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Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 11 was the eleventh issue of the main Sonic the Hedgehog comic series.
Summary[]
Story One[]
- "The Good, the Bad, and the Hedgehog!" - Part I
The story begins with the Knothole Freedom Fighters—Sally, Tails, Antoine, and Rotor—observing Dr. Ivo Robotnik's evil Slopmaker factory polluting the river with toxic slop. Meanwhile, Robotnik is flying towards the factory in his Egg Mobile. As Rotor and Sally agree that this is a job for Sonic, Antoine wonders where Sonic currently is. Admitting that she does not know, Sally decides to send Sonic a signal for backup with her Sonic Signal Watch.
Meanwhile, on the other side of Mobius, Sonic has just finished defeating Scratch and Grounder of the Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad when he receives Sally's signal on his own signal watch. Informed that Robotnik is making a mess, Sonic begins making his way to her. Dissatisfied by the local highways and byways however, Sonic decides to take a shortcut through a Secret Zone and onto the Cosmic Interstate, a long and winding road that leads to everybody's door. Unfortunately, Sonic discovers when he hits a dead end to parts unknown that he overshot his exit to Mobius, prompting him to backtrack and get back to where he came from.
After many twists and turns, Sonic gets off the Cosmic Interstate, having decided to ask for direction as he has completely lost track of where he is going. However, upon arriving, Sonic immediately realizes something is wrong; while where he is looks and smells like Mobius, including Robotropolis, everything is different somehow. Hurrying into what appears to the Great Forest, Sonic hopes that Sally might shed some light on the situation back in Freedom HQ. What he finds however, is a large veterinary clinic. Heading inside, he finds someone who appears to be Dr. Robotnik taking care of an injured mobian. The doctor tells the animals in his clinic to seize Sonic. Realizing that he is in trouble, Sonic jumps out the window and runs down the tower. As he tries to put some distance between himself and the madhouse he was just in though, Sonic bumps into a doppelganger of his: Anti-Sonic.
- "The Good, the Bad, and the Hedgehog!" - Part 2
Running in circles around each other, Sonic and Anti-Sonic accuse each other of being a faker. Having enough though, Sonic brings Anti-Sonic to a halt. Anti-Sonic asks what the hassel is, to which Sonic demands to know what is going on. As Sonic mentions taking a wrong turn on the Cosmic Interstate however, Anti-Sonic gets what is going and promptly explains their situation after bringing in a board to give him an illustration of the whole thing: while the Cosmic Interstate allows one to go everywhere, after crossing a certain point on it, everything moral gets turned around. When Sonic still does not get it, Anti-Sonic gets to the point: Sonic has crossed over to Anti-Mobius in the Reverse Universe. Anti-Sonic proceeds to elaborate that in this Zone, the Anti-Freedom Fighters fight against freedom while a kind Anti-Robotnik, whom Anti-Sonic seeks to topple, helps healing the injured inhabitants. Realizing that he is truly in the wrong place, Sonic tries to head home, but is stopped by Anti-Sonic, who insists that he gives the orders around here.
Back in the Prime Zone, the Knothole Freedom Fighters await Sonic's arrival, unable to stop the increasing pollution on their own. At the same time, in the Reverse Universe, Anti-Sonic decides to make most out of this situation by toying around with Sonic since he can keep up with him. Sonic tries to lose Anti-Sonic as he zooms around Anti-Mobius, but his counterpart easily keeps up with him. Using the slight lead he has, however, Sonic runs to Anti-Robotnik's clinic where he taunts the animals into attacking him before zooming to the side as Anti-Sonic arrives, causing the animals to attack Anti-Sonic and capture him. Meanwhile, Anti-Robotnik is shocked to see two Sonics.
After having explained everything to Anti-Robotnik, who gives him a physical, Sonic returns to the Cosmic Interstate with a Super Scooper provided by Anti-Robotnik. Soon after, Sonic arrives on Mobius, right before his friends. He then proceeds to use the Super Scooper to slurp up the toxic goop in the river. Inside the Slopmaker, Robotnik sees that his machine is going to blow since Sonic is slurping up the goop faster than he can produce it. Using his Egg Mobile, Robotnik escapes the Slopmaker just as it explodes while swearing that he will be back. In gratitude, Sally kisses Sonic, noting that he is one of a kind, making Sonic say "Princess--if you only knew..."
