Publication history
On July 21, 2017, IDW Publishing announced a deal with Sega of America to produce a new series of Sonic comics after the cancellation of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series by Archie Comics after a 24-year run. [1] The new series began with a four-week long event where the first four issues were released each week in April 2018, followed by a monthly release of subsequent issues starting in May 2018. Archie Sonic writer Ian Flynn was later confirmed to return as the series' lead writer, alongside artist Tyson Hesse. [2] In an interview with Game Informer, Flynn established that IDW's Sonic continuity is separate from Archie's. [3]
During New York Comic Con 2017, Ian Flynn confirmed that characters old and new would be featured in the series, hinting that characters from the games and the original comics might possibly return. [4] [5] [6] [7] In January 2018, IDW revealed that Tracy Yardley, who originally worked on Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comics, would be one of the pencillers for the IDW series.
On April 14, 2020, it was announced that Evan Stanley, one of the series' artists, would be writing for the series. [8]
On June 28, 2020, two original characters from the series, Tangle the Lemur and Whisper the Wolf, were announced to appear in the Sonic mobile game Sonic Forces: Speed Battle as part of its events, [9] [10] with them doing so next month. [11] Surge the Tenrec would also join Speed Battle on November 21, 2023. [12] Merchandise, including a plush toy, of the former two have been released also. [13] [14] Tangle was also briefly mentioned in the 2022 Sonic game Sonic Frontiers . [15] It is confirmed by the Lore Manager Chris Hernandez that the comics are canon to the games. [16]
In November 2023, Sonic editor David Mariotte announced that the series would be taking a hiatus in 2024 until the miniseries Sonic the Hedgehog: Fang the Hunter is concluded. [17]
On July 3, 2024, a crossover between the Sonic comics and an unknown third-party franchise was announced to be in the works, with more details to be revealed in the coming months. [a] During the Sonic Central broadcast on September 24, 2024, it was announced that the Sonic franchise would crossover with DC Universe in a 5-issue miniseries written by Ian Flynn that would feature Team Sonic teaming up with the Justice League. The book will begin publication in March 2025 and last until July of the same year. [18]
Synopsis
Following the war over Eggman's global conquest, [b] Eggman has lost his memory and ended up in a remote village where he has taken on the more friendly moniker of Mr. Tinker. Sonic learns that Neo Metal Sonic is now leading the Badniks, plotting to take over the world in Eggman's stead. While Sonic and his friends fight Neo Metal Sonic and his army on Angel Island, an Eggman admirer named Starline kidnaps Mr. Tinker and successfully reverts him back to Eggman after a defeated Metal Sonic returns to him.
While Tangle helps Whisper apprehend her former comrade turned criminal Mimic, Eggman hatches a new scheme involving the Metal Virus, which turns organic material into mindless robots dubbed "Zombots", but it quickly mutates beyond his control. Starline brings in the Deadly Six in hopes that they can control the Zombots, but they betray him. This leads to a falling-out between Starline and Eggman and forces the latter to help Sonic and his friends cure the world.
Afterwards, Sonic and company decide to fix E-123 Omega, whose body was destroyed during the plague. Sonic and Tails investigate an Eggman base to find the blueprints while Rouge, Amy, Cream, and Cheese enter a competition to win parts; the former group discovers a peaceful Badnik created by Mr. Tinker named Belle, while the latter comes into conflict with former crime boss Clutch. Meanwhile, Starline, hoping to regain Eggman's respect and rejoin him by proving his own superiority, sets his own plans in motion by allying himself with villains like Zavok and stalking Sonic's friends. Zavok reunites the Deadly Six and they attack the Restoration's home base, but are defeated and banished to their homeworld of Lost Hex.
From the bio-data he has collected, Starline creates Surge and Kitsunami, two cyborgs meant to replace Sonic and Tails and end the status quo between them and Eggman. Upon learning that he has been conditioning them and wiping their memories to create their personalities and being unable to find any trace of their past, Surge and Kit vow to destroy all heroes and villains. Starline, oblivious, moves to accomplish his vision by conquering the Eggman Empire's new capital, Eggperial City, which is expanding itself until it covers the entire planet, and lures Sonic, Tails, and Belle there. However, Eggman defeats Starline and leaves him to die, while Kit flees with Surge in tow after several defeats incapacitate her. Eggman himself is subsequently defeated, and Eggperial City destroyed by the Restoration and their allies.
Clutch, seeking to revive his criminal empire, hires Mimic, Rough and Tumble as well as Surge and Kit to infiltrate the restoration so he can profit off them. To that end, Clutch sponsors an Extreme Gear race competition and has his workers tamper with the Extreme Gears of Sonic, Tails and Amy so they would be disqualified, but the trio grow suspicious and Eggman offers them assistance so they can discover the one using his technology while also mocking him. Sonic disrupts the races as Phantom Rider to cause a distraction so Tails and Amy can unravel the mystery. Eventually a series of mishaps, including Surge's temptation to become a real hero, exposes Clutch's true colors who puts the Central City in peril so he can escape but fails by the combined efforts of Sonic, Surge and Eggman. The heroes with the help of the Babylon Rogues sacrifice the Restoration HQ to save the city, while Mimic, Surge and Kit go into hiding and Eggman captures Clutch.
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