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SU7
Sonic Universe
Publication Details
Issue 

7

Date Published 

August 2009

Production Staff
Cover Artist
  • Tracy Yardley
Cover Colorist
  • Ben Hunzeker
Writer
  • Ian Flynn (story & Off Panel)
Pencils
  • Tracy Yardley (story)
  • Chad Thomas (Off Panel)
Inks
  • Jim Amash (story)
  • Paul Kaminski (Off Panel)
Letters
  • Teresa Davidson
Colors
  • Jason Jensen (story)
  • Paul Kaminski (Off Panel)
Assistant Editor
  • Paul Kaminski
Editor
  • Mike Pellerito
Managing Editor
  • Mike Pellerito
Editor in Chief

Victor Gorelick

Publisher

Archie Comics

Special Thanks

Special thanks to CINDY CHAU and JERRY CHU at Sega Licensing

First Appearances
Characters
Groups
Only Appearance
  

Archie Sonic Universe Issue 7 is the seventh issue of the spin-off Sonic Universe comic series.

Summary[]

Official Solicitation[]

King Sonic has been evicted from his castle with only Lara-Su at his side! What's a deposed king to do? Gather up some Freedom Fighters, that's what! But who? And from where? This pulse-pounding tale allows readers to see some familiar faces as the Future Freedom Fighters assemble for the first time!

Story One[]

"What's Old is New Again"

In a hidden passageway in Castle Mobius, Queen Sally is traveling down the hallway with her children and an unconscious Silver the Hedgehog. Sonia starts to ask questions on why they are down the hallway. Sally tells them that they are heading to the Panic Room because they were attacked by the Dark Presence. Sonia wants to go out and ask the enemy to leave, but Sally tells them they have to wait for Sonic. Sonia gets scared and asks where her father is, but she assures the child that he is safe and looking for assistance.

Meanwhile, at Argyle's house, King Sonic, Lara-Su, Skye and Melody arrive at the front door. Argyle greets them into the house and bows to the king before greeting the Prowers and Sonic explains the situation at the castle. Melody and Skye tell them that they are gathering up new Freedom Fighters to save the castle and their parents, but Sonic is unsure on where to find more Freedom Fighters, especially when most of the planet is partying or away. However, Argyle has already thought ahead, and motions for two shadowy figures to come in, to Sonic's surprise.

Meanwhile, Lien-Da welcomes King Shadow back while a Dark Presence Agent tests him. He questions what has happened while he has been gone. She tells him about his defeat because of Lara-Su's Chaos Control and that he was sealed for 5 years. This angers Shadow and he walks off to another room. Lien-Da then explains Queen Sally remarried and had twins and that the world has mostly accepted their stability, but Shadow thinks that regaining control is not enough. He walks into a room and Lien-Da says "NOT THAT!"

Back in the house, Sonic meets Jacques D'Coolette and Belle D'Coolette, who greet him and bow. Sonic tells them that they need Freedom Fighters to help out with their work to save the castle. They agree to help and Melody and Skye come along, with Argyle as helping in as tech support. The Future Freedom Fighters are then assembled, and Sonic instructs them to "do it to it", earning a geek reaction from Argyle.

Shadow walks up and talks to Tikhaos, who is entrapped within a glass bubble. She explains that she is very weak and needs Chaos energy. Shadow understands her situation, but Lien-Da tries to stop him. She tries to dissuade him from releasing Tikhaos and that she just wanted to bring him back to return to the stern rule he had, but before she can continue, Shadow grabs her arm and destroys her armband, making her fade away. Shadow then readies a Chaos Spear to destroy the bubble.

