List of characters in Sonic the Comic
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This article is for fictional characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise that appear exclusively in the Sonic the Comic continuity, produced by Fleetway.
For minor characters in mainstream Sonic continuity, see Other characters in Sonic the Hedgehog, and for those appearing in Archie comics continuity see Minor characters in Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie).
[edit] B.A.R.F.
B.A.R.F., the Badnik Army Repair Functionaries, were a division of Robotnik's workers who repaired the Badnik robots destroyed by the Freedom Fighters. How big the division was is unknown: only two of its Search and Repair operatives, Cam (a cat) and Bert (a bull) were ever seen. Bert was the general 'handy-man' (with a strong fondness for hammers and hitting things with them); Cam, easily his intellectual superior, dealt more in re-programming computers. Both of them were highly devoted to Robotnik and the "improvements" he'd made to Mobius.
The two appeared in two of their own Sonic's World stories - No More Mr. Nice Bug (STC 32-34) and The Seven Badniks (STC 59-62). In their first appearance, Sonic's ally Porker Lewis made a weapon that could change the programming of Badniks to make them pacifist "Niceniks" (pacifist up until the point you stepped on a flower, anyway). While reprogramming the corrupted Moto Bugs back, B.A.R.F managed to lose two of them and they had to track them down for fear they would infect other Moto Bugs. When the Niceniks launched a vicious assault on them for harming flowers, Cam and Bert retaliated by smashing them.
In their second appearance (wearing new uniforms and with Cam having less jagged teeth), they were tasked with transporting Badniks from the Miracle Planet's Palmtree Panic Zone to Mobius' Green Hill Zone, in order to catch Sonic off guard by having him face Badniks he wouldn't expect to find in that Zone. However, the Palmtree Panic moels refused to share a Zone with the older Green Hill Badniks and ran amok, exterminating all the older models. The titular Seven Badniks were then built out of Green Hill Badniks by B.A.R.F to pacify the Palmtree Panic models, which they did with ease. The unruly Badniks were then taken back to the Miracle Planet (where they were promptly smashed by the vactioning Freedom Fighters). Cam & Bert never returned again, and neither did the Seven Badniks despite the writer deliberately setting them up to be used again.
NOTE: though it ran at the same time, 'The Seven Badniks' must be set before the story 'Brotherhood Of Metallix' because of the use of the Palmtree Panic Zones and the Miracle Planet without the Brotherhood's involvement.
[edit] Blockhead Bill
The elderly father of Mighty the Armadillo, Blockhead Bill is a somewhat senile former crimefighter who keeps mistaking random people for his old enemies. He is kept partly under control by his partner Society Max, who uses a special formula to change into a giant T-rex like monster, who he rides like a horse and uses as his main form of attack, he also uses weapon consising of many gold metal balls on a hoop of rope, which he spins and hits enemies with, he does not seem to have Mighty's trade-mark super-strength.
Blockhead Bill mistook Sonic The Hedgehog for his old enemy the Crimson Cobra (who would appear later in a Chaotix story) was the plot of he Sonic story Back In The Special Zone (STC 134, Blockhead Bill's debut) which was soley about Bill, riding Society Max in his large dinosaur form, attacking a cofused Soinc who had been called back to the Zone by the Chaotix (Sonic had previously spent time there before and stayed with the Chaotix) instead of poisoning the water supply. He was then a major part of the following story Roots (STC 135 - 138) where he was under the thrall of the story's main enemy, Root, who used both he and Society Max were being used as minions controlled by 'Mind Roots', Bill and Max has been captured and taken over by Root while searching The Mandrake Swamp, where Root dwelled, for the root that Max uses to transform, though he and Max had less of a role as the story progressed, and Sonic fought The Chaotix, when Bill and Max did attack, Sonic defeated Max by tickling his stomach, making Bill furious at him (he hadn't told Bill he was ticklish), when Root was defeated, Bill and Max regained their right minds and were not used again.
Notes: Unlike Archie Comics, who have given parents/family to most of the Sega/Sonic Team created characters in their series, Blockhead Bill is the only case of Sonic the Comic showing a family member of any character not created by their creative teams (Tails' family is mentioned but never named or shown)
It has been suggested by co-creator Nigel Kitching that Bill and Max were partners in more than a business sense.
[edit] Colonel Granite
A colonel in the British army, Percy Granite suffered from megalomaniacal tendencies and xenophobia - so it was an extremely bad situation when he ran into Amy Rose & Tekno, who had just been transported to Earth. He attempted to arrest them on grounds of being alien and discover how to get to Mobius, reasoning Earth had to attack it to be on the safe side; the girls were able to teleport back to Mobius, but Granite was able to commandeer the technology they used. Amy & Tekno encountered him again when sent via the Eternity Ring to 19th Century America; using time-travel technology, Granite was planning to conquer the 19th Century using 20th Century technology. When that was thwarted, he finally turned to creating a dimensional gateway to Mobius and invading it. On New Year's Eve 1998, he went AWOL with an army regiment and invaded the Emerald Hill Zone, trouncing the Freedom Fighters with superior firepower and planning to sell off the conquered Zones to human industrial developers (and rename Mobius "Planet Percy"). He was finally defeated by a freak storm that took out his regiment and blew them back through the dimensional gateway to Earth, where he was arrested for war crimes on the orders of the Prime Minister - seemingly, the spirit of nature itself had fought back against Granite and his plans to destroy the ecosystem.
[edit] Commander Brutus
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Seeking to create for himself a right-hand man, Doctor Robotnik selected Brutus, formerly a Badnik trooper in the Special Badnik Service (SBS), to be programmed with a copy of his brainwaves, in order to create the ultimate trooper.
It's unclear what reconstructions and modifications his armour and appearance may have undergone before being programming as such, but when programmed, his armour was stated to be constructed of the near-invincible Mobian metal, megatal, and was a golden colour (in contrast to the typical red trooper colour). For flair, he wore a cape. Brutus was also outfitted with an anti-gravity unit, but it is specifically noted that he possessed this before being programmed with Robotnik's brainwaves.
