The Sick Secret of Duo | Sonic Speed Reading

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A "new" character shows up to join the heroes, and there's a sick secret to his true identity, and shippers go crazy for cats and hedgehogs!

[@GameApologist]

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[@vexzel5550]

Had to come back days later from giggling randomly cause MEXICOCITY

[@dasirrlicht5415]

Silver really is the Spiderman of the Sonic Verse. By decree of the authors, Silver must Suffer.

[@TronicSSJ07]

So basically Miles Morales.

[@apollolux]

As everyone knows...it's no use resisting.

[@Gencinnamon245]

@@TronicSSJ07yeah Whisper is Spiderman, Silver is Miles

[@LittleHombrito]

ouch indeed how does he never see it coming?

[@bluejayplays7308]

This doesn’t really talk about silver being a spider-man but the funny thing is when they were making silver they based him off of trunks from dbz. And I shit you not, when they were making the about or whatever in sonic 06 they just said, “Basically trunks from dbz”

[@toko90s9]

The biggest problem with this arc is it feels like everyone involved needed to lose several points of I.Q. in order for it to work. Which is honestly depressingly common with this trope. "Hey, we know you've saved the world several times and have never lied a day in your life, but we're just gonna trust this completely new and suspicious person over you because conflict." I don't think I've ever seen a story that pulled this trope off tactfully.

[@user-uv6qu3wb5d]

How is he suspicious tho... He literally did nothing suspicious that Lanolin and Tangle noticed. Whisper is just being whisper again, silver was just ashamed a bit

[@toko90s9]

@@user-uv6qu3wb5d I mean. MAYBE his excuse about leaving Silver could be justifiable, but like I would be suspicious in this situation. I think the core problem is this is suppose to be dramatic irony, but it comes of as blatantly manipulative dramatic irony. Where we can tell the writers want us to feel a certain way, and that takes us out of the comic. That's definitely the problem for me here.

[@Bofrab]

I feel like this is mainly a problem with this trope in general. You want a secret thug messing with things behind the scenes, but that becomes hard when you have characters who are already shown to be people smart. Here is my main issue, you could make the excuse that Lanolin is newer to this so she doesn’t have the best read on other people, however we know from the Metal Virus arc that she wasn’t turned into a Zombot (at least until Angel Island), meaning for the whole story she got to see Silver be a hero, another character who didn’t get zomboted. (I don’t even think Silver even got infected.) My point here is that Lanolin got to see first hand how much of a hero Silver was, but now doesn’t trust him when he thinks someone is suspicious.

[@Bird-wz7nx]

​@@user-uv6qu3wb5d Yeah, in-universe, it all checks out. The pieces all fit together, especially with Mimic pushing Silver to be uncharacteristically boastful, and then almost dropping those boulders. I'd be kinda peeved too, in Lanolin's shoes, if my group invited Mr. Shining over there to a training sesh and things escalated like that. They really should have taken that angle as writers. Maybe if Lanolin had a close call with one of those boulders, or had her Wisp Bell damaged (making her a bit less capable of fulfilling her duties, but technically fine) her irritation would be much more justified. This just really needed another couple drafts! The core series of events basically works, but there's not enough consideration for how the reader feels in response.

[@Richforce1]

Which leads me to think they had mimic pegged from day one and are only playing along to find out who his real boss is before springing the trap on him and in his attempt escape instead ends up like Starline and causes his own demise.

[@SonicFanBoy138]

Silver: Can we talk about the mail? Please Sonic I've been dying to talk about the mail with you all day okay!

[@markerikson7423]

Every day, I see this name, "Ivo Robotnik"

[@roguereaver634]

What bothers me about this whole ordeal is how Whisper seemingly drops her suspicion completely just because Duo falls off a chair, when she's already seen him red-handedly (or footedly) sabotage Silver AND been told about the eye change. It doesn't make sense to drop such hard evidence over a "they *probably* wouldn't do that"

[@SapphicSara]

Ya I hope post Hiatus they retcon Whisper just giving up here and have the crying have been an act so Mimic could feel like he won but she intended to actually lower his guard to find out who he's working for since he never works for free. That would redeem the moment of her actually playing 5 dimensional chest with her long time enemy.

[@justynhill4814]

Because to her Duo is too much a coward and narcissistic to risk himself being injured and act so pathetic. Plus it’s how they went at him as Duo is also a big problem and that he erased all his files so nobody really knows how to track him.

[@lilbasenji1]

Poor Silver. I feel so bad for him. I would love to see him join these girls. Also the fact that Mimic is like a an octopus ditto is very interesting, twisted, and funny. Although I love that Silver and Blaze are going off on an adventure together.

[@bennewbury2572]

I think Silver will still end up on the team, finding purpose in the new diamond cutters, assuming they all survive Mimic…

[@amyrose6333]

Honestly I like to see him paired up with Marine and Blaze

[@sonictheknuckles]

I hope silver gets more time in the comics and main games i love the dude

[@sonictheknuckles]

@@bennewbury2572oh god they better not kill off anyone i like lmao

[@subjectnivleis7572]

Archie silver was the goat also the mimic reminds Me of a certain knuckles clan member who summoned dark God enerjak

[@DamashiTheKaotic]

My issue with these issues is that Whisper's mask records what she sees, and she was wearing it when Duo tripped Sliver. I was waiting for it to be brought up but they never do.

[@Bird-wz7nx]

Oh... oh no .. That's a real bad plothole

[@lilbasenji1]

Oh dear that’s a problem.

[@feliciaroseantonia]

She must have kinda forgot about that amidst all the commotion. But I guess that just means she's bound to bring it up in the next part of this arc and show the other girls what she saw!

[@hype5456]

​@@Bird-wz7nxthere's actually a couple you can think of that the writer forgot

[@user-eb9zd5sf7j]

Trust me, if they forgot it HERE, they ain't bringing it up ever.

[@loona2n]

Looks like Silver got caught up in another "traitor" arc. At least Sonic's not screaming at him this time

[@user-tq4hw2hb2j]

not just the traitor arc, that story and what follows afterwards could be (in my eyes) the start of a new king Naugus/ Nicole Bigotry story saga starting from issue 219 to online issue 253, with all the emotional pain and background deception and Lanolin being like the councillors, Rosemary Prower especially (but with exceptions from Rotor and Uncle Chuck), from issue 224. look up archie and archie online if you have no idea what i'm talking about. I compare Lanolin with Rosemary because although i have reason to be irritated with them, i somewhat understand their points of view and have hope that they'd redeem themselves, Rosemary's now possible due to archie online

[@markmorales7958]

16:16 And Sonics Simping Ghost Girlfriend is still stalking him…

[@juliemesser2053]

Unlike Amy and Sally.😆

[@MegaMilesprower]

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed the night of the werehog reference in that panel

[@flxwerhxrts4037]

nice reference

[@markmorales7958]

Wow… this many likes proves that I’m not alone at this… 😳

[@TronicSSJ07]

@@juliemesser2053Amy does stalk him sometimes.

