SONIC RETOLD - Issue 2, Page 13

A very special page, this. Not part of the storyboard, it was improvised on the day and inspired by Flordeoro's concern for Sally.

A big reason why Sonic's chase to retrieve Sally was so stale in Archie's comic is because of how poorly it expressed Sonic's emotional state in this ordeal. Issue #236 is where things fell apart. By then, Sonic seems to have accepted Sally's transformation and is joking about while trying to subdue her. It was very tone-deaf and demeaning to how anxious readers must feel for them. It was sad to see Archie lose focus on how Sally's fate affects Sonic. I'm not suggesting that the comics needed to be all angsty and melodramatic, but they needed to maintain a sense of Sonic's anxiety underneath his cocky veneer.

While I was planning to address this topic later, Flordeoro's comments reminded me that I was in danger of falling into the same trap as Archie by ignoring Sonic's feelings for too long. After Lien-Da's taunting in the last issue, Sally must always be on his mind... and in his dreams. I believe this page illustrates how worried Sonic must be for Sally and how much he misses her. It's the emotional heft the story needed.
So barring an annotation on the page, do you recognize which issue Sonic's flashback is from?

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