Operating as Robotnik's second-in-command, it wasn't long before Brutus confronted Sonic in the Pleasant Zone, and proved to be more than the hedgehog and his allies could handle. As things looked like they were all over, Sonic transformed into Super Sonic, and now had the power necessary to shatter Brutus's armour, proving so by demolishing his arm. Brutus was forced to order a retreat, and then suffered a reprimand from Doctor Robotnik, as he had embarked on the mission with his permission. But what Robotnik did not realise was that in programming Brutus with his brain patterns, he had transferred all of his thoughts and desires to Brutus - and now, Brutus too sought to rule Mobius!
With his shattered arm replaced with an energy weapon, Brutus set about capturing Mobians to be converted into badniks - for his OWN private army. His first attempts met with interference from Johnny Lightfoot but he eventually mustered a full fighting force, and soon attacking the Metropolis Zone, home base of Robotnik's operations while a secondary force attacked the Casino Night Zone.
The conflict was brutal, leaving the Metropolis Zone half-wrecked and with Brutus swiftly beating Robotnik's forces, even breaking into Citadel Robotnik and revealing the self-destruct program Robotnik had implanted in him (same as with the Metallix's) had long ago been excised. Johnny and Amy Rose were briefly converted into Badniks, and both Sonic and Shortfuse the Cybernik proved no match for him. Eventually Brutus clashed with Robotnik himself, decked in an armoured combat suit. In the end, Robotnik claimed victory by dousing Brutus in liquid nitrogen and shattering his body, destroying him. Robotnik swiftly took control of Brutus' Badnik army and made a planetwise broadcast to Mobius proclaiming that this only confirmed that nobody could ever defeat him.
It is interesting to note that Brutus is one of the few foes that Sonic has never actually been able to defeat. In each battle with him, Sonic has been outmatched and had to resort to becoming Super Sonic to defeat him the first time.
[edit] Doctor Zachary
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Doctor Zachary is a fictional character who first appeared in Sonic the Comic #65 as an enemy of Knuckles the Echidna, and has featured more prominently in the online continuation of the series as leader of The Syndicate. Zachary is one of only two Echidnas known to still be alive. He has secret knowledge of the Echidna people, and may even know where they went.
When he first returned to the Floating Island, he claimed he was being hunted by a dangerous robot (in actuality an Echidna Guardian robot he had reprogrammed); the surprised Knuckles was tricked into taking him to the Emerald Chamber. Zachary then had the robot invade the Chamber and destroy the Master Emerald, absorbing its Chaos Energy into itself. He then boarded the super-charged robot and set off to devastate Mobius & get an unknown revenge on the other Echidnas, leaving the Floating Island to crash. However, Knuckles caught him before he could escape and decapitated Zachary's robot.
However, before Knuckles could take him prisoner, an inopportune quake threw Zachary from the island, sending him plummeting towards Mobius. While airborne, Zachary was able to use the robot's body to soften his landing, but the impact left him horribly injured. He would have died if not found by a Badnik patrol.
Dr. Robotnik took a special interest in Zachary, believing that Knuckles was the only Echidna on Mobius, and saved Zachary's life by integrating him with Badnik technology, replacing his right arm with a laser cannon and the entire right side of his head and face. In return, Zachary was able to provide Robotnik with important information, namely that the Emerald Hill folk were hiding out on the Floating Island. The pair attacked and successfully took control of the Island, using a gang of reprogrammed Guardian robots and planning to use the Emerald Hill folk as organic components in a vast supercomputer. However, an electromagnetic pulse caused by Super Sonic surged across the planet shutting down all of Robtonik's computer networks and Badniks. The Guardian robots, products of ancient echidna science, were unaffected, but the software that Zachary used to control them was destroyed and they ceased obeying him. Knuckles fought Zachary one-on-one, though halfway through Sonic the Hedgehog suddenly intervened and knocked the villain out. In the ensuing confusion over arresting Robotnik, Zachary burrowed into the heart of the Floating Island to escape. Due to STC's cancellation, his fate remained a mystery.
On the sonicthecomic E-group, Nigel Kitching revealed that an unused plan for Zachary was that he was still on the Island when it sunk (during the last storyline), and was trying to release a gang of Echidna criminals that had been placed in suspended animations. (Kitching admitted that he hadn't taken Zachary into consideration when he wrote the island's submergence.)
In Sonic the Comic Online, Zachary resurfaced and attempted to take control of Super Sonic. When that failed, he assembled a gang of supervillains called the Syndicate and brought to life a dormant Shadow the Hedgehog, with the intent of using the Chaos Emeralds to ignite all of Mobius' residual Chaos Energy and literally blow up the planet. The plan failed and Zachary's mysterious ally Vichama betrayed him; Knuckles was able to capture him and took him to the Floating Island for questioning.
[edit] Trivia
- Physically, he looks similar to the Archie comics echidna villain Dr. Finitevus.
- As a cyborg Echidna dedicated to Mobius' subjugation, Zachary could serve as a counterpart to Archie's Dark Legion.
- There is some debate amongst fans about what Zachary is actually a Doctor of. Many presume that he is a doctor of engineering or robotics given his demonstrated expertise.
[edit] Fleabyte
Fleabyte is a bounty hunting cat who speaks with a Texan dialect. Though he believed Dr. Robotnik to be a 'fair and glorious ruler' while the villain ruled Mobius, he appears to have no actual links to the doctor, like B.A.R.F. or Metamorphia, but instead is free-lance. While good at his job, Fleabyte is not very intelligent. He has a robotic arm that he can pick locks with.
