The ENTIRE Fleetway Sonic the Comic Story
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- Опубликовано: 3 июн 2024
- Want to know more about Sonic the Comic and Fleetway? Want to know EVERYTHING about Sonic the Comic and Fleetway? Well, you've come to the right video!
In this video you'll find discussion of the swirly eyed EVIL Fleetway Super Sonic, the hideous Fleetway version of Robotnik, the amazing artists that made the comic so memorable and much, MUCH more.
Over the past few years I've tried my best to introduce RUclips to Sonic the Comic, a British comic published by Fleetway which released in the 1990s. Well, what better way to introduce people to the comic than running through the comic's launch, discussing it's major storylines, highlighting it's key characters and critiquing the talented (and sometimes not so talented) writers and artists that made the comic what it is?
If you enjoyed the video please feel free to subscribe for more obscure Sonic videos in the future and check out my channel for playlists and videos on obscure Sonic games, characters and Fleetway characters and stories!
Video chapters :-
0:00:00 - Intro
0:03:21 - PART 1 EARLY YEARS
0:11:51 - Sonic & Robotnik
0:18:35 - Mobius
0:24:38 - Grimer
0:28:13 - Freedom Fighters
0:36:39 - PART 2 SONIC CD
0:41:24 - Cpt. Plunder
0:44:40 - Amy Rose
0:49:26 - Writers
0:56:44 - PART 3 S3&K
01:06:17 - Knuckles
01:12:54 - Chaotix
01:18:10 - Chaos Emeralds
01:23:46 - PART 4 METALLIX
01:30:19 - Shortfuse & Tekno
01:36:09 - British Influence
01:41:28 - Artists
01:48:22 - PART 5 SUPER SONIC
01:57:19 - Super Sonic Lore
02:01:24 - Post-Issue 100
02:04:32 - Non-Sonic Stripes
02:08:57 - PART 6 SONIC 3D
02:18:28 - Top 7 Villains
02:25:06 - Marvel Influence
02:29:08 - PART 7 SHANAZAR
02:37:10 - Earth
02:41:37 - Amy & Tekno Adventures
02:44:49 - Fleetway's Decline
02:48:01 - PART 8 SONIC ADVENTURE
02:56:50 - The Death of StC
02:59:46 - THE END
Video music credits :-
Please check out this lovingly curated playlist of all of the music cues used in this video
• Sonic the Comic Music Mix
Additional credits :-
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Hey folks, thanks for all your support. I hope you enjoy the ultimate Sonic the Comic retrospective!
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Do an update video about Fang
new design?
It's so cool to see someone make a review on this whole series. I've come from growing up on reading Archie comics online, so finding anything about a whole different comic series of the blue speedster himself truly a gem to behold! I didn't even know what Fleetway was until I've stumbled into your channel! Love the vid is so long too! I'm so ecstatic! Thank you, man; from the bottom of my Sonic lovin' Heart! 💙
Edit; I can't believe Sonic stayed round (he looks funky from the back haha)?! Different zones for world building is such a genius idea! I love that there are different emeralds and why is everyone so damn cool!?! (Knuckles sounds like Batman!) The Chaotic (and basically everyone ever) are super fleshed out in Archie, really odd that you guys received the opposite treatment. Tho to be fair, Archie's story is NOWHERE NEAR as organized as Fleetway.
This truly is amazing, thank you.
Sorry to reply again, but it looks like at around 1:30:40 it repeats itself? It's Techno's introduction. Idk, take a look.
@@Vi-Vi-Kitty Thanks I'll see if I can fix it in RUclips Studio
How dare you summarise my childhood in three hours and two minutes.
Haha, hopefully it'll be a very nostalgic 3 hours 2 minutes for you
You could summarize my childhood in a LOT less time. Just list the titles of the video games I played, and assume that between them I ate, slept, and underperformed at school
@@normalgrahamDamn, I think we may be the same person 😂
Well at least it wasn’t 3 hours and *3* minutes, that would have been outrageous
Well um actually, the video is a few seconds away from being 3 hours and 3 minutes
Can you imagine a Fleetway Super Shadow? Instead of being driven by sadism. He’s being driven by Rage and Grief.
