Sonic #201-202, Sonic Universe #4, and Sonic and the Secret Rings Eggman has been defeated! It’s time to party! Not! Monkey Khan crashes the party with the news of the Iron Dominion. But to Sonic, nobody can compare to the threat Eggman posed and they beat him. Well, he’s going to have to rethink all of that. And then, Team Dark goes on a hunt for a chaos emerald. And Feist is more than happy to play with them!
>>141518050 >source-damned 'democracy', messing up a perfectly good dynasty, and my daughter is going to fuck the peasant hedgehog again >back in my day, we didn't make friends with Overlanders
>>141517987 >What do you think of Monkey Khan? It's funny to me how Frank Storm only ever wrote stories to shill this character and then just left. And yet, Khan was never that bad. The fact that in his his solo story he LOSES to Eggman makes him weirdly more likable to me. Ian does some cool things with him too. A surprisingly good addition to the comic.
>>141518082 You know they never really ease in the whole Espio being a ninja thing, he just starts throwing around ninja stars in Return To Angel Island and no one bats an eye
>>141518086 >Perhaps this singing minstrel will soothe my jangled nerves >Mina performs an intense punk-rock song that leaves Max shaking in terror in his seat
I finished the last thread just before this one started and I have to say, you'd think that Flynn was building towards a reveal that Snively's love interest was a Mobian catfishing him, hell you could've even used Badger Regina for that. Stuff like calling Lien-Da an Animal for not appreciating his cologne, the fact it was an online relationship with no video chats shown, hell Regina being a human is basically a retcon even though her design never made that clear. It would've been funny to have a dramatic reveal that Snively got catfished, and it was too late to go back. Still, I can't even get mad since I do like human regina a lot, and Sonic has very few human villains (no, I'm not saying Overlander :/)
>>141518029 Love that they're using Sonic's original band members (minus Vector) >>141518030 I think he's just confused by Eggman acting like that? At least that's what I'm going to pretend it is >>141518051 These are the sort of references I love seeing >>141518055 >that last panel And people ship Khan with Sally and not Sonic! >>141518068 Sold! >>141518082 >So it is the pecs! You know it!
>>141518122 >On the side >Max: I DECLARE WAR ON THIS MONKEY BASTARD! >Alica: Now, now dear. >Max: COUNCIL BE DAMNED, I'LL HAVE YOU KILLED FOR THIS, SONIC!! >Sally: Ignore him.
>>141518167 >>141518191 >Snively: You two are husband and wife, right? Does that mean you two...uh...you know? >Regina: Oh! Oh, no! It was an arranged marriage, I assure you. I've never been familiar with him in that term. >Snively: OH THANK GOD!
>>141518161 I wouldn't call it bad writing. It's a long time plot point that the Eggman Empire is a wild west with his subbosses running unsupervised, including factions the FF didn't know about because Eggman had their communications cut off.
>>141518216 They're so cute together! >>141518228 It's so dumb considering the OVA and 06 was fine with it >>141518233 >tfw no evil gf with a crazy laugh that you can plot world domination with ;_;
>>141518294 >As Snively goes into a paranoid rant about how he may not have the sufficient girth to please Regina, Dmitri wonders if throwing himself off the Egg Dome would be enough to kill him
>>141518122 Sally with the diplomacy checks yet again! And yeah - Khan does have a point. They never bothered to confirm that they'd fully routed and destabilized the Eggman Empire.
>>141518355 You know they usually don't have the A and B stories drawn by the same artist like this. It just makes it feel like they should have placed it during the main story
>>141518161 It's not bad writing wen it has been clearly established that the Iron legion thrown the fight to begin with. Fuck previous issue established most forces moved to the Iron Queen.
>>141518378 >slew the Bride of Rich Nights No! Not the cute bat waifu! ... No not that one. Rouge weirdly enough has no connection whatsoever to the the Yagyu Clan, despite them being a clan of bat thieves.
>>141518436 Apparently they're different kind of bats. But now I'm imagining Rouge having been the Bride's heir who decided this ninja crap was boring and run away to be a jewel thief, and I wish they weren't.
>>141518462 Wait a second... this isn't what you do on a recon mission! >>141518453 Exactly! >>141518454 >Poor guy ;_; Sorry but he's a fun bully target.