Fleabyte pursued Tails twice; first in the story Fox On The Run (STC 73-76), where he ran into Tails and a mouse named Tristram in the Flower Zone. While Tails and Tristram fought their way though a trap filled underground cavern, Fleabyte simply tracked their heat signals from above and when the two emerged, apprehended them. Unfortunately for him, he made a mistake in not tying Tails' tails and Tails flew in the air, dragging Fleabyte with him. Although he fell some distance after shooting through the rope, Fleabyte landed on his feet (as cats 'always do') and took Tristram hostage. Tristram's incredibly loud voice caused nearby rocks to fall and knock the cat out and the two escaped. Fleabyte's only other appearance was Fleatbyte Returns (STC 80), another Tails story. Having lost all his money in the Casino Night Zone, Fleabyte captured Tails only to be captured himself by Commander Brutus' Trooper forces. Tails and Fleabyte worked together to escape, and once free Fleabyte tried to trap Tails again. Tails caught him this time and tied him in his own net. Fleabyte was not used again.
[edit] The Fundamental Four
The Fundamental Four appeared once, in a two part Chaotix story The Fundamental Four (STC 80 & 81) they were (obvious) parodies of the Marvel Comics characters the Fantastic Four a theme with the enemies in the Special Zone. They were however, slightly more original than some.
The team, who bickered constantly, were made up of Hydran, Squall, Gravel and Flare. Hydran, who lead the group, was made up of water kept solid by a stretching specially made suit and fishbowl-like head, Squall appears to be made of air or smoke, and appears to be a goblin of sorts, Gravel is a man of earth who speaks in unintelligible nonsense (that all his teammates seem to understand fine) and Flare, the female of the group, was made of fire. Flare is the only character to resemble a Sonic Team design for the animal characters in the universe.
The Fundamental Four were old enemies of The Chaotix having spent years in prison because of them, they assaulted the Chaotix's headquarters, shortly after, having finally grown too irritating for them, Vector had thrown out Charmy Bee, the remaining members were defeated and put in a liquidator, luckily Charmy spotted them through a window. Charmy was able to 'borrow' workers from his mother's hive, who used the Four's powers against them to fashion them into an urn.
NOTE: Exactly where the liquidator came from is never explained.
[edit] Grimer
Grimer is Robotnik's lab assistant, a green-skinned Igor-type character who bears the brunt of much of his master's wrath. Grimer is shown to be the main technical genius in Robotnik's organization (comparable to Robotnik himself), and in this universe was the main force behind creating the Metallix robots (see Metal Sonic). Indeed, the Metallix robots were created by Grimer, even in an alternate reality in which Robotnik had never existed.
Grimer was pathologically loyal to Robotnik, willingly taking all the abuse metted out to him and when he was left in charge of the Metropolis Zone he was as draconian as possible in order arrest many citizens (for crimes such as being outside during the 5:00pm curfew that was announced at 5:05 and having 'longer than regulation' ears) so Robotnik would be pleased. Several times he was in positions where he could've become an independent villain but he always remained loyal to Robotnik - when Robotnik was overthrown (and Grimer was still free), he rescued his master from his trial; he pretended to defect to the Drakon Empire as part of Robotnik's grand plan when he could've just as easily genuinely defected; and when Robotnik was shrunk to the size of an atom, Grimer plotted tirelessly from behind the scenes to retrieve him. It was Grimer who released Chaos, trying to cheer up a depressed Robotnik after his plans to destroy Mobius had failed. Finally, in the very final issue of the comic, Grimer realised his master was totally mad when he found out the suicidally-insane Robotnik's new plan consisted of summoning the Chaos creature to the Chaos Emeralds and watching Mobius die in the process. Grimer finally snapped, calling his old boss crazy and quitting his service.
However, in the online continuation of Sonic the Comic, Grimer is shown with Robotnik who seemingly survived the destruction of the Death Carrier. However, this turns out to be a robot. This story shows that even though Grimer has finally left Robotnik's side, his master's shadow looms over him forever, leaving Grimer with no life left save for his service to Robotnik. In building the robot, Grimer hoped to gain some semblance to what his life had been like before Robotnik's insanity.
He is named after Gríma Wormtongue from The Lord of the Rings. On the sonicthecomic Yahoo mailing list, Nigel Kitching has revealed that originally Snively was going to be Robotnik's assistant as he thought that he was required to use the character (as the television cartoon was debuting); when Kitching discovered he didn't have to, he created Grimer instead. The script for "Girl Trouble Part One", Grimer's first appearance, has all his lines attributed to Snively.
He was once mistakenly referred to as "Grimer Wormtongue" in the front section of STC #178 by a then-new editor, but this never happened in the pages of the story, and therefore it can be assumed that it is not his actual name.
[edit] Johnny Lightfoot
The character of Johnny Lightfoot was originally based on the standard rabbit creature that could often be seen hopping away from a defeated badnik in early games of the series, though he was later adapted to a more humanoid form and gained clothes (including a red jacket). Johnny fought with a unique-looking staff-like weapon, and was one of the most loyal and reliable of the Freedom Fighters. He was said to have many relatives (as actual rabbits tend to have). Unlike the other Freedom Fighters, he never had much in the way of his solo adventures or major storylines, only having the Agent X saga (see below) and a battle against the forces of Commander Brutus; he even once openly expressed a desire to have his own solo adventure, right before Brutus' Badniks attacked.
A storyline in later issues introduced a villain called Agent X, one of Robotnik's minions, who revealed himself to be Johnny. It soon turned out that it was not the real Johnny as, due to a rip in time and space, he had been captured & replaced by shadow-like aliens. Sonic saved Johnny and Agent X was destroyed.
The character of Johnny Lightfoot was killed in the final story arc of STC based on Sonic Adventure. Where he attempted to reconnect power to an object the characters needed to defeat the rampaging Chaos. As he reconnected the power, Chaos attacked him and, being in a liquid form, completed the circuit and electrocuted Johnny. Nigel Kitchings explanation in the original pitch for the Sonic Adventure adaptation for Johnny's death was "Johnny's dull so he must die", though this was tongue-in-cheek. In the final issue it was stated that the writers just wanted to create one story in which not everyone survived.
