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Sonic the Hedgehog (2018) (Single Issues)
Sonic the Hedgehog, Vol. 18: Extreme Competition
The action-packed saga continues as Sonic and the gang take on the Extreme Gear races and encounter a mysterious contender: the Phantom Rider.
On your marks! Get set! RACE! Welcome, Extreme Gear fans, to the qualifier for the Clean Sweepstakes race around the world, sponsored by the Restoration and Clean Sweep Inc.! And look at the starting line! It’s Sonic, Tails, Amy, Surge, Kit, the Diamond Cutters, and the Babylon Rogues! Hold on to your tails because we’re in for one heck of a race!
But there’s drama on the track! As Tails and Amy go to investigate a mystery of their own, only Sonic is left to answer the question, who is the Phantom Rider?!
Then in two one-shots Sonic and pals are getting into the vacation spirit. The Winter special brings holiday fun, food, and plenty of snow! But when Dr. Eggman's robots start making trouble, the gang find themselves in a real Winter Jam! But soon after Spring has sprung! The flowers are in bloom, and so is trouble! When Sonic, Tails, and friends try to take some downtime, they run into a mystery that’s spring broken! A seasonal whodunit in the Sonic style!
Collects Sonic the Hedgehog issues #69-71, Spring Broken , and Sonic’s Winter Jam one-shot.
On your marks! Get set! RACE! Welcome, Extreme Gear fans, to the qualifier for the Clean Sweepstakes race around the world, sponsored by the Restoration and Clean Sweep Inc.! And look at the starting line! It’s Sonic, Tails, Amy, Surge, Kit, the Diamond Cutters, and the Babylon Rogues! Hold on to your tails because we’re in for one heck of a race!
But there’s drama on the track! As Tails and Amy go to investigate a mystery of their own, only Sonic is left to answer the question, who is the Phantom Rider?!
Then in two one-shots Sonic and pals are getting into the vacation spirit. The Winter special brings holiday fun, food, and plenty of snow! But when Dr. Eggman's robots start making trouble, the gang find themselves in a real Winter Jam! But soon after Spring has sprung! The flowers are in bloom, and so is trouble! When Sonic, Tails, and friends try to take some downtime, they run into a mystery that’s spring broken! A seasonal whodunit in the Sonic style!
Collects Sonic the Hedgehog issues #69-71, Spring Broken , and Sonic’s Winter Jam one-shot.
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128 pages, Paperback
Published April 22, 2025
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June 3, 2025
catching up on idw since I fell behind. had to go back and reread these issues!
1) whoever says amy is written poorly in idw is just straight up lying. that's my girl... and her riders fit is superior btw
2) I miss rouge
3) I LOVE PHANTOM RIDER <3
1) whoever says amy is written poorly in idw is just straight up lying. that's my girl... and her riders fit is superior btw
2) I miss rouge
3) I LOVE PHANTOM RIDER <3
May 2, 2025
As always, the artwork is beautiful and even funny with some of the reactions. In particular, Silver’s face when his flower caught on fire was hilarious.
But most of this volume was filler that dragged on. The mystery comic could have been fun, but it just seemed rudimentary.
The Mimic arc continues and ropes in a racing game. Sonic gets to go undercover, which is cool, but I didn’t find this volume very interesting.
The IDW comics have been stellar, so it’s okay if one out of many is a stinker.
But most of this volume was filler that dragged on. The mystery comic could have been fun, but it just seemed rudimentary.
The Mimic arc continues and ropes in a racing game. Sonic gets to go undercover, which is cool, but I didn’t find this volume very interesting.
The IDW comics have been stellar, so it’s okay if one out of many is a stinker.
May 20, 2025
It finally feels like we are making some progress with the main story. It is pretty obvious where it is going, and the "mystery" seems largely needless, but it still has some fun parts.
Unfortunately though, I think I liked the one-shots more than the main series. The ridiculousness of both of them was great. I am not saying the main series should take the same tones, but it was refreshing.
Writing this review, I don't know where I want the series to go. What do I want from a Sonic comic? I like Sonic going fast, smashing robots, and inspiring his friends to live life to the fullest. I like random insane plots from Eggman. I like Knuckles dealing with hard questions and punching his way to the right answer. I like tails going on adventures with Sonic and building cool machines. I like Amy losing her cool and beating everything with a hammer. And it is too late for this, but I like Uncle Chuck, and Sally, and Antoine, and Bunnie.
My hope is that the writing team errs on the side of awesomeness, and can use Sonic to encourage and inspire others. And if Sega would let them, grow Sonic and his friends through hardships and successes.
Unfortunately though, I think I liked the one-shots more than the main series. The ridiculousness of both of them was great. I am not saying the main series should take the same tones, but it was refreshing.
Writing this review, I don't know where I want the series to go. What do I want from a Sonic comic? I like Sonic going fast, smashing robots, and inspiring his friends to live life to the fullest. I like random insane plots from Eggman. I like Knuckles dealing with hard questions and punching his way to the right answer. I like tails going on adventures with Sonic and building cool machines. I like Amy losing her cool and beating everything with a hammer. And it is too late for this, but I like Uncle Chuck, and Sally, and Antoine, and Bunnie.
My hope is that the writing team errs on the side of awesomeness, and can use Sonic to encourage and inspire others. And if Sega would let them, grow Sonic and his friends through hardships and successes.
May 31, 2025
The humour and playfulness of issues "Winter Jam" and "Spring Broken" are followed up by an exciting addition to the main story arc! With a wide variety of characters at play (including many of those introduced in the IDW run), it's intriguing to watch their differing motivations and perspectives affect how the story unfolds. Looking forward to Volume 19!
April 13, 2025
Sonic's collected editions lately seem a bit all over the place. They started off collecting the one-shots in their own trades, but now they've been shoving them into the ongoing series trades instead. This results in a lack of momentum for a series that was already pretty slow, since each trade only collects four or five issues usually.
So here we get the three issue snowboarding arc (hence Extreme Competition), which is itself just set-up for the next arc that builds to issue 75. This is fine, but I'm not sure what the fascination with Jet and his friends is other than that they don't have much personality so IDW get some more freedom with them, perhaps?
And then there's the season-themed one-shots, Winter Jam and Spring Broken! which are some more random collections of little one-off stories. Fine on their own, but mostly just padding here.
So here we get the three issue snowboarding arc (hence Extreme Competition), which is itself just set-up for the next arc that builds to issue 75. This is fine, but I'm not sure what the fascination with Jet and his friends is other than that they don't have much personality so IDW get some more freedom with them, perhaps?
And then there's the season-themed one-shots, Winter Jam and Spring Broken! which are some more random collections of little one-off stories. Fine on their own, but mostly just padding here.
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