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Getting absorbed into the Ultimate Annihilator, and they're still fighting.

  • Issue 25, the adaptation of Sonic CD, especially the 2-page spread of Sonic's race with Metal Sonic.
  • Super Sonic VS Hyper Knuckles in Issue 35.
  • The second final panel of Sonic and Robotnik's fight in issue #50, shown on the right. After all the stuff Sonic had gone through in the past 3 issues, it's nice to see him getting the last laugh.
  • "The Slap" from issue #134, where Sally angrily slaps Sonic and calls off their engagement, after he rejects her imposition to retire from active fighting as he considers fighting Robotnik a more urgent matter, is a more infamous version of the trope, and is generally considered the absolute nadir of the comic's Audience-Alienating Era amongst fans. The artist who pencilled the page, Jon Gray, admitted in his commentary for the page that the scene pretty much encapsulated "what was wrong with the Sonic comic both verbally, artistically and editorially" at the time.
  • Narm-y One-Scene Wonder Titan Tails, who is incredibly muscular, has multiverses of power and only appears once in issue #150. Whenever someone talks about issue #150, someone else will inevitably bring up Titan Tails, and all because the writers wanted to resolve a decade long plot thread.
  • Issue #175 might be the biggest signature scene as, for the first time, Robotnik wins. Not only does he destroy Knothole with his Egg Fleet, he also manages to beat Sonic with his anti-Sonic mech, and even taunts him about his failed love life and his failures in general. As for Sonic, he was really giving it his all without any super forms available while his legendary response to being said that he was at his limit showed what Sonic is capable of when not having to worry about leaving his friends in the dust. Tracy Yardley (who was the issue's penciler) even did a 2022 redraw of Sonic's comeback.
    (after crossing halfway across the countrynote  to the east coast in an instant and charging up with his Super Peel Out)
    "Limit?" I've got your "limit" right here!"
    (Proceeds to spin-dash right back to Eggman in an instant)
  • The post-reboot "Champions" arc (issue 268-271) is often considered the highlight of the comic's run. Awesome art, the return of Ensemble Dark Horse Breezie, and an adaptation of the otherwise ignored Sonic the Fighters.

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