Sonic the Hedgehog #17

Sonic the Hedgehog #17
Corner Box: No. 17 Dec. $1.50 Someone Tails to say goodnight, so he does.
Cover: A robot ape has captured Sally while Sonic and Tails fly by. Tails asks where the robot sleeps, and Sonic says that the ape will sleep wherever he tells him. (Manak/D'Agostino)

"Gorilla Warfare" -or- "The Apes of Wrath"
Simian Script: Mike Kanterovich & Ken Penders
Primate Pencilling: Dave Manak
Iron Age Inking: Harvey M.
Lemur Lettering: M. Eisman
Chimpanzee Coloring: Barry Grossman
Monkey Editor: Scott Fulop
Managing Editor: Victor "Gorilla" Gorelcik
The King: Richard Goldwater

Part I:
The freedom fighters watch Sonic play ping-pong by himself and wait for him to finish. Sonic is ready for action, but he doesn't know what has become of Robotnik.

Robotnik lands on Skoal Island and reveals that he is looking for a large creature. Through a flashback to his days as a graduate student, he tells about a giant robot that he built. When the robot was given life, it ran away. Robotnik searched for the robot, but finally gave up. Now Robotnik has the clues to the robot's whereabouts, and King Gong (a giant robotic ape) appears. Robotnik is excited and knows that the robot will want to eat Sonic.

Part II:
Sonic packs for a picnic, while Robotnik unloads King Gong into Robotropolis. Robotnik gives the gorilla bananas and tells it to go after Sonic. King Gong runs to the Great Forest and interrupts the picnic. Sally gets mad and kicks the robot's foot. Sonic picks Sally up and runs away, not noticing that the gorilla has fallen in love with Sally. King Gong flicks Sonic, who flies many feet away. By the time Sonic rushes back, Sally is gone. Tails, Antoine and Sonic board a plane and catch up to King Gong.

King Gong takes Sally to the top of the Trans-Mobius Trade Center and shows her the sunset. Sally says that it's sweet, but she already has a boyfriend. Sonic appears, and King Gong thinks that Sonic is a banana. He tries to hit the plane, and Sonic tries to hit King Gong. Antoine flies to the plane to catch Sonic. Changing plans, Tails flies and rescues Sally. Sonic uses a super soaker to shoot the tower. King Gong loses his grip and falls to the ground. Robotnik mourns over the pile of parts, while Sonic admits that he goes "ape" over Sally.

"First Star I See Tonight!" Princess Sally's Crusade
Mike Kantervoich & Ken Penders Script
Art Mawhinney Penciller
Jon D'Agostino Inker

Part I:
Sally sits alone in a meadow, picking off the petals to a flower and says "he loves me, he loves me not." The last petal happens to be on a "he loves me not," and Sally begins to reminisce. Sally never thought about romance when she was young, and her duties as a princess came first. Before she knew it, Robotnik took over and her father disappeared. Sally wishes that she had something that would take her problems away, and something crashes in the distance. As Sally goes to investigate, the other freedom fighters begin to head in the same direction. The soon find a glowing ball that is cool to the touch. Sally thinks that it may be the answer to her wishes.

(To be continued in Sonic the Hedgehog #18.)

Sonic Art Page - 1 page

Sonic-Grams highlights:
~ The winners of the "Do-it-Yourself Sonic" contest will be announced in a few issues
~ Sally's crusade will be continued in Sonic the Hedgehog #18 and then concluded in the 48-page special
~ The comic book adventures are a combination of the weekday and Saturday morning adventures (following the Saturday morning one more)
~ Sally is a squirrel and not Tails' aunt
~ Future issues may reveal the origin of Tails
~ The things that come out of Knuckles' head are spines (an echidna is a spiny ant-eater)
~ Pronunciation of echidna: i-kid-nuh

(Summary by Silver Starr)

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