#idw sonic issue 68

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

Boyfriends💖

[thecontroll]

I protect you, and you protect me

[niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian]

Pfft, I seriously love these two so much.

[0vergrowngraveyard]

"you decide: a couple hundred tons of snow falling on those innocent heads...or tails?"

[myymi]

nobody talk to me, they've got my full attention rn

[000marie198]

The protective hold 🥺

[tinyplanetss]

sonic protecting an unconcious surge from eggman because no one deserves to be stuck getting experimented on and thrown away by him

[zerothesonic]

there is literally nothing, nothing at all that you can say that will convince me that this was not an absolute masterpiece

[hisworld-nicky]

Brothers

Sonic called tails little brother is so cute❤😭 (I know he's been called lil bro, but never heard he has been called litte brother)

[kookie-doodles]

✨IDW Sonic: Issue 68 (Redraw Challenge)✨

Panel redraw from Page 5 to practice the IDW art style and to come back after a whole month without posting anything.

[winterwrites23]

So I decided to watch Sonic Prime when the s3 came out and omg I forgot how much I love Shadow and his grumpy face lol

[autisticshadowthehedgehog]

[niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian]

I always love it when the newest issue gives us some funny reaction images to work with like these:

[tailschannel]

IDW Sonic at SDCC 2023: Everything you need to know

IDW Sonic had a panel in this year's San Diego Comic Con and many new issues, one-shots, and collections were announced.

Major announcements included new covers for Issue 67, preview pages for the 900th Adventure, and a tease of an upcoming one-shot issue for Fang the Sniper and Knuckles the Echidna.

This year's panelists included Evan Stanley, Adam Bryce Thomas, Min Ho Kim, Caleb Goellner, Michael Cisneros, and David Mariotte.

The upcoming arcs

Misadventures

Issues 63 to 66.

Features Sonic, the Diamond Cuttersm Silvers, Blaze, Knuckles, the Chaotix, Cream, Gemerl, the Babylon Rogues, and more in a two story per issue format.

Between August, September, and October 2023.

Second Chances

Issue 67.

Surge and Kit makes a return to supposedly join the Restoration.

Out November 2023.

The Protector

Issue 68.

Sonic and Tails explore a mysterious cavern.

Out December 2023.

Upcoming one-shots

The 900th Adventure

A special issue that celebrates 30 years of Sonic comics that span over 900 releases.

A Sonic adventure where Sonic and friends goes against some of his foes to get rid of the Warp Topaz.

Out August 2023.

Attribution for the 900th Adventure one-shot are as follows:

Story One: written by Ian Flynn, illustrated by Adam Bryce Thomas, coloured by Valentino Pinto

Story Two: written and illustrated by Evan Stanley, coloured by Gigi Dutreix.

Story Three: written by Nigel Kitching, illustrated by Mauro Fonseca, inked by Rik Mack, coloured by Reggie Graham.

Story Four: written by Daniel Barnes, artwork by Min Ho Kim.

Story Five: written and illustrated by Aaron Hammerstrom, inked by Matt Froese, coloured by Nathalie Fourdraine.

Story Six: written by Caleb Goellner, illustrated by Abby Bulmer, coloured by Heather Breckel.

Endless Summer One-Shot

Sonic, Tangle, Whisper, and Jewel just want to have a relaxing day at the beach... but won't if the Babylon Rogues have anything to say about it.

Out August 2023.

IDW Sonic Halloween Special

A new adventure featuring the Chaotix where they have to face a candy-stealing monster alongside Sonic & Tails, releasing on October 2023.

Featuring Mark Bouchard, Jack Lawrence, and Gigi Duterix.

Amy 30th Anniversary Special

Amy embarks on an adventure to save the small animals and her friends from Metal Sonic.

Out September 2023.

Knuckles & Fang One-Shot

Newly teased 30th Anniversary one-shot issue for Knuckles the Echidna and Fang the Sniper

Out in 2024.