Too bad it didn't happen because Shadow is in Fleetway Sonic Continuation but as far as I remember he didn't gone insane like that.
To be honest I wish we got a sonic adventure 2 fleetway to wrap up the console era of sonic
But the Super forms in Fleetway STC aren’t dark aspects or dark reflections of the character - it’s literally just pure evil energy.
The Chaos Emeralds simply act as vessels for powerful chaos energy, and to draw evil out of the surrounding area.
Super Sonic is totally unrelated to Sonic. They have nothing in common, personality wise. Super Sonic isn’t technically alive - he’s just chaos energy given form - and the less chaos energy he has, the weaker he becomes, and the less evil, because evil and chaos energy is just evaporating out of him, causing him to wither out of existence.
Broly
What a treat to get the entire Fleetway sonic comics told! All with the perfect British narrarator for it. So nice to have you back Johnny.
Thanks so much! Really hope you enjoy the video. It wouldn't be a proper Fleetway retrospective without a British narrator
Oh hey Josh!
A wild Phantomstrider appeared!
"Sweet, a comprehensive video on Sonic the Comic! Can't wait to see your take on my favourite version of- SOOTY!!!!!!"
Haha, there's quite a few little bits of non-Sonic British nostalgia sprinkled through the video
Before even starting the video, want to thank you as a fellow STC Boomer who grew up collecting these comics in the 90s for keeping the spirit and love of the comic line alive.
Megadroid would be proud!
Making Megadroid proud is all I've ever aimed for. I hope the video triggers some nostalgia for you
@@JohnnyVectorOkay, I’ve just finished watching the entire video.
I wish I’d have something more substantial and meaningful to say - but the entire video was perfect. I can’t stress how amazing it was. I can’t believe after saying how Megadroid would be proud of you that you’d actually included Megadroid, as well as other STC exclusive elements, like the other strips (Decap Attack was especially heartwarming to see!).
Thanks for putting in so much time and effort and energy into this masterful overview of the comic run.
I 100% agree to taking Fleetway Amy over current Amy, she was such a better character and I felt the crossbow honestly worked for her!
I have a lot to say, but god you’ve been one of the main reasons it came back in popularity. So a big huge massive thank you because as an artist, I finally have new ideas to mess around with. You’re awesome and the wait has been worth it, good job!
Thank you, that's quite a compliment. If I contributed to the internet showing an interest in Fleetway then I'm a very happy RUclipsr!
@@JohnnyVector I really appreciate watching through that Very happy RUclipsr’s view, childhood and passion for the British side of some franchises, especially the Fleetway Sonic comics
Fleetway Sonic also makes a cameo in the Archie Comics, but under his Bob Beaky disguise. Fleetway Amy appears alongside Tekno and Ebony. Pyjamas also appears alongside the canary and cat.
Ah yes you're right, there are few more cameos in that issue
2:40:21
From what I remember, some strange wind unrelated to Sonic is what saved the day. And the totem pole was always there in worship to that unknown being.
OMG! This is so weird... I was just looking through my subscriptions the other day, and realized you hadn't uploaded in a long time... Was worried you had moved on from RUclips, but then you make an epic comeback with a 3-hour video just in time for me to listen to at work tonight 🥰 . Don't know much about this Sonic comic yet, so looking forward to learning more about this important piece of international Sonic history.
Also I joined your Channel Membership 😘 . I need the glitchy Sonic badges 😂 !
Haha, it feels good to be back. Enjoy the Bluckles badge!
Thanks for the STCTP shout-out, Johnny! 💙
I like that for the first Super Sonic arc, the intro and outro features his song, Chaos, from Vs. Sonic.exe in this video.
Welcome back. Next up: Who is Johnny Vector!?
