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Welcome /co/cksluts, to a very special storytime! With the recent(ish) release of Sonadow generations, and the completion of Shadow's very own manga, I thought I'd dig up what is probably the oldest comic about our favorite edgy hedgy. How old? The first issue came out July 6th of 2001, a mere 17 days after Sonic Adventure 2 released on the Dreamcast so don't expect this to follow the plot at all. Now for some caveats before we begin:
This comic is rough:While it's clear a lot of heart's gone into it, the resolution is not great. Keep in mind that most people were on dialup back then so each of these images could take over a minute to load. I've chosen not to remove the jpeg compression artefacts and also chosen not to upscale the images as I want readers to experience this comic in its original form.
This comic is incomplete:While I've spent a lot of time scouring the Internet Archive's wayback machine, many pages are simply lost to us. I've done my best, but unless the original artist has a copy, this is sadly the most complete set of images available.
Mortal Comics Archivehttp://www.sonicverseteam.net/comics/archives_svt/mortalcomics/index.htmlStory and art by Matt Duplisea
Brief History of Mortal Comics>Mortal Comics started in July 2001 with 'Shadow the Comic'. It was a big hit and was the featured comic of the Mortal Comics site until May 2003, when the comic 'The Matrix' was launched. It quickly boosted interest in Mortal Comics, giving the site new life. In September of 2003, 'Ultimate Shadow' was launched, again drawing interest from Sonic fans like Shadow the Comic did two years earlier.>By August of 2004, Matt Lenz departs from the Sonic Community, and Mortal Comics, though still up, had no releases for nearly a year. By July of 2005, Mortal Comics is officially taken down from SonicVerse Team's Servers.>February, 2006. Matt Lenz talks with Sonic Adventurer, former owner of the SonicVerse Team, for the first time in over 2 years. The conversation leads to the discussion of creating new fan comic books - ORIGINAL ones, this time around. Leading to the creation of the first new Mortal Comics book in over 2 years, titled 'D.M.R.' standing for 'Dark-Martin-Ray'.>I have restored what I could of Mortal Comics' various works, however a lot of data was lost over time from SonicVerse Team's various server changes. If anyone has any missing data, feel free to e-mail it to me at SolarTails at hotmail.comYes, I'll email them with the comics once I've finished storytiming these comics. Now, as Shadow famously said in Sonic 06 - Let's get moving!
