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<\/h2>\r\nHow could we close out the year without an all-new issue of\u00a0STC<\/em>?\u00a0 Well, easily, as it turns out- you wouldn’t believe the abuse I’ve had from the Humes.\u00a0 “It’ll wait until the new year!”, they cried.\u00a0 “The readers won’t mind!”, they said.\u00a0 “You can’t bar the doors from the outside, this is illegal!”, they dribbled.\u00a0 But, regardless of that- and the ensuing telephone call I received from the police- the issue was done.\u00a0 And, to prove it, you’re reading it!<\/p>\r\n So what does Father Megadroid have in his sack of goodies for you?\u00a0 How about a new adventure in which Sonic meets a face from the past- but will he find himself\u00a0Speedtrapped!!<\/strong>?\u00a0 The Chaotix Crew are back in the thick of it, getting into another mad scrap as they face the might of\u00a0Anti-Chaotix<\/strong>!\u00a0 Captain Plunder and the Sky Pirates return in\u00a0Rabbit\/Hole\u00a0<\/strong>as the Captain drags his crew on another adventure and we have a trip to Sonic’s World as we enjoy\u00a0A Ray in the Life<\/strong> with Sonic Mania\u00a0<\/em>star\u00a0Ray the Flying Squirrel!\u00a0 That’s not all- we’ve got a special Christmassy Double Sonic tale as Sonic learns that\u00a0It’s the Most Wonderful Time Loop<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n Right, I can’t hang about here all day.\u00a0 I’ve got to get back to the office at STC Towers and let the Humes out.\u00a0 I suppose it’s only fair I let them see their families over the holidays!<\/p>\r\n Merry Christmas, Boomers!<\/p>\r\n Now, don’t say we don’t look after you Boomers. Time was we’d stick a free gift to our front cover- some pack of sugary goods or what have you. Our marketing people informed us that sellotaping tat to a digital comic simply wasn’t workable, however, so the freebies mostly went away. That said, while we can’t give you a Parp Puffer this Hedgehogmanay (sorry, I always have to work that one in), we\u00a0can<\/em> point you in the direction of some neat last-minute pressies!<\/p>\r\n GoodCopBadCop<\/strong> <\/em>is by former\u00a0Sonic the Comic<\/em> writer Jim Alexander, who wrote for\u00a0STC<\/em> way back when we were still a print comic!\u00a0\u00a0GoodCopBadCop\u00a0<\/em>is Jim’s take on the Jekyll & Hyde story, a police procedural where the lead character has to do his best to crack the cases he’s working on while also trying to stave off some rather grisly violent urges! You can buy\u00a0GoodCopBadCop<\/em> via Amazon by clicking here<\/a>– and the Kindle version is only \u00a34.99!\u00a0 Bargain!<\/p>\r\n Jan Swidan, another\u00a0STC\u00a0<\/em>alum- this time of the online era- has designed this super cool Wintery Sonic jumper! Allegedly, this is an “ugly sweater” but I beg to differ.\u00a0 Our Humes have been ugly sweaters since I’ve put the heating on full this winter.\u00a0 You can bag yourself this beauty from Geek Store by clicking here<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n Lastly, current day Writer Hume L. T. Fletcher-Copeman has penned\u00a0Sharper Than a Cyber-Razor Cut: The History of Sonic the Comic 1993-2018<\/strong>.\u00a0 And if you think that’s a lot of words, you should see the first draft scripts he hands in to the Hume-in-Charge.\u00a0 This book covers\u00a0STC<\/em>‘s first quarter-Century and features contributions from legendary\u00a0STC<\/em> alumni like Richard Burton, Nigel Kitching, Lew Stringer, Richard Elson, Nigel Dobbyn, Roberto Corona, Carl Flint, Ferran Rodriguez, Ed Reynolds, Jamie Jones, Zak Simmonds-Hurn- even some of the shaved chimps we have running the comic now gave their two penneth!\u00a0 You can order the book from Blurb in a physical or PDF form here<\/a> or a digital form here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n Those Sonic superstars behind\u00a0Sonic Mania Adventures-<\/em> including the wonderful Tyson Hesse- have given us all a super Christmas bonus- a sixth episode of\u00a0Sonic Mania Adventures<\/em>!\u00a0 The Holiday Special episode picks up where the last episode left off and features Amy Rose!\u00a0 Amy may not be in the\u00a0Sonic Mania<\/em> video game, but you’ll find her and the rest of the game’s hero cast in the pages of this issue’s comic adventures (sans\u00a0<\/em>Knuckles, I’m afraid- he’s returning in a couple of issues’ time)!<\/p>\r\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.stconline.co.uk\/comics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/md_sig-highres-300x107.png\")
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