It was a parody of a scene from one of the then-recent issues of superman where superman died, included as part of a half-joking list of things the writers would never do, which included trying to kill off Sonic. (Note that they would attempt to kill off Sonic many times throughout the next decade.)
It was a parody of a scene from one of the then-recent issues of superman where superman died, included as part of a half-joking list of things the writers would never do, which included trying to kill off Sonic. (Note that they would attempt to kill off Sonic many times throughout the next decade.)