#receptionik

We’re back to multi-parters, with Kitching taking the reins on the main story again and Rob Corona bringing us the art. Now, we’ve seen Corona’s art before in the last Zonerunner story, but this issue in particular made me go “Ohh you did the art for a lot of the Amy stories, didn’t you?” I’ve always enjoyed Corona’s art in StC, so I’m looking forward to seeing it become more frequent soon enough

Anyway, we open with an establishing shot of Robotnik’s newest base, as two troopers are being shown in to see him

I mean, at least these two troopers have more unique designs than the ones that are usually being trotted out as special super powerful badniks of the day. Also, I guess this is how Robotnik learns that Sonic’s managed to one-up him lol

Robotnik takes this news as well as you’d expect and I assume we’ll never see those guys again. Also, look who it is! Fan fave robot Receptionik!

Elsewhere, the Freedom Fighters have left the Floating Island and returned to their travelling caravan and disguises on the surface of Mobius, where they’re tricking their way past the guards

Sonic, of course, can’t wait to bust out of his Bob Beaky disguise to get in on the action

Huh, that’s probably the most annoyed I’ve seen Porker look so far. Anyway, we get one look at Clown Tails and Fortune-Teller Amy, before they all shed their disguises to break into this badnik processing plant, where they hope to rescue some of the remaining Emerald Hill folk who weren’t around during the evacuation

We get introduced to this evil lizard guy, who seems to be running the plant. I was about to make a joke about how vacant the stares of those badniks look. But, well…

Receptionik redesign

If you guessed the outcome of last issue’s cliffhanger was going to be “Sonic is too fast to get hit by their guns” then you’ve probably been a Sonic fan for at least two minutes. Congrats!

Robotnik is predictably unhappy about Brutus going off without orders and we get our Receptionik appearance for today along with that

Back at Pleasant Zone, Brutus is proving too tough for Sonic to attack directly, but this isn’t Sonic’s first time at the rodeo

Bye bye Brutus!

Or not

And naturally, Brutus doesn’t want to listen to Robotnik either, which I’m sure we’ll see the outcome of later

While Amy doesn’t want herself to be used as bait, Sonic isn’t willing to risk it. I’m a broken record at this point, but StC Sonic does genuinely care about his friends under all the snark. Not that he has to worry here, since Robotnik’s response to being ignored is “Call again, but louder”

Just like Robotnik would do in his place, Brutus lies about his actions. But that doesn’t matter, since he’s caught Sonic and that’s all Robotnik cares about for now

Receptionik