>>141518373 He's so handsome! Of course I'm biased towards Mobians with blue eyes, black hair and bushy black eyebrows >>141518449 He's horrifyingly big! >>141518462 Nice to see But(t)ler can draw nice pecs too!
>>141518436 >Rouge ends up becoming the Yagyu Clan leader via bamboolzing the fuck out of them. >Now she has Ninjas staffing Club Rouge >Omega calls them NON-Jas
>>141518462 Fun fact this was my first ever issue of Archie Sonic I read, so all the new characters, talk of Eggman being defeated and Espio apparently being a traitor intrigued me intensely but also left me bit confused
>>141518526 >Don't let the possibility of being overwhelmed by ninjas stop you from enjoying this! No, no, no. The more ninjas present the better odds Sonic and MK have, have you not studied art of the Conservation of Ninjutsu!?
>>141518322 To be fair, he doesn't know that their global communications aren't working and they never bothered to fix it or reestablish contact in other ways.
>>141518526 >There will most likely never be another piece of Sonic media where Espio is honest to god ninja outside of offhand mentions with legit ninja clans
>>141518514 >so... Bride? >oh, apparently how this works is that I'm collectively 'maried' to the lords of the Clan >ah, so it's strictly ceremonial >oh, no, darling, let's just say that I GREATLY enjoy not being ceremonial with them
>>141518477 >Sorry but he's a fun bully target. He really is! >>141518509 You can really tell But(t)ler's having fun here >>141518527 That's what's great about Archie, there's always something weird and intriguing no matter where you start >>141518554 I guess we can pretend they're different species?
>>141518603 Indeed, the fun of Archie is how much love that it has for the greater Sonic franchise while also being different and interesting enough on its own
>>141518122 This is why I fucking hate the arc and love it at the same time. Ian made Sonic and the FF look retarded and careless af. Monkey Khan actually has a point here
>>141518581 I always got the vibe that Espio was supposed to be more of a weeb wannabe than an actual ninja from Chu-Nan or wherever it is ninjas come from in the games.
>>141518322 What? Snively already did something similar post-endgame, starting trouble with his Egg-Robos. The Freedom Fighters are the people who should have predicted this the most and they did absolutely nothing to prevent this. They made Eggman go insane and just left his base altogether. They didn’t leave anyone to occupy his city, make sure his subcommanders were dealt with or anything. Khan is absolutely right to call out their incompetence.
>>141518572 Now here's a fun threesome! >>141518581 ;_; >>141518594 Khan's distractingly handsome >>141518601 It's always fun seeing her seethe when things inevitably don't work out the way she hoped >>141518619 >that goofy face in the last panel It's nice to see a bit of comedy during the betrayal >>141518636 Yeah, there's always something recognizable from the games or shows, and they do a good job of explaining the differences without bogging the book down >>141518681 >Sonic and Khan really are the same. Khan better stay away from Knuckles!
>>141518705 They do, Mogul supposedly enhanced their natural abilities like he did to Mighty and Mina. But aside from giving Simian super-strength, it's not clear just what he gave them.
>>141518803 >If I did, I would count his speed and agility as ones. Why wouldn't you count those as powers? Next you'll tell me Espio doesn't count as super speed or Vector as super strength.
>>141518829 >chuck and jules rescued robotnik >chased off regina Imagine a world where the opposite for both happened. >>141518821 The council would tear apart the Iron Dominion from within.
>>141518840 >There's no reason to Creature of the same species should have the same amount of limbs. If Rouge, a bat, has six limbs (arms, legs and wings), then so should others bats.
>>141518784 >khan's all battered, bruised and dejected We're eating well ryona-bros! >>141518802 lmao, I can't wait for that fancomic to finish! >>141518813 They're so cute together! >>141518836 Yeah, it really is frustrating >>141518842 Sega really should just adopt his omni-canon >>141518849 >Imagine a world where the opposite for both happened. Now that would be a cool what if!
>>141518900 I wonder how the Iron King got so busted, like dude is naturally one of the strongest in the cast just from being able to shrug off anything
>>141518870 >A little eviler. A little crazier. A lot hotter. Perfect! >>141518872 I'm pretty sure she did >>141518900 >I like how Snively's wondering how far they went and Regina's like "to be continued." She's such a tease!