[@Bofrab]

What I think could have been fun is instead of Silver getting kicked out for not trusting Duo, what if instead Silver didn’t immediately accuse him, and both Silver and Duo have this fake friendship where they pretend to be buddy buddy, but they are both secretly trying to keep an eye on the other to see what their gonna pull. Duo watching over Silver because he’s scared of his power, and Silver watching Duo due to him being left for dead. For a better idea of what I’m talking about I feel like Jonathan and Dio’s “friendship” fits the idea I’m trying to get. Both pretending to be close brothers, but are both suspicious of the other, and the other knows it because it’s pretty obvious to the other person.

[@dpolaristar4634]

That would require a more deep dive into Silver as a Character that the Sega overlords wouldn't want.

[@Bofrab]

@@dpolaristar4634 true

[@Jonksuke]

WAS NOT EXPECTING JOJO LMAAOO

[@KodyTauros]

This Duo storyline is the exact same as the Bendy episode of Fosters Home. Liar revealed stories are the lowest hanging fruit to me and they're just a frustrating slog i have to wait for them to get it over with.

[@LucasR.O]

Liar reveals can be good, but only when they are a mystery. At least in my opinion. Making it a twist or making the reader have to pay attention and discover the true liar together with the characters. Problem is that we already know it is Mimic, Wisper should have a recording of the tripping due to her mask, and nobodies is believing the two heroes that never done anything wrong so far.... Also using the line "do better or be better" made her kinda sound like a Karen to me

[@AstroTom]

​@@LucasR.OExample of a good Liar Reveal storyline: Over The Hedge. The story doesn't do a whole argument breakup scene, but rather has RJ look back at the people he hurt and feel remorseful. He the decides to save them, leading to a comedic misunderstanding scene where the others keep denying him entry to the van. It's probably the best example of a liar revealed story in my opinion

[@MrSkysenGames]

25:00 Silver looks so done with this moment with the wilted hair, crossed everything, and furrowed brow. "D'you'mind?"

[@tylerwilson1024]

To be fair I understand why Lanolin felt the need to kick silver out the group and her actions durning the comic. Lanolin knows nothing about silver, his character, or anything of that nature. Think she only worked with him once, and even durning that time silver was mostly with shadow durning most of the event. Im more so disappointed in Whisper and Tangle actions who outright know silver as a person. You’d think they would put forth more of an effort to stick up for silver instead of duo who they just met like a couple days ago. It’s not a good light for them, especially considering how quickly Duo is just accepted and believed instantly despite being some new dude no one knows. You’d think Lanolin would keep a watchful eye on Duo as well as silver. Though she immediately trusted duo and put all her suspicions on silver instantly

[@gtcproductions4097]

It doesn’t help that we KNOW Duo is Mimic

[@Bofrab]

That’s not true. Lanolin wasn’t really a character yet, but we saw her during the metal virus. Meaning she actively saw Silver during that time, due to her not getting infected at least until the metal virus, and silver was the only (hero) character to not get infected for the entire story arc.

[@Bird-wz7nx]

I just want them to use her as a direct analog for all of the consequences Sonic should be facing for his choices of forgiving people and accepting everyone. Sonic can't do that because he's burdened with all those main character stipulations, but she can grapple with having to deal with "reformed" villains, second guessing every rando and worrying about the egos of everyone with superpowers. She messed up here, but Sonic could be said to have done so much worse with the Mr. Tinker/Eggman situation, yet that just can't be discussed

[@iheartbacon76]

​​​@@Bofrab dude that makes it even worse, she believes a guy who JUST joined, *coincidentally* at the *exact same time* as genocidal maniacs, over someone she knows personally and saved the world 3 times

[@justynhill4814]

⁠@@Bird-wz7nx- expect he was completely blaming himself during the MV arc and almost got himself killed by Surge because of his lack of responsibility after he learned the imposter’s origin. Sonic got his sense of giving people chances back after dealing with Mecha Sonic because he was sick and tired of people saying they can’t change who they are and frustrated at thoes who think they can’t block a path themselves. Even then he’s constantly been thinking of his actions but refuses to give up his principles out of fear just as he told Zavok as he thought back on how he almost destroyed the world and how many people kept telling him to drop the principles.

[@BritBox777]

Clutch is my favourite OC in the IDW canon. He actually has a defined role in the world and in the narrative, from a meta perspective, since he's a 'street level' villain in a world that just doesn't have those. Can't break out the superheroes for every little problem, so Clutch gives the side characters a managable threat. Plus, I adore his design.

[@DmanDmythDlegend]

This arc is probably the first major hiccup I’ve had with this comic series, I’m not one of those people hating completely on Lanolin, but I’m just upset that in that issue EVERYONE is being stupid in that scenario except for Mimic. Like Mimic takes a dive to keep his cover and whisper starts believing that it can’t be him now because Mimic is to “prideful”? Like, what? He’s an infiltrator he can play a part. Lanolin also probably should have listened to Silver and Whisper a little bit more since both of them, especially Silver, were a major part in getting rid of the metal virus, although they should have tried to give her their evidence before they got into a confrontation. Honestly I feel real bad for Whisper right now, getting gaslight about Mimic and then basically being forced to let Surge and Kit into the diamond cutters, poor girl. Regardless, I can’t wait to see how it ends Clutch has formed quite a gang.

[@johnfishee1048]

Whisper doesn't actually KNOW mimic and the lengths he's willing to go for a part. The only knowledge she has of his personality was WHEN he was playing a part. She has no idea who Mimic actually is as a person. And Lanolin TRIED to listen to silver and whisper, she even asked them to talk about it as a team but Whisper, who was tunnel-visioned by her trauma, didn't listen and negotiations went out the window. And honestly? I think she really had no reason to listen to them after they had admitted that they had zero evidence and were threatening a new recruit just off of a hunch.

[@extremmefan7305]

@@johnfishee1048 I personally feel like there was something immediately fishy about even his interview. What kinda guy hops on the good side of 3 different people he supposedly knows nothing about, not to mention immediately knowing where these guys even meet up? And then there's the "incident" at the training grounds, where Silver losing his balance over seemingly nothing should already be suspicious, let alone Duo saying he was gonna call for help when if he was, he already would've. And that's without getting into the can of worms that is both Tangle and Whisper knowing Silver more than Lanolin does. And also that Lanolin's own investigation is tailing the guy that's helped the Restoration when it was still the Resistance, and NOT the dude that just joined on a dime? What? There were red flags aplenty.

