Issue 100

Issue 100 is the one hundredth edition of Sonic the Comic. Released on the 19th of March 1997 at the price of £1.25, the issue contained four continuous stories as well as several features, a free gift of transfers and a Sonic 3D pin-up.

Contents[]

Control Zone
Sonic the Hedgehog - The Final Victory: Part 1
Knuckles the Echidna - The Final Victory: Part 2
Doctor Robotnik - The Final Victory: Part 3
Graphic Zone
Sonic's World - The Final Victory: Part 4
Speedlines

Strips[]

The Final Victory is a 4-part story written by Nigel Kitching and Lew Stringer, drawn by Richard Elson, Nigel Dobbyn, Roberto Corona and Kitching, coloured in part by John M Burns and lettered by Tom Frame, Elitta Fell and Gordon Robson.

The explosion of the Black Asteroid has caused an electromagnetic pulse that simultaneously wipes out every one of Robotnik's computer systems on Mobius. Unfortunately, Super Sonic is now also free and Sonic has returned home just in time to aid the Freedom Fighters. Fortunately, he has drained all his energy and runs off powerless.

On the Floating Island, Robotnik's Biological Computer has failed and the Guardian Robots are no longer slaves to Doctor Zachary's will, but the echidna still has his own gun. The fight between Zachary and Knuckles rages until Sonic appears from the Omni-Viewer. Knuckles shows he can handle the elderly villain and Porker Lewis helps the Emerald Hill folk capture Robotnik.

In the Metropolis Zone, Sonic is preparing to lock Robotnik away until Grimer comes to his rescue on a steam engine. The heroes are forced to deal with the threat whilst the bad guys retreat to Citadel Robotnik. Sonic eventually tracks them down and overloads the main generator before it can bring systems back online. The surge destroys Robotnik's base, leading the dictator with nothing.

Features[]

Megadroid begins the party in the Control Zone, celebrating the hundredth issue and the free transfers. After thanking Boomers for their loyalty, a description is given of how to use the transfers (drawn by Carl Flint). The Sega Charts show that FIFA '97 and Virtua Cop 2 are still top of the Mega Drive and Saturn charts, respectively. Ecco the Dolphin is a re-entry in first place for the Mega-CD and Dynamite Headdy moves to the top of the Game Gear pile.

The theme of this issue's Graphic Zone is "Spoiled Egg Zone", with a variety of Easter pictures winning the artists a pack of Crayola Mini Stampers 2. Speedlines includes two celebrations of the landmark issue and a collection of letters congratulating STC for making it this far. For their effort, the readers received a Sega Mega Hog Tag.