This article is about the Sonic's World story. For a list of stories produced in the comic itself, see List of stories and List of stories in Sonic the Comic Online.
Stories is a complete Sonic's World story which appeared in the Sonic The Comic Con Special. It was later published again in Issue 266, where it was originally supposed to debut.
Staff
- Story: Charles Ellis
- Art and Letters: India Swift
- Colours: Matt Dittmer, Pete Murphy and Claire Ryan
Story
Commander Steele relates to Silver the Hedgehog the tale of the Miracle Planet being being used as a hiding place for refugees during Mobius' war with Robotnik. Unfortunately, the story ends with the Miracle Planet phasing from Mobius' reality, with Amy Rose stuck on it, just as Super Sonic attacks Mobius itself.
Steele tells Silver that he will be going back in time to save Mobius from "the Iblis" (Super Sonic) and then recounts a story that his father was told by Amy as a refugee. The story is that of The Unbeatable Foe but, as Steele recalls it, it is vastly different from the actual events of Issue 32, with Tails being presented as the hero and Sonic as the gullible sidekick. It is at this point it becomes obvious the events of past STC stories have been altered and reshaped over years of re-tellings as Silver recognises the story as the one where Tails met a heroic death, yet Steele remembers a different ending, one where Tails soundly defeated the monster- both at odds with the actual version of events.
Steele tells Silver how Amy's legend grew and how she became G.U.N.'s finest member along with help from Tekno the Cybernik, Norris Hard, Mr Big and Bob the Plax, all working under the previous Commander Steele (Sergeant Tin). Steele tells Silver how Amy's stories to the refugee children and her own legacy helped give hope. Silver is told to face Iblis with that same hope and courage.
The story ends with a flashback to many years ago- visibly upset, Tails confides in Amy his mistake in fighting the Unbeatable Foe and how he was almost killed. Amy comforts Tails with another story that she has reshaped from the original, telling him that Sonic was terrified of the Metallix on the Miracle Planet during their time there.
Trivia
- Stories is, along with An Unconventional Convention!, one of the first stories to be physically printed before its online debut since Issue 223, appearing in the Sonic The Comic Con Special originally printed and given away at Sonic The Comic Con. Stories holds another unique recognition: it is the only story in Sonic the Comic Online that has been published in two seperate issues.
- The opening caption gets the amount of time the Miracle Planet spends in orbit over Mobius grossly wrong. This is not the first time this figure has been incorrect, but it is the first time that the error makes sense within the story- Commander Steele is narrating the story at this point and historical records in his timeline have been shown to be very different from what the readers recognise as the truth.
- Similarly, Super Sonic eventually did attack Mobius in Unleashed but Amy was present on the planet's surface for the event, another sign that records from the period were inaccurate in the dark alternate future where Super Sonic was never stopped.
- Amy's taskforce in Steele's story features different, emboldened versions of characters from STC. Some of these versions did, in fact, later come to pass. Coincidentally, in the same issue that Tekno was revealed to have been turned into a Cybernik, Bob the Plax reformed as a force for good as one of the Scrap Mobians. Norris Wimple also toughened up (albeit only slightly) as an accomplice of Rouge the Bat in a later issue.
Timeline
The previous Sonic's World Story was The Bride of Fabian Vane. The next is How Big the Cat Saved Christmas.