Sonic Super Special 02

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Sonic Super Specials #2 "Brave New World"
Writer: Ken Penders
Pencils: Patrick Spaziante, Sam Maxwell, Harvey Mercadoocasio, Barry Grossman, Justin Gabrie and Victor Gorelick
Cover artist: Patrick Spaziante & Ken Penders
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Sonic Super Special, Brave New World is the second Sonic Super Special published by Archie.

It includes one story: "Brave New World".

Brave New World

Continued from issue 52.

Prior to Dr. Robotnik's tyranny, the City of Mobotropolis was a peaceful place full of renowned individuals, including King Maximillian Acorn and his wife. Their daughter, the newly born Sally Acorn, would provide a continuing beacon of hope for the citizens of the great city. Unfortunately, the kingdom fell into war with the Overlanders, and during this war, the Queen disappeared. With help by the defected Overlander Julian, the Kingdom was able to overcome the Overlanders to preserve the Kingdom.

It was then that the Warlord Julian revealed his true intentions, changing his name to Dr. Robotnik and banishing the King to the Zone of Silence. With the King out of the way, Robotnik went ahead and roboticized the citizens of the kingdom.

Despite the odds against them, those that escaped the city, the Knothole Freedom Fighters, fought against Robotnik and the reformed City of Mobotropolis (renamed Robotropolis). Eventually, though lots of work, the Freedom Fighters prevailed, destroying Robotnik and ending his reign of terror. Now with Robotnik out of the way, and after celebrations, the Freedom Fighters reenter their old kingdom, realizing exactly how much they must do to restore Mobotropolis.

All of the denizens of Knothole Village arrive at their old stomping grounds, Robotnik's Robotropolis, to restore their old kingdom. They can't believe exactly how much has changed due to Robotnik's rule, not recognizing a single thing from when they were younger. As they approach the large palace, Rotor wonders how, despite all the missions into Robotropolis, all the changes never affected them on a personal level. Both Geoffrey St. John and Sally agree that the mission comes first, despite the city being their old home.

They enter the palace, which is dimly lit, while Bunnie Rabbot jokes that all it needs is some paint to fix it up. The group eventually arrives at Robotnik's large command center, amazed at the area where Robotnik commanded most of his missions and plans. Sally looks at the command chair, noting it is not her father's style, but it will have to do until they can fix everything up. She orders Geoffrey to secure the area, but then Sonic notes that he is feeling ill. Geoffrey asks what is up, as Sonic prepares to say something offensive against Geoffrey. Sally interrupts him before he can, with more important things at hand. Suddenly, a loud creaking sound is heard. Tails and Hershey the Cat hear it, as a large robot, a Dynamac, pops out from a nearby wall and tries to hit Tails. He flies away quickly, while Sonic runs at the robot to attack it. It puts out its hand, deflecting Sonic, along with a projectile from Geoffrey's bow. It then turns its attention to Antoine, Bunnie, Hershey and Tails, as it launches arms out and grabs them.

With the four Freedom Fighters in its gasp, the Dynamac starts spinning them uncontrollably. Sally calls out to Sonic, telling him to create a diversion. Sonic gets up from being knocked aside and moving around the robot fast, while it continues to spin the Freedom Fighters. Sonic's movements, however, disorients the Dynamac, causing it to release the Freedom Fighters. Creating multiple images of himself from his speed, the Dynamac is unable to get any hits on Sonic. However, aside, Rotor notices something odd: a curtain entrance nearby. He pulls the curtain aside, revealing Snively, who is controlling the Dynamac. Knowing his ruse is up, he jumps out of the chamber. Sally launches herself at him, but misses, as he dashes for the exit. Geoffrey takes notice of this, aiming his bow and fires at Snively. The arrow turns into a net, which successfully captures him.

With the Dynamac now out of control, Sonic continues to distract it while Bunnie grabs a nearby exposed power cord. She pulls it down and connects it with the robot, causing it to electrify and short-circuit. Although Sonic celebrates his victory, Sally is still concerned that there are more surprises awaiting them in Robotropolis. Geoffrey agrees, bringing Snively over in the net, wondering if he could give them any information on other traps. Just like Sally believes, he refuses to cooperate, so Geoffrey leads him out of the command center to confinement.

The group dash up a winding staircase to a room that Sally wishes to see. They arrive where she wants to, only to see that it is just a cargo room. Sally sheds a tear, realizing that their home is no more, as she walks over to a boarded up window. Sonic and Tails decide to leave Sally alone for a bit, so they head over to talk to Rotor, who has already started working on the electronics in the palace. Although they have lots of work ahead of them, he believes they can get the city back to what they want it to be.

The Freedom Fighters spend their night outside in tents. Sally gets up early, talking with NICOLE to determine a plan of action for the day. They both decide that the Freedom Fighters should split up and get basic necessities running as quickly as possible. Once everybody is up, Sally takes command and orders everybody into groups. She has Antoine and Bunnie head out to get a source of clean water, Rotor to get power running, and Sonic and Tails to scout for any other surprises. They both put on some communicators and head out. She then turns her attention to Geoffrey, but notices that he isn't present with the group.

Geoffrey, rather, is in the Robotropolis armory, which is being guarded by his men as well. He opens a communication with Maximillian Acorn, who is now fully conscious and has partial control of his body, though is still bed-ridden in the Knothole hospital. He informs the King that the Robotropolis facilities have been secured and that all threats they have encountered have been those they could anticipate. King Acorn, however, is not pleased, telling him that they must be prepared for the enemy within as well: Sir Charles Hedgehog. He believes Uncle Chuck to be a radical and a threat to their future. Geoffrey isn't so sure, but the King is quite sure of his thoughts, especially since Uncle Chuck was the one who invented the roboticizer and the spy network in Robotropolis that created traitors. Dr. Quack, who is beside the bed, tries to calm the King down, as Geoffrey ends the communication. He leaves the armory, telling his men to continue guarding it while he goes out on a security detail.

In his lab, Uncle Chuck packs up some surveillance equipment that he believes to be of no use to him anymore. Though with an uncertain future, he decides to just pack and keep it instead of throwing it out. He then opens a panel nearby, revealing a button. He presses the button, which opens the floor nearby leading to a staircase. He walks down the staircase, leading into a sewer where he is greeted by two roboticized Mobians. They ask why he has come, as a number of other roboticized citizens arrive on the scene, including two other hedgehogs. He informs the group that Robotnik has been defeated, but this good news doesn't come as freedom to the group, still stuck in their robotic bodies. All the Mobians want is to return to their families, in their original forms, but, unfortunately, since the original roboticizer was destroyed, they cannot return to their normal forms. Despite being the original creator of the machine, Uncle Chuck can't guarantee it would work. If there is any minor change from the original roboticizer, the deroboticization process could kill them.

One of the Mobians speaks up, a dog, bringing a bright side to the conversation, saying that he's been through worse, and now his joints are better. He agrees that they need to move on, which Uncle Chuck also believes. He turns to Jules Hedgehog and Bernadette Hedgehog, the two roboticized hedgehogs, and asks them for their opinion. They also decide that they need to move on with their lives.

Background

• Queen Alicia Acorn, Sally Acorn's mother, is shown for the first time in a flashback.
• Bernadette Hedgehog and Jules Hedgehog are shown, in person, for the first time, the parents of Sonic the Hedgehog.
• Snively hiding behind a curtain controlling the Dynamac references Oz from The Wizard of Oz.