Sonic the Hedgehog's 900th Adventure is a one-shot comic book special published by IDW Publishing, containing several stories, and created in celebration of being the 900th English-language Sonic comic issue.
Official solicitation[]
- Saving the world is a piece of cake when you're a speedy blue hedgehog. And Sonic is about to go on his 900th world-saving adventure! Sonic and his friends are playing a game of hot potato! Only the potato is the Warp Topaz and it could warp the whole world into oblivion. The gang is passing off the Warp Topaz in a relay race to get rid of it once and for all. Celebrate the mind-blowing 900th-issue milestone with superstars Ian Flynn, Evan Stanley, Caleb Goellner, Daniel Barnes, Aaron Hammerstrom, and returning Sonic writer Nigel Kitching as they participate in a relay race of their own, telling this story in six speed-racing, nail-biting, egg-kicking parts![1]
Featured stories[]
Story one[]
- Written by: Ian Flynn (p. 1-6, 37-40), Evan Stanley (p. 7-12), Nigel Kitching (p. 13-18), Daniel Barnes (p. 19-24), Aaron Hammerstrom (p. 25-30), Caleb Goellner (p. 31-36)
- Pencils by: Adam Bryce Thomas (p. 1-6, 37-40), Evan Stanley (p. 7-12), Mauro Fonseca (p. 13-18), Min Ho Kim (p. 19-24), Aaron Hammerstrom (p. 25-30), Abby Bulmer (p. 31-36)
- Inks by: Adam Bryce Thomas (p. 1-6, 37-40), Evan Stanley (p. 7-12), Rik Mack (p. 13-18), Min Ho Kim (p. 19-24), Matt Froese (p. 25-30), Abby Bulmer (p. 31-36)
- Colors by: Valentina Pinto (p. 1-6, 37-40), Gigi Dutreix (p. 7-12), Reggie Graham (p. 13-18), Min Ho Kim (p. 19-24), Evan Maly (p. 19-24), Nathalie Fourdraine (p. 25-30), Heather Breckel (p. 31-36)
- Letters by: Shawn Lee
- Edited by: David Mariotte, Riley Farmer
- Published by: Johanna Nattalie
- Special thanks to: Mai Kiyotaki, Afia Khan, Michael Cisneros, Sandra Jo, Sonic Team, and everyone at Sega for their invaluable assistance
Synopsis[]
Sonic visits Tails in one of his labs, where his buddy is recalling their past adventures. Sonic asks if he is feeling nostalgic and Tails explains he wanted to figure out how many times Sonic saved the world. He finishes his countdown and reaches 899. Sonic reminds him that his victories were a group effort, such as them collecting the Chaos Emeralds to stop the Metal Virus. Sonic does take credit for supercharging the Warp Topaz to solve the crisis, and at that moment, the Topaz warps right beside him, much to their surprise as they assumed it was destroyed after the incident with the Metal Virus. Tails analyzes the Warp Topaz and discovers is still supercharged from the Chaos Emeralds. He detects the gemstone will cause a cataclysmic amount of damage if it overloads again. Sonic asks what they need to do and Tails says they could neutralize it if they put it back where Starline found it. Tails warns him, however, if he takes too much of its unstable energy, he may not come back the same. Sonic says they can figure that out on the fly and he will guide him as always. Tails checks if Sonic has his wrist-comm on and Sonic grabs the topaz, warping out of the lab.
Tails quickly went to his desktop and asked Sonic if he could hear him via the communicator. Sonic says he feels tingly, but fine otherwise. Sonic has wound up in Green Hill and Tails says he will see if anyone is around to help him. He races off to find a place to put the Topaz. later, he calls Tails to ask what the gemstone will do. Tails expects lots of portals to open up and objects to appear out of them. Sonic does his best to avoid the portals and one of them brings out a road from Dragon Road into Green Hill. Sonic races around the road, only to come face to face with an Orca that has come through one of the portals. Amy then comes to Sonic's rescue by hitting the Orca with her hammer. This causes it to crash into the road and Amy to fall with it; she calls out for Sonic to help. Sonic grabs her hand and they ride the fin of the Orca. He tells her this wasn't her best rescue effort and Amy says she didn't expect this when she got Tails' call. Sonic explains they have to get the Topaz as far away from him as possible to stop portals from appearing. Amy says its doable, but is worried about what will happen to the Orca. Amy comes up with a plan the involves Sonic running on the water to get the Orca's attention. He makes his way up a tall island via some portals and throws the rock at Amy, who swings it away with her hammer as the Orca jumps to get Sonic. The Orca goes through the portal behind Sonic and he and Amy slide off its back into the water. Later, they make it to shore and Sonic requests her to make triple chocolate chip cookies for all the trouble. He is about to leave to get the Topaz, but Amy pulls him for a hug, wishing him good luck and telling him to save the world. Sonic thanks Amy and runs off. Amy then realizes she has no way home.
