perhaps it's down to the licensor's approval. Perhaps Sega requested a change because they don't view Geoffrey as a big enough draw, or an important enough character to feature on the cover? But then if that's the case, then why was Geoffrey featured on the cover of Sonic Archives #11? We probably ani't gonna be an answer to it all.

You know, I really wonder if there's any point to this "endangered species" story arc. It doesn't look like it'll play any necessary role to Sally finally getting deroboticized or even the climax with Eggman.

More padding perhaps...?

Is there any indication that this 'Endangered Species' arc will feature Sally's deroboticization?

More to the point, since when was this the 'Princess Sally' comic featuring special guest stars 'The cast of the Sonic the Hedgehog video games'?

Yeah, we all want her to change back, but the whole entire comic doesn't have to revolve around her. We already know she's gonna be turned back now, more then likely after the Mega Man cross over which runs during #248-#251. 'Endangered Speices' speices is mostly likely a 4 issue arc running #243-#246 and thus there's gonna be a stand along issue of #247. We dunno anything about that issue so maybe it'll happen then, but to devote one single issue to wrap up the "controversy" that has been this Mecha Sally arc, will that do it justice?

[Uncle Ben]

You know, I really wonder if there's any point to this "endangered species" story arc. It doesn't look like it'll play any necessary role to Sally finally getting deroboticized or even the climax with Eggman.

More padding perhaps...?

Brotha, im starting to think the same thing

[RedAuthar]

You know, I really wonder if there's any point to this "endangered species" story arc. It doesn't look like it'll play any necessary role to Sally finally getting deroboticized or even the climax with Eggman.

More padding perhaps...?

You know...I'm vaguely remember X-Men doing a Endangered Species Arc....... I wonder if Archie is doing something similar.

[Uncle Ben]

it seems like it

[Speedy_25]

just reading the plot for the SU 48 issue, makes me wonder. Is Mighty leaving the team? And what the hell happened to Ray, wasn't he with Mighty when they both left to look for Mighty's sister?

[PuffinGrandeur]

People have been asking for Albion for a LONG time, so it's good to see it finally relevant again. There's a lot of mystery with Mighty, especially with the Sanblast Freedom Fighters mucking stuff up again.

[LaserX5]

Is there any indication that this 'Endangered Species' arc will feature Sally's deroboticization?

More to the point, since when was this the 'Princess Sally' comic featuring special guest stars 'The cast of the Sonic the Hedgehog video games'?

Yeah, we all want her to change back, but the whole entire comic doesn't have to revolve around her. We already know she's gonna be turned back now, more then likely after the Mega Man cross over which runs during #248-#251. 'Endangered Species' species is mostly likely a 4 issue arc running #243-#246 and thus there's gonna be a stand along issue of #247. We dunno anything about that issue so maybe it'll happen then, but to devote one single issue to wrap up the "controversy" that has been this Mecha Sally arc, will that do it justice?

You misunderstood the point I was trying to make. I seriously doubt it'll have anything to do with Sally's fate in general. But the question I was trying to ask was, will this story arc have anything to do with the main plot or move it forward concerning Sally and the climax with Eggman?

I for one do not think so.

You know...I'm vaguely remember X-Men doing a Endangered Species Arc....... I wonder if Archie is doing something similar.

I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case at all.

[RedAuthar]

You know...I'm vaguely remember X-Men doing a Endangered Species Arc....... I wonder if Archie is doing something similar.

I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case at all.

I mean Archie Comics did a "Civil Chore" parodying Marvel Comic's "Civil War" arc, could the same happen here? It worries me.

Is there any indication that this 'Endangered Species' arc will feature Sally's deroboticization?

More to the point, since when was this the 'Princess Sally' comic featuring special guest stars 'The cast of the Sonic the Hedgehog video games'?

Yeah, we all want her to change back, but the whole entire comic doesn't have to revolve around her. We already know she's gonna be turned back now, more then likely after the Mega Man cross over which runs during #248-#251. 'Endangered Species' species is mostly likely a 4 issue arc running #243-#246 and thus there's gonna be a stand along issue of #247. We dunno anything about that issue so maybe it'll happen then, but to devote one single issue to wrap up the "controversy" that has been this Mecha Sally arc, will that do it justice?

You misunderstood the point I was trying to make. I seriously doubt it'll have anything to do with Sally's fate in general. But the question I was trying to ask was, will this story arc have anything to do with the main plot or move it forward concerning Sally and the climax with Eggman?

I for one do not think so.

I think it's along the same lines as a lot of modern Cartoons go. There is an overall goal or plot for a season, sometimes they have smaller plots that interrupt the storyline.

