Issue 141 is the one hundred and forty-first edition of Sonic the Comic. Released on the 21st October 1998 at the price of £1.25, the Hallowe'en issue contains three original stories (two of them new) and one reprint, a free gift of a "Sonic Maze Game" and a Knuckles the Echidna pin-up.

Contents

• Sonic the Hedgehog - The Haunted Zone
• Amy Rose - Out of Time: Part 2
• Graphic Zone
• Tails - Skeleton Crew
• Sonic the Hedgehog - The Sonic Terminator: Part 3 (from Issue 26)
• Next Issue

Strips

Sonic the Hedgehog

The Haunted Zone is a complete story by Nigel Kitching, Richard Elson and Ellie de Ville. Sonic and Tails have come to the Haunted Zone to experience a night at Hallowe'en. Tails tells a story of how the Zone became haunted, but, as night falls, Sonic loses control of his senses and surrenders to evil and a group of monsters. Before midnight is over, Tails manages to steal the Charm of Despair from Sonic's neck, stopping him from being dragged into the Underworld.

Amy

Out of Time is a 2-part story written by Lew Stringer, drawn by Roberto Corona, coloured by Nigel Dobbyn and lettered by Elitta Fell. Colonel Granite has built a time machine that enables him to conquer 1860s Kansas. With help from the area's sheriff, Amy and Tekno the Canary push the humans home and use the machine to travel to Mobius. However, even though she destroys the machine afterwards, Granite still has the co-ordinates.

Tails

Skeleton Crew is a complete story by Stringer, Carl Flint, Kev Hopgood and Tom Frame. In the Emerald Hill Zone, the Zone Leader tells Tails about The Skeleton Crew who appeared fifty years ago. Suddenly, they're back, causing terror throughout the Zone. Tails lures them halfway across the planet, where they disappear on another time zone's Hallowe'en.

Features

The theme of this issue's Graphic Zone is "Spooky Spree". Pictures of heroes, villains and even a real-life Boomer enjoying Hallowe'en earned the artists a Sonic the Hedgehog watch.

Staff

• Mick McMahon - cover art
• John M Burns - cover colours
• Deborah Tate - editor

Timeline

The previous issue of Sonic the Comic was Issue 140. The next is Issue 142.