Sonic The Hedgehog Issue #21
April 1995
"3 Phases Of E.V.E." is our story. Robotnik unleashes his latest weapon E.V.E. (Exceptionally Versatile Evolvanoids) to take out Sonic. This bot can learn and adapt to any type of situation and act accordingly. It uses data Robotnik conjured up on Sonic's attack methods to determine the best method of eliminating him. It can definitely pass for a Robot Master (or perhaps more accurately a Maverick). Sonic quickly takes out the machine by moving out of the way just as it fires at him, hitting a tree and falling on top of it. Turns out that was just the next step in Robotnik's plan. The second phase now forms, integrating Robotnik's intelligence with Sonic's body cells to become a much more formidable foe. E.V.E. 2 takes the form of a bee, and is much faster than Phase 1. Sonic wins out again by running up a cliff, with the bot slamming right into it. Sonic rushes to Robotnik's location for an encounter. However, E.V.E. regenerates into Phase 3, taking on the form of a giant cobra (think Jafar at the end of Aladdin). It wraps up Sonic in a coil, but Sonic escapes from that via Sonic Spinning all over the place, which causes E.V.E. to wrap itself up in its own coil.
However, we get swerved as E.V.E. now goes into a FOURTH phase, which is a really creepy looking thing that can now talk. Unfortunately for Robotnik, the tables now turn on him, as E.V.E. can now think for itself, and it realizes that Robotnik has evil intentions, so it decides to no longer be his servant. It fires some lasers at Robotnik, which DISINTEGRATES HIM. WTF!!! Afterwards it tries to fulfill his programming to destroy Sonic, but Sonic sweet-talks him in saying that he's only limited by his programming and that by destroying him it can never achieve independence. E.V.E. determines that his theory is a good one, spares his life, and takes off into space to live free. Snively loses his **** and demands Sonic just leave, and he actually decides to leave him alone to grieve. On the way home Sonic and Tails get the feeling that Robotnik isn't really gone, but we'll get to that next issue.
Reader Mail: Someone wants to know when Sonic 5 is coming out. ***** we just got Sonic 4! Also, this is the issue with the guy praising Dave Manak for his artwork. I highly disagree, but to each his own.
Pretty solid issue. I knew of E.V.E.'s existence so I had an idea that it wasn't going to get destroyed here. We'll see if it (he? she?) pops up again in the future. Also we have a KNOTHOLE REVEALED track here. During the entire fight with E.V.E., Robotnik was tracking Sonic on a monitor, so one would think Robotnik could have just waited to see where the hideout is, especially because at the end of Phase 1 Sonic and Tails said they were heading back to Knothole. Too bad Robotnik was so wrapped up in his new creation.
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