Example: Wolverine and the X-Men - Main plot is to stop the world from being taken over by Sentinels. However there are some subplots that interrupt such as Wolverine trying to learn more about his past, and Cyclops's search for the missing Jean Grey.

The Main Arc is Mecha Sally or King Nagus (take your pick), this Endangered Species arc probably is a smaller one that fits in between.

Now do I like it interrupting, no. But I think that's what they're doing. Basically taking a break from the main storyline so it doesn't become too long. I mean...you can only hold someone's interest between issues for so long.

[LaserX5]

I mean Archie Comics did a "Civil Chore" parodying Marvel Comic's "Civil War" arc, could the same happen here? It worries me.

Yea, same here. We don't need this comic trying to imitate Marvel.

I think it's along the same lines as a lot of modern Cartoons go. There is an overall goal or plot for a season, sometimes they have smaller plots that interrupt the storyline.

Example: Wolverine and the X-Men - Main plot is to stop the world from being taken over by Sentinels. However there are some subplots that interrupt such as Wolverine trying to learn more about his past, and Cyclops's search for the missing Jean Grey.

The Main Arc is Mecha Sally or King Naugus (take your pick), this Endangered Species arc probably is a smaller one that fits in between.

Now do I like it interrupting, no. But I think that's what they're doing. Basically taking a break from the main storyline so it doesn't become too long. I mean...you can only hold someone's interest between issues for so long.

Well said. I don't mind a long story as long as each part of it smoothly moves the plot forward and does it to where it's not just filler. That's the problem with Ian's story. There is way too much needless filler just for the sake of extending the story. Seriously, what is the point in that?

And yes, I agree you can only hold someone's interest for so long. Still, I think they could've held their interest alot longer IMHO if the story's content was actually deep enough in tone to intruige the audience. I'm not surprised at all people are getting bored with it by now, especially considering most of it has been about Team Fighters pathetically trying to reason with Mecha Sally, 75% or more of Eggman's new Metal robot army was eradicated within 5 pages and even Nicole returning to the city very anti-climatically.

And that's not even mentioning Ian surprisingly revealing Sally's fate. Granted, that was a given since the other alternatives would have enraged the fanbase alot more, but still, the suspense of Sally possibly never returning to normal should be there. Make your readers actually feel she could possibly be stuck as a robot or even on borrowed time. At least then I could honestly say if the climax of her being returned to normal was well written and that her contrived roboticization wasn't entirely done just to shock the readers. But of course, I'm not expecting that at all. This sadly has Naugus' Deus Ex Machina magic written all over it.

Of course, I could be mistaken about that, but I just don't see what other possible method they could use. Eggman barbarically modified Sally's robotic body. You don't get that kind of dilemma fixed with a simple deroboticizer.

[RedAuthar]

Well said. I don't mind a long story as long as each part of it smoothly moves the plot forward and does it to where it's not just filler. That's the problem with Ian's story. There is way too much needless filler just for the sake of extending the story. Seriously, what is the point in that?

And yes, I agree you can only hold someone's interest for so long. Still, I think they could've held their interest alot longer IMHO if the story's content was actually deep enough in tone to intruige the audience. I'm not surprised at all people are getting bored with it by now, especially considering most of it has been about Team Fighters pathetically trying to reason with Mecha Sally, 75% or more of Eggman's new Metal robot army was eradicated within 5 pages and even Nicole returning to the city very anti-climatically.

And that's not even mentioning Ian surprisingly revealing Sally's fate. Granted, that was a given since the other alternatives would have enraged the fanbase alot more, but still, the suspense of Sally possibly never returning to normal should be there. Make your readers actually feel she could possibly be stuck as a robot or even on borrowed time. At least then I could honestly say if the climax of her being returned to normal was well written and that her contrived roboticization wasn't entirely done just to shock the readers. But of course, I'm not expecting that at all. This sadly has Naugus' Deus Ex Machina magic written all over it.

Of course, I could be mistaken about that, but I just don't see what other possible method they could use. Eggman barbarically modified Sally's robotic body. You don't get that kind of dilemma fixed with a simple deroboticizer.

That and the whole Genesis Arc that happened right before it. I mean it was interesting to see an alternate start to the story. But.....uh why? Nothings come of it. It was brief and kinda pointless.

It was almost as if they were throwing out the concept of an Alternate Sonic Comic, almost like Ultimate Marvel to Normal Marvel-verse, to see if fans would read it. But no new comic spawned from it.

I don't know if it's Ian, but there have been a lot of plot delaying arcs that serve just to make the story last longer.

[Uncle Ben]

Maybe they are running out of ideas

[RedAuthar]

If that's true it's time to hire a new writer.

[Uncle Ben]

Me??

[Shadow]

I thought Albion was already destroyed with Finitevus summoning Eggman's armies to bomb it.