Sonic the Hedgehog #104

Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog #104 arrives in 2002 with a cover announcement that demands attention: "Enter: Robolactus," as a massive, armored red titan looms menacingly over the scene. A dark, shadowed Sonic leads a scrambling group of heroes — including Tails and two unfamiliar female figures — fleeing across a crumbling ground in the giant's wake. Patrick Spaziante's pencils and Ken Penders' inks give this "Freedom Fighters of the Galaxy Part Two" entry a genuinely dramatic scale, with the colossal threat filling the background in a way that makes even the speedy blue blur look small.