The Christmas Shift is a complete Sonic's World story which appeared in the Sonic the Comic Online Christmas Special 2012.
Staff[]
- Story and Letters: Charles Ellis
- B & W Art: John Swidan
- Colours: Pete Murphy
Story[]
It's Christmas again, but the war against Robotnik is ongoing. Robotnik isn't taking a break for the festivities and, as a result, neither are the Freedom Fighters. To Kintobor's dismay, it seems plans for the annual Christmas party will have to be dropped, as there simply isn't enough time to organise it. The heroes thus go into action in several areas: Knuckles defends the mince pie factory and later joins Chaotix in deactivating a missile, Tails assists the Ultimax in a Christmas card delivery escort mission and later takes on a Robotnik mecha, while Amy fights off a Santerminator in a shopping centre, and a platoon of Troopers in a power station.
As Christmas Day draws to a close, Amy and Tails return to Buddy's Bistro, battered and bruised, hoping that maybe they'll be free next Christmas. They enter the restaurant to find all their friends waiting to get the party started. Kintobor took the liberty of organising the whole thing himself, and as the party gets underway, he breaks the fourth wall to wish all the readers at home a merry Christmas.
Badniks[]
A number of Badniks were included throughout the story, most of them in the second panel. These included:
Trivia[]
- This strip was John Swidan's first.
- A Trooper Badnik early in the story as Robotnik's face, much like the earliest models of Troopers did.
- The link to the story at the top of the issue states that it is a Sonic the Hedgehog story, rather than the Sonic's World adventure that it is. Sonic is not seen or mentioned at all.
Timeline[]
The previous Sonic's World story was Big the Cat Hits the Road!. The next is To the Hero of Mobius.