[@DmanDmythDlegend]

@@johnfishee1048 I’m not saying Lanolin is in the wrong, I’m not saying anyone is in the wrong, but none of them are thinking rationally. Whisper has the video footage of Duo kicking Silver from their training, Silver saw Duo’s eyes change. What they should have done was wait for a moment where it was just the 4 of them alone away from Duo and then tell Lanolin and Tangle about this. Then they could have gotten permission to prove it somehow and look into the matter. Then the story could have found a way to make Whisper’s evidence seem inconsequential and and get Silver off of the Diamond Cutters without the story having to bend over backwards so Mimic can have an easy play through of Among Us.

[@johnfishee1048]

@@DmanDmythDlegend You're under the assumption that Whispers mask records things 24/7. It has never been said to do so, and the recording function was mainly used for the other diamond cutter members to review missions and share and study their perspectives. Whisper had no reason to use it during their training due to it only being HER perspective and not everyone elses. While Whisper did see Mimic kick silver, it still isn't enough evidence to prove it was mimic as it could've been anybody trying to spy in or just a random person who just dislikes Silver. Also, silver himself didn't even know that Mimic kicked him.

[@Richforce1]

Which leads me to think they had mimic pegged from day one and are only playing along to find out who his real boss is before springing the trap on him and in his attempt escape instead ends up like Starline and causes his own demise.

[@enigmaschallenger]

A neat detail about Duo trying to convince the Diamond Cutters is he does a gesture towards Whisper which shows his palms, knowing that Whisper knows his suction cups are something he has during disguises. It’s an unconscious way to convince her to trust him.

[@Shancheez]

I loved that Mexicocity joke😂

[@juliemesser2053]

Hydrocity joke!😆🤣

[@Shancheez]

@@juliemesser2053 yep

[@baronscura]

Almost choked on my damn breakfast hearing that lol

[@Shancheez]

@@baronscura lol

[@chanabanannaanimations6884]

The Sonic, Blaze, and Silver interaction was amazing. I just love all these goofy animals.

[@PUMPKINMANJACK]

I think reading silver and blaze's relationship as a bit of a love traingle kinda misses the point. I always read it as silver and blaze having a sibling-like relationship, thats why sonic compares them to him and tails!

[@FaulterYT]

Huh, off topic but I never noticed just how many comic original characters have fingerless gloves, Tangle, Lanolin, Clutch, hell Minic doesn't have gloves at all Certainly not important but it makes me think back to to when Sega rejected the idea of giving Boom Sonic fingerless gloves

[@ThatGuy-vc7sr]

Finally, someone else is thinking about this! For me, Mimic having a glove ON looks a little weird, and Duo having a glove OFF is weird. Could just be me.

[@natoriousthehopeful2786]

I'm always happy for more Sonic speed reading, but seriously: Lanolin REALLY lost some points with me after the way she did Silver (especially when we know that he's right), and I hope he gets a comeback. Also, always happy to see Surge and Kit come back🤩

[@gooeydude574]

I wish the Mario franchise had comics like these, where we’d get more from underused characters

[@dreamsdeep1076]

Super Mario adventures comic. Super Mario-kun manga series and is still ongoing since early 90s

[@Taydar]

Yes and I wish the movie did a better job fleshing everything out as well.

[@Bofrab]

Maybe then we’d actually be able to see rpg characters again.

[@Bofrab]

@@dreamsdeep1076Oh? How good is it?

[@comicsans3272]

@@Bofrabthe comedy is good

[@fandomlover6778]

The whole silver and duo situation can be fixed by one Word cameras

[@leocorn58]

That Mexicocity line was the hardest laugh I've had in a long time. Out of nowhere and it killed me lol

[@Bentus0000]

Maybe whisper has some gambit shes playing at giving mimic a reverse false sense of security, let silver take the fall(for acting to hasty) and lets lanolin kno on the sly as mimic would believe he has the wool over her eyes as well. The fight, crying, and yielding to fault is a ruse, silver just happened to be the loose end. True maybe it is implausible that she'd do it that way, especially with a friend, but i think shes had plenty of experience with him to have ideas Then again, i dont really want another bout of lanolin doubting herself and whisper endangering her friends, to maybe its just willing theyre all in on it. SN: heres to Mimic getting outstead, but then Surge n Kit could intervene but choose not to and turn on him, but only to hold up the ruse and gain their trust.... Feel like i stumbled into something..

[@Richforce1]

Oh, think the three of them had Mimic figured out on day one, they're just pulling him along so they can also capture his boss. I think when Mimic gets ousted instead of Surge and Kit turning him he makes a mistake while trying to escape that ends with the traitor meeting the same fate as Dr. Starline and while Whisper is stunned that her old friends have been avenged all Tangle could muster would be "big oof."

[@Atomic_Psychosis]

19:48 The Spike wisp usually looks pissed for no exact reason so seeing it make that expression is hillarious

[@plaguemockter7235]

Honestly the only issue I have with Lanolin in this mini-arc is why the hell wouldn’t she at least investigate Whisper & Silver’s concerns? Like if you’re gonna listen to anyone, it’s the person who’s had the most experience with the shapeshifter-

[@Richforce1]

Because she already knew along with Tangle, the two of them and Whisper would have known since day one and Silver was unfortunately part of their counterplan to not only capture Mimic but his boss as well. Lanolin would have had to put Silver down in order to keep their counter ruse up and ultimately make Mimic have a Starline like breakdown.

[@somepenguin508]

Seriously, she's been in the resistance for less time than Tangle and Whisper and is a less experienced hero than Silver yet she acts like she knows better and should call the shots. I understand the skepticism, but cmon Lanolin...

[@justynhill4814]

Because she saw two heroes attacking an innocent recruit without the proper evidence to justify said action( no I don’t think Whisper records everything 24/7 otherwise she would have shown her team most of all Tangle). Yes Silver is a hero but those who want Sonic to take “responsibility” for his but hate it because he’s experienced it applies to Silver as well.

[@devinuzumaki9032]

Lanolin thinks everyone is an unprovoked liar lmao

[@commonviewer2488]

They could've done a more convincing job to make "Duo" just some guy. Like, if you'd missed a single issue, you wouldn't know for sure that he really was Mimic.

[@TheDarkFuryKnight]

Also Silver getting show offy reminds me of Sonic, honestly it is more likely that Silver is related to Sonic than Shadow (who after the chaos began was caught by gone and was imprisoned afterwards)

[@MelonTartVA]

Well, you also have to consider that Silver is 14. He is a kid and we rarely get to see him acting like a kid.

[@legendarycryptid2629]

That Silver conspiracy board gives me heavy Pepe Silvia vibes, and I'm all for it.

