“Heck of a time to have to use the restroom.”
Knuckles The Echidna #15
Archie Comics Publications (August, 1998)
“The Chaotix Caper” part 3
WRITER: Ken Penders
PENCILER: Manny Galan
INKER: Andrew Pepoy
COLORIST: Barry Grossman
LETTERER: Vickie Williams
EDITOR: J. Freddy Gabrie
Julie-Su manages to use her gadgets to keep from going splat on the ground. Remington and the Chaotix (minus a recovering Charmy, who just got out of surgery) all gather at Ebony’s drug factory and take the baddies down. Renfield keeps his park but not the “secret sauce”. Charmy brings his friend home for burial and takes his place as prince of his colony. Meanwhile, Knuckles manages to create a portal home by harnessing Chaos energy, which concerns Knuckles’ predecessors.
What they got right: The gang takes down the drug maker. That’s always good.
What they got wrong: I’m not sure why Charmy has to leave the team. We don’t see him forced to assume his princely duties. I know his friends’ death was a maturing experience but that’s not the same thing. We don’t see a real reconciliation between Charmy and his royal family. This plot point came out of nowhere and nothing is done with it outside of a way to take Charmy off the Chaotix without adding him to the death toll.
What I think overall: The whole “Chaotix Caper” storyline is okay but didn’t finish very strong, and the Knuckles stuff seems to be there to remind us it’s his comic. I wanted to like this story and seeing the Chaotix have their moment, but it just doesn’t end on a…pardon the term…high note.
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