The ultimate philosophical question
When the world needs him most, he returned
Tails being bullied for his two tails is not a Fleetway original idea. That one has been a part of his character since conception. The Japanese manual for Sonic 2 mentions it
Yeah, he actually started following sonic becuz of that
Watching this during a winter depression helped a lot. You shall have a little compensation for your admirable and respectful work ❤ Thank you very much, Johnny🤝🏻
Thank you! Spring is nearly here, hopefully that'll help. I know I would've struggled a lot more in my darker moments without being able to enjoy some of my favourites on RUclips, it really helps
He's returned.. 😮
Really great little retrospective! I grew up on the Archie series, but this unique little corner of the Sonicverse has always caught my eye ever since I first encountered it on the internet later on. (Particularly Richard Elson's striking artwork and the unique spins on concepts like Super Sonic and Chaos.) Really wish it had lasted a bit longer, as I would've loved to see their takes on stuff like SA2's plot. (Though STC Online definitely does a solid job filling that void.) Regardless, it's awesome to have a complete rundown of its major plots and characters like this. Stellar work!
Finally your back and I've wanted to see more fleetwat content for months and that itch has been scratched.
This should very much scratch that itch!
Absolutely incredible work on this, this is totally what I'd been looking for to understand the Fleetway comic. This is the definite article! Also, nice job to the editor!
This was such an amazing trip down memory lane. Thank you sooooooooooo much. Brought a lil tear to the eye.
Trivia for you, I spoke to Johnathan Grey who inked the Archie issue of "HOME" where the Fleetway guys cameo'd and after the issue came out he got into so much trouble with Archie as they didn't have the rights to use them and he thought "oh it's sonic it shouldn't matter" and the legal team told him he could've landed Archie in a legal battle. that's when he found out about character rights 😅😂.
However Ian Flynn talked to Nigel years ago and Nigel said you can have the Metallix and Ian was so surprised he was like...ermmm ok that easy 😂
That's great, I've never heard that before! I'm glad he did it without asking permission because it's a neat little link between the two comics
Yea when I first read it in 2003 I jumped to the ceiling thinking holy crap recognition but alas it was only a Cameo But better that than nothing. I've been on twitter pushing Mike the Marketing manager to release or get the rights to S.T.C and remaster it as a graphic novel. Someone on twitter however has taken it upon himself to actually make one for himself and it looks amazing.
I think what's interesting is that, in the Archie comics, Sonic has to live up to this title as the hero of Mobius, well in the Fleeetway Comics, It's sort of natural for Sonic. Because everyone already see him as the hero of Mobius.
Plus I think Sonic in the archie comics seeing himself as the Hero of mobius as a title, seems a big egoistical in some degree. Because of all of the other Freedom Fighters that help take down Eggman also helps Sonic. But with the Fleetway Comics, that's not the case. Because yet again Sonic is natural for being the hero of Mobuis and he respects his friends efforts in trying to stop Robotnik well Sonic's is trying to stop him as well.
Man, wasn't sure I'd manage to get through the whole video, but that was a heck of a nostalga dive into Sonic comics of my childhood. It kinda worries me how much I remember as you went through it all, even so far as to remember the classic green annual (getting it as a christmas gift that year xD). Its a shame we'll probably never see these comics given a kind of reprint anywhere. It really was a slice of UK life at the time and certainly helped ceoment Sonic the hedgehog for a lot of us kids then. Thank you for the deep dive, and I certainly hope the video can illuminate what made Sonic the Comic special to us who grew up with it.
Wow this is a real nostalgia trip for me with this comic, forgot I had one of those annual year books on 5:08 as well! Thank you for the video, it's great to delve into this history and some of what went on in the background at the time
Me and my Brother used to collect STC back in the day, we started late from issue 162 until 216. For some reason our local Tescos stopped selling them, so we had no idea what happened when Super Sonic "became free" until years later. It never hit me as a kid that the stories after issue 184 were reprints, I did think it was weird how Jonny was killed off and suddenly brought back to life again. I am grateful for the reprints as they gave us a chance to read some fantastic storylines that we would not have read otherwise, but learning about the comics' history years later left me feeling depressed knowing that the original stories could have continued, it gave Sonic an edge more than anything else did at that time and I miss it tremendously! So glad it's still remembered with as much love for it as it did back then!
Finally Finished the whole thing! Awesome job Johnny V 👍. Although I didn't grow up with this version of the the Sonic comics (being American and all) I must admit, I always like the style of these comics. They were very unique to say the least. Glad the fans continue the legacy.
was wondering what happened to you this past year, can't wait to watch this through
Hope you enjoy it!