Soon, Sonic winds up running in a desert with the Warp Topaz. Tails tells Sonic Knuckles is really close to him now. Sonic soon sees him and thanks him for leaving Angel Island to help. Knuckles says Tails told him this was important and Tails is usually right. Tails tells Sonic he has to get rid of the Topaz right now because the readings are going off the scale. Sonic tries to hand it to Knuckles, but he is warped away before he can. Tails frantically asks what is happening and Sonic says he has been transported to a lab. Metal Sonic is in the lab and with Sonic seemingly too weak to stop him, Metal picks up the Topaz. Tails demands Sonic to get out of there with the stone, but Sonic insists he is too weak. Sonic pleads with Metal to put aside their differences and give the Topaz to him so he can dispose of it and save the world. Metal ponders for a moment and smacks Sonic to the side Tails starts to get scared as he hears Metal attacking Sonic.
The hedgehog starts to sound weak and defeated as he cowers behind a computer. Sonic gives up the act and says that was probably enough time for Metal to have the Topaz. Tails gets very confused and Sonic explains since he couldn't give the Topaz to Knuckles, giving it to Metal was the next best thing. He couldn't have handed to him so he played weak to trick him. Tails praises his idea and says his readings were showing the effects of the Topaz wearing off him quickly. Sonic sees the Topaz making a new portal and Sonic quickly follows Metal into it. To Knuckles' shock, they wind up back in the desert, exactly where Sonic wanted. Tails says Sonic is learning how to control the Warp Topaz and Tails says he thinks the Topaz is going to a cave. Sonic tells Metal to head back to Eggman before he gets mad and taunts him with the Topaz in his hand. As Metal leaves, Knuckles tells Sonic to hand him the Topaz and explain why Metal was here later. Sonic says he changed his mind and he'll hold onto the Topaz. The echidna gets angry and sarcastically tells him if he needs someone to stand around and do nothing to give him a call. Tails tells Sonic that wasn't funny and asks if he is going to tell Knuckles he didn't need to hold it since Metal did. Sonic says he will eventually.
Meanwhile, in an abandoned city, Doctor Eggman is testing out his new mech robot. Orbot and Cubot cheer him on in the Egg mobile, when suddenly, the Warp Topaz drops into Cubot's hands. They alert Eggman and he himself is surprised to say good job to them. Eggman almost tells then they need to leave before Sonic shows up, but he shows up. Cubot tries to use the Topaz to get them out of there, but to no avail. Sonic tries to take it from them and Eggman uses the mech's sword to attack Sonic, cutting the Eggmobile and building in half. He looks around and finds Sonic has teleported somewhere else. He tries several times to hit him, but Sonic manages to get the Topaz and get Eggman to hit himself. Eggman has had enough and launches a barrage of rockets at him. They blow up in the air, but Sonic manages to hitch a ride on one and redirects via a portal to Eggman. The rocket hits the mech, but doesn't do much damage. Sonic, now on top of another building, says he would love to destroy Eggman's robot, but he is too busy saving the world and leaves via a portal.
Sonic runs into a colorful desert as he looks for someone to pass the Topaz to. He runs into Blaze, who is out sightseeing with Cream and Cheese. Blaze tells him she got a call from Tails about the situation. She then notes Cream has been quiet since the call. When she asks her what's wrong, she confesses she wants to join Sonic on his adventure even though it's dangerous because she doesn't want another bad doctor to use it for evil again. Blaze and Sonic are taken aback by her outburst, but Sonic makes a quick decision and lets her join, seeing her mind is made up. She cheers with Cream and Sonic tosses the topaz to Blaze, which causes them to warp to Tropical Jungle. Sonic starts to think on how to get back on track, but they are teleported again to Water Palace. Blaze is teleported to Monopole and looks through the portals to find the others. She then warps to Red Mountain, where she notes the topaz has more power than she realized. Blaze realizes the more she chases after them, the more portals will appear, separating them more. She decides to go put the topaz back on her on for their safety, but she hears Cream calling out to her. She turns and sees Sonic and Cream over a lava pool and jumps to help them, creating another portal. The portal causes them to free fall in the sky. Sonic holds the Topaz with Blaze and explains if they focus, they can guide where the portal will appear. They focus on the gorge from earlier and a portal to it appears. Cream tries to get them there, and with a boost from Blaze, they go through the portal. They arrive back in the desert and Blaze thanks Cream, but she says Blaze is the one who saved them. Sonic thanks them for the help but Blaze says they didn't make any progress. Sonic points out they are in the lower part of the gorge now and leaves. They wave goodbye and Blaze notes how Sonic can find the positive in any situation; Cream says that's why adventures are fun with him.
