Sonic 2's Movie Prequel Gets Knuckles All Wrong
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 — The Official Movie Pre-Quill!
IDW Publishing's Pre-Quill comic that serves as the prequel to the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 2 film just introduced Knuckles the Echidna in one of five short stories, and it got him all wrong. The character introduced in the prequel differs wildly from the one fans are familiar with from previous comic adventures.
Over the span of five pages, Knuckles is introduced as the last of a race of hunters who is forced to align with so-called Scavengers whom he clearly doesn't care for, in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 — The Official Movie Pre-Quill's «Always Bet On Red» short story by writer Kiel Phegley, artist Evan Stanley, colorist Heather Breckel and letterer Shawn Lee. Forming any type of alliance with the Scavengers is portrayed as a last resort Knuckles would have normally never have attempted. Not only does the Echidna reveal that they give his race a bad name, but they capture and force him to battle a giant beast in a rather one-sided gladiatorial battle that doesn't favor Knuckles in the slightest. But Knuckles has no other choice in the matter because the particular prey he's tracking is just that good: Sonic the Hedgehog.
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The real difference between this depiction and previous comics is Knuckles' willingness to go out of his way to track Sonic. That's because Knuckles' entire identity in the comics revolves around serving as guardian of the Floating Island. This role is so infused in his character that this legacy actually becomes a major point of contention between him and his daughter in Archie Comics' pivotal Mobius: 25 Years Later arc. Although thrust upon him,
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