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Sonic the Hedgehog: The IDW Collection
Sonic the Hedgehog: The IDW Collection, Vol. 4
Oversized hardcover editions of IDW's celebrated Sonic the Hedgehog comics, including the ongoing series, annuals, and mini-series, all presented in recommended reading order!
Dr. Starline is back to his evil antics! But to enact his latest scheme he'll have to get into an abandoned Dr. Eggman base and past an army of badniks! To do that, he'll need the help of some of Sonic's greatest enemies! Mimic, Rough, Tumble, and Zavok are back and badder than ever! Then, Hold on to your chili dogs, Sonic fans! The Metal Virus is gone, but things aren't back to normal. Omega is damaged, and his allies turn to Team Sonic for help. The only way to rebuild him is to trade parts with a mysterious champion Chao racer, so it's off to the races for Cream, Cheese, Amy, and Rouge!
But, when Dr. Eggman unleashes his latest attack, Sonic and Tails will have to rely on their friends to help them foil his newest dastardly plan! There's a new kid on the block! And a new... tower? While Tangle tries to initiate the new recruit, Belle, into the Restoration, Sonic, Tails, and Amy investigate a mysterious structure that has popped up. Turns out, it's a maze of twisting corridors and crazy challenges!
Collects the Bad Guys mini-series plus issues #33–40 from volumes 9 and 10 (Chao Races & Badnik Bases and Test Run!) of the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
Dr. Starline is back to his evil antics! But to enact his latest scheme he'll have to get into an abandoned Dr. Eggman base and past an army of badniks! To do that, he'll need the help of some of Sonic's greatest enemies! Mimic, Rough, Tumble, and Zavok are back and badder than ever! Then, Hold on to your chili dogs, Sonic fans! The Metal Virus is gone, but things aren't back to normal. Omega is damaged, and his allies turn to Team Sonic for help. The only way to rebuild him is to trade parts with a mysterious champion Chao racer, so it's off to the races for Cream, Cheese, Amy, and Rouge!
But, when Dr. Eggman unleashes his latest attack, Sonic and Tails will have to rely on their friends to help them foil his newest dastardly plan! There's a new kid on the block! And a new... tower? While Tangle tries to initiate the new recruit, Belle, into the Restoration, Sonic, Tails, and Amy investigate a mysterious structure that has popped up. Turns out, it's a maze of twisting corridors and crazy challenges!
Collects the Bad Guys mini-series plus issues #33–40 from volumes 9 and 10 (Chao Races & Badnik Bases and Test Run!) of the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
280 pages, Hardcover
Published March 12, 2024
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March 14, 2024
I guess it's good this was a little disappointing because everything before was excellent, but the arcs in this definitely had a more filler vibe to them, but hopefully they'll be important in the future. Still a fun read.
September 24, 2024
every time shadow makes an entrance I never see it coming (I am dumb) and I start cheering like an idiot
anyway this arc wasn't as great as the last one but I want whatever modern day sonic and shadow have going on in literally every piece of sonic media
anyway this arc wasn't as great as the last one but I want whatever modern day sonic and shadow have going on in literally every piece of sonic media
October 29, 2025
4⭐️
I adore the IDW Sonic comics so much. Everytime I am in a reading slump, I pick one of these up and have the time of my life.
The fourth collection starts right after the Metal Virus arc. I loved that storyline and it was so incredibly big that every storyline here felt meh. I enjoyed the Bad Guys mini series and the Chao plotline, but everything surrounding Belle was quite lackluster.
I hope in the fifth collection the stakes are once again higher. It is a chunky collection so who knows.
Also lowkey hoping the sixth collection is released soon!
I adore the IDW Sonic comics so much. Everytime I am in a reading slump, I pick one of these up and have the time of my life.
The fourth collection starts right after the Metal Virus arc. I loved that storyline and it was so incredibly big that every storyline here felt meh. I enjoyed the Bad Guys mini series and the Chao plotline, but everything surrounding Belle was quite lackluster.
