[JaxTH]

Lanzer, on 14 February 2012 - 04:21 PM, said:

Not only that, but there some digital only valentines issue going about as well!

Sonic share the same damned feeling I have for this stupid day.

It appeares to be a complication of stories based around love since part of the description talks about Fiona's (Auto-Fiona I guess) first appearance.

EDIT: Also, the cover may be new but none of the art on the cover is.

This post has been edited by JaxTH: 14 February 2012 - 04:47 PM

[Overlord]

Glaber, on 14 February 2012 - 03:38 PM, said:

Is that the rocket from Sonic 2?

Yes, yes it is. =P Nice homage!

[Tylinos]

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Sonic The Hedgehog #237

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

'Loyalty,' Part One. Team Fighters links up with Grand Chief Lupe as they track down the Death Egg. As they deal with the ferocious Felidae Warriors and Dark Egg Legion, a mysterious figure tracks them. Meanwhile, in 'Heart to Heart,' Nicole and Mina finally confront each other!"

Ian has since said that the story has been restructured, and the mysterious figure part has been changed. It seems like it'll be more of a direct meeting now.

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Sonic Universe #40

"(W) Ian Flynn (A/CA) Jamal Peppers & Various

'Scrambled,' Part Four. The explosive conclusion! It's the showdown decades in the making: Dr. Eggman vs. Snively! As the two mad geniuses clash one thing is for certain: whoever wins, the good guys lose! Don't miss the grueling final fight with a sinister twist you won't believe!"

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Sonic Archives Vol. 18

"(W) Ian Flynn (A/CA) Patrick Spaz Spaziante

Sonic Archives, Archie Comics' most successful graphic novel series ever, is back! Sonic and Tails have defeated the evil wizard, Ixis Naugus, and rescued the long-exiled inventor Nate Morgan! Now for the hard part: getting home in one piece! All the while, a mysterious presence strikes out at Sonic from space! Blast into the past at Sonic speed with this all-new volume, collecting Sonic the Hedgehog #67-70!"

Calling it now, the mysterious figure in #237 is going to be Hershey.

This post has been edited by Tylinos: 17 February 2012 - 08:41 PM

[JaxTH]

Tylinos, on 17 February 2012 - 04:41 PM, said:

Calling it now, the mysterious figure in #237 is going to be Hershey.

That's what I was thinking as well.

Also FUCKING YES at having Classic Sonic on the cover of Archives 18. I'm happy about that as Archives #18 has the last issue before Sonic makes the switch to his modern design.

[Arctides]

Anyone else notice that SU40 has a mugshot of Honey the Cat on its cover? My question is... is it merely a cameo, or has Ian decided to work her in to the comics?

[JaxTH]

Arctides, on 17 February 2012 - 05:46 PM, said:

Anyone else notice that SU40 has a mugshot of Honey the Cat on its cover? My question is... is it merely a cameo, or has Ian decided to work her in to the comics?

It's just a cameo like he likes to do unless otherwise stated.

[Afro Thunder]

JaxTH, on 17 February 2012 - 05:48 PM, said:

Arctides, on 17 February 2012 - 05:46 PM, said:

Anyone else notice that SU40 has a mugshot of Honey the Cat on its cover? My question is... is it merely a cameo, or has Ian decided to work her in to the comics?

It's just a cameo like he likes to do unless otherwise stated.

Inb4 Sonic the fighters crossover. *shot*

In seriousness, the Sonic comics have been looking good lately, and these two issues look like a good place for me to start collecting again.

[Vantoggle]

How is it the more interested I get I this comic the more rabid some of the Archie fans become?…

Spoiler

Now there is talk of leaked panels of Antoine getting axed.

If they couldn't stomach robo sally, they're going to have a caravel with that one.

This post has been edited by Vantoggle: 18 February 2012 - 09:46 AM

[Dark Sonic]

Nice Sonic the Fighters cover. I approve. But sad to know that this will be likely the last archive cover with our classic friend on it. Now Spaz will start drawing Modern Sonic... which he can't do.