Later, Sonic runs through a mountainous terrain. He tells Tails he can feel it wanting to sprout portals again. Tails tells him there is a mine nearby that could negate damage done by the portals. He says it was decommissioned by Eggman long ago but he loses signal to Sonic before he can say anything else. Sonic then runs into the Babylon Rouges, with Jet demanding he hands it over them, with Wave saying they will auction it off. Sonic runs off, saying he assumes they intercepted a transmission, so they should know the Warp Topaz is unstable. The rouges are unphased, but Sonic makes work of them and runs ahead. Jet isn't worried because he knows Sonic is going to a dead end. Sonic reaches the end of the mine, where Shadow and Rouge are sitting on a large gold nugget. Sonic assumes Tails brought them to a gold mine to entice them to help, and Rouge partially admits to it. Shadow says he can't stand power in the hands of fools. The rouges then arrive on the scene and Sonic gets ready for a 3 on 3 battle, but Shadow has other ideas. He demands Sonic give him the topaz or he will take it by force. Storm buts in, saying they want it too. Sonic drills a hole out of the mine for him and blocks the path with a portal. Jet admits the topaz is more trouble than its worth and tells the group to kick the "wanna-be ultimate lifeform" through the portal and take the gold. Shadow hears his comment and uses his Chaos powers to blast the rouges into the portal and into a snowy mountain. Tails communicates with Sonic again making sure he is OK and apologizing for cutting out before he could say Rouge and Shadow were there.
Sonic starts to feel the Warp Topaz act up again and says he needs to get rid of it, causing him to warp into a cavern. Tails manages to partially tell him he is in the cave where Starline took the gemstone in the first place. Sonic runs around to find the exact spot and finds a hole with graffiti left on it by Starline. He thanks the late doctor and places the topaz into it. The stone starts to go haywire and Sonic quickly gets out of the cave before it collapses on him. On the surface, Tails ask if he is alright. Sonic says they're in the clear and victory #900 "belongs to all of us!"
Appearances[]
Characters:
- Amy Rose
- Babylon Rogues
- Badnik Horde
- Blaze the Cat
- Cheese
- Cream the Rabbit
- Cubot
- Dr. Eggman
- Dr. Starline (mentioned)
- Knuckles the Echidna
- Metal Sonic
- Neo Metal Sonic (mentioned)
- Master Overlord (cameo)
- Neo Metal Sonic (mentioned)
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Orbot
- Rouge the Bat
- Shadow the Hedgehog
- Silver the Hedgehog (mentioned)
- Sonic the Hedgehog
Locations:
- Multiverse
- Sonic's universe
- Sol Dimension (mentioned)
Races and species:
Items:
- Chaos Emerald (mentioned)
- Extreme Gear
- Metal Virus (mentioned)
- Miles Electric
- Piko Piko Hammer
- Wrist-comm
- Warp Topaz
Vehicles:
- Egg Mobile
- Egg Shogun Z (first appearance)
Continuity[]
- Tails recalls that the last time that Sonic handled the Warp Topaz, he was sent to the Sol Dimension and nearly lost his memory, from Sonic the Hedgehog #29 to Sonic the Hedgehog #32.
Trivia[]
- Cover A is based on a piece of promotional artwork for the original Sonic the Hedgehog.
- Cover RI features warp portals that lead to Scrapnik Island, Angel Island, the giant turtles in Seaside Hill, Night Palace, Aurora Icefield and Station Square.
- This marks the first time since Sonic the Comic #223 where Richard Elson has done a cover art for a Sonic the Hedgehog comic.
- Additionally, this also marks the first time since Sonic the Comic #184 where Nigel Kitching has done writing for a Sonic the Hedgehog comic. Coincidentally, it is the first time since said-issue where Kitching and Elson have worked together on a Sonic comic.
- The term "900th Adventure" is in reference to this comic being the 900th English-language Sonic the Hedgehog comic (including reprints):
- The Sega published comics (Sonic the Hedgehog promotional comic, Sonic Forces digital comic, Sonic Frontiers Prologue: Convergence) make six total.
