Meanwhile, Sonic is being chased through the caverns by some kind of driller tank piloted by Eggman, but Sonic defeats him and retrieves another gear and heads for Eruption Ruin zone alone, feeling abandoned by his friends. Luckily, as all seems lost, Amy finds the dragons weakness and destroys it in a giant explosion. Sonic tears around the cavern at super speed until he sees the rest of the group battling a robotic dragon and losing badly. Sonic decides he wants to split up and go fast, so he does to the chagrin of the rest of the group. Inside the haunted depths, Amy is frightened as they head for the next gear.
All the places in the Sonic universe are zones, just so ya know. Eggman escapes, as always, and the group heads for the haunted depths zone. Tails comes up with the idea of attacking the base of the robot and they destroy it easily, releasing one of the ancient gears from inside. The gang is barreling through a frozen landscape, fighting robots and exchanging "witty" lines with one another when they catch up to Eggman in his snowman robot and a battle ensues. Sonic also helps Knuckles (echidna, rough and tumble bruiser) realize he was being tricked by Eggman and lets him join their group. Sonic found out about his plan and stepped in, and was joined by his friends Tails (a flying creature of some type, the only one with a full name which is Miles "Tails" Prower) who is a high-flying budding hero (not making this up, folks) and Amy Rose, who "is always happy to help". Thankfully even for a first issue we have a fantastic recap page! Taken from page 2, Eggman is hunting for seven relics known as the ancient gears, because if he finds them he can create the mega drive, some destructive weapon. Thanks to the comic series there are many more characters in the world of Sonic, some of which I'm sure we will find in this comic. Did I mention Eggman? Or is it Doctor Robotnik? He makes animals into robots, for reasons.
I don't know how many people out there don't know who this character is, but if you don't know I basically just told you all you really need. Star of (too) many video games, cartoons and comic books.