Kitching has also said that he once planned Johnny to be in a love triangle with Sonic and Amy Rose. Though the idea was hinted at in a few stories, this storyline was never developed within the comic. Lew Stringer originally planned for Agent X to actually be Johnny, but he decided not to because he felt irresponsible doing so as he did not originally bring Johnny into the comic himself.
In the Unofficial continuation of Sonic the Comic, Johnny supposedly reappeared but it was in fact a nightmare creature that was feeding off Amy's fear. She eventually got rid of it by stopping being so scared of the death of Johnny.
[edit] King Sonic
An evil version of Sonic from an alternate reality, King Sonic was a ruthless dictator who controlled an Orwellian-style Mobius with an iron fist. He looks identical to Sonic, but wears a red cape and and crown. Little information is given about him, but he appears to command a large army of Badniks and resides in a dark castle built in his image.
His constant foes are his worlds Freedom Fighters, led by Amy Rose and Tails. During their dimension hopping adventures in the Time Zone arc, Sonic and Amy encountered and defeated the villain by driving him into an insane rage during battle, turning him into Super Sonic. Given the reversed nature of Sonic in this dimension, 'King Super Sonic' was not evil like the mainstream version, instead appearing as a pacifist. It may be worth noting that this benign Super Sonic lacked scarlet spirals in the place of pupils, unlike his malevolent counterpart.
[edit] Kintobor
Dr. Ovi Kintobor is a fictional character from Sonic the Comic and related British publications. He plays a prominent role in the backstory of Sonic the Hedgehog, having provided Sonic with his red-and-white sneakers and facilitated his transformation from a brown, prickly hedgehog to his current, streamlined, blue look. He is even more important in the history of Dr. Robotnik, as an accident involving the Chaos Emeralds (and a rotten egg) transformed him into the evil doctor prior to the first issue of the series. Being rather more slight than Dr. Robotnik, Kintobor rather more resembles the later canonical character of Gerald Robotnik, though this is likely a coincidence.
Nevertheless, Kintobor continued to play a role in the series, in the form of the computer used by the Freedom Fighters. In an early issue, Sonic explained to Tails that he merely used a hologram of Kintobor's head to help him access some restricted files on Kintobor's personal computer, but this was soon retconned, and for much of the series' run the computer was Kintobor himself, his personality and brainwaves having been preserved on a single gold ring.
Kintobor appeared twice more in later issues of the comic, in person. The first instance of this was during a scheme by the Brotherhood of Metallix to erase Robotnik from history, and thus allow Metallix to take over the whole of Mobius. Only Sonic the Hedgehog was preserved from the original timeline, and he discovered that it had been Robotnik's associate Grimer that had constructed Metallix, and that Robotnik's contribution had been the installation of a self-destruct device, which could have kept the Metallix in check. Sonic then found himself in the unenviable position of having to travel back in time and actually cause the accident that first turned Kintobor into Robotnik.
Kintobor later appeared on the planet Shanazar. Once Robotnik had been drained of some temporary powers granted by the Chaos Emeralds, he shrank to subatomic size and found himself on Shanazar. Here he transformed into Kintobor and was taken on as the vizier of Princess Kupacious. Unfortunately, he found that his transformation back into Kintobor was not permanent, and developed an elixir to keep Robotnik "at bay", but this ultimately failed and Robotnik regained control.
In the "unofficially official" online continuation, STC-Online!, Kintobor appeared once more in flashback, in which he was revealed as the creator of Shadow the Hedgehog. Likely this attempt to conflate him with Gerald Robotnik was due to the aforementioned resemblance.
[edit] Marxio Brothers
One of earliest of Sonic The Comic's thinly vieled parodies. The Marxio Brothers (Grouchio, Chicio, Harpio) are a strange mix of 1930 comedians The Marx Brothers and video game icons the Super Mario Bros.. Given their debut was at a time when Sega and Nintendo were the rivals in the Video Game industry, perhaps a Sega comic portraying Nintendo's mascots as bumbling comic relief isn't such a strange thing.
The Marxio Brothers were three Electricians (a parody on the Mario Brothers being plumbers) who came from 'Marxio World', a place they are terrified of (most likely poking fun at the 'horror' of being in a Mario or Nintendo game and not a Sonic Universe) who became agents of Dr. Robotnik running his 'commercial ventures'.
They debuted running the Casnio Night Zone in 'Casino Night' (STC 18) where they were scamming Mobians using hypnosis to make them compulsive gamblers. In 'Carnival Night Conspiracy' (STC 39-44) the Brothers had another theme park, this time The Carnival Night Zone, being built on the Floating Island (Angel Island) as another money-maker for Robotnik, initially managing to convince Knuckles Robotnik wasn't involved and that he could use the money from the Zone to renovate the older Zones on the island. The Guardian found them out anyway (due to Chicio's incompetence), and he split the Carnival Night Zone from the Floating Island to drop to Mobius below.
Following Robotniks' removal from power, the Marxio Brothers convinced the Mobian authorities that Robotnik had duped them and were able to buy the Chemical Plant Zone, with the intent of making it environmentally friendly. They called Sonic in because of a problem that they felt might cause the zone to detonate, which turned out to be Megatox; whether or not this was a deliberate trap for Sonic is left unknown, though the Marxio's denied it.
The Marxio Brothers also star in a series of Video Games (Sonic, STC 26 'I can't believe this new Marxio Brothers game, I mean who cares about the adventures of three electricians) in this universe
In the unofficial continuation of Sonic the Comic, only Chicio appears once in the May 2006 issue, he is on a TV as 2 villans are trying to gather information that Sonic is just a shell for Super Sonic (a demon in these comics). There was a small cameo before this Sonic, while travelling through a new Death Egg comes across a TV screen with the words "Super Marxio Sunshine" (an obvious pun on Super Mario Sunshine) on it.
