The ENTIRE Fleetway Sonic the Comic Story

[@JohnnyVector]

Hey folks, thanks for all your support. I hope you enjoy the ultimate Sonic the Comic retrospective! 🦔I've enabled Channel Memberships. If you want to join the ASHURA CLUB and have a little glitchy character icon next to your name in my comments (and a few other goodies) then thank you, your support is very much appreciated! Also I'll be posting more regularly again this year but I imagine the next few videos will be a little shorter than 3 hours... Take it easy and I look forward to entertaining you with more videos real soon. 🦔🦔🦔

[@zachpro5475]

Do an update video about Fang

[@CollTwinlife2021]

new design?

[@Vi-Vi-Kitty]

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.

[@Vi-Vi-Kitty]

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.

[@JohnnyVector]

@@Vi-Vi-Kitty Thanks I'll see if I can fix it in KZbin Studio

[@jonypo928]

How dare you summarise my childhood in three hours and two minutes.

[@JohnnyVector]

Haha, hopefully it'll be a very nostalgic 3 hours 2 minutes for you

[@normalgraham]

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

[@jonypo928]

@@normalgrahamDamn, I think we may be the same person 😂

[@TMP876]

Well at least it wasn’t 3 hours and *3* minutes, that would have been outrageous

[@jelenasliachtovic]

Well um actually, the video is a few seconds away from being 3 hours and 3 minutes

[@phantomstrider]

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.

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks so much! Really hope you enjoy the video. It wouldn't be a proper Fleetway retrospective without a British narrator

[@cosmicminun59]

Oh hey Josh!

[@SaddieMoon]

A wild Phantomstrider appeared!

[@rickyrackey7930]

Can you imagine a Fleetway Super Shadow? Instead of being driven by sadism. He’s being driven by Rage and Grief.

[@ashesGeek]

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.

[@SparklingJam]

To be honest I wish we got a sonic adventure 2 fleetway to wrap up the console era of sonic

[@arc7375]

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.

[@pisfool3860]

Broly

[@iheartbacon76]

​​@@arc7375 I'd argue Super Sonic IS related to Sonic. Super Forms may not be a dark reflection, but they are the *opposite* of someone's personality When Captain Plunder and his crew used the emeralds they became peaceful hippies and when King Sonic used the emeralds he went from evil to good

[@SaddieMoon]

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.

[@herrice3227]

"Sweet, a comprehensive video on Sonic the Comic! Can't wait to see your take on my favourite version of- SOOTY!!!!!!"

[@JohnnyVector]

Haha, there's quite a few little bits of non-Sonic British nostalgia sprinkled through the video

[@Estaguy24]

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!

[@JohnnyVector]

Thank you, that's quite a compliment. If I contributed to the internet showing an interest in Fleetway then I'm a very happy KZbinr!

[@Estaguy24]

@@JohnnyVector I really appreciate watching through that Very happy KZbinr’s view, childhood and passion for the British side of some franchises, especially the Fleetway Sonic comics

[@SaddieMoon]

I like that for the first Super Sonic arc, the intro and outro features his song, Chaos, from Vs. Sonic.exe in this video.

[@arc7375]

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!

[@JohnnyVector]

Making Megadroid proud is all I've ever aimed for. I hope the video triggers some nostalgia for you

[@arc7375]

@@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.

[@JunkieSama]

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 KZbin, 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 😂 !

[@JohnnyVector]

Haha, it feels good to be back. Enjoy the Bluckles badge!

[@ChrisMcFeely]

Thanks for the STCTP shout-out, Johnny! 💙

[@Trivial_Man]

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

[@JubileeCaptcha]

Yeah, he actually started following sonic becuz of that

[@BlackFlash09]

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.

[@JohnnyVector]

Ah yes you're right, there are few more cameos in that issue

[@escopeto7849]

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🤝🏻

[@JohnnyVector]

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 KZbin, it really helps

[@WilfredCthulu]

Welcome back. Next up: Who is Johnny Vector!?

[@JohnnyVector]

The ultimate philosophical question

[@SaddieMoon]

29:40 I wonder if the Sonic Origins intro animation to Sonic 2 was referencing these two foxes.