>>141518829 >Zavok takes Jun's place as her husband >this time it is a romantic relationship as they spend a lot of time together talking about their mutual love of controlling machines, conquering lands, and destroying everything
>>141518849 >Imagine a world where the opposite for both happened. It make an interesting AU where Max welcomes the exiled technomages to specifically counter Overlander tech advantage
>>141518872 I think that when she was first introduced, her power to control machine came from her staff, not from herself. She lose it when Sonic break her staff.
>>141518829 Fun fact, according to the encyclopedia, the technomages were an off-shoot faction of Ixis Wizards. Which means Regina's powers are just another variation of Chaos Energy.
>>141519006 >my place, my rules >>141519000 >It's hilarious how controversial that is It's a weird choice but that Hope just got the bad roll of the genetic dice.
>>141519033 >It's a weird choice but that Hope just got the bad roll of the genetic dice. Yeah, I kinda feel bad for her >>141519049 lmao >Also that stage is from 3d blast I think It's from the Saturn version, which had different special stages to the Genesis version
>>141519059 Interesting how Feist could easily invade other zones with power of countless emeralds on his hands, but just chooses not to, content with what he has
>>141519057 >Careful with your words, you know how people get when Chris is brought up He seemed to get a much better reception when he was shirtless during the pool party >>141519068 Huh. That makes sense
>>141519113 >cloud snively: i hope you're doing fine, hope! i'm currently getting laid! >>141519106 Imagine Chris in Hope's place. Watching his family turned into metal statues.
>>141519133 >>141519113 You are now imagining a diplomatic meeting between the Acorn Kingdom and Soleanna suddenly turning into love triangle when she sees Sonic.
>>141519113 >Even before the reboot we have some of the modern game locations. Shame we never got to see it in the comic >>141519127 Patrician taste! >>141519136 >cloud snively: i hope you're doing fine, hope! i'm currently getting laid! lmao >>141519141 Yeah, it's got some great tracks. The switch from midi to cd audio was a real gamechanger >>141519163 Ha!
>>141519176 You know, I think this is a sign of shadow moving on from maria, and hope being his friend but to bring up Team Dark Supernova Odyssey again. It actually addresses the thing about hope being like maria to shadow thing. Its really great to see it adressed and make hope even better as a seperate person
>>141519176 I feel like Archie detractors get this idea that Archie Shadow is too emotional or vulnerable but he's not those are just things we don't get to see Shadow be outside of very rare occasions, and this is way better than him literally being Vegeta
>>141519125 Yes, and like real bats all look different, Mobian bats can as well. Just like how the various Mobian pinnipeds look different from each other.
>>141519176 >cloud maria So does the brooding spot conjure up images of loved ones for everyone? >>141519187 >I would love to see what they would have cooked up. I want to see Sally getting jealous! >>141519211 Yeah, that comic does a fantastic job of it
>>141519321 Acording to the Encyclopedia, it was another underground hidden city of humans that came back to the surface during those timeskips. Other cities did the same across the world and form the United Federation.
>>141519136 >cloud snively: i hope you're doing fine, hope! i'm currently getting laid! >Hope's expression goes blank, she stands up, then walks off the edge in total silence
>>141518849 >Snively: But what I don't understand is why your people would be arrested! I mean, if all your cult did was control robots and technology, that doesn't seem so bad. >Regina: Well, there were those human sacrifices to our gods the Zeti, but that was just for special occasions.
For anyone keeping track of the Chaos Emeralds, the one in this issue is colored wrong, since Shadow already got the green Chaos Emerald. It was changed to the red one in the trades.
>>141519431 And because we missed it, here's the Off Panel comic from last Sonic Universe issue. >>141519426 Would've been funny if Feist stole the green emerald back and they just won the same one again.
