#sonic issue 50

[twipsai]

this Throwing Him Thursday id like to remind everyone that

Silver got revenge

[somegurl8]

Guys I miss my blorbos

[yearling-234]

Bro really thought it was casual 😭🙏

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[samobservessonic]

The main story of this big issue is the second part of Countdown to Disaster, brought to us by the usual Kitching & Elson dream team. To be fair on Knuckles, this would also be my first question if I saw a robot duplicate of some guy I knew

Sonic has no idea how a robot he previously trashed is back, but I’m more concerned with the swing and miss he’s had with giving Knuckles a nickname here. But don’t worry, Sonic will indeed keep calling Knuckles “Red” from now on

It’s a coincidence that I’m blogging about this one the day after the trailer for the third Sonic movie has come out, but damn - Knuckles is having a bad time being beaten down by Sonic doppelgangers lately!

Oh, that was your brother! The family resemblance is striking!

I thought it was probably a good idea to include the first mention of the Brotherhood of Metallix, because that’s certainly going to be a big plot point that I know a fair few people cite as their favourite part of StC (I don’t have the sources, but current writer of the games, Ian Flynn, has mentioned a few times on his podcast, the Bumblekast, that it’s his favourite part of StC)

We get a fight scene between Sonic and Metallix, before Sonic figures out that he can get a boost from the Master Emerald as well. But this is StC, so you know what that means…

…It’ Super Sonic time! And with him comes an instant KO!

We cut back to our two villains, with Grimer managing to effortlessly deflect a Robotnik tantrum by pointing out that, even if Metallix lost, they still got the Master Emerald out of it

This continues to be a bad day for Knuckles meeting new(ish) hedgehogs who want to beat him up

That’s pretty embarrassing to come around and realise that your alter ego was punching your crush who already isn’t that into you

But Knuckles brushes off this explanation, because the two of them falling to their death takes priority right now. Not only that, but I’m sure we���ve all got a pretty good idea what that ominous something that’s about to break through the clouds is

…This story was epic! Even if it’s the second part of an ongoing story and may or may not have intentionally been put here for the 50th issue, it feels very worthy of it. We’ve got an iconic moment from the game being illustrated and adapted beautifully, featuring some big fights between hard-hitters from the games themselves. Fleetway Super Sonic was even there! These are the kind of stakes I want to see in a big milestone issue. I feel like StC’s 50th issue isn’t talked about nearly as much as Archie’s End Game is, but I’d definitely recommend it for this story alone. It truly feels like a love letter to the Sonic series at the time!

[impishchao]

POV: you're eggman after issue 50

[sonknuxadow]

"SONIC CHARACTERS AGES DONT MAKE SENSE!!!" people when a franchise about talking animals with superpowers isnt 100 percent accurate to real life

[earl-grey-by-the-lake]

it's been long enough that i can make jokes about it now

[star-critter]

Surge, in the kitchen : Ooo look, knives!

Starline, visibly concern yet with a deadpan voice : Surge, No.

[metal-harbor]

I FOUND THEM

[nothingandnothing]

Hot take. Sonics rant in issue 50 is peak. I adore him being an unintentional cocky shit. It makes sense as a flaw for him cuz he doesn't seem to have any flaws other then maybe being emotionally closed off in some ways which Is just not enough for me (and God knows Sega ain't ever going to go into his emotional repression) so cocky little shit being his flaw is great for the time being.

[geoffreystjohn]

i'm gonna do all of these eventually but i can't decide lol. also i'd be reading them from the beginning (+in fleetway's case i'll probably read stc online too, and with archie i'd try to piece together the side stories in order lol)

[localcryptidinspo]

I'm caught up on sonic comics that the library has help

[ark-scientist]

Btw please read imposter syndrome at least once if you're reading the idw comics it puts so many things about surge and kit into perspective

[samobservessonic]

Posters were a regular feature of StC back when I was reading it. They’re often double-page spreads, so I wonder if this is why the scans I’m using haven’t included many of them (or maybe there just weren’t many before now?), but they’ve included this one of Sonic & Tails that definitely would’ve been torn out of the book and taped onto my wall if I’d got it as a kid. I was not precious with my comics when I was younger. One day I’ll take some photos of the pile of colourful paper that is what remains of my own copies of StC that I’ve been lugging around through house moves all these years to show you all

[bed-buggier]

everyone calling Lanolin a bitch has clearly never worked a day in their lives. You put a smile on every saturday at UPS every 30 seconds for a Amazon return alongside getting a education, it wears you down.

IG in regards to having to know every cameo for her up until now and the events she's been apart of, as well as seeing her perspective more on how Restoration HQ should be run I understand but still think there's justification. It just so happens that justification was sloppily handeled

[sonknuxadow]

Sonic underground does have an ending in Sonic Universe Issue 50, it follows the scraped script for the final episode and has the triplets turn Super. The Super forms are nice because they aren't all gold but it's kinda goofy because they're instruments turn Super with them.

im gonna be real with you ive read the entirety of archie sonic including spinoffs and side comics and i do Not remember this happening at all