[edit] Megatox
Megatox was a scientist working for Robotnik on a chemical called Mega Mack, the pink liquid that floods the Chemical Plant Zone in Sonic The Hedgehog 2 and is designed to kill Sonic, but the compartment he was working in was flooded with the poisonous substance. By some quirk of fate the scientist, instead of dying, became one with the Mega Mack, and as Megatox he haunted the sewer systems of the Chemical Plant Zone. He faced Sonic early into the hedgehog's rebellion against Robotnik (issue 10); unable to defeat him with simple violence, Sonic drained him from the tunnels he was fighting him in and dispersed him over wasteland.
Megatox returned much later, when Robotnik had been overthrown and the Marxio Brothers had bought the Zone. The Marxios asked Sonic and Tails to check out strange happenings in the Zone, which turned out to be Megatox charging himself up to blow out of Chemical Plant and dump himself all over Emerald Hill Zone, leaving it uninhabitable. Annoyingly for Megatox, Sonic had forgotten who he was and even when he remembered he manages to get his name wrong. Megatox was more powerful now, able to change from liquid to solid state and back again. Sonic, despite being heavily poisoned by Mega Mack, deduces that Megatox has to be solid to hit him and manages to attack him a split second before contact. This defeated Megatox, and he was swept up and removed by the Marxios.
Megatox's last appearances was as one of the enemies that Robotnik, in his god-like state, resurrected to battle Sonic in Showdown (issue 130).
Megatox can bend the Mega Mack around him to his will, shooting it at high pressure and splitting his consciousness into multiple Mega Mack 'bodies'.
Nigel Kitching once revealed that Megatox was only brought back at the request of his son.
[edit] Mesmer
Mesmer the Goat, was an agent working for of Dr. Robotnik with a 'talent for hypnosis'. He used a large staff with a ruby red jewel to control a whole village into thinking that they were worshippers of an Ancient Sun Goddess, as a test of his powers, in the Knuckles the Echidna Story 'Village Of The Damned' (STC 85-86).
When Knuckles stumbled upon the village, Robotnik (watching from a disguise as a Tavern Landlord, a chicken) used the ruse as an attempt to kill the guardian, by having Mesmer convince the townspeople that they needed to sacrifice him to their god, shortly before being sacrificed Knuckles deduced what was happeneing and took Mesmer's staff from him, using it to break the spell.
Knuckles was, at the time, on a journey back from Mobius to the Floating Island, and after an explanation from Robotnik, he left. Mesmer was never used again.
Note: though Knuckles used the staff, and Robotnik revealed he intended to use Mesmer to control the whole populace of Mobius, the staff was never smashed.
[edit] Metamorphia
Metamorphia is a female 'shape shifter', a being able to change itself into other forms, in the case of Metamorphia, anything she desired, Metamorphia was able to change parts of her body independly of the rest of it, such as turning her hand into an anvil or blade. Metamorphia was created by Dr. Robotnik and idolised him, as one of his assassins/minions she was desperate to please him, which she never did, failing every attempt to destroy Sonic The Hedgehog and his freedom fighters, she appears to be very insecure and self-conscious.
Sonic first met Metamorphia when she, posing as a sweet bear, lured him into a trap in The Grim Zone, where Sonic thought she had perished after falling into one of the Zone's fiery pits, she in fact assumed a fire proof form and survived. Metamorphia returned in the guise of a rival green hedgehog named Cosmic, who challenged Sonic to a race, once lured away from help and the Green Hill Zone, Metamorphia revealed herself and attacked him, only to be defeated again. (issues 30 & 31)
Metamorphia's greatest failure was against Shortfuse the Cybernik in The Cybernik Strikes Back (issues 63-67) where she failed to stop Shortuse and Tekno detonating a large part of the Chemical Plant Zone, for this Dr. Robotnik removed her shape-shifting powers and had her turned into a Badnik, sometime later Tails was attacked in The Grim Zone by a vengeful Badnik he did not recognise, angry that Tails and the other Freedom Fighters made them 'what they were' once smashed the badnik was revealed as Metamorphia, sobbing that she had failed again and that she now hated Robotnik, Metamorphia then experienced one last final change into a sweet bear (not much different from the form she took in her first appearance) and left to live a new life (issue 83).
Metamorphia was one of the enemies that Robotnik, in his god-like state, resurrected to battle Sonic in Showdown (issue 130) though this was not Metamorphia herself, who presumably is still in her bear form.
Notes: Exactly what species Metamorphia was is unknown. Her final form was a bear and in her debut she also resembled a bear, however after, she looked much more like an evil cat similar to Cam from B.A.R.F. Regardless, she is now a bear.
[edit] Morain Blackthorn
Morain Blackthorn is the sister of swordsman Errol Blackthorn, a Samurai like fox loyal to the Echanter Kings, Morain is also a swordswoman able to perform some limited sorcery. Sensitive and temperamental with a defensive, cocky attitude and a love of battle, she is somewhat different to her brother, she is also much shorter. Morain was created by Nigel Kitching for the Tails & Knuckles Story The Revenge Of Trogg (STC 59 - 64) and subsequently in the Tails story The Goblin Overlords (STC 143 & 144).
Morain initially followed Tails and Knuckles to the Land Beyond to seek vengeance on Trogg after he transformed her brother into a monster, like the rest of the Nameless Zone (Tails' homeland in this continuity) she believed wholeheartedly that Tails is the hero of Mobius (via Tails's letters to his family, in which he lied that he was such a thing) but was less impressed with him, and more with Knuckles, though she did not get her revenge directly, it was Morain who told Tails to throw The Dark One's orb from the Dinemtion Bridge that connects her homeland the Nameless Zone and Trogg's Land Beyond into the 'non-existent reality' below and erase the demon from existence, in doing this Trogg and Errol were both reverted back to their original fox forms.