Glad you're back. People will always be curious about the sonic fleetway comics, honestly I've seen more and more fans on fleetway comics.
I wish the would reissue the fleetway comics.
welcome back! excited to see you again! 🎉🤍
Looing forward to you coming back! Welcome!
Thank you! I hope you enjoy the Fleetway deep dive
Heck yeah, I've been binging all sorts of Sonic comics (got through STC and IDW earlier and I'm going through Archie now), your timing couldn't be better!
Whoa!! So cool! A lovely thing to listen to while at work!
I sadly never got to read the comics as they came out as I've been around since 98 (sorry for making folks feel old with that) but I like a lot of people my age got into sonic thanks to my parents telling me about the game and getting me a plug and play megadrive when I was 4... Anyway fast forward years later when I got a ps2 and sonic mega collection plus I found the archie comics and really really wanted issues of it and asked my parents for them and when I couldn't get them I tried to Internet and putting in sonic the comic by accident I stumbled upon the UK comics and scans people had uploaded to the Internet and couldn't get enough of it. I managed to get a few comics over the years of sonic the comic but mainly kept up with archie and the idw comics as they release. I've had the pleasure to shadow Nigel dobynn at the moniaive comic festival years ago where John wagner, John mcshane and Alan grant were guests and it was so lovely to hear nigel's stories about the comic and the other series he's worked on. I got him to sign some of my comics he was such a lovely person. And one last thing I was down in Birmingham for mcm Birmingham convention and found a stall of comics where they had the idw graphic novels and was buying for a friend of mine's Christmas. He asked me and my best pal if I wanted to see the individual sonic comics and we both said of course thinking it would be the archie stuff or idw but the moment we saw it was issues of sonic the comic we both freaked out and bought one of the issue's from him and said he wish he had recorded our reactions to it.
It's great to see this, it's funny how growing up in the UK I always used to think Sonic was a much darker series than Mario and I think it was because of the few issues of this comic I got, it helped that the boxart often had Robotnik with that similar look over here like on Sonic 2 where he's a giant head and hand floating over Sonic and Tails. Anyway this was great to watch through whenever I got the chance. I'd love to see you perhaps cover IDW as a whole in future in a similar way (I would say Archie but I feel like that would be way too big of a thing to ask for).
Want the best version of Knuckles? Fleetway has that covered!
Hey it’s been a long while like 10 months but I’m happy your back
HOLY CRAP this is a long one
I’m finally getting a PC a today so I can watch this while I wait for it to arrive. I’ve always been fond of what I knew about the Fleetway comics but I never got to read them myself so my knowledge is pretty limited about it. Glad this video’s got me covered
Wellcome back legend I missed your videos
Thank you! I hope you enjoy this one
Thank you I’m really loving the comic so far.❤
This is gonna be a fun watch
Nice to see you back
Thanks! I hope you enjoy the video
The king is back! A surprise, but a welcome one :3
Honestly you need to do more long-form content because this video was fantastic 👏! I can tell you are extremely knowledgeable about Sonic The Comic, and that you put a lot of time and love into this video. Honestly I'm kind of surprised you were able to keep up with getting every issue of this comic up until the end of the Sonic Adventure arc! I'm an American, so I grew-up with the Archie comics, but didn't even know they existed until around the time Adventure released in the States. I collected for years after that, but could only get issues sporadically here and there, and never got to read much of the Archie comics as a result 😔 . But still have fond memories of our comic series, and I'm LOVING the new IDW comics. Been collecting the hardback compiled volumes, and excited for the release of Volume 4 of the IDW Collection this month 🥰 .
Anyway, the Fleetway comic does sound pretty awesome, and was surprised that the story arcs seem close to what could be considered canon for the original games. And the Fleetway original ideas, like "Evil" Super Sonic were extremely compelling, as well. It sounds like Super was almost like a more extreme version of Shadow, in a way.
What I don't like is the mistreatment of characters like Tails and Charmy, though. I probably would have hated this comic as a kid for that reason 😑 . But as an adult I think I could see past that now if I read them.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Yes, a lot of love went into the video for sure. It was a sad day when the reprints started because it would've been awesome to see a Fleetway Shadow.
