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#274 | Apr 2018<\/h3>\r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Cover” fullwidth=”on” module_id=”cover” _builder_version=”3.0.67″ parallax=”on” prev_background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” next_background_color=”rgba(33,150,243,0.8)”][et_pb_fullwidth_header background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”right” header_fullscreen=”on” header_scroll_down=”on” content_orientation=”bottom” _builder_version=”3.0.105″ background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” background_image=”http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/covers\/274.jpg” parallax=”on” max_width_tablet=”50px” \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Control Zone” background_color=”rgba(33,150,243,0.8)” disabled_on=”off|off|off” module_id=”controlzone” module_class=”zone-header” _builder_version=”3.0.67″ background_image=”http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/comics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/logo-controlzone.png” custom_padding=”|||” prev_background_color=”#ffffff” next_background_color=”rgba(255,193,7,0.8)”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding_tablet=”15px|||” custom_margin=”25px|||” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” custom_padding_last_edited=”off|desktop” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin_phone=”|||” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|desktop”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text background_layout=”dark” module_id=”controlzonetext” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” module_alignment=”left” custom_margin=”20px|||”]\r\n\r\n

Hey Boomers!\u00a0\"\"<\/h2>\r\nWe\u2019re just one issue away from #275! They said it couldn\u2019t be done! They said it was ludicrous! They said I should pay the humes with money instead of stale custard creams and past their sell-by-date teabags! And yet, thanks to you boomers reading us for the past fifteen years of high speed, spin-happy comics, here we are, right on the verge of the big round number.\r\n\r\nOf course, Sonic may not make it to #275 because The Cyber Shifter Strikes<\/a>! Can he defeat the Drakon Empire\u2019s top enforcer or will we have to rename ourselves to Tails The Comic? Elsewhere on Mobius, Tekno and Shorty find Eternity Beckons<\/a> as Robotnik\u2019s last laugh turns their old home into one massive death trap \u2013 but what\u2019s he up to with the Eternity Ring? Rouge the Bat has new demands from the Drakons but what happens when she wants to prove they\u2019re not The Boss Of Me<\/a>?\r\n\r\nAnd when will the sheeple wake up and realise Luigi Mario was responsible for STC bringing in reprints? You may think that last sentence makes no sense but you\u2019re not Sonic Boom\u2019s Sticks the Badger, making her STC debut in The Wrong End<\/a>!\r\n\r\nAdd in a Flashback Zone<\/a> and a huge selection of Pinups<\/a> (and a sneak peek of the big two-seven-five<\/a>!) and you\u2019ve got yet more proof that Sonic The Comic\u2019s not going anywhere!\r\n

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Follow us:<\/h3>\r\n\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>\r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_layout=”light” background_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”15px|15px|15px|15px”]\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nSTC25 is a day-long celebration of the UK\u2019s Sonic the Comic and its online continuation: Sonic the Comic Online this June in Manchester, UK!\r\n\r\nWith special guests including Nigel Kitching, Nigel Dobbyn, Carl Flint, Ferran Rodriguez, Richard Elson, and for the first time ever at a Sonic event – Lew Stringer, STC25 is bound to be an incredible day!\r\n\r\nIf you missed the Kickstarter but would still like to back the event and receive a reward or invite – send us a message via or Facebook<\/a> or Speedlines<\/a> before April 20th 2018.\r\n\r\nFor more information, visit our Kickstarter page<\/a>.\r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_color=”#000000″ background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”15px|15px|15px|15px”]\r\n\r\n

Matt Dittmer | 1988-2018<\/h3>\r\nThe STC family recently suffered a terrible blow. Dedicated Art Hume and our dear friend Matt Dittmer unexpectedly passed away.\r\n\r\nMatt was a tremendous driving force behind the scenes at STC Towers, and he had selflessly dedicated his everyday life to working with young people.\r\n\r\nOur thoughts and deepest condolences are with his family and countless other friends. He will be sorely missed.\r\n\r\nWe invite everyone to pay tribute, if they wish, by submitting their STC Amy Rose fanart to be featured in a Memorial Zone or by donating, at the request of the family, to Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s Fund for a Mobile CT Scanner here: https:\/\/www.qehb.org\/mobile-ct-scanner<\/a>\r\n\r\nPlease message us if you donate so we can let the family know how much was raised by STC fans.\r\n\r\n\"Matt\r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Data Zone” background_color=”rgba(255,193,7,0.8)” module_id=”datazone” module_class=”zone-header” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_image=”http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/comics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/logo-datazone.png” prev_background_color=”rgba(33,150,243,0.8)” next_background_color=”rgba(233,30,99,0.8)”][et_pb_row custom_margin=”25px|||” background_position_1=”top_left” background_repeat_1=”no-repeat” _builder_version=”3.0.67″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”The Story so Far Text” background_layout=”dark” _builder_version=”3.0.105″ background_color=”rgba(156,39,176,0.8)” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” module_alignment=”left” custom_padding=”10px|10px|10px|10px” saved_tabs=”all”]\r\n\r\n