[@SEYMOURTHEGREAT]

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 😂

[@JohnnyVector]

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

[@SEYMOURTHEGREAT]

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.

[@TheLazyShell]

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!

[@docbaker3333]

Finally your back and I've wanted to see more fleetwat content for months and that itch has been scratched.

[@JohnnyVector]

This should very much scratch that itch!

[@joefrost1988]

Fleetwat 😂😂😂

[@rattymatty]

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).

[@mc_sonic2479]

was wondering what happened to you this past year, can't wait to watch this through

[@JohnnyVector]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@papermariottydfan1]

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.

[@salahhthekid]

He's returned.. 😮

[@sufi09853]

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.

[@af7032]

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

[@tomsmodellingcorner]

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!

[@MenchisMenagerie]

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.

[@eepyJay]

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!

[@Kiezly]

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 👍👍👍👍

[@SoranotRoxas]

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.

[@triledink]

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.

[@Kiezly]

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

[@joefrost1988]

The only 3 hour video on KZbin I'll ever watch. Excellent Summary of my childhood in one video. Thank you ❤

[@Spookyybuy]

Nice to see you back

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks! I hope you enjoy the video

[@maxflores4186]

the knuckles metal medallion makes so much sense to me that I wish it stayed that way

[@Hi_Tobby]

Ah truly the sonic media I ate and still eat

[@CulturePhilter]

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)

[@JohnnyVector]

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.

[@iamnotgonnagiveyoumyname1373]

Looing forward to you coming back! Welcome!

[@JohnnyVector]

Thank you! I hope you enjoy the Fleetway deep dive

[@pappy2690]

Bravo, really felt the passion with this one. Funny editing bits, and nice to hear some interviews. The segways using the game titles was a nice touch as well

[@RedTygon]

Want the best version of Knuckles? Fleetway has that covered!

[@ArnoldStark123]

Nigel's thoughts on Johnny Lightfoot during the segment when he was talking about the fact that the character had a dramatic death and I couldn't hear a single thing and guess what I took off my headphones and I realized my volume is turned up it's just he wasn't saying anything in the recording is that a mess up in the editing or something ?

[@JohnnyVector]

I'm not sure tbh. I've had a few comments mentioning that they can't hear anything during a few of the interview segments but honest to goodness I can't hear any issues on my side. I'm not sure what's going on.

[@ArnoldStark123]

@@JohnnyVector hey It was still a great video 😄 I vibe with it and you seem really cool as a person If you ever open to collabs in the future consider me because I'm always open and plus you seem pretty chill 😎

[@charlesinatortheponyfeatur224]

i understand that this video likely means that there wont be any more specialized retrospectives on fleetway sonic, but id love to see more videos done on it. after all, having shrter "bite sized" (relatively speaking, ofc) episodes would definately be helpful so you dont have to watch a 3 hour long retrospective for bits and pieces of info on specific topics, and it could allow you to dive deeper on certain ideas you had to skim over, like running over certain secondary arks, like descibing the full list of captain plunders adventures (including my personal favorite character, simpson the cat), or covering one of knuckles long arks, or going into detail over the complete eternity ring ark, and could allow you to talk about reoccurring characters like windy wallace, or going deeper into grimers full story, and maybe talking about minor characters that are just too interesting to ignore, like several one off goons related to robotnik and the cillains that filled in the power vacume created by issue 100. and honestly, id love to see you cover the complete stories of the other sega games, like the mad world of decapattack, or the strangely insane worlds of ecco the dolphin and shining force, and even the intersting stories of shinobi and kid chameleon. anyways, sorry for the massive comment, just a big fan of stc and would love to see more videos about it from you!

[@TGIF410]

Great vid! I’ve been a Sonic fan for as long as I remember and I distinctly remember getting into the Archie comics, but I never knew this version of Sonic and his world existed before now.

[@zeta09molerat]

I get really mad whenever people call Super Sonic(Negative) Fleetway, help I know I'm in the wrong here.

[@RedTygon]

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!

