In Sonic the Comic, Knuckles is depicted as (at first) being the last of his kind, and bears the burden of guarding the Chaos Emeralds alone. When the Death Egg crashed on Angel Island, Knuckles was briefly tricked by Doctor Robotnik into believing Sonic was a dangerous villain who plotted to steal the island's Chaos Emeralds. The echidna thus allowed Robotnik to place his Badnik armies on the island and also construct a Launch Base Zone to rebuild his Death Egg, and assisted him in fighting Sonic and stealing Sonic's own six Chaos Emeralds so they could be combined with Knuckles' into one set of Emeralds. Knuckles, however, didn't trust Robotnik enough to tell him that he had the "missing" Grey Emerald which could control the others, and when Robotnik tried to absorb the Emeralds' power into himself, Knuckles used the Grey Emerald to defeat him. From that point on, he works as an ally against Robotnik, but not necessarily always "with" anyone else.
Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics)
In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by Archie Comics, Knuckles is the eighteenth guardian of the Floating Island, and a member of the Brotherhood of Guardians, a secret society that defends the island. He lives on the planet Mobius on the flying landmass known as Angel Island. He is supported by the Chaotix, and often works together with Sonic the Hedgehog and the Freedom Fighters.While currently in the series, Knuckles' situation is closer to his other incarnations, being the last of his kind and stuck on the island, during most of the comics, this has not always been the case.
When he was first introduced he was a lone defender of the island, Knuckles was recently abandoned by his father, Locke; he was later iconically tricked by Robotnik into believing that Sonic and Tails were on their way to steal the Chaos Emerald and its powers. After a short melee, Robotnik blatantly betrayed Knuckles, causing him to join Sonic in a begrudging team-up, which eventually grew into a strong friendship.
Not too long after that, he formed the Chaotix along with Vector, out of the few refugee inhabitants on Angel Island at the time and would leave the island to their care if he ever had to leave. The Chaotix at the time were Knuckles the Echidna, Vector the Crocodile, Espio the Chameleon, Mighty the Armadillo, Charmy Bee, Heavy, and Bomb, but later saw the addition of Ray the Flying Squirrel, Julie-Su the Echidna, and Saffron Bee (Charmy's betrothed), while Heavy and Bomb departed and later joined the King's Secret Service.
Knuckles struggles with internal conflict as he tries to defend Angel Island and aid the Freedom Fighters at the same time. Characteristics
Official profiles have said that, as the last survivor of his clan, The Knuckles Clan,[11] Knuckles lived most of his life in seclusion on Angel Island,[12] an island floating in the air; as such he is something of a loner.[11] His honesty and one-track mind leave him very gullible.[1] Knuckles is shy around girls;[13] while some official sources claim that Rouge the Bat has a secret crush on Knuckles that she would never admit to.[14] Although he is cool and determined in battle;[15] his short temper gives rise to situations in which Knuckles, often instigated by the trickery of Dr. Eggman, begins fighting Sonic the Hedgehog.[11] Additionally, Knuckles has been tasked all his life as being the Guardian of the Master Emerald,[16] as only descendants of his tribe are capable of controlling it.[1] If Sonic exemplifies the wind, then Knuckles is the mountain: stern and anchored to his duty.[1][15] Although they started as antagonists,[17] Knuckles sees Sonic as a friend.[18] He finds Sonic's adventurous lifestyle enviable[15] and considers him a rival.[19] He is also described as hating strong light.[13] Various literature from the early games list his favorite food as being fruit,[13] or to be more specific, grapes.[20]
Knuckles is physically one of the strongest characters of the Sonic series, if not, as some official sources claim, the strongest.[11] His brute strength is often depicted as equivalent to that of Sonic's speed.[11] His extraordinary physical strength enables him to perform feats such as shattering boulders with his fists.[1] Additionally, he is a master of martial arts[1] with a specialty in punching. He uses Spin Attacks like Sonic,[21] which are variations on the tendency for echidnas to roll into tight spiny balls for protection. Knuckles can also breast stroke to swim in water.[18] By trapping air under his dreadlocks, Knuckles can glide for short distances.[1] Knuckles is also a proficient burrower,[1] and can use the spikes on his eponymous knuckles to climb walls.[1]
Like several other characters in the Sonic games, Knuckles can make use of the Chaos Emeralds to transform into a Super Form named hyper Knuckles, giving him "ultimate power".[2]Knuckles is last of three characters to use the chaos Emeralds.
Robotic versions
Two robotic versions of Knuckles have appeared (similar to Metal Sonic); Metal Knuckles in Sonic R, as an unlockable character, and Mecha Knuckles in Sonic Advance, as a boss. The robotic Knuckles in Sonic Advance looks exactly like Knuckles, only with a pinker hue and yellow gloves at first, and has virtually every move Knuckles has. After being struck a few times, his "armor" will fall off, revealing a metallic echidna with glowing red eyes underneath. In this "form", the robot is faster and can fire homing missiles from its mouth.In the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comics, the Freedom Fighters were once forced to roboticize Knuckles to combat a roboticized version of Sonic, and the robotic Knuckles was dubbed "Mecha Knuckles". After a drawn out battle, both combatants were eventually restored to normal. Reception
According to IGN, fans "seemed legitimately happy" with the addition of the character of Knuckles, who was popular enough to get marquee billing in Sonic & Knuckles, but the writer felt that characters that came after him were going "overboard."[22] IGN's Colin Moriarty singled out the introduction of both Knuckles and Tails as when the series became "iffy" and listed them and all other characters in the series, sans Sonic and Robotnik, as being 2nd most in need to "die" on his top 10 list.[23] According to official Sonic Team polls, Knuckles is the fourth most popular character in the series, following behind Tails, Shadow, and Sonic.[24] Screwattack listed Knuckles number 18 on their list of 'Top 20 Manliest Men'. One of their reasons was that 'he punches walls to climb them'.
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