I hope in the fifth collection the stakes are once again higher. It is a chunky collection so who knows.
Also lowkey hoping the sixth collection is released soon!
July 24, 2025
2025 reads: 173/300
dr. starline is determined to humble dr. eggman once and for all, and to do so, he’ll need the help of sonic’s deadliest enemies. meanwhile, team sonic is attempting to rebuild omega, and to do so, they have to trade for parts with a mysterious champion chao racer.
this was a great volume! i loved meeting and learning about belle. she just might be one of my new favorite characters. the chao racing was also pretty interesting, and i’m glad cream, cheese, amy, and rouge could help the mistreated chaos. overall, this was an interesting volume!
dr. starline is determined to humble dr. eggman once and for all, and to do so, he’ll need the help of sonic’s deadliest enemies. meanwhile, team sonic is attempting to rebuild omega, and to do so, they have to trade for parts with a mysterious champion chao racer.
this was a great volume! i loved meeting and learning about belle. she just might be one of my new favorite characters. the chao racing was also pretty interesting, and i’m glad cream, cheese, amy, and rouge could help the mistreated chaos. overall, this was an interesting volume!
February 27, 2025
Disappointing continuation after the Metal Virus saga.
Evan Stanley's style seems better suited to slice of life comic books. As a result, the new heroes introduced are enjoyable and cute but the plot is poorly conceptualized and the villains are boring.
It takes a long time just to reach an actual conflict which is what we see in "test run". However, Eggman's plan is not creative enough to carry an arc. It is mostly a rehash of his previous plans and has no consequences afterwards. It feels like nothing happened across these issues.
The Bad Guys miniseries is slightly better, but suffers from having to work within characters like Zavok, who are boring conceptually. I'm not sure why you would not centre this series around Sonic's more popular villains, like Eggman, Jet, or Chaos. But it did improve Zavok as a character, which is impressive.
The characters are cute funny animals though and I like that. I like when they do funny things and they jump around.
Evan Stanley's style seems better suited to slice of life comic books. As a result, the new heroes introduced are enjoyable and cute but the plot is poorly conceptualized and the villains are boring.
It takes a long time just to reach an actual conflict which is what we see in "test run". However, Eggman's plan is not creative enough to carry an arc. It is mostly a rehash of his previous plans and has no consequences afterwards. It feels like nothing happened across these issues.
The Bad Guys miniseries is slightly better, but suffers from having to work within characters like Zavok, who are boring conceptually. I'm not sure why you would not centre this series around Sonic's more popular villains, like Eggman, Jet, or Chaos. But it did improve Zavok as a character, which is impressive.
The characters are cute funny animals though and I like that. I like when they do funny things and they jump around.
December 16, 2024
rating: 4.5 / 5
collects issues bad guys #1-4 & #33-40 of STH 2018
with metal virus arc behind us, we begin set-up for the next arc... we have a small adventure at the chao races, we get some shadow goodness, sonic and shadow teamwork, and dr. starlight appears, who has an apparent need for tails... for what, we dont know yet! he's up to some nefarious schemes that are yet to surface...
we also get introduced to belle the tinkerer, a creation of robotnik when he was "Mr. Tinkerer" and is integrated with the rest of the main crew... beyond that nothing too exciting besides a showdown with eggman and sonic w/ tails, amy, tangle, and belle within his spacey, timey-wimey door dimensions.
overall enjoyable and fun with the cast after what was the pretty heavy metal virus arc! looking forward to reading the continuing volumes
collects issues bad guys #1-4 & #33-40 of STH 2018
with metal virus arc behind us, we begin set-up for the next arc... we have a small adventure at the chao races, we get some shadow goodness, sonic and shadow teamwork, and dr. starlight appears, who has an apparent need for tails... for what, we dont know yet! he's up to some nefarious schemes that are yet to surface...