[@Lazypackmule]

Yes, that is what the reference

[@dmkq9554]

I wanna play Devils Advocate for Lanolin a little, i think shes just overprotective over a newby, she joined the Restoration so noone else would feel as helpless and she did, and to her, Duo is someone with the same goal, so when she sees 2 of her team members attack him, she might have took it a little personally. That being said, dont ever be mean to my boy again sheepgirl

[@Richforce1]

I don't think that's it; I think Lanolin, Tangle and Whisper had "Duo" figured out on day one and are only playing along to spring a trap on him and Clutch. This is going to end with Clutch blaming Mimic for everything, Mimic trying to escape his employer's wrath yet again only for him to make a mistake that results in the original Diamond Cutters finally being avenged when their betrayer ends up accidently becoming his own executioner.

[@TheIDcard123]

Gonna play Devil's Advocate further. Silver and Whisper were *really* stupid in their approach to expose "Duo." Like, you had so many options and you chose to assault him in public with no proof? Come on, yall have to realize how stupid their decision was.

[@mrmelonman2893]

@@Richforce1 that would be the stupidest plot twist ive ever seen.

[@user-tq4hw2hb2j]

@@mrmelonman2893 agreed. either Whisper figures it out from either remembering her mask's recording values (providing it WAS recording) or seeing the similarities between Duo and Slinger, or Whisper pretends to fall for Mimic's act and comes up with a counter-con on the spot. another way Duo could be figured out is if something he does, like get a pat on the side, contradicts his 'injuries' as he won't react in pain due to 'bruises', providing that he WAS feigning injury.

[@BeddyReddy]

16:16 i'm not sure if everyone saw this, but if you look in the top left, you can see the 3 ghosts from the sonic unleashed animation spying on him and blaze, and god just seeing that reminds me of when the power was out when i was a kid, and i had the video downloaded on my mom's phone, i always got a few laughs watching it P.S: 17:35 also that second i saw that silver theory photo, i immediately thought of the conspiracy guy meme P.S2: alright i think i'm getting annoying but i swear last time, in 23:03 if you look at the hospital bed duo is in, on the sides (idk if this is intentional) you can see the sonic 2 level title card, just wanted to point that out

[@Taydar]

Unfortunately in stories like this a lot of characters come off as stupid. Thats the major problem with Across the Spiderverse.

[@CometX-ing]

This wasn't a great way to endear Lanolin to the fanbase. Its one thing for her to want to give Duo a chance, its another thing to completely ignore character who are more seasoned than her saying something is up. And the way she just talks down to Silver like she's his mom is a bad look no matter how you slice it. Had she been written to be a bit weary while also choosing to give Duo a chance, that would be one thing, but she just goes all in on siding with Duo, who WE know is Mimic. Just makes her look dumb. Another thing. This comic needs to figure out what they want to do with Whisper and Tangle beyond simply having Whisper have breakdown every five seconds only for Tangle to be her shoulder to cry on. It got old a while ago.

[@tastethepainbow]

I mostly concur, except for the fact that it was on Silver and Whisper to provide evidence, which they had on hand in the form of Whisper's mask recording, and they straight up didn't use it. Or they could've just... pulled "Duo"'s gloves off to reveal Mimic's suction cups... but they didn't do that. They instead decided to attack what everyone thinks to be a regular citizen IN PUBLIC instead of pulling Lanolin to the side and give her their suspicions in private. I do agree Lanolin should lighten up and listen to her teammates more, but the blunder that Silver and Whisper pulled just can't be overlooked. This story could've massively benefitted from not revealing Mimic until after the incident, because it'd create a much more grey conflict of assumptions, but because we know who he really is, we just have to watch everyone flounder around and it makes them all look stupid.

[@Bird-wz7nx]

​​​@@tastethepainbow I agree. There's definitely a time and place for when you reveal information to the reader that the characters don't know, just to make the readers squirm. Its the point of Dramatic Irony. The removal of all doubt about Lanolin's wrongness without any anticipation or hope that things could be okay (because they ARE going to be okay because Sonic comic- so there's no point to her behavior but to be an obstacle) basically makes this situation into Dramatic Irony's loser cousin.

[@BrakSplash]

I can't say she completely ignored them. She asked if they had proof. When they admitted they didn't she told them to leave Duo alone. The last straw was when Silver tried to trip up Duo while he was leaning on the railing. I'll admit if we didn't know Duo was Mimic, even we would suspect something might be off with Silver and Whisper.

[@BrakSplash]

​@@tastethepainbowyeah

[@SoraKingdom3]

@@BrakSplashI can't really blame Lanolin here. They both really look like they are attacking an innocent person who no reasons and putting him in big danger. Worst than that, with his powers, Silver could have injured anybody that was gathering to look at the scene! He was acting very irrationaly and with no proof to back it off, I understand that she puts him off the team. Maybe something that was missing would be a scene were Lanolin, Whisper and Silver talk about it all together but really, if I was Lanolin here, I dunno how I would act.

[@SapphicSara]

I'm not Silver fan at all but I Find the Mimic stuff super frustrating and the way Whisper's concerns are being treated really annoying. Like they were a three person team and they all know Whisper has PTSD and shit and instead of at least attempting to take her seriously the way Lamb handles everything is really awful as a leader. Like if she didn't believe it which, why, why not believe a staple heroic figure who has helped saved the world and the person with the most experience with spies she could have been like "Let's take him to a room to ask him questions, we don't need to fight him, let's see if he has a story that lines up, friends, family, people we can talk to, a history in a town, no need to be violent." Like something like that would still allow Mimic to get his way out of stuff, he could show his cunning better than faking an injury or be forced to run off and assume another new identity maybe put us in an among us situation where a sonic character is now been replaced by him but who. Instead as a reader your just made to watch a bunch of people be wrong about something. For a kids story this is frustrating, a kid reading this is gonna be used to these kind of stories resolving very fast and as an adult it's frustrating because it requires everyone to be stupid.

[@delphoxhoopa7289]

I honestly hate the, "new character arrives to make the others turn on each other," plotlines because they're *always the freaking same.* You know Mimic is eventually going to get found out and Lanolin will apologize to Silver and Whisper, and it's just going to make her doubt her role as a leader more. Also, can the writers let poor Whisper go through one comic without putting her through the emotional wringer in some way?! She suffered enough with getting hospitalized and dealing with the Shadow Androids! Surge and Kit are honestly the only reason I'm still paying attention. I hope that they'll at least get some sort of information about their past, regardless on whether they join Sonic's team or not.

[@BrakSplash]

I understand. But that's how Sonic is. We all know Sonic and his friends would survive and defeat Neo Metal, Metal Virus, and Surge's rampage arc. It's just fun to see how they do it. For this comic arc, I admit it's a bit meh. But I also like that they're trying something new.

