{"id":1726,"date":"2018-08-16T10:33:16","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T10:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/comics\/?page_id=1726"},"modified":"2026-06-02T18:16:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:16:51","slug":"stc266","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/comics\/stc266\/","title":{"rendered":"STC #266"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_right\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 style=\"text-align: right;\">#266 | Mar 2015<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_pb_fullwidth_section et_section_regular et_block_section\" id=\"cover\"><section class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_0 et_pb_fullwidth_header et_pb_fullscreen et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_right et_pb_section_parallax et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-wrapper\"><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-background et-pb-parallax-background-module--divi-fullwidth-header-0\" style=\"background-image:url(http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/covers\/266.jpg)\"><\/span><\/span><div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_container right\"><div class=\"header-content-container bottom\"><div class=\"header-content et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_header_button_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_scroll\"><a class=\"scroll-down-container\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"scroll-down et-pb-icon\">;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section zone-header\" id=\"controlzone\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module\" id=\"controlzonetext\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Hey Boomers!&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"26\" height=\"23\" class=\"wp-image-152 alignnone size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/comics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/md_emoji_1.png\"><\/h2>\n<p>Well, I don't think you need me to tell you what's in this issue -- it's <a href=\"#comics\">Super Sonic Unleashed<\/a>, in the first part of a big three-parter with lots of fighting! That could have been all we put in this issue so we could have a lot more lie-ins but no! <\/p>\n<p>We've also got a complete strip, <a href=\"#comics\">Stories<\/a>, that debuted at STCC and is now online for you to see the 'true story' of Mobius, and the SPEAR saga comes to an end as the evil Mister Gold starts <a href=\"#comics\">Final Glory<\/a>! <\/p>\n<p>Also, <a href=\"#comics\">Wonder Boy<\/a> has returned?!<\/p>\n<p>We also have our usual barrage of <a href=\"#pinups\">wallpapers<\/a>. Do you want Super Sonic to stare at you every time you look at your computer? Then you're weird! But you can do it anyway! <\/p>\n<p>Why are you even still reading this, boomer? There's actual comic stuff to read! Go, go! This page will still be here afterwards!<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"107\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-271 size-medium\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/comics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/md_sig-highres-300x107.png\"><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/megadroids\/245.png\" alt=\"Megadroid\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>Follow us:<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stconline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stconline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-161 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/comics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/btn_facebook-1.png\"><\/a> <a title=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Megadroid_STC\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Megadroid_STC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-163 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/comics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/btn_twitter-1.png\"><\/a> <a title=\"http:\/\/stconline.tumblr.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/stconline.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-162 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/comics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/btn_tumblr-1.png\"><\/a> <a title=\"http:\/\/disqus.com\/home\/forum\/sonicthecomic\" href=\"http:\/\/disqus.com\/home\/forum\/sonicthecomic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-160 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/comics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/btn_disqus-1.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_section_3 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section zone-header\" id=\"datazone\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_0 et_pb_team_member et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_flex_module circular\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/datazone\/266previously.jpg\" alt=\"The Story So Far...\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">The Story So Far...<\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p>Robotnik is at war with Mobius and Sonic has been framed for crimes he did not commit \u2013 so Tails is now the hero, whether he's ready or not! Tails even has his own sidekicks these days, the Ultimax. The group founder, software mogul Dexter Bagstille, dreams of being a big-time hero and maybe he\u2019ll get there if he listens to Tails more! <\/p>\n<p>Sonic also absorbed so much chaos energy from the Chaos Emeralds that if he gets extremely stressed, he can turn into Super Sonic \u2013 and Super Sonic is demented and loves destruction! Luckily Sonic hasn\u2019t got too stressed about being a fugitive, eh? <\/p>\n<p>Seventy years in the future, the last survivors of a devastated Mobius sent their greatest hero \u2013 Silver the Hedgehog \u2013 back in time, hoping he could prevent the suspiciously yellow and spiky \u201cIblis\u201d from ever existing\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>Sonic\u2019s recently had his \u201cBob Beaky\u201d disguise exposed, a price on his head, and the magical mercenaries Death-Trap hunting him down \u2013 all building that stress up to critical levels! Meanwhile, Silver made contact with Tails and the Ultimax, found out who \u201cIblis\u201d really is, and went out to kill Sonic! The two fought to a standstill, at which point Death-Trap bonked Sonic on the head and took him prisoner. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Now read on\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_1 et_pb_team_member et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module circular\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_fade_in\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/datazone\/266sonic.jpg\" alt=\"Sonic\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Sonic<\/h4><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p>Sonic may have a bounty out on his head, but that never stops him from heeding the call when danger appears! Extreme stress or chaos energy turn him into...<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_2 et_pb_team_member et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module circular\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_fade_in\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/datazone\/266super.jpg\" alt=\"Super Sonic\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Super Sonic<\/h4><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p>A sadistic berserker, Super Sonic has tried to destroy the world before - and in Silver the Hedgehog's dark future, he HAS.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_3 et_pb_team_member et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module circular\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_fade_in\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/datazone\/266amy.jpg\" alt=\"Amy Rose\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Amy Rose<\/h4><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p>Amy is a gutsy, irreverant freedom fighter and has a strong sense of what's right and wrong. She's currently a prisoner of SPEAR!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_8 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_0 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module circular\"><h5 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">See the rest of the Data Zone! (click here)<\/h5><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><h5>The Chaotix Crew<\/h5>\n<p>A team of dysfunctional superheroes led by the time\/space warping Omni-Viewer! Their homeworld, the Special Zone, was destroyed years ago and they refuse to let Mobius fall! <\/p>\n<h5>Tails and The Ultimax<\/h5>\n<p>In Sonic's absence, Tails is the Hero of Mobius! The Ultimax - software \"genius\" Dexter Bagstille, the hyper Holly Thumpfoot and the cultured strongman Theodore Abram Spartacus - are his sidekicks-in-training, which annoys Dexter's ego! <\/p>\n<h5>Mr. Gold<\/h5>\n<p>The leader of SPEAR, he claims their thuggish violence is \"necessary\"... <\/p>\n<h5>Percival Kane<\/h5>\n<p>Mobius' main media mogul! It was Kane that smeared Sonic's reputation for ratings - now, he's one of Gold's allies and financial backers. <\/p>\n<h5>Captain Blue<\/h5>\n<p>Gold's right hand man, with a rather annoying crush on Amy Rose.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_section_4 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section zone-header\" id=\"comics\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_5 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_9 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_code_0 et_pb_code et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\">&lt;div class=&quot;row comicrow&quot;&gt;&lt;!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --&gt; &lt;a class=&quot;comic1&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/pages\/266-100.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;comictb&quot; src=&quot;http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/pages\/266-101tb.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;\/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --&gt; &lt;a class=&quot;comic1&quot; 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