Morain then used her magicks to open a portal and summon Tails, still believing that the Enchanter Kings and her brother were being held captive by the new Goblin King. Although Tails attempted to stealthily sneak in, they were discoved, and Morain, much preferring direct combat, attacked, eventually stumbling in upon the Goblin King negotiating with the Enchanters. Furious that the Enchanters were going along with the his plan to add the Nameless Zone to his Empire, she attacked and the Goblin Leader, and in turn was attacked by his underlings.
Distracted by her admiration of Tails' improved skills, she was nearly killed by a sneak attack, only to be saved by her brother. To prevent a full scale war, the Goblins allowed Morain, Tails, Errol and the Enchanter Kings to leave in exchange for compliancy with the Goblin plan. Tails was returned to Mobius, Morain's magicks no longer able to keep him in the Nameless Zone. Despite a caption at the end that implied further use of Morain, she did not appear in the comic for the rest of its run.
In STC-Online, the 'officially unofficial' continuation to the series, Morain and a small group of her own freedom fighters appeared with Tails in another Nameless Zone adventure. Furious at the her brother's 'betrayal' and the goblin's introduction of steam power and primitive electricity (despite the improvements they bring), she attempts to destroy a Goblin supply train with dynamite. She is eventually convinced otherwise by Tails, and her story reains unresolved.
[edit] Mr. Shifter
Mr. Shifter only appeared in one issue of Sonic The Comic, issue 87, where he was the main focus of the story Mister Shifter (the most important occurrence in this story was the revelation to Robonik that Sonic was stuck in the Special Zone at the time). A shape changer from the Black Zone, made of "Radioactive Meta-Clay", he had the power to stretch like rubber or become hard as rock.
Shifter was either a robber or assassin, and was caught by Sonic trying to shoot a young Mobian girl (in fact a spy for Robotnik investigating if the Special Zone was ripe for invasion). Cocky and arrogant, Sonic managed to defeat him by literally stretching him to his limit, then letting him go.
[edit] Nutzan Bolt
Nutzan Bolt is a fictional antagonist of Miles "Tails" Prower and The Flock in Sonic the Comic.
Nutzan Bolt was a general for Robotnik, running operations in the Chemical Plant Zone. He was originally able to pass himself off as being sensible and open to negotiation, convincing Sol Furic of the Flock that he could be worked with; Nutzan swiftly proved himself to be, in fact, a total nutter, killing with gleeful abandon and becoming enraged at the mere mention of Sonic ("he said the S-Word!"). He sported a giant muscular body, armed with neck-saws and subservient robot heads all round his neck, and his head would heat up & steam when he got enraged.
When Sonic and Tails became separated from each other at Chemical Plant, Tails accidentally ended up inside Nutzan Bolt’s lair whilst he was communicating with Robotnik. It was there that Tails overheard Nutzan’s plan to flood the surrounding Zones with Mega Mack, and the psychotic droid decided to silence him. After becoming angry at the mere mention of "the S-word!" Nutzan Bolt was distracted by a flash bomb and Tails was rescued by Sab as they fled into the sewers. Tails and the Flock attempted to prevent Nutzan and his cronies from dismantling the barrier that held the Mega Mack in place out of the other Zones, and while the Flock handled the cronies Nutzan Bolt decided to deal with the fox personally. Tails was pursued to a side entrance to the Zone, finding himself completely outmatched, and he only won by a complete fluke - because he accidentally instructing the door the close three times, the door's computer closed, opened (letting Nutzan in), closed (coming down on Nutzan as he came in), and then on its third go it decapitated the robot. However, the head sprouted wheels and Nutzan fled screaming that he would have his revenge eventually.
Nutzan Bolt managed to find himself a new body eventually, but rather than a new mechanical frame he attached himself to an invulnerable body of living ice. Nutzan Bolt became obsessed with finding Tails and began ripping apart the Zone, causing it to be frozen by chemical ice & snow which made it uninhabitable to anyone but him, and finally succeeded in killing most of the Flock. However, Sab managed to bring Tails back to the Zone and Nutzan's former ally Sol Furic defected to their side. Together the three of them emerged on the surface and fought Nutzan Bolt in his new Ice Palace. They were easily dispatched and Tails was on the verge of being killed when he accidentally managed to say Sonic's name several times in succession; Nutzan's head overheated with rage, causing his body to melt. Reduced once again to just his head, Nutzan Bolt decided to finish off his enemies by melting the Ice Palace - which, of course, meant he drowned. He was never salvaged.
[edit] Porker Lewis
Porker Lewis was originally little more than a helpless pig that Sonic freed from badniks (and was the only Sonic character besides Sonic himself to appear in the first issue of the comic). However, he was quickly adapted into the technical expert of the team. It was later revealed that Porker had originally come from the Special Zone, where he was known as Oscar, but that he had left his old life behind him when he fled from the Special Zone crimelord Hammerhead, who wanted him after he sabotaged their plans for a bomb (which Porker had unwittingly made).
The most prominent character development Porker saw during the comics was his encounter with the Metallix, whereupon he found himself spending a month aboard the Miracle Planet as a prisoner of the Brotherhood of Metallix. Porker suffered an emotional breakdown as a result and left the Freedom Fighters to go live in the Mushroom Hill Zone. He made sporadic appearances helping Knuckles with the ancient technology on the Floating Island, and late into the comic's run he would occasionally assist Sonic & the gang again, most notably against Chaos.
His name is likely parodying the popular comedy character Parker Lewis.
[edit] Sab
Sab was the leader of the freedom fighters group The Flock, based in The Chemical Plant Zone and against its tyrannical overlord Nutzan Bolt. She was one of the many sheep living in the Zone before it was turned into the Chemical Plant. She and her partner Sol Furic had fought side by side, until Sol defected to Nutzan Bolt thinking that the robot could be worked with to improve the Zone.
Sab first appearing in the second part of the Tails' story Zonerunner and The Flock (issue 36). It is she who dubs Tails a Zonerunner, a freedom fighter who travels between Zones fighting Robotnik; Tails has repeatedly protested against this but this has fallen on deaf ears. While a strong and capable leader, Sab seemed to fail to notice Tails actually only succeeded by accident throughout the whole story.