[@delphoxhoopa7289]

​@@BrakSplashI'm hoping they'll throw something out of left field, but I'm not optimistic.

[@kaistudios5536]

​@@delphoxhoopa7289 it'll be extremely hard to. The last time that was a possibility was in Archie, and that... I guess, backfired.

[@BrakSplash]

@delphoxhoopa7289 Mimic's plot would have been so much better if we didn't SEE Mimic become Duo. The comic would be far more entertaining if we never once see Duo transform. The whole time Duo always looked nervous and frightened. At face value we would question if that's actually Mimic, or a victim, and Mimic is someone else entirely on the other side of restoration.

[@gtcproductions4097]

@@BrakSplashEXACTLY!

[@lanolinthesheep704]

I really like IDW's portrayal of Silver. I know it's controversial because of how different he is from the games, but the thing is it makes sense. It's a natural progression of his character to let down his more hostile mask from 06 as he becomes a part of more friend groups. In Rivals, he becomes closer with Espio and starts being more trusting. Even with the 2022 annuals, he's shown to be more comfortable letting his mask down around Espio, and vents his anxieties. He's completely zoned out when he runs into Whisper. This is one of the most real depictions of anxiety I've seen from media directed typically to children. Silver DOES suffer from anxiety. Silver DOESN'T show it all the time. He's not just an innocent little bean that people decided to make the "cute one" instead of using Cream or Amy, but he's scared. And these comics let him show it.

[@wadeyhyena1657]

To be fair towards Lanolin during the fight between her and Whisper. Whisper did grab her arm first and Lanolin had every right to protect herself. I can understand Tangle's feelings on the matter too, deciding to remain next to Whisper when Silver tries to rope her in as an eyewitness. But it doesn't change how poorly executed that scene played out. Almost everyone there should've trusted Silver's judgment and instead, turned their backs on him, even Jewel did.

[@ViroVeteruscy]

🎵Come along! You belong! Feel the fizz of Chaos Cola!~🎵 Wouldn't be surprised if they had a cult from that later down the line >w>

[@antonissa8345]

I wonder what the consequences of Mimic's infiltration as well as Surge and Kit's presence will be. I hope that it has an big impact on the story similarly to the metal virus saga but in its own way

[@Lazypackmule]

I was waiting for Clutch to start filling the space left by other secondary villains from Archie(and now the hole left by Starline), and this is a cool opening arc for that, making great use of his character Very much a Kingpin-style scheme, having to lean harder on the trickery and lower level villains since he's not himself a superpowered being like Mammoth Mogul was

[@fidgetthecrazy]

18:11 That’s a Ghost of the Future reference! Those are Silver’s sisters in the top left corner! The one in the wheel chair actually calls Silver “Fern Face” in the comic. I love that!

[@cythefreakhouse7196]

Yep saw it too literally had a "Leonardo DiCaprio pointing at the screen" reaction when I saw them, that sneaking fox

[@mousetoons5514]

I love how during all of this the magenta wisp just doesn’t care

[@casanovert]

babe wake up it’s speed reading time

[@Gerik75]

Because we don't see Whisper have any punishments onscreen, so I imagine she'll be cleaning their office for the next few weeks, I'm pretty sure it's the kind of assignment Lanolin would give her for her insubordination .

[@JackDout]

I was waiting for the heel turn where Dou says"Ha Ha Ha, I'm so anxious to rip you apart!"

[@gigachadarmstrong5817]

I do love a good electronic computer game apologiser video

[@rigorgrynn4469]

Man, have to admit. Between Rough and Tumble, ********, and mimic, Mimic has to take it for my favorite new antag.

[@PlebNC]

Don'tcha dare stumble, Or you might grumble. For the best antag is clearly: *ROUGH AND TUMBLE!*

[@staticmix1493]

My guy Silver still getting clowned on by everyone back at SEGA😂

[@justervids]

Huge fan of the return of the 'Mexicocity' joke. Big thing you've got going for you. :)

[@Rocko_yeah]

I want silver to say it's no use to mimic

[@Richforce1]

I'd rather Mimic accidently offs himself while trying to escape and with Whisper in stunned silence that her old team has been avenged only Tangle could bring herself to mutter something, that something being "big oof."

[@Bird-wz7nx]

I really don't feel like engaging with fandoms, and I was never really a part of the Sonic fandom, but I do feel like these comics are more complete with some fandom context involved, seeing as the best parts of Sonic media are influenced, if not at least partly made by Sonic fans these days. These videos are a great supplement, and you do tend to leave room for dissenting opinions from your own, which I do appreciate, too.

[@anthonyoliver418]

Never have I thought that we would have an adaptation to that Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends through Sonic, but at least it is with an imposter trying to infiltrate and not being just a jerk for the sake of it.

[@bananashoplifter3440]

Fucking _Bendy_

[@samuelrodriguez9801]

I think it's dumb how Whisper was so easily deceived.

[@rainpooper7088]

