Sonic Universe #42

~Welcome to the Sonic Blast Community Forum~
Greetings stranger, it is an honor to have you as a visitor. Since we opened in 2006 our goal has been to offer the most authentic Sonic-themed community on the web for Sonic enthusiasts new and old. We do our best to provide the most unique features, best Sonic-themed designs, and have the latest news; always improving to cover all of your Sonic needs. Our community is full of friendly people and we hope you enjoy your brief stay but would be thrilled if you decided to join in on the fun. Being a part of our community is easy, quick, and absolutely free.

Click here to join our community and enter the land of Mobius as a =SB= citizen!
Citizens may log in to their account to participate in our land's conversations and access all of our features:

Sonic Universe #42; Sonic Comics
Tweet Topic Started: Jul 13 2012, 12:27 PM (542 Views)
SuperShadowgal	Jul 13 2012, 12:27 PM Post #1
The Female Ultimate Life Form! Posts: 3,112 Group: E Rank Legend Member #59 Joined: April 29, 2006	We haven't had an SU post in a couple months and I thought I'd use it to test the waters. This topic is intended to be more focused on this latest issue, but considering we've had a gap from some SU issues, I will be fine with discussion of the last ~4 issues. The Secret Freedom Arc will span issues 41-44 and deals with, as if the name wasn't a giveaway, a secret team of freedom fighters who are keeping close watch at home on Ixis Naugus, while Sonic and the few remaining Freedom Fighters deal with Eggman. I enjoy this arc thus far, considering we see some old faces (some of them I don't recall despite having most of the old issues). Although the SU arcs are becoming heavily entwined with the Archie Comics. Spoiler: click to toggle After being more of a nuisance to a troubled Sonic after the Freedom Fighters begin to fall apart, Silver is forced to keep away from the blue hedgehog. Stranded in the past until he can find the traitor, he is recruited by Harvey Who, who makes a secret team of Freedom Fighters to aid in the kingdom's darkest hour. This secret team is made up of Silver, a Metal Sonic (Shard), Leeta and Lyco Wolf, Larry Lynx, and Elias. The Secret Freedom Fighters are currently keeping tabs on Geoffrey and Ixis to hopefully keep the kingdom safe.
	The navigation (links): Sonic FCs /\|\ Art /\|\ Hug? /\|\ Awesome /\|\ Free Cake /\|\ Internets /\|\ My Adoptables Latest blog entry: SSG Plays Pokemon White Version 2! Part 3! (11/3/12) =Outdated Help the dragons grow big and stwong. There used to be music here ~*


Lord Master of Darkness�	Jul 13 2012, 02:50 PM Post #2
Posts: 6,570 Group: Former Monarchs Member #6,063 Joined: February 19, 2008 Xbox Live Gamertag: The Stig Pwnz Steam ID: mod1982	About time someone other than me made one of these threads, frankly I was getting fed up of hardly any discussion going on On that note, I'm surprised you chose SU #42, it's not out yet for another 2 weeks? I personally think the way Archie is intertwining the two comics is pretty shitty. Most of #41 made no sense until I read the end story on #238. Such as who was one of the characters hidden in your spoiler? It's nicely done but at the same time if you only have any interest in reading one or the other, it's a lame way to try and get you to buy both. Yes, Archie is a business but come on...
	Click to go to my YouTube channel - now over 1,200 subscribers! The Gaming MoD - a blog about gaming, by the Master of Darkness. Other links! Great comics currently in existence on SB(and my own, of course): \|Compensation\|~~Bar'd~~\|~~Park And Ride~~\|~~Sonic: Quest for the Chaos Energy~~\| Want your comic here? Make it a good one then! Where to find me on the net: \|~~Bleached Horizons~~\|~~Pitwall F1~~\|DevART\|


SuperShadowgal	Jul 13 2012, 03:07 PM Post #3
The Female Ultimate Life Form! Posts: 3,112 Group: E Rank Legend Member #59 Joined: April 29, 2006	I actually just got my issue in the mail and apparently whoever delivered the mail accidentally gave me issues for other people. XP I myself was actually completely lost with the first issue of 41, regarding all the references they had. It was only until 238 that I understood part of what was going on, considering Larry and Shard both share their full stories in the standard comic line. I would like if they strayed back to their original intent with the comic, or at least if it has references to the other, make it a little less mandatory to know the story for the other. If I choose to only read SU, I should be able to and vice versa. Right now the heavy references between one and the other is a complete mess. The transition of references is smoother in issue 42, because the second part of team was already mentioned but the amount of yellow boxes telling me about StH issue # or SU # is getting ridiculous. It's still a nice story overall. I like the whole secret agent thing going on right now.
	The navigation (links): Sonic FCs /\|\ Art /\|\ Hug? /\|\ Awesome /\|\ Free Cake /\|\ Internets /\|\ My Adoptables Latest blog entry: SSG Plays Pokemon White Version 2! Part 3! (11/3/12) =Outdated Help the dragons grow big and stwong. There used to be music here ~*


HollyYoshi	Jul 13 2012, 05:04 PM Post #4
I object to your claims Posts: 15,025 Group: =SB= Queens Member #9,640 Joined: January 9, 2009 Gender: Female Country: United States of America 3DS Friend Code: 1891-1489-0768 Nintendo ID: Agent_Blaire Game Currently Playing: Yoshi's Island	Yanno, I don't read the comics, but personally I think the fact that one needs to read both in order to fully understand what's going on is stupid. I mean, when Archie had the Knuckles series several years back, did you have to buy one comic in order to understand what was going on in the other? Spoiler: click to toggle And is that seriously Elias? I thought it was a whole different character. And did you say 'A' Metal Sonic? As in, there's more than one? What the heck?



