Mick/Mike McMahon was one of the longest serving artists for Sonic the Comic, and is also one of the last "regular" contributors to begin working for STC, his first story being in Issue 97. McMahon was commissioned by Deborah Tate, STC's longest serving editor, on the suggestion of Nigel Kitching, who was a fan of McMahon's work. He primarily took on Sonic the Hedgehog strips written by Lew Stringer which were all complete stories. He also drew several of the later Decap Attack strips, replacing Kitching as artist, although Kitching remained as Decap writer.