I talk about the Mega Man comic sooooo friggin' much that it's easy to forget the other videogame property under Archie Comic's umbrella: Sonic the Hedgehog. I'm nowhere as big a Sonic nut as a Mega Man one, but I do enjoy reading up on the Blue Blur's print shenanigans whenever I can. The comic is often a bit hard to follow, considering the nearly 20 years of backstory that is constantly referenced, yet it's such a different beast compared to the games that I can't help but be fascinated by it.

Archie has sent me a few pages from issue 38 of Sonic Universe, the spin-off series that tracks the events that occur off-panel from the main comic. It's the second part of the "Scrambled" story arc in which Eggman goes on a massive hunt against all those who have wronged him, including his nephew Snively. Whenever I read Snively's dialog, I hear Charlie Adler's voice in my head. In the last page in the gallery, you see Snively creepily sneaking up on a young girl, probably to tell her to stay out of his salmon bushes.

The rest of the pages show an Eggman on the warpath, a far cry from the bumbling buffoon he's made out to be in the games. He's got a minion who looks like a Judge from Judge Dredd, a new Metal Sonic, and a roboticized Sally Acorn ready to lead his army of spider walkers into a war he purposely instigated just to flush a single guy out of hiding.

Yeah, and what's his game counterpart doing? Making an intergalactic Disney World. What a jabroni.

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Camel Toad

Robotnik > Eggman.

free touch

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@free touch

If other people want to write about those, they are more than welcome to."

Sooooooooo.... I guess you are the other people? I'm glad you took the advice though. Should be a weekly/bi monthly colomn about vidya comics.

Drquint

Slow news day?

Conan-san

Being fair, the park was a frount for something quite more sinister.

SirKerrald

Dude, it's Robotnik.

PJMan

Comic Eggman is much more villainous then his game counterpart, since he's based off of SatAM Robotnik who was a soulless bastard. Lately they've been bringing more game things into play, such as making Charmy an idiot, but overall if they existed before the 3D games their old TV show personality still exists in some way.

bbain

VitaminShoe

EGGGMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!!

PhunkyPhazon

I didn't even know there was a Mega Man comic.

Agent9

i love this arc so friggin much. i really think that the 3d sonic games should follow the comics for a good story. the whole robot sally and nearly dead freedom fighter thing has me all wired up. i really like what these guys have been spinning out.

LBDNytetrayn

I'm loving those Eggman-ified AT-AT (EGG-EGG?) walkers...