SONIC X #15 REVIEW

[Blake Petit]

Review by: Blake M. Petit Blake@comixtreme.com
Quick Rating: Good
Title: Bad Eggnog

When Dr. Eggman disguises himself as Santa Claus, can Sonic the Hedgehog save Christmas?

Writer: Joe Edkin
Pencils: Todd Wahnish
Inks: Terry Austin
Colors: Josh Ray
Letters: John Workman
Editor: Mike Pellerito
Cover Art: Pat “Spaz” Spaziante
Publisher: Archie Comics

For those of you unfamiliar with the Sonic X spinoff from the classic Sonic the Hedgehog series, here’s the basic premise: the evil Dr. Eggman fled from his homeworld to Earth, wit Sonic and his friends hot on his tail. Now they’re trapped until Earth until they can take him down once and for all. And this issue, Dr. Eggman has his sights set on Christmas.

It’s their first Christmas on Earth, and Sonic and Eggman both hear the legend of Santa Claus. Sonic is skeptical, but Eggman sees a plot – disguise himself as the jolly old fat man and tell the world they aren’t getting any Christmas presents unless they capture Sonic for him! Now Sonic has to prove the Eggman-Santa is a fraud, to save Christmas, and save himself.

Joe Edkin has put together a nice little Christmas story here, and he does so without falling back on some of the Christmas story clichés I fully expected to come to bear. Todd Wahnish and Terry Austin’s artwork is suitable to mirror they style of the cartoon and video game the comic is based on, but Pat Spaziante’s cover is a lot more eye-popping than some of the relatively flat interiors.

I’ve read a lot of the Sonic comics that Archie has published over the last 15 years (a record for a video game-based comic book), and while I find I enjoy “classic” Sonic more than Sonic X, this book isn’t without his charms. If your little one is a Sonic fan, this would be a nice comic to slip into their stocking this Christmas.

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[Horhey]

Dr Eggman? His name isnt Dr Robotnick anymore?