[@JunkieSama]

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.

[@JohnnyVector]

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.

[@JunkieSama]

@@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 😭 ...

[@zakereychilds4166]

2:20:00 Possibly missed the chance to do "Fleetway did it first"

[@TheEnderman917]

Sonic comics like this doing their own thing actually inspires me to make my own Sonic comic. On issue 6 now.

[@localdude2979]

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!

[@JezElectro13]

13:24 I feel the need to use this situation to mention how I hate cables, mainly for the reason shown.

[@moltengarnet]

I was always hoping CyberShell would make something like this, but this is basically the video I had in mind! Thanks

[@Flash-Light-Hope]

Wellcome back legend I missed your videos

[@JohnnyVector]

Thank you! I hope you enjoy this one

[@zakereychilds4166]

2:25:00 If I had a nickel for every Purple Hulk parody named Bulk, I'd have two etc. etc.

[@Nostalgic80s-nd3qb]

I wasn’t born in the 90’s so I didn’t have a chance to get the SHC comics. But, thanks to you, I now have a huge understanding of these comics and they have a lot of charm. Also, Fleetway Super Sonic is scarily cool in my opinion.

[@RedTygon]

Ahhhh memories. I remember reading my first ever STC comic in 1994...holy do I feel so old! >

[@CulturePhilter]

Same.

[@NewSkater3000]

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.

[@JohnnyVector]

Thank you, this was a lot of fun to put together so I hope people enjoy learning about a fairly niche topic

[@72acemon4]

I never really got the Fleetway stuff before I found this video, but now? Consider me intrigued!

[@JohnnyVector]

Excellent, that's exactly what I like to hear

[@san1k_0.1]

YOU'RE BACK!

[@Truffle_D_Toad]

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!

[@oshkeet]

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.

[@pedrocastro5514]

wonderful video, thanks for your work!! :D man, Fleetway sonic was quite the project! xD

[@keironhiggspoet]

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.

[@bzking24]

I've never seen a video of yours I think but with that kind of personal introduction, how could I not like, comment, and subscribe lol

[@sonicmeerkat]

honestly thank you for these videos, as a british fan born the year adventure released these were before my time so by the time i had discovered them they were long gone. i've always had a fascination with retro sonic having gems and mega collections and playing them as much as the gamecube/ps2 era of games and while my favourite era of sonic is still adventure to unleashed can definitely say i found a lotta hidden gems. and honestly this comic has so many fun ideas in it, i do really need to sit down and read it at some point cause man it's so refreshing to see more jerky characters after the last decade of sanatised heroes in media in general. was kinda put off reading from the stylistic clash of the sonic characters to everything else but honestly these days, the art is so well done with the odd exception (like i swear the blue pineapple head backshots must have been a shortcut it's so damn jarring lol)

[@mikehawk4388]

I've become a fan of yours over the past week bingeing your videos! I don't get a lot of British Sonictubers in my algorithm, so it's been super cool for a basic 'Murrican like me to learn about the different, interesting lore Sonic has outside the U.S.A and Japan. I love how honest and sincere your channel is, too--the one about 90s Sonic books from your childhood and your "hot takes" on TAOSTH's Robotnik design are a couple of my favorites, lol! I've seen tons of videos on Archie Sonic, but this is my introduction to Fleetway Sonic. I'm impressed with how consistently nice the art is! Some genuinely talented artists on the team; I love Dobbin's hand painted work. It seems like it looked a lot less, um... "Awkwardly y2k faux-anime" than some of Archie's (no offense to them, just my personal taste.) They look like Sonic characters, not sexy anime proportions with furry heads, lol. Thanks for sharing your work on here, it's been a ton of fun to watch!

[@choonweichan4600]

You are back baby The goattttt

[@JohnnyVector]

Thank you, hope you enjoy!

[@MortexBerri]

HES BACK

[@SaddieMoon]

Fleetway has the better End Game and Post-End Game arcs than Archie.

[@RedTygon]

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!