In Tails' next encounter with her, all of the Flock were thought to have been murdered in an explosion at the hands of Sol Furic. Sab had survived and, despite initial misunderstanding, it turned out Sol was innocent and wanted to turn against Nutzan. With Sab and Sol's help, Tails managed to destroy Nutzan Bolt for good, melting the chemical ice that had crippled the Chemical Plant Zone.
Sab & Sol were not used again, though the Chemical Plant Zone has reappeared several times; in its return appearances, it bore little resemblance to the Zonerunner stories.
Unlike the regular freedom fighters, who all appear in their teens, Sab and the Flock appear much older.
[edit] The Seven
Following a direct order from Dr. Robotnik himself, B.A.R.F transported Badniks from The Miracle Planet (or Little Planet, the location of Sonic The Hedgehog CD) to Mobius' Green Hill Zone, with the intent of catchign Sonic The Hedgehog off-guard with Badniks he did not expect to find in that Zone, these Badniks revolted and ran amok, destroying the older models in the Zone, who were mo match for these newer models (only one of which actually having appeared in Sonic CD). Cam devised a plan to use the parts from the newer models (Sonic CD and Sonic The Hedgehog 3 models) that were scrapped to make 'special badniks' to defeat the new Palmtree Panic models, however after a failed experiment with these, it was decided to use only early models (those from the original Sonic the Hedgehog game) and (as it seems) only those found in the Green Hill Zone, these robots became The Seven, Metamoto, Buzzorgsky, Crabaton, Crabinator, Buzznik, Motobotnik and Choppalien. The Seven easily defeated the new models destroying some of the number and scaring the rest into compling and returning to the Miracle Planet (where they were all prompty smashed by vactioning Freedom Fighters) The Seven were never used again despite the writer clearly setting them up to be so.
Though there are no Newtrons (one of the Green Hill Zone Bandiks) shown, four of the Seven appear to have parts culled from the model, Buzzorgsky and Buzznik in particular (who's arms and legs appear to in fact be Newtron limbs) Crabbaton and Crabnik clearly use Cranmeat parts (and possibly Newtron parts as well) Metamoto and Motobotnik appear little more than souped-up Motobugs, using parts from one of the new models from the Palmtree Panic Zone (they share colour schemes) Choppalien is clearly a modified Chopper, a regular chopper is seen in previous panels riding on the back of a Motobug, so it's possible that he could also use Motobug parts (he does have wheels).
Notes: Despite being the titular characters of the Sonic's World story The Seven Badniks (STC 59-62) The Seven did not appear until the final page of its third part (STC 61) and never use the full title of the story as their name, only calling themselves 'The Seven'.
[edit] Shortfuse the Cybernik
Shortfuse the Cybernik is a badnik character, who manages to regain his own self-awareness and declares his own personal war on Robotnik. Originally a belligerent squirrel known as Shorty, he was captured by Dr Robotnik and made the organic battery for Robotnik's prototype Super Badnik, the squirrel-shaped Cybernik. However, he had damaged the console used to program the Cybernik armour beforehand, and this combined with his stubborn personality allowed him to easily resist his Badnik programming. Renaming himself Shortfuse, he decided to use his powers to fight against Robotnik in revenge for trapping him in the suit.
His armour is made of Megatal, an indestructible material comparable to the Marvel Universe's adamantium. From this point on Shortfuse decided to battle alone, declining Sonics offer to join the Freedom Fighters. After one solo endeavor, Shortfuse manages to free Tekno the Canary, a former weapons designer for Robotnik (and creator of Megatel), who redesigns his armour and helped him blow up one of Robotnik's factories.
Shortfuse worked solo but was repeatedly drawn into battles alongside Sonic and the gang, assisting against the giant Mekanik and Commander Brutus, and once battling with Knuckles over a misunderstanding and was temporarily brainwashed by Robotnik into fighting Sonic. During the time Sonic spent trapped in the Special Zone, Shortfuse joined the Freedom Fighters to provide the muscle & a psychological boost that the group needed. However, his short temper affected the team and occasionally put them in danger; after a mission in which Shorty left Johnny Lightfoot in danger in order to battle rival Cybernik Vermin, Amy booted him from the Freedom Fighters. (He later reconciled with them)
After Robotnik was deposed, Shortfuse was left without a purpose and he had trouble adjusting to civilian life, his Cybernik state getting him fired from job after job. When the alien Insectra Empire contacted Mobius looking for a champion to help them against their evil enemies, he leapt at the chance; unfortunately, the alien war turned out to be a pointless, brutal waste of time and Shortfuse was brainwashed into continuing to help them. Amy & Tekno rescued him, and in the process he gained a program from a friendly alien race that allowed him to exit his suit for the first time. In the same story arc, Vermin broke free from his maximum security jail cell; in order to finally defeat him, Shortfuse was forced to sacrifice his freedom by giving the program to Vermin and then destroying the empty Cybernik armour from the inside.
After a few sporadic battles (such as against Agent X and Colonel Granite), Shortfuse went into his final battle against Robotnik & his attempt to drain Mobius's life energy until the planet suffered environmental collapse. Shortfuse comandeered the alien machine Robotnik was using, stopping him from using Mobius' life energy to give himself powers, and used it to reverse all the damage the villain had done. However, the feedback proved to be too much and destroyed his suit, finally freeing him and giving him his chance to be plain old Shorty the Squirrel.
In the online continuation of Sonic the Comic, Tekno designed a new suit for Shorty that could be activated at will via a special control belt. However, an unknown person was able to mentally control him through this suit and he began to kidnap random citizens from the Metropolis City Zone as part of a trap for Tekno. With her trapped, Shortfuse hacked the Eternity Ring and tried to access an unknown dimension. Tekno was able to deactivate his armour & save him but by accident, the deactivated armour hit the Eternity Ring and caused it to suck the two into a worm-hole. Their current whereabouts are unknown.
