Sonic Universe
Publication Details
Issue	23
Date	December 2010
Publisher	Archie Comics
Production Staff
Cover Artist	Jamal Peppers

Archie Sonic Universe Issue 23 is the twenty-third issue of the spin-off Sonic Universe comic book series published by Archie Comics.

SummaryEdit

Treasure Team Tango - Part ThreeEdit

The race for the Sol Emerald continues, and things are getting heated! Can Team Rose and Team Dark settle down long enough to track down a thieving trio of hooligans? And when a surprise fourth team joins the fray, will it make things better, or worse?!

QuotesEdit

Bean: What are you so focused on anyway!?

Nack: Trying to get away from them!

Bean: Oh.

Off-PanelEdit

The untold story of Team Hooligan is depicted. Nack, Bean and Bark are on Nack's bike when they run out of fuel. Bark whispers a plan into Nack's ear. Nack ties Bean to the bike and holds a shiny object in front of Bean with a fishing rod, allowing them to advance onwards.

CharactersEdit

• Amy Rose
• Cream the Rabbit
• Shadow the Hedgehog
• Rouge the Bat
• Cheese
• Blaze the Cat
• Jet the Hawk
• Wave the Swallow
• Storm the Albatross
• Nack the Weasel
• Bean the Dynamite
• Bark the Polarbear
• E-123 Omega
• Sonic the Hedgehog (mentioned)

TriviaEdit

• "Bad to the Bunny" is a reference to the 1982 song Bad to the Bone by George Thorogood and the Destroyers. Specifically, it is a reference to the film Terminator 2: Judgement Day, where Arnold Schwarzenegger's character steals and rides a motorcycle with Bad to the Bone playing in the background.
• The motorcycle Cream is riding appears to be Shadow's Dark Rider from Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing. Shadow also rode G.U.N. motorcycles in Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) which bear similarities in design to the Dark Rider.
• Bean's dazed dialogue to Nack on page 14, "Excuse me, monstrosity. Do you have the times?", is a reference to Homestar Runner's line from Strong Bad Email #119.