[@bluestar5812]

56:27 Ian Flynn: *achoo!!*

[@ethejumper6568]

1st Place: Sonic The Comic 2st Place: IDW Sonic Last Place: Archie Sonic

[@JohnnyVector]

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

[@Yu-Gi-Oh-m4p_ashura_egcool14]

Nice little easter egg. I just noticed the blue knuckles in the corner of the full screen video

[@SparklingJam]

I just realized the sonic adventure arc is technically the only version of sonic adventure with the classic designa

[@usefulljamesfan5999]

Welcome back, Johnny!!

[@JohnnyVector]

Thanks! Enjoy the video

[@itsericsfault]

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

[@orangetd]

bro came back when we needed him

[@JohnnyVector]

Haha I am the Batman of the very niche Sonic the Comic community!

[@SaddieMoon]

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.

[@clumsyassassin9904]

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.

[@Telocomix99]

I'm only a kid but I still love hearing this stuff. Hope you read this.

[@JohnnyVector]

That's awesome! Even if you watch the whole videos the comics are well worth a read if you can find them online

[@LucidPhoton]

Whoa!! So cool! A lovely thing to listen to while at work!

[@liamgaming6752]

Seriously, Why Is Archie Sonic more Popular Than Fleetway Sonic?

[@cactusjuiceenthusiast1600]

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

[@forestadamo4209]

It's better

[@cowsquid8859]

Just discovered your channel. Love the way you set up your lore videos and how you discuss it, it reminds me a lot of some Warhammer lore channels I frequent.

[@MarcAMARIAS]

2:12:16 hum actually that the music on Vulcan during Spock’s pon farr not a Klingon battle music...😅😂😊

[@maxtoncooke1726]

The king is back! A surprise, but a welcome one :3

[@destroyerkitty9434]

Aaaand now I know why our boy Johnny was away for a little while. And damn it paid off, great video ^^

[@mr.midnight1997]

Our king has returned!

[@Bofrab]

I’m pretty sure the Archie comic also has a fan continuation after it was discontinued, and I’m pretty sure it even takes place before the universe reset, so we get to actually see the rest of what happens during the Metal Sally arc. (Presumably. I haven’t read it yet so I don’t know that much about it)

[@MasterofInterspace]

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.

[@ObjectReviewer92]

Well great video and I did miss you since you are my favourtie sonic youtuber

[@JohnnyVector]

Thank you, that's quite a compliment!

[@Pancakes_strawberry_stars]

Hey it’s been a long while like 10 months but I’m happy your back

[@Octav2000]

39:11 really funny to see sonic playing Mario especially in this era

[@Bluebird-b3q]

Fun fact: In Sonic the comic, it is stated that Beavis and Butthead is Sonic's favorite show. I'm not making this up.

[@yoshisreal]

when the world needs him, he returns...

[@robertwhite3181]

the interesting thing is that the comic mentioned 6 time stones, when there are 7 in the game, I was also upset when the comic stopped doing what was known as the Q zone

[@arc7375]

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.

[@flickyfkosstitcher8547]

05:10 I have those two books sitting under my bed, and looking inside them no definitive publishing date is given for either one. I did, however, write "This book belongs to Sarah McKinney 1P1" (The 1P1 standing for 1st year, Palace house, class 1) in the Sonic 2 themed yearbook, and I went from Primary school to High school in 1994. So, it's likely that one came out in 1994 (especially as there's a Sonic 3 review in it), and Sonic the Hedgehog Special came out in 1993.

[@petemurphy5044]

I've spoken to Rich Elson, who did the cover of that particular year book. He mentioned that it was the first time he had drawn Sonic, so it would have predated STC in terms of production. When it was PUBLISHED, however, I'm not entirely sure, and may have been afterwards.

[@redomega]

Good to see you back

[@ironpiyepic2666]

I read though fleetway a big ago but I'm more of a archie fan so this video would help me remember lol

[@Yu-Gi-Oh-m4p_ashura_egcool14]

Im 15 years old but ive always enjoyed 90s video games a lot more than modern games especially when there are so many unique interpretations like fleetway sonic the comic or the illuminatioms Mario movie etc,

[@djibyjoof]

The goat is back my childhood is complete!