This, in my opinion, is IDW Sonic's first bad story. There are so many things of varying relevance wrong with it, I might as well go full CinemaSins here: Mimic randomly deciding that Silver in particular is a threat and trying to take him out on the first mission. Why? Silver doesn't even know Mimic exists. Unless Mimic somehow pulled a Batman Gambit and predicted Lanolin would want these random rocks brought close enough to crush Whisper, there's no reason for him to go all out like that against someone he doesn't even care for. Speaking of going all out, Mimic letting his disguise slip in front of Silver. Again, why? He literally just acknowledged Silver is a force to be reckoned with, why wouldn't he make the extra effort to stay concealed in case he still makes it out? Issue 64 tries to spin it so that his disguise apparently stops working when he's in danger (which is a really stupid weakness in of itself, I hope that's not actually what they're going with moving forward) but Mimic looked far more scared for his life *before* his disguise slipped while when it actually did, he just looked smug as he calmly left. Not even a reaction to Silver seeing his eyes change, heck, technically we don't even know if he *realized* Silver could see them. That's either poor visual storytelling or Mimic being a moron. Whisper seeing Mimic trip Silver. Not only does that, once again, make Mimic look like a complete idiot for not being more careful with his assassination plot to the point where his actual target could just freaking SEE him commit his nefarious deeds, but also HER MASK RECORDS EVERYTHING SHE SEES! If she saw Mimic trip Silver during a training session, there should be video evidence of it that they could have shown Lanolin when she was asking for proof. Never addressed. It would have been so easy to just have Whisper believe Silver because she trusts him without her ever seeing anything. That would even solve the problem of only Silver being kicked off the team in the end, but nope, not what we got. The fact that Mimic would have suckers on his hands and feet also goes completely unaddressed. No ploy to put him in a situation where he has to take off his mittens, nothing. Mimic's suckers clearly aren't a non-diegetic visual only the viewer can see because Mimic makes an active effort to hide them. How is Whisper not thinking of this simple telltale sign when she's had all day to think of a plan? I always assumed the suckers were how she identified him when he was disguised as Sonic, but apparently this basic, decently visible feature of his power is completely unknown to her. I get that in a plot like this someone has to be the moron who falls for the villain's ploy and Lanolin is the only one of these characters where it wouldn't have inherently pissed people off since she's new, but man, the writers really seem to be overestimating how much people care for this girl who appeared in a few issues in the background and then did an off-screen 180 from civilian helper to full-on military discipline soldier. She was in one arc where she spent most of her time trapped and out of action, now we're supposed to see her as an equal to Silver and Whisper in this story and… She just objectively isn't. Her lecturing Whisper on what being a soldier is all about is downright infuriating. Whisper is a war veteran whose colleagues were killed in action during the freaking world war against Eggman. Lanolin didn't even pick up a Wispon until after the Zombot arc, she is by far the least experienced member of the Diamond Cutters, yet the writing just kind of pronounced her team leader after her first mission because… Sally was a leader idk. This is a background character that just stumbled into the spotlight with a sense of importance that does NOT match what we've actually seen of her and that's why people are mad at her. Her occasionally popping up in the background since Issue 2 is not a substitute for getting the audience to care about her as a character. The worst part is that I can already smell the post-Mimic reveal annual side story where she's gonna mope and dope about how she has to make it up to Whisper and Silver which is probably gonna come up with a bunch of excuses to justify why she acted the way she did and… I just don't care. I was already critical of Belle's introduction potentially bloating the hero cast and the writing had to put in a lot of legwork to win me over with her. Lanolin blew it real quick and I just don't think she can even attempt to bounce back from that without her taking up spotlight that'd be better spend on other characters. This is more of a Fridge Logic thing, but if Mimic is pretending to have a broken arm from Silver's attack, won't the first thing they give him at the hospital be an x-ray? Octopuses don't have bones, a freaking x-ray seems like the perfect device to expose him while disguised. Can he shapeshift bones that fool radiation? This story is making me ask way too many technical questions about a power that really shouldn't be any more complicated than Espio's invisibility. Why is it so beyond Whisper that Mimic could be feigning injury as part of an infiltration job? She learned that this guy is a professional liar, betrayer and killer with zero qualms first hand. We're just straight up not getting an explanation on this one here. Only Silver being voted off the team when the plan was Whisper's idea is… a choice. I personally think this one is actually one of the less egregious parts compared to the rest, but people do keep pointing it out when they list things wrong with this story. To me, it feels more pragmatic than anything else: If Whisper got sent away alongside him instead of crying on Tangle's shoulder again, then the scene with Blaze couldn't happen because Silver and Whisper would be talking to each other instead of Silver sulking alone. If Whisper suffered the same consequences and got kicked out of the Diamond Cutters, the whole team might as well disband because Tangle would 100% follow her, and the writers can't disband the team because they were just formed in the last arc. Also, I really hope the background characters' whispers about Silver's powers is NOT the writers being pragmatic, I really don't want to see another post-Iron Nicole situation. The scene with Silver and Blaze seems nice… until the thought creeps up on you… Was this endgame? Is this why all this stupid bs with Silver I just read through had to happen? Is this a darling that failed to be killed in the writing room? The ambiguity of the scene really doesn't help the sinking feeling that it may have been written first. At no point does Silver say "I broke an innocent guy's arm because I thought he was a villain in disguise which lead to me being kicked out of the cool team I joined to make a change with." with Blaze actually responding to that, it's just a wishiwashi "I messed things up again, sadge, what is my purpose?" and Blaze is just like "Don't sadge, Silver. Make small changes, they matter!" and Silver literally says "Thanks Blaze, you always know what to say." and then Sonic does a freaking Greek chorus thing and verbally validates what a good pair they make. It really reads like one of those feel-good fan comics where the artist's favorite character is angsting about something ambiguous and another character steps in to emotionally support them. This is a whole genre among fan artists because it just feels good to write and read. I wouldn't even mind that too much if it wasn't becoming the Silver equivalent of Whisper crying so often that it loses its impact. The IDW comics seem to have an affinity for putting in these out of action pep talks with Silver in particular, it was literally the premise of BOTH of his annual stories. I can't think of any other character in this comic so far who got taken aside for a lil heart to heart more than once and Silver isn't even a regular like Tails or Amy. He's also never very proactive in these pep talk scenes. Unlike say, Blaze coming to Knuckles for guardian-specific advice, with Silver it's always other characters coincidentally stumbling across him looking sad and proceeding to insert themselves into the situation, which removes all agency from Silver to open up by himself. I already know some Silver fans who don't like his IDW portrayal because his characterization is closer to the internet's soft boi perception of the character than the way he actually acted in games. I'm a bit on the fence on this one. On one hand, I want to see Sonic characters opening up and supporting each other and that's part of why I read these comics, so I don't necessarily mind characters being more vulnerable than in the games where they're mostly just meant to look cool. On the other hand, I don't need one particular character receiving the same emotional beat with a new coat of paint over and over again, I don't want the emotional beats to feel disconnected from the story at hand and I especially don't condone them happening as the end result of the writing doing nonsensical backflips. I won't lie, these issues were given an inherently frustrating plot handle and I wouldn't be surprised if they just weren't allowed to do certain things that would have made it less frustrating, such as say, restructuring the plot a bit and not actually confirming Duo's true identity until that ending scene with him in the hospital so the reader won't know for sure that Lanolin is 100% wrong as they are reading that part. However, other problems like forgetting about Whisper's mask are blunders that can't just be explained away. This story wasn't it, I hope they cut their losses and make the best of it.

[@Kiezly]

remember when TailsTube said Humans live on big islands and Animals/Anthro's live on the small islands? then how come we never see humans in IDW comics?

[@dreamsdeep1076]

They are in comics just can’t see them

[@Ozarka0]

"It was no secret that Duo was Mimic. They weren't keeping this a secret." Oh really? Maybe I'm a smol brain because I assumed it was because he shared Mimic's color scheme and his name is "Duo". :p

[@MattAnd]

I enjoyed these issues, art was spectacular (especially for Blaze and Sonics trip and the ending conversation), and it’s always fun to see these characters interact. While I don’t particularly ship Blaze and Sonic, it’s nice to see Blaze showing more emotions. And of course her conversation with Silver was great. As usual, Blaze shows why she’s one of the best characters in the franchise

[@roseg5006]

I missed your speed readings so much. It helps summarize things for me easily :')

[@BazztheBazz]

Throwin' this out there: IDW already has a couple of instances of 'stealth reviving' Archie characters by making new characters that fill the same niche without all of the old baggage-- Surge filling in the "evil green chaotic speedster that questions Sonic's ideas of heroism" niche as Scourge (just without the parallel universe schtick) and Lanolin filling the "more mature tactically-minded team leader" niche as Sally (without all the shipping drama). With that in mind, you think Clutch might be their attempt to do the same thing with Mammoth Mogul (just without all the chaos emerald/ancient walker nonsense)? Both give off Kingpin vibes, both are content to play the long game, both are more keen to manipulate and undermine rather than attack outright. Even if it's not deliberate, it's nice to see this villain archetype in the Sonic universe again.

