Sonic Finally Battles His Most Twisted Nemesis (& It's Not Robotnik)
Warning: spoilers ahead for Sonic the Hedgehog #50!
Fans were already anxiously awaiting the highly anticipated face-off between Sonic the Hedgehog and his cyborg replacement Surge the Tenrec, but the twisted confessions Surge unloads upon her opponent just set her up as an even more disturbed individual than even Dr. Robotnik (aka Dr. Eggman)himself.
During her debut, what intrigued readers about Surge was how her creator Dr. Starline modeled her after Sonic, programming the tenrec to espouse his attitude and raw personality. But Surge eventually came to resent her creator, and although she decided to carry out his wishes in destroying Sonic, the cyborg concluded that she would destroy everything, most especially Dr. Starline.
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This was dark enough by itself, but Surge later confirms she has a specific reason to target Sonic, as revealed in Sonic the Hedgehog #50 by writer Ian Flynn, artist Adam Bryce Thomas, colorists Matt Herms, Heather Breckel, Reggie Graham, and letterer Shawn Lee. Surge resents having been made into a cyborg mostly because of how much Starline can manipulate her and since every aspect about her current predicament only sheds negative light on what her life must have been like before becoming a cyborg — a memory she can't recall as a victim of amnesia. In her eyes, it's all Sonic's fault because he could have easily killed Eggman and Starline or, if some moral code has been preventing him from finishing them off, could have at least given up and let them rule the world. She believes that by prolonging their conflict, he prompted her creation, and wishes to eradicate him in return.
Obviously, Surge's desire to destroy
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