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| Sonic the Hedgehog #8 "Sonic the Hedgehog" |
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| Writer: Mike Gallagher |
| Pencils: Dave Manak, Jon D'Agostino, Bill Yoshida, Barry Grossman, Victor Gorelick and Paul Castiglia |
| Cover artist: Dave Manak/Jon D'Agostino |
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Sonic the Hedgehog 8 is the eight issue of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series. It was released in March 1994.
This comic features two stories: 'Bot's All Folks! and A Little Sonic Goes a Long Way.
'Bot's All Folks!
Dr. Robotnik is reading a pollution index form when a Swatbot enters, holding Crabmeat and, against Robotnik's rules, a number of his Sonic the Hedgehog comic books. For punishment, Robotnik takes Crabmeat to the spare part separator. Crabmeat, in desperation, states that he had the comic books to help Robotnik, thinking that he could use super-powered robots to destroy Sonic and the others. The Swatbot, eager to see Crabmeat separated, urges Robotnik to throw it in. Robotnik then realizes, with Crabmeat's idea, that he would need many spare parts, so he throws both Crabmeat and the Swatbot into the machine.
A few days later, on the edge of the Great Forest, Robotnik and a Swatbot are commemorating the start of a new toxic dump. Before he can complete his speech, Sonic rushes in, knocking Robotnik over. While Sonic gloats, Robotnik brings out a flashlight and shines a Robotnik signal into the air to bring some needed help: Botman, a humanoid caped robot. It drops down from the sky and kicks Sonic aside. Sonic rushes at Botman at super speed, only to be reflected by the armor of its stomach. As Sonic quivers on the ground in defeat, Robotnik walks over and gloats himself, with a Swatbot taping the whole thing. Sonic, meanwhile, gets up and enters into a spindash, having played possum, and jumps at Botman. The two fight, only to have Botman triumph, standing over a down-and-out Sonic, with the rest of the Freedom Fighters watching on TV.
As Robotnik celebrates, a Crabmeat discovers a pile of robot parts nearby. Robotnik walks over and notices they are the parts he used to build Botman. Suddenly, the other Botman topples over and breaks apart: pushed by Sonic. During the earlier fight, he took the husk of Botman and posed him to drive Robotnik nuts. Robotnik reacts in anger, but has another trick up his sleeve. He brings out Crabmeat's box of comic books for inspiration. A truck arrives, in it is another super-powered robot Robotnik ordered. He shows Sonic an issue of Wolverine as a Swatbot opens the truck, revealing an order mistake: the Wolvurkel bot. A Steve Urkel-look alike dances out of the truck causing Sonic to laugh. As Robotnik crushes Crabmeat in anger, Sonic looks at the bot, thinking it sounds familiar. Robotnik, meanwhile, goes through the comic books to find more inspiration.
From the other side of the Great Forest, the Spawnmower appears, a large lawnmower with the body of Spawn. It starts cutting down the Great Forest with ease. However, the Spawnmower stops every few frames to pose for the viewers, so Sonic takes this opportunity yank it's wires and shut it down. He then pushes it off a cliff, destroying it. Robotnik sends out yet another robot, the Magbot, the Freedom Fighter Fighter, a valiant bot. Sonic takes it down with ease. Another robot is sent out, Captain Marbot, a caped hero. Sonic destroys it as well. A tired Robotnik sends out his last robot, a muscular caped rat called Mighty 'Bot. Like the others, Sonic destroys it. A top a huge pile of scrap robot parts, Sonic states he's going to smash Robotnik, only to slip on a puddle of oil on the ground. Robotnik uses this opportunity to run away. On the ground, Sonic reads a comic book, realizing that the bad guy always gets away at the end.
In Knothole Village, the Freedom Fighters toast Sonic for a job well done.
Background Information
- This is the first issue of the series to not have a featurette.
- This issue uses Sally's original pink style.
- Numerous comic book characters and situations are alluded to in this issue, including Captain America (cover), Wolverine (cover), Batman and the Bat-Signal (pages 3 and 4, part 1 of 'Bots All Folks!), Spawn (page 3, part 2 of 'Bots All Folks!) and Mighty Mouse (page 5, part 2 of 'Bots All Folks!).
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