[@tylerherr4288]

its so poorly written but thats kinda how these sorts of plots are always like they know mimic they know what he can do if someone comes forward with info that someone on the team MAY be a disguised mass murdering bastard that should be taken seriously doubly so if that someone is a high ranking member (or should be a high ranking member)

[@DoctorSpudhead]

I hope when this is over that Lanolin apologises to Silver HARD. That's it.

[@NoxideActive]

While I like what is being attempted here, I would have handled this story a bit differently. This would have been the perfect time to properly build up the world through the cause & effect of various events. For me at least, the comics haven't made the world feel alive yet. Right now the current plot line with Clutch is that he wants to eliminate the competition of 'Restoration' from doing free work, (cleaning up after the Eggman battles). Problem is we never actually see this happening. What if instead of Mimic trying to kill Silver on the first day of training we instead see the Diamond Cutters helping out the Restoration dismantle the Egg City that just recently collapsed. They could act as body guards for any stray bad-nicks still in the area which would lead believably to the giant fish badnick. Silver is shown to be the star of restoration, using his powers to get the job done both quickly and cost effective. Mimic uses his skills to sabotage Silver making it look like his fault and nearly costs the lives of several restoration members and Silver is suspended for the time being. Whisper would suspect this as Mimics handiwork due to their history together and then you can have Silver bring up strange events that would make Whisper suspicious of Duo being a double agent. I would also take the time to set up a flash back of Whisper and the original diamond cutters just paling around with each other on their down time, but it's meant to show off how back then Mimic would sometimes pull tricks with the team by pretending to be one of the other members and would comically be found out by the boss with a little forceful 'arm wrap' restraint. It would remind the readers what Whisper and Mimic where like back in the day and show that back then, Mimic couldn't hold his form if he was put under even a bit of pain. Things play out pretty much the same from this point onward. I think this change of events not only moves things forward, it adds to the believably that Jewel would seek help from Clutch to help keep restoration running after Silver is put out of play. Sorry for the long rant, I really wanted to these thoughts out. Great video btw!

[@lala-jd6em]

It’s a shame that they didn’t iron out the plot holes with silvers story. It could have been so good if they just took it a little more seriously. Like whisper sees duo sabotage silver but doesn’t bring it up in the canyon? Lanolin runs a “back ground check” on duo but doesn’t bother to investigate him? Also it was only half an issue.

[@etherealhatred]

Is just so exhausting how this seems like a blatant attempt to make Lanolin look cool, not even Mimic, but her, Silver isn't the only one affected, Whisper, from all people, a trained fighter that was able to fight hand-to-hand combat with Overdrive Surge just gets tossed down and crying when Lanolin is involved, Silver gets schoolded as if she knew him better, it just feels unwarranted, the hatred wasn't because she schoolded Silver alone, but her bossy smart ass attitude is just insufferable to be honest, she doesn't seem like a cool person to be around but like someone who would try to look down on everyone to make her look cool

[@starlightrose3237]

i love how the writers have handled silver so far but man, these issues just weren't the best. lanolin being so defensive of duo at every turn, whisper dropping all suspicion without any real explanation despite knowing that duo kicked silver, it's honestly some of the worst writing i've seen in the comic series

[@videogollumer]

Don't forget that Lanolin death glared at Tangle to make her agree with her! She's a straight up bully!

[@BlackFlash09]

I find it ironic that people thought Lanolin would cause trouble for the heroes at some point. As it turns out, she's (thankfully) not a traitor. Just a bit of a perfectionist and hardheaded. Also, are you really not going to mention the cameo of Lah and the other two ghosts?

[@videogollumer]

Replace "hard" with "butt".

[@leahandbacon]

I could ramble on so much as a silver fan right now but there’s two things I wanna ramble about! First off, Lanolin. I do not hate her, she has no idea that’s mimic! How can I blame her? Sure she was kind of rude to silver but imagine this, a guy you don’t know starts accusing a new team member of being a criminal, stalks him and ‘hurts’ him. Wouldn’t you be annoyed at that as a person in charge? You’re supposed to make sure everything is under control and lead the team correctly so I can understand Lanolin’s point of view and I bet she will feel guilty upon finding out that Duo is in fact Mimic along with the other characters. So I don’t understand the hate, well I do but I don’t see the point in it. Lanolin isn’t a bad character and if anyone is hating her for this moment then I’d say that you should take time to think and realise that all this effort in hating her is. . . *No use.* Anywayyy my second thing I wanna ramble on about!! Sonic + Blaze interacting with Silver afterwards. Honestly found Sonic pretty hilarious at his moments and Blaze was great at comforting Silver. I found it pretty funny you considered it a ‘love triangle’ considering that Sonic compares the two to his relationship with Tails, which is platonic. I’ve honestly not enjoyed the ship Silver x Blaze but when it’s platonic I’ve absolutely loved it! Seeing them going over and actually staying in the current time period/dimension is great I was getting so tired of them constantly switching between whatever and now they’re actually gonna stay!! Okay rambling over lol

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

24:40 This is how you do humor interrupting a sincere moment right. And it’s immediately followed by Sonic teasing Blaze and Silver in a way that’s pretty true to his character, too!

[@op_magee]

0:36 Truly hilarious joke, had me cackling for a minute! 🤣

[@FuzHammer]

Honestly idgaf about the sheep let her be annoying in her own bubble I just wanna see more of the villains they're all pretty cool. Mimic Clutch and of course Surge & Kit (and hey I'm still holding on to hope that my favourite Egg loving fanboy the platyposh can come back in some way but if not at least he went out in a really cool way)

[@ChipFanXO]

If nick decides to cover spider-man comics He should call it spider-man swing reading (I just want Nick to to talk about spider man again)

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Fair points and opinions, personally i feel like this is little Preparation Arc is very interesting so far and i will look forward to see where it leads to, assuming it’s finished and we only have the pay-off to look forward to. Speaking of which, i will also look forward to see your opinion on the Next Part of this Arc, i hope you take note of certain details that i noticed when i first went through the Issue.