Upcoming collected editions

Scrapnik Island Collection

Sonic and Tails are on an island of spooky forgotten badniks.

Out August 2023.

Seasons of Chaos Collection

Classic Sonic adventures.

Out October 2023.

IDW Sonic Artbook

A special gallery collection containing some of the art of the IDW Sonic series, including art from Tracy Yardley, Adam Bryce Thomas, Evan Stanley, and Jack Lawrence.

Out October 2023.

Knuckles' Greatest Hits

A collection featuring Knuckle's greatest hits throughout the IDW Sonic series.

Includes issues 3, 10, 11, the 2022 Free Comic Book Day special, and the "Guardian" mini-issue from the 2022 Annual.

Out October 2022.

(Story contributed by Spectre from the Tails' Channel Newsfeed, images from Floof for Tails' Channel, with files via IDWSonicNews for Tails' Channel)

[kinopioa]

The DC crossover, woo

Ok first off, it gets me how much fans hate when the games reuse areas, but Flynn unironically did that the entire issue. Never Lake (stated later) and Green Hill are just blatantly used

Second, ABT wtf, this is not how you chomp on a hotdog. Herm's coloring the fleck dark red makes it seem like Sonic has 2 mouths...

Though funny enough, I like how Herms colored this issue for the most part

Back to writing, I don't like how fandom trope egotistical Sonic is. Like it's obnoxious

I shouldn't be surprised, but maaan...

Also uh, whiplash

Sonic saying this feels weird, and this is ignoring how much Flynn downplays Amy's love for the blue blur

The way everyone is set up in pairs doesn't surprise me as that's expected for contrived collabs. What gets me is how most are off screen or barely verbalized. It's mostly Sonic and Silver with some meat

Speaking of, Silver haphazardly is here as well. So either this is IDW based as he's trapped in the present for no reason (given Sunset City, likely), or Flynn is mistakenly assuming that Silver is trapped in the present in games as well. If the former, the serious lack of IDW OCs makes this confusing

And of course...

Fans are praising Batman being able to tell that Shadow had trauma, but are oblivious to how severely disingenuous it is for Shadow to just leave and NOT try to stop this threat. This is well past Shadow 05, he's not gonna ignore this. 06, Rivals, Rivals 2, Colors DS, Forces, even noncanon stuff like TSR show him lock in to stop shit if he's aware, only being annoyed by actual distractions, but alas

It isn't even consistent *mid issue*, as he saved that possum mother

Surprisingly, no Rouge and Omega tacked on him. A first for Flynn

Shout outs to ABT drawing Chaos Spear weird. Could be worse admittedly, like treating it as an actual spear. I'll ignore Shadow's stanky legs

Oddly nerfing here, Tails already has an emerald detector

Like Riders shows it. 3K mentions it in the Japan manual

It just seems like yet another way to dismiss his own feats again, which happens a lot in IDW

Even ignoring games, this isn't even consistent for IDW. Evan's issue 68 has the Miles Electric have a built in detector, and Flynn's Season's of Chaos anniversary story also has Tails (used by Amy) have a detector

Like he already has a portable detector that has decent range, just saying

Moving on...they noted the urgency in stopping Darkseid, yet...

Amy and Shadow went back to get their vehicles? That's funny, but nothing prevented Wonder Woman from simply carrying Amy, and Shadow can simply skate. If this were a more casual context I wouldn't mind it, but nahhh

And again, blatant references

You'll notice I didn't talk much of the story. That's largely cuz it barely has any, it's a series of very disjointed events for this forced crossover

So effectively most I can do is complain of the setting, characterization, and minor art wonkiness. ABT isn't as off model as he typically is, though the streak forshortening is wack for legs this issue. Ironically he seems to be more on point for Silver's eyes/pose than what writing suggests

Also they abandoned Kalibak, lol. No mention of what to do with his beaten ass

[000marie198]

They are so brothers