- The Archie Comics published comics (original miniseries, main series, Sonic Specials, Princess Sally miniseries, Tails miniseries, Knuckles miniseries, Sonic Quest miniseries, Sonic Super Specials, Knuckles the Echidna, Archie & Friends: A Halloween Tale, Sabrina the Teenage Witch #28, Sonic X, Free Comic Book Day issues, Sonic Universe, Sonic Super Special Magazine, Sonic Super Digest, Mega Man crossover issues, Halloween Comic Fest, Sonic Boom, Worlds Unite Battle Books, Sonic: Mega Drive miniseries) adds 560, making it 566 total.
- The Fleetway Editions published comics (Sonic the Comic, Sonic the Poster Mag, various specials) adds 238, making it 804 total.
- The Grandreams published comics (The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Yearbook 1993 and 1994) adds two, making it 806 total.
- The IDW Publishing published comics (main series, Team Sonic Racing one-shots, annual edition comics, Sonic the Hedgehog: Tangle & Whisper miniseries, Halloween Comic Fest, Sonic the Hedgehog: Bad Guys miniseries, 30th Anniversary specials, Free Comic Book Day issues, Sonic the Hedgehog: Imposter Syndrome miniseries, Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Pre-Quill, one-shot comic, Sonic the Hedgehog: Scrapnik Island miniseries, Sonic the Hedgehog: Issue 1 5th Anniversary Edition, Sonic the Hedgehog 900th Adventure) adds 94, making the grand total of 900.
- According to Richard Elson, the artwork he drew for cover RI (25) was initially rejected by Sega of Japan for not fitting their stylistic standards, and he was asked to redraw it in a new style. Elson refused to redraw the entire cover in the style requested, and as such, a compromise was met, with Elson redrawing Tails in a style less resembling Sonic the Comic, while the rest of the cover remained unchanged.[5]
- This issue was originally scheduled for release on 16 August 2023 before being delayed to 30 August. It was then re-delayed to 13 September.
Gallery[]
Cover artwork[]
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 Cover C thumbnails. Art by Evan Stanley.  Cover C colors. Art by Evan Stanley.  Cover D colors. Art by Adam Bryce Thomas.  Cover RI (10) colors. Art by Nathalie Fourdraine.  Cover RI (50) inks. Art by Jonathan Gray.  Cover RI (50) colors. Art by Jonathan Gray. Colors by Reggie Graham.  Online exclusive cover colors. Art by Matt Herms. |
Interior artwork[]
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 Page seven colors. Art by Evan Stanley. Colors by Gigi Dutreix.  Page eight colors. Art by Evan Stanley. Colors by Gigi Dutreix.  Page nine colors. Art by Evan Stanley. Colors by Gigi Dutreix.  Page ten colors. Art by Evan Stanley. Colors by Gigi Dutreix.  Page eleven colors. Art by Evan Stanley. Colors by Gigi Dutreix.  Page twelve colors. Art by Evan Stanley. Colors by Gigi Dutreix.  Page 25 pencils. Art by Aaron Hammerstrom.  Page 26 pencils. Art by Aaron Hammerstrom.  Page 27 pencils. Art by Aaron Hammerstrom. |
Early covers[]
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 Cover A. Art by Tracy Yardley.  Cover B. Art by Yuji Uekawa.  Cover C. Art by Evan Stanley.  Cover D. Art by Adam Bryce Thomas.  Cover RI (10). Art by Nathalie Fourdraine.  Cover RI (25). Art by Richard Elson.  Cover RI (50). Art by Jonathan Gray. Colors by Reggie Graham.  Online exclusive cover. Art by Matt Herms. |
Concept artwork[]
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 Palette concepts for the fourth story segment. Art by Min Ho Kim.  Artstyle concept for the fourth story segment. Art by Min Ho Kim.  Artstyle concept for the fourth story segment. Art by Min Ho Kim.  Artstyle concept for the fourth story segment. Art by Min Ho Kim.  Color concepts for the fifth story segment. Art by Nathalie Fourdraine. |
Preview pages[]
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 Page one  Page two  Page three |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 SONIC THE HEDGEHOGS 900TH ADVENTURE CVR A YARDLEY. Previewsworld (19 May 2023). Retrieved on 19 May 2023.
- ↑ SONIC THE HEDGEHOGS 900TH ADVENTURE CVR B SEGA OF JAPAN. Previewsworld (19 May 2023). Retrieved on 19 May 2023.
- ↑ SONIC THE HEDGEHOGS 900TH ADVENTURE CVR C STANLEY. Previewsworld (19 May 2023). Retrieved on 19 May 2023.
- ↑ SONIC THE HEDGEHOGS 900TH ADVENTURE CVR D THOMAS. Previewsworld (19 May 2023). Retrieved on 19 May 2023.
- ↑ Sonic The Comic Con 2023 Guest Q&A Panel. YouTube (30 May 2023). Retrieved on 31 May 2023.