[@Snip216]

Fun fact: at 20:06 the hedgehog in the wheel chair and the blue hedgehog are references to Silver's siblings in Evan Stanley's Ghosts of the Future comic

[@VencentCross]

Ok I know its to progress the plot (and that's also a problem btw) but Lanalin is TOO protective of this Duo way too fast. It's unreasonable for her to be 100% against even questioning him when 2 of the team are saying they saw him commit sabotage and they know his real identity. Her ONLY reasoning here is that they don't have proof but she won't let then get proof because it would be inconvenient for a guy she met YESTERDAY! Silver is right here and he wants to join. He has almost as much power as shadow or sonic and a good personality which is receptive to teamwork and taking orders. Yet she would rather take the guy with no skills or experience who multiple parties are accusing of being a MURDERER IN DISGUISE! It just goes too far past reasonable doubt.

[@metalgirlalenia]

28:10 Hey Nick, you mentioned how the ending of ‘06 may or may not be intact. However I think after the candle are end of the game was blown out I think that’s why Silver may not have ‘heard’ of Soleanna before, if it is canon to be that way. You may know this already but I just wanted to point that out.

[@TARDISES]

I'll also add that we *did* see Silver in a game between '06 and Generations, that being the Rivals games. (And Colours DS, but that hasn't really been acknowledged outside of Generations 3DS) So it's logical to conclude that this is a post-Rivals Silver.

[@Bofrab]

Silver hanging out with Tangle, Wisper, Lanolin, and Mimic kinda gave me vibes of the Secret Freedom Fighters for some reason (for as long as he was part of the group anyway). Silver being part of a smaller group that didn’t have a grasp on things.

[@AkiDave]

The moment I turned off my PS4 I got this notification. I am seated 💙

[@kuraio3017]

I’m ngl that stuff with lanolin was irritating a bit lol. I love the character and I know they are trying to build her out more, but you’d think with how much trauma they know mimic put her through, even she says she saw him that would instantly raise a red flag in my head. Even if she ends up being wrong it seems smarter to at the very least investigate into it as a leader, and if duo really was clean he’d have nothing to worry about. But I guarantee you if silver held him in the air and told him to talk mimic would crack eventually lmao

[@videogollumer]

THANK YOU! Not only that, it's smarter as a friend to investigate as well! She's NOT a police officer, and she has LITERALLY the least experience of all the heroes! She should learn to better listen to her much more seasoned teammates! She even bullied Tangle into agreeing with her! I can't wait for her to be stung by her own stupidity!

[@tastethepainbow]

Man, I really don't like the way Lanolin is portrayed here. Even disregarding the Duo incident (which to be fair, mostly wasn't her fault. Sure, she could've trusted Silver and Whisper more, but they should've provided more evidence... WHICH THEY HAD. Really, everyone was stupid in Issue 64.), she just comes across as overly bossy, rude, stuck-up, and generally unlikable. This is especially concerning when everyone else has literally done so much more and been through much worse than she has. It really calls into question whether she should be leader. It's a shame, too, because Urban Warfare was such a good start for her.

[@GaiaX5]

Well, not stupid, considering how chaotic a game of Among Us is. This storyline is basically trying to sus out the imposter before he can strike. Unfortunately, this has led to some repetition with the structure and downright formuliac.

[@stupidenby]

what evidence?? all they had was silver saying he saw something

[@tastethepainbow]

@@stupidenby Well there's the recording on Whisper's mask, and for Whisper, the fact that Mimic's true hands are suction cups means she probably should'be checked under his gloves.

[@davissmedley5937]

The only way I could see them making this story work in hindsight is if it’s revealed later on that everyone actually did catch on to Mimic’s tricks and simply faked being on his side to get him to slip up, with Silver not being in on it to make it look convincing. It could be kinda like that scene in Mission Impossible Fallout with the masks.

[@aurawarrior1367]

As frustrating as it is, I think this narrative does work from an In-universe Standpoint. If It were just a random villain silver and whisper tried to expose that’d be one thing, but this is mimic we’re talking about, he has used his disguises to fool others time and time again, this is just one more time it worked. Plus this comic did show some of Silver’s impulsive and aggressive side in 06 and rivals, with him dangling Duo off a tail by the foot and attacking him with furniture. I have seen people complain about Silver’s personality being watered down, so it is a tad bit refreshing to see that side of him. I also don’t really blame lanolin for kicking him out, since from her perspective Silver just attacked him out of nowhere. I do hope that Silver and Whisper get a chance to confront Mimic again tho.

[@Spider-Chog-yd9hh]

I love the interaction with Silver and Blaze 💙💜

[@user-xt3dh5qd5m]

These are stories that made Mimic my favorite character

[@DrSheldonCrane444]

Clutch and Mimic teaming up is my favorite part of the IDW series, and my profile picture should prove it.

[@SunkySilly]

Okay, "Mexicocity" killed me 😂 that was too funny

[@ASOSE19]

Honestly if this started silvisper then that would make it the better than whispangle

[@damonhallyburton6424]

'Mexicocity' killed me.

[@lucashopkins2995]

The ghosts frommsonic unleashed are at 16:16 and cool easter egg

[@esteban8471]

16:16 As a Sonic Unleashed fan, I'm so happy to see that Night of the Werehog reference. I loved that short.

[@tyfan1000]

I'm so confused. Didn't Whisper's mask see through Mimic's disguise before in the Tangle and Whisper comic?

[@dpolaristar4634]

In the Sonic and Blaze part there were the three ghosts from the Night of the Werehog short as a cameo.

[@Richforce1]

I personally think the Diamond Cutters had "Duo" figured out the entire time and have only been playing along to figure out who he was working for. It's going to be epic when they spring the trap on him and in his attempt to escape once more, he unwittingly becomes the instigator of his own total destruction.

[@Cosmic_KW]

I wish duo was not just mimic in disguise because they did really good on his design and I love how I got to see tangle and whisper again

[@videogollumer]

It would be nice if there was a real Duo, get at least ONE new heroic male originating from IDW Sonic.

[@zippyzoom8786]

The Mexico city bit was gold😂

[@TheMasterShadow3]

Gotta love the Sonic 06 reference when Silver grabs chairs and tables very similar to those he throws at Sonic in their boss fight

[@415-k1ub]

The reason that the Whisper and Silver quickly dropped their accusations against Duo after the chair incident is likely because they don't know that Mimic has a bigger plan besides finishing off Whisper and the new Diamond Cutters. They see no reason for Mimic to stick around in the Restoration for very long and establish himself there, so they assumed that he would easily drop his disguise and flee once the gig was up.

[@SoranotRoxas]

*HE'S BACK!!!*

[@stopmotionmaker6222]

Silver's get back is going to be legendary.