[edit] Tekno the Canary
One of the more noteworthy characters designed and created by Lew Stringer, Tekno debuted in Sonic The Comic 64 and is a scientific genius and engineer, Tekno is one of the key Freedom Fighters on Mobius. While she possesses similar attributes to Porker Lewis, she is far more adventurous and spends her days building up a backlog of inventions for every eventuality & then seeking out chances to use them against villains in the field.
She was originally a weapons designer for Robotnik and was responsible for the creation of the super-alloy Megatel. When Robotnik caught her working against him by making anti-Badnik weaponry, he had her taken away to the Badnik Processing Plants; Shortfuse the Cybernik intervened to save her in The Cybernik Strikes Back [STC issues 63-67], and in exchange she fixed and repainted his armour and helped him in a mission to bomb one of Robotnik's Chemical Plant Zone factories. Tekno would assist Shortfuse several times after this by giving him repairs and logistical support, and when Sonic was missing in the Special Zone, she was introduced to the Freedom Fighters and allowed them to use her secret Emerald Hill Zone lab as their base.
When Robotnik was deposed, Tekno began to team up more with Amy in keeping Mobius secure from the hordes of random criminals & nutters who were springing up. She also helped rescue Shortfuse from the Insectra Empire, visited Earth, and fought several times against the Doctor Robotnik Appreciation Tribe, Max Gamble, and the mysterious Agent X. Eventually she and Amy were sought up by the mysterious Eternity Ring, which sent them on missions to right wrongs & fight injustice throughout time and space, and she even witness the beginning of life on Mobius.
Eventually she & Amy returned to Mobius, and Tekno began assisting Sonic in investigating the New Zones. Her final appearance in STC had her & the other Freedom Fighters attempting to stop Robotnik from draining the life-force from Mobius and causing a devastating environmental collapse.
[edit] Trogg (Shirob)
Shirob was once the third of the Enchanter Kings, three kings that ruled over The Nameless Zone, Sonic the Comic's homeland for Tails, he disappeared some years before the Tails story The Land Beyond (STC 18-21) though not too long ago, as Tails remembered his disappearance and was still 'in the Zone' at the time, he disappeared not long before the coming of Trogg, a gremlin/dragon/troll like man-monster who terrorised the Zone in never mentioned ways, . The Enchanter Kings (and presumably the rest of the Nameless Zone) thought that Trogg had murdered Shriob, but were surprised when a his face appeared in the Magic Crytal of Communication with a faint message that he was in fact alive, and had been somehow taken prisoner by Trogg all them ago.
Tails first met Trogg in The Nameless Zone (STC 16 & 17), because had lied in letters home saying that he was the hero of Mobius and that Sonic the Hedgehog was his side-kick, The Enchanter Kings mistook him for a great warrior, Tails did try to explain but was ignored and rushed to the Dimension Bridge were Trogg was calling for the Nameless Zone's greatest champion, Tails defeated Trogg, by lucky and he (Trogg) was expelled to The Land Beyond, a cursed and terrible place joined to The Nameless Zone by The Dimension Bridge.
A Short while later, The Enchanter Kinds summoned Miles Prower (Tails) again, having received Shirob's message, to rescue him, aided by Errol Blackthorn, a swordsman loyal to the Enchanter Kings, Tails ventured into the Land Beyond and, after defeating a band of Trogg-like warriors, and Trogg-like 'guard-dog' found Shirob chained and about to fed/sacrificed to The Pit Beast, once rescued Shirob gleefull revealed his true from, the evil Trogg.
The Eldest of The Enchanter Kings, with the most powerful magics, Shirob had accidentally summonned 'The Evil One' (later 'The Dark One') a demonic creature that drove him insane and transformed him into the moster from of Trogg, increasing his physicaly strength and giving him the power to turn others into beings like him, Trogg had reverted to his Shirob form to lure Tails so that he could extract revenge for his defeat on the Dimension Bridge, a revenge he was denied, as Errol and Tails ran from him and escaped using the same portal doorways used to travel from Mobius to the Nameless Zone.
Though Tails was summoned a third time to the Nameless Zone, it was not to face Trogg, but to rescue two fox cubs, Trogg's final fate came in the Knuckles & Tails story The Revenge Of Trogg (STC 59-64), while helping out the Green Hill residents now hiding from Dr. Robotnik in The Angel Island, Tails was summoned by Shaman Warpull (who had summoned Tails to retrieve the cubs) Knuckles, thinking Tails was in danger, attacked and ended up in the Nameless Zone as well (where he was mistaken for Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails' 'sidekick'), this time Trogg had really kidnapped both Enchanter Kings and taken them back to The Land Beyond, Errol Blackthorn had been sent but had failed and been transformed into a monster in the villain's own image. Knuckles, Tails and Errol's Sister Morain Blackthorn faired no better in their attempt to attack the Land Beyond and all three were captured, there Trogg revealed that he intended to transform the other Enchanter Kings like himself, but, unlike Errol, was unable to do so alone and successfully summoned 'The Dark One' (originally The Evil One).
With Trogg's followers marvelling at The Dark One, Knuckles and Tails rescued the Enchanter Kings and began to flee, but were, this time, unable to escape, having summoned him Trogg now had control of The Dark One, and used the demon to stop them, Trogg then succeeded in transforming his old allies into monsters such as himself, but while he was distracted with this, Tails and Knuckles stole the black orb from where the Dark One was summoned (much like a genie's lamp) and threw it from the Dinemsion Bridge into 'non-existent space' below, causing The Dark one to cease to exist. In doing so reverting the transformations of Errol, The Enchanter Kings, and Shirob himself. With his sanity and form restored Shirob bid Tails and Knuckles farewell.
When Tails was summoned the final time to the Nameless Zone, this time by Morgan, Shirob was shown simply as one of the three Enchanter Kings, and showing no signs of his previous madness as Trogg.
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