Sonic CD begins in earnest as Sonic sends this issue up the chain; Dave gets counter-pranked on the Isle of Wight; Streets of Rage gets REAL; Megadrives on planes; Hulk gets specific and Porker gets NUDE.

Captain Plunder's got the Chaos Emeralds and his ship turns out to be flying! Streets of Flippin Rage is back! And: we find out what / where Sonic's World is and what / where is the Bum Bit.

A brief tussle with Joe Musashi between episodes.

He approaches! It's The Sonic Terminator: part 1. But who (Metal Sonic) is the mysterious figure stalking the comic?? (It's Metal Sonic.) Also, Eternal Champions & Shinobi end, a "video comic" intrigues, and Golden Axe goes to the seaside.

The Real STC is here! This fortnight, POLYGONS have been invented, and are coming to the "Saturn"?? Cap'n Plunder wobbles his ugly chops, the Champions show us their guns, and Shinobi cheats his way to the top. Plus: a good Wonder Boy!

Robotnik emerges from his Regeneration Egg, and we review an impossible joystick in a News Zone almost entirely stuffed with things that never happened. It's utterly hatstand! (There's one procedurally generated f-word at the very end, parental boomers!)

It finally happened, and we couldn't just NOT do an episode. Sonic has a movie, and not just two obscure VHS tapes slammed together this time. We're joined by Jehan (@maustallica) from Serious Disness, for a special crossover episode! Nnnnaaaaiiiled it!!

STC releases a spin-off publication to promote Sega's upcoming fighting game, convinced it's going to be the thing to take down Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat.

The real STC starts here! It's the big one, as Amy Rose enters the comic, and with her comes the Kintobor Computer, Grimer, and a new start for Dr Robotnik. Not a new series, call it a "regeneration". Plus: can you trust kids with a small green frisbee?

STC blows a big raspberry in its trousers in this deeply regrettable spin-off pamphlet best left in the past. But we said we'd do it, so we have to.