Story Two[]
- "Beat The Clock!"
The story begins in the Secret HQ where Coconuts and a SWATbot have caught Sally, Tails, Rotor and Antoine, whom they have tied to a dynamite-filled death trap. Coconuts declares that Sonic is going to get it this time by his hands, but Sally scoffs his attempt. Sally asks if Dr. Ivo Robotnik is ever going to give up, but Coconuts declares that Robotnik has nothing to do with this plan. He explains that this is a part of his scheme to make it to the top of "Robotnik's Top Ten" for Badniks and earn his gold star, as he is sick of being on the bottom of it. He recalls how Scratch, Grounder, and Bat Brain were able to last longer than he could against the hedgehog and plans to beat their record times.
Sally tells Coconuts that he is crazy and that it will only be a matter of time before Sonic beats him. Coconuts, however, reveals that his explosives have a timer set to them and that Sonic will have to clear a never-ending maze before he can reach them, meaning the hedgehog will never get to them in time. Frightened, Sally starts to notice that Sonic is late. Meanwhile, Rotor takes the opportunity to ask Sally where the rest of their team are on her top ten list in case they do not make it out of this. Sally, however, affectionally says that Sonic takes up all slots on her list.
With only three seconds left though, Sonic arrives and frees his team. Cofounded, Coconuts is left alone as his bomb blows up in his face while the Knothole Freedom Fighters escape the Secret HQ. Having survived the explosion however, Coconuts is satisfied with how he gets to see stars from the beating he has taken.
Story Three[]
- "Food for Thought" or "You Are What You Eat!"
In the Freedom HQ's kitchen right after midnight, Sonic stuffs himself full of chili dogs as an early birthday present for himself. Feeling too bloated from his gorging for his own good, he eventually passes out after heading to bed and dreams that he is the superfast and new and improved "Sonic the Chili Dog". In his dream, he arrives in Freedom HQ where he meets Sally, who is a cone of soft serve ice cream. She presents him with a video tape a pizza delivery guy just came with. Rolling the tape, Sonic sees that it is from Ivo Robot-Burger, who reveals that he has captured Tails, who is a serving of french-fries, and that the doctor plans to fry him to a crisp in oil.
Having none of that, Sonic hurries to Burge-Tropolis in a flash. Robot-Burger, however, having anticipated Sonic's arrival, has Coconuts throw a banana peel in his path inside his factory, causing Sonic to slip and knock himself out. Robot-Burger proceeds to capture Sonic and prepares to cook him on a grill.
Just before he can be cooked in ketchup and mustard however, Sonic wakes up from his nightmare and vows to never let his appetite get the better of him. Sally and Tails then surprise him by coming in with a platter of chili dogs for him. Although he has his reservations about the treat, Sonic ultimately decides not to let it go to waste and digs in.
Quotes[]
- Anti-Sonic: "Comprende?"
- Sonic: "No! I'm all turned around!"
- Anti-Sonic: "Exactly! That's my point!"
Key Events[]
- Sonic encounters the Cosmic Interstate, Anti-Mobius, Anti-Sonic, and Anti-Robotnik for the first time.
Background Information[]
- "Beat the Clock!" and "Food for Thought" or "You Are What You Eat!" feature Sonic's first major redesign. In these stories, Sonic's head and spines are no longer separated in the line art.
- This issue marks the first appearance of the Anti Freedom Fighters. Only Anti-Sonic speaks; the other members are only seen in one panel. The entire group would return in Sonic the Hedgehog #24.
- Anti-Kintobor looks exactly like Dr. Ivo Robotnik in this issue. His appearance was retconned in Sonic Super Special #10.
- Sonic finds out in Sonic Super Special #8 that it was Zonic who brought him to Anti-Mobius in this issue.
Cameos & References[]
- Several Beatles references were made in the first story.
Errors[]
- "Beat the Clock!" was originally published without credits. This was later addressed in the Sonic-Grams column of Sonic the Hedgehog #13,
- In "Beat the Clock!", Scratch is misnamed as Crabmeat.
Reprint History[]
This issue has been reprinted in the following places:
External links[]
- Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 11 at Sonic Wiki Zone, the Sonic wiki.