I'm also really enjoying the current IDW comics. A totally different vibe from Fleetway and early Archie, it's fun to compare and contrast the three.
What's been your favourite IDW story so far? I really enjoyed Scrapnik Island, I thought that was a great idea.
@@JohnnyVector I haven't gotten to Scrapnik Island yet because I've been reading the comics in the big compiled hardbacks IDW is releasing. But so far I really loved the Zombot Arc. The part where Cream gets infected tore my heart out 😭 ...
Well great video and I did miss you since you are my favourtie sonic youtuber
Thank you, that's quite a compliment!
bro came back when we needed him
Haha I am the Batman of the very niche Sonic the Comic community!
27:30 Im always fond of the main baddie's helper being "better" at the job, not neccessarily being smarter or more skilled but just being less hampered by their own ego.
God this video is fill with so much Great nostalgia, even though I never read the Fleetway comics
Ещё одно замечательное видео от тебя! Мне всегда нравились комиксы от Флитвей как раз из-за своих отличий от игр и других медиа по Сонику. Спасибо за такое длинное и подробное видео!
this is going to be a classic video. considering how obscure the UK comics are (compared to the US ones) this will definitely help fans who haven't read it. Gonna be a fun watch for sure.
Thank you, this was a lot of fun to put together so I hope people enjoy learning about a fairly niche topic
I would love to see a Fleetway Anime / Cartoon show adaptation even if it was a fan made one for like a few minutes. The art style is so cool
Aaaand now I know why our boy Johnny was away for a little while. And damn it paid off, great video ^^
The goat is back my childhood is complete!
You are back baby The goattttt
Thank you, hope you enjoy!
HES BACK
Ah truly the sonic media I ate and still eat
Holy shit so THIS is what you’ve been cooking all these months :D
ALSO BASED CODY RHODES REFERENCE
was a avid STC fan buyer in the day, although my interest in keeping up with the series peaked around 97-98 when it was becoming harder to find the series in my newsagent and the endless reprints that started appearing. in fairness of it developing its own arc with characters and their stories, the super sonic character always interested me and after seeing what happened to the American counterpart's characters and series, our seemed easier to follow. the final crushing blow was sadly having to get rid of them around the 2010s as a leak in my loft ruined the whole lot, so its nice to see someone take time to fully give a retrospective on the series in a whole.
YOU'RE BACK!
Good to see you back
I love the new editing
Thank you! Tried to give each chapter it's own distinct 'feel' with a fitting title card and music track.
Okay bringing up Old Sonic really was a blast from the past. I remember in one of the original strips there was a misprint repeating of lines that made no sense and had to be made up in an extra strip in the next issue. Man these take me back!
Can you make a video discussing the entire story so far, of the Sonic The Comic Online fan continuation? That would be a great sequel for this video 👍👍👍👍
I never really got the Fleetway stuff before I found this video, but now? Consider me intrigued!
Excellent, that's exactly what I like to hear
Wow this was so so wild beginning to end
Welcome back, Johnny!!
Thanks! Enjoy the video
1:12 irl articles say east coast's coldness is a harsh enviroment for palm threes so it kinda lets me to believe this fight went down in the west coast, then again there is hints that it could have been Manhattan (Cop says they destroyed Downtown) or a similar place, back at Rockin Ricky's you can see everything is so summer like, we can say those locations are MILES away, its so cool how detailed the backgrounds and characters were done!! Based on their outfits you could tell where are they from or what season of the year is!
Good To See That Your Back On RUclips I Thought Your Channel Is Dead
I KNEW THE WAIT WOULD BE WORTH IT
Nice to see you back johnny
Seriously, Why Is Archie Sonic more Popular Than Fleetway Sonic?
My best guess (Besides it just being more accessible to Americans) is that it was the closest thing to a continuation of SatAm or at least those characters. Plus it ran for a lot longer meaning an entire other generation of kids were able to grow up on them
I get really mad whenever people call Super Sonic(Negative) Fleetway, help I know I'm in the wrong here.
56:27 Ian Flynn: *achoo!!*
I've always loved Archie Sonic due to it being the one that I had at my disposal when I was young. I always loved that it was seemingly, free to do mostly anything tha tit wanted for a long time. Most of the people didn't play the games or anything and they were allowed to take the characters in many interesting ways.
