Post by Sephiroth on May 14, 2022 11:17:16 GMT -5
The Ken Penders run on Archie’s Sonic titles is a subject that comes up here from time to time. But I don’t recall ever seeing anyone mention this bizarre and obscure little time capsule. Starting with the obvious: yeah inter-publication crossovers we’re all the rage in the 90’s, but can you honestly think of a more mismatched pair up? Image, famous for its more violent and adult themed titles-and Sonic the Hedgehog? Subsequently the Image characters barely resembled their usual selves as they had to be drawn in a way that matched the Archie Sonic style. Savage Dragon had a chin that looked like Jay Leno and Robert Zdar had a love child.
On a similar vein, Archie did have enough self awareness to realize there was no way to reconcile Spawn and Sonic, and so Spawn appeared in literally only one panel-yet they still plastered him across the cover. On top of this The Maxx abs Velocity bath had short appearances lasting only a page or two even though their solo titles had ceased publication sone time prior.
By far the most unusual but also interesting part to me was that this issue featured several one-shot characters who were apparently meant to be featured in another Penders side project that never materialized. In particular the villain was supposed to be a sort of alternate version of Robotnik from an alternate dimension who clashed with Sonic in the future, resulting in some confusing dialogue where he regerebces having met Sonic before while Sonic has no idea who he is.
Capping off what an odd little nugget this is, the issue has never been reprinted in any collected editions, doubtless due to copyright issues. The issue even ended with all the characters getting their memories wiped, making it a truly stand alone plot that can never be referenced in any way.
Did I miss anything?
On a similar vein, Archie did have enough self awareness to realize there was no way to reconcile Spawn and Sonic, and so Spawn appeared in literally only one panel-yet they still plastered him across the cover. On top of this The Maxx abs Velocity bath had short appearances lasting only a page or two even though their solo titles had ceased publication sone time prior.
By far the most unusual but also interesting part to me was that this issue featured several one-shot characters who were apparently meant to be featured in another Penders side project that never materialized. In particular the villain was supposed to be a sort of alternate version of Robotnik from an alternate dimension who clashed with Sonic in the future, resulting in some confusing dialogue where he regerebces having met Sonic before while Sonic has no idea who he is.
Capping off what an odd little nugget this is, the issue has never been reprinted in any collected editions, doubtless due to copyright issues. The issue even ended with all the characters getting their memories wiped, making it a truly stand alone plot that can never be referenced in any way.
Did I miss anything?