>>141519431 I really like the way butler draws hope and tower >>141519466 >makes the main theme a full thing you hear everytime you go in a menu WHAT WERE THEY THINKING
>>141519488 Looks like. I never bothered looking up the trades since these are all digital now anyway >>141519494 >But Sonic! Having a cute girl call you Master is part of the isekai plot! lmao
>>141519534 I dunno, Sinbad looks too stylish, unlike Knuckles >>141519556 >Was the sultan a genuinely good guy? Either way I think we'll need Griffone to deal with him
>>141519567 Eggman's more dangerous, but Erazor's more evil >>141519571 >I dunno, Sinbad looks too stylish, unlike Knuckles Boo! Knuckles is plenty stylish! >Either way I think we'll need Griffone to deal with him lmao
>>141519453 >Feist secretly teleports the Emeralds back to the Special Zone after they're gone for a few days >nobody notices this, but they later start wondering why they've gotten more than seven Emeralds and why are some the same colors
>>141519608 It's was made by Archie, but came packaged with the game as a store bonus. Hence why the mention of Fang is so unusual. Archie didn't even call him that in the book.
>>141519629 I never thought of it that way, but you're absolutely right >>141519654 He's selfish, but he only wants to rule the world because he thinks he's the best, not because he wants to inflict suffering. Erazor's more of the torturing people for fun sort of villain >>141519673 Thanks Konductor! >>141519682 Flynn's honestly much better at writing Archie Sonic than Game Sonic
>>141519673 Ah yes, the second 30 Years Later joint. damned legally obligated future story.
I don't even remember the exact details of why Archie was forced to do this, but I'm sure someone will be happy to explain it, and that it will be very stupid.
>>141519783 >I don't even remember the exact details of why Archie was forced to do this They weren't, they did it because they got plenty of feedback requesting. For whatever reason, readers wanted more. In fact, the only reason they didn't make more was because the 30 years later stories were a nightmare to get approved by Sega, even in their laxer days.
>>141519834 Joe is one of those few fans who can go on and use deep cut stuff that ususually make other fans like hipsters but comes off as cool than cringe
>>141519673 >Tails is married! Not Ian’s idea! If he had his way Tails would die a virgin. People just gave Penders enough shit for cucking Tails that he had to cave in and give Tails a spouse in a throw-away line. He probably didn’t know about Ash because he never reads other people’s stories.
>>141519788 >have to hold the boxes high enough for Lien-Da to not reach them because she constantly tries to take them every time you deliver something >have to watch Dimitri scuttling around while you wait for someone to answer the doorbell >can hear Eggman's loony rantings through the armored walls
>>141519803 >Trillions are dying with each blow they exchange But the main thing is that they're having fun! >>141519834 Now that's a fun take on things! >>141519851 lmao >>141519953 Rolled up sleeves is so hot >>141520005 The explorer outfit's really cute
>>141520153 Well now Sega is watching the brand like a hawk so nothing like the worst parts of Archie can ever happen again, not to mention the law suit fiasco.
>>141519851 >Snively and Regina are the power couple who delight in dirty politics and backstabbing. >Eggman is the insane, evil uncle whose house Snively lives in. Snively bails him out of various crimes in exchange for staying there for free. >Everyone thinks Knuckles and Mighty are gay but they're just roommates. Knuckles and Mighty are totally oblivious how gay they sound to other people >Regina hides the fact her adopted sister Sticks is a political terrorist/conspiracy nut who lives in a shack in the woods >Sonic is a great politician because he doesn't do anything when elected. He's voted in constantly because he's better than anyone else.
>>141520004 >The Iron King, of all people, gives the Pizza Boy a very nice tip >He respects the fact that he braved the dangers to complete his task >Dimitri even compliments the Pizza Chef
>>141518965 Fun fact for those who complain about Hope's design making her look like a Mario sister. According to Ian he gave Hope overalls to look more like a mechanic and gave her a red top and black bottoms so her color scheme would look like Eggman's.
>>141517987 >Question: What do you think of Monkey Khan? I don't think about him at all when he's not on page, and when he's on the page I wish it was literally anyone else
>>141519431 I am having fun imagining Sonic, Rosie or Sally walking into G.U.N. headquarters and seeing Hope playing cards with the others and flipping out over how Team Dark are a bad influence on her.
>>141520826 >Shadow fucking loves the Breadsticks >Omega just threatens the staff and some other patrons >Rouge knows better/authentic Italian restaurants but can vibe with the Lasagna. >Hope enjoys the Shrimp Parm