[Afro Thunder]

Dark Sonic, on 17 February 2012 - 06:44 PM, said:

Nice Sonic the Fighters cover. I approve. But sad to know that this will be likely the last archive cover with our classic friend on it. Now Spaz will start drawing Modern Sonic... which he can't do.

Or he could just do a compromise and draw Classic with green eyes.

[Tylinos]

Ian Flynn said:

JUST A HEADS-UP!!!

Due to internal "stuff," the solicit for #237 isn't 100% accurate. Well...they never are, but I mean to the point where I feel like mentioning it. We had to restructure the story so you can pretty much ignore the "shadowy figure" bit.



Honey's a cameo. I'm nipping that in the bud right now before y'all go too crazy with it.

Shadowthehedgehog said:

Team Sega: Sonic, Tails, Amy, and Silver

Team SATAM/Archie: Ant, Bunnie, Rotor, and Elias

Half right. :wink:

EDIT:

Ian Flynn said:

kryptyk said:

Though for the fact that it took up a noticeable part of the solicit, I would hope an active effort is going to be made to reintroduce that element as soon as allowable somehow, either close to the original intent or otherwise.

How to dance around this one without spoiling...

The element(s) is(/are) still there, definitely. Not content was lost. But for the sake of story flow, we had to rework it to drop the intrigue and be a little more direct.

Basically, it seems like they'll be meeting the person directly instead.

This post has been edited by Tylinos: 17 February 2012 - 08:36 PM

[Herm the Germ]

Dark Sonic, on 17 February 2012 - 06:44 PM, said:

Nice Sonic the Fighters cover. I approve. But sad to know that this will be likely the last archive cover with our classic friend on it. Now Spaz will start drawing Modern Sonic... which he can't do.

Pretty sure he can.

Much as I love the "Sonic the Screensaver" (for lack of a better definition) emulated with those covers, I'm curious to see what they'll do with what I'll assume to be Sonic Channel style for the next covers as I like that style at least as much.

Regular comic art is also looking quite awesome, even more so than usual since the 160s.

[Friend of Sonic]

JaxTH, on 17 February 2012 - 05:31 PM, said:

Also FUCKING YES at having Classic Sonic on the cover of Archives 18. I'm happy about that as Archives #18 has the last issue before Sonic makes the switch to his modern design.

I was worried about this coming up. We got 18 really cool covers, though. And we have a handful of Knuckles' Archives covers coming if they decide to cover the whole series.

[JaxTH]

Friend of Sonic, on 18 February 2012 - 02:41 AM, said:

JaxTH, on 17 February 2012 - 05:31 PM, said:

Also FUCKING YES at having Classic Sonic on the cover of Archives 18. I'm happy about that as Archives #18 has the last issue before Sonic makes the switch to his modern design.

I was worried about this coming up. We got 18 really cool covers, though. And we have a handful of Knuckles' Archives covers coming if they decide to cover the whole series.

There are going to be six Knuckles archives. After that I guess they tackle mini-series (which would just be one book on it's own since the mini-series were three parters) so we will at least get a Classic Tails cover and a cover with Classic Sonic on it for the Sonic Quest arc most likely.

[Tylinos]

So, I hear some of you want scans from #234. Well, I have a few here for you. Beneath spoiler tags this time due to, well, spoilers.

Spoiler

What, you were expecting scans of the thing Eggman's gloating about? That's around elsewhere already. It's pretty major.

But I guess I can confirm in text that nobody dies in this issue. Yes, it's true. Antoine gets pretty badly injured, but the end of the main story makes it clear that he's still breathing, and Sonic's rushing him back to get help. Even the editorial says "While the fate of Antoine is uncertain at the moment..." So no, he isn't dead.


Also, from the backup story:



I love how Classic Robotnik's portrayed here. Ian even has him give one of his trademark fat-quips like he usually did back then. "Great balls of cholesterol!"

And on an interesting but potentially unimportant note, Eggman wonders near the end what became of the Egg Grapes after Feist turned the Zone of Silence into the Special Zone.

This post has been edited by Tylinos: 18 February 2012 - 04:52 PM