The Story So Far…<\/h2>\r\n
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Rouge the Bat<\/h4>\r\nCunning and classy in equal measure, Rouge may possibly be the best in the business, but the sneaky thief’s only loyalty is to whoever is paying the bills at any given moment… and this is one brash bat who is anything but cheap!<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Tekno the Canary<\/h4>\r\nGadget guru Tekno is finally free from the Cybernik suit she’d been imprisoned in by Robotnik! However, the clever canary is still trapped in her old lab with Shortfuse, and now all her previous inventions have turned against them both! Will Tekno be able to rule the roost once again?<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Shortfuse the Freedom Fighter<\/h4>\r\nShort-tempered Shorty the Squirrel defends Mobius as his heroic alter-ego “Shortfuse” in a suit of armour made from broken badniks! Having been reunited with Tekno after their long running fued, the pair now face a blast from their past – Shorty’s old corrupted Cybernik armour!<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Doctor Robotnik<\/h4>\r\nDastardly Doctor Robotnik may currently be MIA in the real world, but fragments of his consciousness still live on in cyberspace! Determined to destroy Shortfuse and Tekno once and for all, the digital duplicate hopes to unlock the power of the rebuilt Eternity Ring in the process!<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Sally Acorn<\/h4>\r\nAce reporter Sally is one tough nut! The savvy Squirrel has been a supporter of Sonic right from the very beginning, but her current job working at biased TV channel KBC means that so far she hasn’t been able to fix the blue blur’s ruined reputation!<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Tuftee the Squirrel<\/h4>\r\nBrave and bold, Tuftee often got into trouble in his younger days – even getting captured by badniks once! 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Yeehaw! We\u2019re nearly at issue #275, Boomers! I\u2019ve been speed re-reading the back catalogue of STC\u2019s online issues in anticipation (and so should you too- check out our Back Issues section!). That\u2019s why I\u2019m all blurry- I\u2019ve been going so fast I can barely keep still!<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But, you might say, that\u2019s all well and good for living inter-chronal gateways with snappy wit and good looks! What about if one of our heroes were to go a little too fast for their own good? Well, today\u2019s flashback is all about what happened when Sonic pushed himself beyond his limits\u2026<\/p>\r\n

STC #134: Hyper Sonic<\/h2>\r\nScript:<\/strong> Lew Stringer\r\nArt:<\/strong> Mick McMahon\r\nLettering:<\/strong> Tom Frame\r\nFlashback Zone Report Filed by:<\/strong> L. T. Fletcher\r\nAdded to Omni Viewer’s Data Banks by:<\/strong> Michael Corker\r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Flashback Zone Text” module_id=”controlzonetext” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” module_alignment=”left” custom_margin=”20px|||” background_layout=”light”]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What started as a fairly normal day for Sonic battling D.R.A.T. (those loonies who want to restore Robotnik to global domination, you\u2019ll recall) soon took a turn for the much worse! Though Sonic was able to defeat the cultists, one of their members put into motion a dastardly plan, launching a pair of missiles in completely opposite directions. The D.R.A.T. member taunted Sonic that not even he was fast enough to be in two places at once! Never one to shy away from a challenge, Sonic ran off after the missiles as fast as he could go.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Quickly catching up to one of the missiles, Sonic ran in circles beneath it, creating a tornado that blew the missile way off course and into outer space. I hear it collided with a computer monitor or something, not sure exactly how true that is.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

As for the remaining warhead, Sonic was pushed to his limit to stop that one! As he reached the deadly device, it was less than a foot off the ground and far too close for Sonic to pull the same trick as before. Sonic decided the safest option was instead to contain the explosion itself in his famous Speed Cocoon manoeuvre. Amazingly, Sonic managed to walk away from the blast unharmed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

To his confusion, Sonic found that everyone around him had frozen! Mobians playing baseball stood stock still as the ball hung in midair. Others seemed to be playing a game of statues. As Sonic looked closer, however, he realised nobody was moving!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Sonic wondered if a supervillain with time-altering powers was on the loose and decided to read a newspaper for information- the paper practically exploded in his hands at the touch! At this point, Sonic noticed a clock nearby had moved ahead, but only by one second! The baseball fielder had caught the ball too! Time was still moving, just incredibly slowly! Yeesh, I know all about that one, but that\u2019s another story for another time\u2026 maybe I\u2019ll tell you a bit about it next issue.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Sonic eventually realised that time was moving as normal, but he was travelling at such a hyperactive speed, everything else looked slow around him! He decided he needed to relax to try and calm down and reach a normal speed. Spotting a local Cyber Caf\u00e9 (which is probably now a Starlightbucks), Sonic got an idea. Awakened sometime later by his best buddy Tails, Sonic explained he needed to take drastic measures to fall asleep and reset his speed. Tails clocked the web page Sonic had been reading: the Trainspotter\u2019s Web Page! Sonic had been so bored he\u2019d fallen asleep in the middle of the day. Fortunately, he was back to normal, with Tails noting that his friend had made a speedy recovery. For once, though, it was slowing down that had saved the day for Sonic!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Flashback Zone Info” background_layout=”dark” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_color=”rgba(255,87,34,0.8)” module_alignment=”left” custom_padding=”5px|5px|5px|5px”]\r\n\r\n\r\n

Well, it\u2019s a good job Sonic didn\u2019t have access to the Sonic The Comic Online Back Issues page, or he\u2019d have been too hyper to calm down all day! Mind you, if time was moving that slow, at least he\u2019d have been able to read them all without fear of being interrupted!<\/p>\r\n\r\n

What? I\u2019m still blurry? Yes, well, that\u2019s not because I\u2019m going fast, it\u2019s because I\u2019m buzzing with excitement for issue #275! It\u2019s so close I can almost taste it! Big things are going down, Boomers\u2026 and I have a suitably big celebratory flashback planned for next time!<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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