Sonic the Hedgehog #178

Few rivalries hit harder than a falling-out between best friends, and this 2007 Archie Comics issue leans into that tension with a cover headline reading "Vs. Tails! Friends No More." Tracy Yardley's pencils and Jim Amash's inks deliver a charged face-off between a fierce, fists-raised Sonic and an equally intense, snarling Tails — two longtime allies squaring off in a dynamic, confrontational pose that makes it clear something has gone seriously wrong between them. It's a genuinely compelling setup for "House of Cards, Part 1," written by Ian Flynn, and exactly the kind of dramatic turn that keeps Archie's long-running Sonic series exciting.