SuperShadowgal	Jul 13 2012, 05:48 PM Post #5
The Female Ultimate Life Form! Posts: 3,112 Group: E Rank Legend Member #59 Joined: April 29, 2006	I started with the Knuckles comics when I was a little kid. If my memory serves right, there was hardly any reason to need the other comic. In fact, Sonic was sort of doing his own thing in Knothole, while Knuckles was dealing with things on Angel Island and Downunda. They had their times when Sonic and Knuckles crossed paths, but really you may have just needed one or two author's notes and you could manage to get by. Another point, but very similar to crossovers, would be when the Knuckles comic went down the toilet and ended its run. Knuckles storyline was then written in a set of mini-stories until they fully blended both comics together. There may have (I'm sure there were) been notes about what was going on there too, but nothing to the point where you perhaps had to go try and hunt down the comics. When the Sonic Universe series first began it was as the title said. It was more about the other characters in the universe and expanding the universe, special character arcs that expanded stories to characters and blended them more with Archie Canon. The first SU arc featured Shadow for example and his relations with G.U.N. It was also the first appearance of Blaze and Marine and gave us a nod to how Sonic Rush fits into Archie canon. More recent arcs, I'd say right around the point of issue 30, is where things started to get intertwined. You needed to know a bit about what was happen in another arc, then it became a bit more mandatory and with this current arc, there's really no way you could go without either material. As I said, the first issue had me scratch my head a bit because two of the members of the freedom fighter team have their initiations in the main comic. They make mentions of it, but by this time they are doing covert missions. The SU 41 issue was quite a jump ahead. And also, there are quite a few versions of metal sonic. The one currently in this issue Spoiler: click to toggle was made by Uncle Chuck from scrap metal from a newer version of a metal sonic and a metal scourge
	The navigation (links): Sonic FCs /\|\ Art /\|\ Hug? /\|\ Awesome /\|\ Free Cake /\|\ Internets /\|\ My Adoptables Latest blog entry: SSG Plays Pokemon White Version 2! Part 3! (11/3/12) =Outdated Help the dragons grow big and stwong. There used to be music here ~*


HollyYoshi	Jul 13 2012, 06:24 PM Post #6
I object to your claims Posts: 15,025 Group: =SB= Queens Member #9,640 Joined: January 9, 2009 Gender: Female Country: United States of America 3DS Friend Code: 1891-1489-0768 Nintendo ID: Agent_Blaire Game Currently Playing: Yoshi's Island	Then why the hell would they even change that if their original intention was for the two comics to be more or less separate. I mean, I really liked the whole idea of Sonic Universe, as it allowed some the secondary characters their own time in the spotlight without being overshadowed by the main cast but I think it would be more effective to keep the two comics separate, with just slight references to each other. Don't make it pretty much mandatory to read both of them to understand the events going on.=/ Edited by HollyYoshi, Jul 13 2012, 06:25 PM.



Devy The Mutt	Jul 13 2012, 10:15 PM Post #7
'Ello, lad! Posts: 2,631 Group: E Rank Legend Member #12,660 Joined: December 29, 2011 Gender: Male Country: United States of America Steam ID: mxnneurosis Game Currently Playing: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysey	Special Operative Blaire Jul 13 2012, 06:24 PM Then why the hell would they even change that if their original intention was for the two comics to be more or less separate. I mean, I really liked the whole idea of Sonic Universe, as it allowed some the secondary characters their own time in the spotlight without being overshadowed by the main cast but I think it would be more effective to keep the two comics separate, with just slight references to each other. Don't make it pretty much mandatory to read both of them to understand the events going on.=/ I agree to this. I've been laying off the comics lately. For one thing, I have a shit load. But, I do love Elias so I might check this one out. But still, I agree with Blaire. I'd rather have them separated.
	*"The life I live will never be the same without you here..."*


Lord Master of Darkness�	Jul 14 2012, 04:20 AM Post #8
Posts: 6,570 Group: Former Monarchs Member #6,063 Joined: February 19, 2008 Xbox Live Gamertag: The Stig Pwnz Steam ID: mod1982	I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. But short of complaining to Archie about it(either to them or somewhere they're likely to see it) I highly doubt it'll happen any time soon.. Could be as SSG said with the Knuckles books. Maybe they're trying to link the two up again so that they can stop publishing SU, and if they do it'll be a shame. All they need to do is go back to how it used to be; more Treasure Team Tango please!
	Click to go to my YouTube channel - now over 1,200 subscribers! The Gaming MoD - a blog about gaming, by the Master of Darkness. Other links! Great comics currently in existence on SB(and my own, of course): \|Compensation\|~~Bar'd~~\|~~Park And Ride~~\|~~Sonic: Quest for the Chaos Energy~~\| Want your comic here? Make it a good one then! Where to find me on the net: \|~~Bleached Horizons~~\|~~Pitwall F1~~\|DevART\|


HollyYoshi	Jul 15 2012, 06:23 AM Post #9
I object to your claims Posts: 15,025 Group: =SB= Queens Member #9,640 Joined: January 9, 2009 Gender: Female Country: United States of America 3DS Friend Code: 1891-1489-0768 Nintendo ID: Agent_Blaire Game Currently Playing: Yoshi's Island	But there are several dozen characters that haven't got their time in the spot light.... =< (I should actually go and read these comics. )



1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)

Create a free forum in seconds. Learn More · Register for Free
« Previous Topic · Act II: Sonic's Moonlit Realm · Next Topic »