However, I've always greatly respected fleetway for the way that it properly feels like people that wrote it were actually fans of the media that was coming out around it. It just always felt good to pick up the various pages of fleetway I would run into on the internet all throughout my life. Seeing this video makes me appreciate what I always felt about the comic a whole lot more tho, as I can see there really was a ton of love put into the series, just in a wholly different way than Archie, IDW, or any other adaptation.
as someone who really enjoys say gex, i'm also a gex fanatic
There are dozens of us
You should do a video on Sonic the Comic Online continuation. I first heard about that in a media studies magazine during my A -levels 20 years ago. And have broadly kept up with it since (even though in more recent times there has been years between issues)
I would love to do a follow-up video discussing StCO. I'll have a bit of a StC break for a while but yeah, it'll make for a fun video I think.
Ahhhh memories. I remember reading my first ever STC comic in 1994...holy do I feel so old! >
Same.
Printing 38 comics entirely made of reprints is so goddamn insulting and petty that it's kind of impressive.
Our king has returned!
Wow a 3 hour video about a comic that I knew about for 15 years
1:14:50 "A weird and wonderful coincidence." I mean, runaway prince is a typical plot device. Makes sense that someone would take bees, consider that they're led by a queen, and simply insert the only bee character into an important role in the monarchy. It's not too surprising.
when the world needs him, he returns...
I read though fleetway a big ago but I'm more of a archie fan so this video would help me remember lol
Sonic the Comic and obsessing over other Sega games kept my Sega fandom alive during the tumultuous Sega Saturn period, an incredibly painful moment for us Sonic fans, because we simply had nothing, no 2D or real 3D sonic game to obsess over. Whilst their competitors on PlayStation and Nintendo ran riot with the genres showing us things we'd never seen before. Sonic defined the early 90s console generation and in a few years, all was squandered and Sega declined into irrelevance, highlighted by the Dreamcast being almost ignored by the gaming population at large despite being technologically incredible for it's time and despite Sonic Adventure, it was clear Sonic had faded from the public eye, never to dominate again.
cant say enough good things about this video
Thank you!
AHH SHIT YOUR BACK BRO I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD OR SOMETHING, but for real tho glad to see ya back
I’ve just had a thought!!
In STC - the chaos emeralds are vessels that contain powerful chaos energy, and also draw evil into themselves out of the surrounding area.
When Sonic is infused with chaos energy, it creates Super Sonic - an entirely distinct entity made up of the stored chaos energy and evil.
In the accident that created Robotnik, Kintober is also infused with evil and chaos energy.
So does this mean Robotnik is the “Super form” of Kintober?
And does this mean, as being comprised of chaos energy, that Robotnik and Super Sonic are technically the same species? That is to say; animated chaos energy given corporeal form?
I’m retroactively now seeing it make sense why Robotnik was able to absorb more chaos energy to become all-powerful in the “Robotnik Reigns Supreme” arc and use the chaos energy so expertly.
29:40
I wonder if the Sonic Origins intro animation to Sonic 2 was referencing these two foxes.
You're back!
OH MY GOD HES BACK!
DUDE I MISSED YOU SO MUCH
1st Place: Sonic The Comic
2st Place: IDW Sonic
Last Place: Archie Sonic
I'm biased towards Sonic the Comic but I do enjoy how off-colour and weird Archie Sonic could be. The Ken Penders years are fascinating
The king has returned home🎉🎉🎉
Haha thank you!
HESSSS BACK
Hereeeee's Johnny
I never had a problem with the reprints because ...aside from the one issue i owned (the Cosmic Metamorphia story) i didnt start reading them regularly till my brother started collecting them in issue 101 ....so i actually finally got to read the old storys ...including the Metamorphia Cosmic one again lol
Hello Johnny Vector, I have a suggestion for a Sonic Character Profile, could you do Shade the Echidna?
Your back
2:31:42
To clarify, they were taking the kids to the ceremony. But Sonic didn't won't to deal with it after realizing what was going on.
So THATS where you went! I was wondering where you went!
He’s back