Outside, the Dark Eyes are looking over the castle, but Jacques, Sonic, and Belle destroy the gate, getting the Dark Eyes' attention while Lara-Su, Melody, and Skye fly up to the front room (with Skye flying all over the place). Lara tells Skye to stop showing off, but Melody explains that he can't fly perfectly yet. They head down to the control room and find some Dark Eyes. Melody prepares to attack the Dark Eyes, but Lara instructs Skye to go in first, and Skye takes out all the members with his erratic flying, accidentally destroying a monitor for the Panic Room in the process. Melody heads to the front door to open it up for the others and they take off into the castle. Sonic calls Argyle and asks if he has Sally on the line yet, which he says no and that something is going on in the catacombs. Sonic then contacts Lara, asking if she can see what's going on, which she denies. Lara then asks Skye if he can shut down the system, but he explains he isn't as skilled at mechanics as his father yet. Lara-Su decides to punch the system and destroy it. They head back and Argyle finally gets word from Sally, who explains to him that Silver is waking up and the kids are fine. Sonic then asks Sally what she knows about the catacombs and she tells them that there are many threats quarantined in there. Back down at the catacombs, Shadow begins feeding Tikhaos some Chaos energy. The Dark Presence informs Shadow about King Sonic, and he allows them to ignore the order. He then purposely gives Tikhaos too much energy and makes her go out of control. The Dark Presence begins to evacuate the castle.

The Freedom Fighters prepare for battle. Sonic and the others are expecting heavy resistance from the Dark Presence, but all they see is them running down the hallway, escaping the castle. Lara-Su questions Sonic if that is a good sign, with Sonic stating, "That's never a good sign." The floors start to crack beneath the Freedom Fighters. Jacques then saves Melody while Lara-Su helps Skye and Belle helps Sonic. They find Perfect Tikhaos outside and prepare to assault the beast.

Off Panel #1[]

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Off Panel: 30 Years Later

The Off Panel features King Sonic and Manik at a checkers table. They are playing a game. Manik thinks a strategy through and he uses his pieces to get some of Sonic's Checkers and moves a checker piece to the other side. He says "King Me" and Sonic makes a joke and hands over his crown. Manik then walks off while Sonic tells to himself that even his take-over wasn't so easy.

Off Panel #2[]

This Off Panel is an alternate ending to last issue. Lien-Da walks up to a fridge and explains that she has found King Shadow. She opens it up and dramatic smoke comes out of the fridge. Instead, he is trapped inside the crisper of the fridge. King Shadow pops out and he promises that everyone will pay dearly for this indignity.

Quotes[]

  • Sonia: Why are you carrying this sleeping guy?
  • Queen Sally: Mr. Silver was knocked out by the enemy, dear. He's the one who stopped that rocket this morning, remember?
  • Sonia: Oh yeah! That was really nice of him!


  • Dark Hand: He checks out. All vitals are stable.
  • Lien-Da: After five years? You are the ultimate lifeform, sire.
  • Shadow: (shocked about the length of his imprisonment) FIVE YEARS?!


  • King Sonic: All right then! Freedom Fighters! Let's do it to it!
  • Lara-Su: (whispering) I told you he says it!
  • Argyle: (whispering, excited) I know! I'm geeking out!


  • Shadow: That armband. It is what protects you from the shift in the timeline, correct?
  • Lien-Da: Y-yes, but why-?

(Shadow breaks the armband)

  • Lien-Da: NO!!! Rutan...! (fades away)


  • Jacques: (to King Sonic) The front gate was one thing, sire.
  • Belle: But we'd feel awful about wrecking your front door.
  • Melody: (opens door from inside) Come on in! The Castle's fine!

Key Events[]

Background Information[]

  • Argyle and Jacques' names were misspelled in this issue as Argyll and Jacque, respectively.
  • Sonia and Manik's eye colors are switched in the second-half of the issue.
  • Jacques and Belle's fur colors are mistakenly switched in this issue and on the cover of Sonic Universe #8. This mistake was corrected in reprints.
  • This and the next issue, are the only MxYL comics to feature an Off Panel. It could be noted that the two jokes for these comics seem intended to be for Sonic Universe #5 and #6.
  • Manik's eyes are miscolored in the first Off Panel.
  • When the castle is falling apart and Belle takes Sonic, her leg is missing. Also her left arm is drawn as if she is holding Sonic's right arm, but Sonic's right arm is missing, making it look like he's floating in the air.

Reprint History[]

This issue has been reprinted in the following places:

Continuity[]

  • "30 Years Later" takes place five years after "Mobius 25 Years Later: Tempus Aeternus" (StH#167).
  • From Silver's perspective, "30 Years Later" takes place between "Hedgehog Havoc: Part 2" (StH#196) and "Future Tense: Part 1" (StH#215).

External links[]

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