Sonic the Comic 045
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Sonic the Comic #45 "Sonic the Comic 045" | ||||||||||
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Cover date: 17th February 1995 | ||||||||||
Free gift: Valentine's Day card | ||||||||||
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Sonic the Comic #45 is the forty-fifth issue of the Sonic the Comic series by Fleetway Editions Ltd.
This issue features the first appearance of Shorty the Squirrel, a character who would become Shortfuse the Cybernik.
Contents
Stories
Sonic the Hedgehog - "Day of The Death Egg"
Streets of Rage - "The Only Game in Town, Part 5"
Sonic's World - "Enter the Cybernik, Part 1"
Marko's Magic Football - "Marko's Magic Football, Part 5"
Other features
- Control Zone: Introductions, staff details and "The Sega Charts", which lists the top ten sales for games on Sega consoles (Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Master System and Game Gear).
- Review Zone: Games across all current Sega platforms reviewed on a % scale (see below).
- Graphic Zone: Fan art submitted by readers. The theme for this issue's Graphic Zone was Valentine's Day. Owners of the printed art each won a Sonic the Comic badge originally included with issue #2.
- News Zone: Information on upcoming Sega events and products.
- Name That Game!: A puzzle in which players must unscramble the names of various Mega Drive games and match the correct name with each screenshot.
- Q Zone: Cheats, Game Genie codes and strategies for popular or requested games. This issue's Q Zone features a "Q & A Special" that answers reader questions for The Lost Vikings, Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf, Xenon 2: Megablast, and Blue Sphere for the Mega Drive.
- Speedlines: Reader letters and artwork, with replies from Megadroid, the comic's mascot character.
Review Zone
- Hurricanes - 60%
- Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament - 94%
- Ernie Els Golf - 90%
Production credits
Sonic the Hedgehog - "Day of The Death Egg"
- Script: Nigel Kitching
- Art: Richard Elson
- Lettering: Ellie de'Ville
Streets of Rage - "The Only Game in Town, Part 5"
- Script: Nigel Kitching
- Art: Peter Richardson
- Lettering: Tom Frame
Sonic's World - "Enter the Cybernik, Part 1"
- Script: Lew Stringer
- Art: Roberto Corona/John M. Burns
- Lettering: Steve Potter
Marko's Magic Football - "Marko's Magic Football, Part 5"
- Script: Lew Stringer
- Art: Gary Andrews
- Lettering: Steve Potter
Cover & staff
- Reviewers: David Gibbon & Nick Protz
- Managing Editor: Richard Burton
- Editor: Deborah Tate
- Designers: Gary Knight & Paul Chamberlain
- Assistant Editor: Audrey Wong
- Cover: Steve 'Robo Cook'
- Publisher: Rob McMenemy
- Source: Page xx
References