we also get introduced to belle the tinkerer, a creation of robotnik when he was "Mr. Tinkerer" and is integrated with the rest of the main crew... beyond that nothing too exciting besides a showdown with eggman and sonic w/ tails, amy, tangle, and belle within his spacey, timey-wimey door dimensions.
overall enjoyable and fun with the cast after what was the pretty heavy metal virus arc! looking forward to reading the continuing volumes
August 7, 2024
I Really Liked It 😄
-★★★★☆- (4.00/5.00)
My Grading Score = 80% (B+)
The IDW Collection Volume 4 comprises Saga 3: Eggman's Legacy (which is why they decided to use him as the cover for this one, so it's fitting). I can see how some may feel coming into this Saga feeling lukewarm, especially after Saga 2: The Metal Virus, which was a high for the arcs so far. And just because this one isn't as good does not mean it was bad by any stretch of the imagination, nor would I even say it's lukewarm, disappointing, or anything of the such. We got a handful of fun adventures, really utilizing a delightful combination of the traditional Sonic characters along with the IDW characters. Additionally, Stanley provides us with an arc that starts off with an impressively fun and well written Chao Race that was so charming. The usage of Shadow could have given us more sure, but I don't think it was enough to ruin the arc like some would state. The arc after this also had very fun callbacks with enemies like the Egg Viper.
Verdict
Sonic the Hedgehog: The IDW Collection Volume 4 although not on the level of the previous arcs I don't think it was trying to compete with it in the same way, it was a pleasant change of pace from the high stakes arc that was Saga 2: The Metal Virus.
I Really Liked It.
-★★★★☆- (4.00/5.00)
My Grading Score = 80% (B+)
The IDW Collection Volume 4 comprises Saga 3: Eggman's Legacy (which is why they decided to use him as the cover for this one, so it's fitting). I can see how some may feel coming into this Saga feeling lukewarm, especially after Saga 2: The Metal Virus, which was a high for the arcs so far. And just because this one isn't as good does not mean it was bad by any stretch of the imagination, nor would I even say it's lukewarm, disappointing, or anything of the such. We got a handful of fun adventures, really utilizing a delightful combination of the traditional Sonic characters along with the IDW characters. Additionally, Stanley provides us with an arc that starts off with an impressively fun and well written Chao Race that was so charming. The usage of Shadow could have given us more sure, but I don't think it was enough to ruin the arc like some would state. The arc after this also had very fun callbacks with enemies like the Egg Viper.
Verdict
Sonic the Hedgehog: The IDW Collection Volume 4 although not on the level of the previous arcs I don't think it was trying to compete with it in the same way, it was a pleasant change of pace from the high stakes arc that was Saga 2: The Metal Virus.
I Really Liked It.
January 28, 2025
The Bad Guys mini series was a little slow and it didn’t really feel all that substantial in the greater plot. Issue 33 marks the debut of Even Stanley as head writer of the book and I loved her work. The characters feel so lively and the plots are a lot more laid back which is nice, especially after the Metal Virus. The “Chao Races and Badnik Bases” story was a definite highlight. Can’t wait to see more of what Even cooks up!
September 12, 2023
The Starline arc is not my favorite, but it's still a very good one! We finally got to see more of Team Dark, which i'm always a fan of. It's a good one.
March 6, 2024
SERVEE
September 8, 2024
i love sonic the hedgehog
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March 4, 2025
Def a filler arc.
March 16, 2025
attempting to follow up the insane zombie apocalypse arc is a really difficult task… 😭😭😭 didn’t find myself as engaged as i was with the last collection but still enjoyable!
September 7, 2024
I still adore Sonic the hedgehog comic books, but this one felt empty, if that makes sense.
You had the beginning, and then the metal virus arc. It’s a hard thing to follow, so a lot of the issues felt like filler more than anything.
You had the beginning, and then the metal virus arc. It’s a hard thing to follow, so a lot of the issues felt like filler more than anything.
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