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Like I did last time with Issues 82 and 83, this time I'll be talking about both Issues 84 and 85! YEAH!

Eggman tries to remotely control Belle, but it's revealed that Belle has a safety measure in place for this specific situation, so Eggman quickly loses control. However, Eggman is still able to communicate to Belle, so he asks her to help locate Metal Sonic, who has gone missing along with some of his tech.

Belle is only willing to help if Sonic can come along, which Eggman agrees to, and he also sends Sage along with them to help as well, and the three meet in Holoska to begin their search.

Belle evidentally has a bit of a grudge against Sage as soon as they meet due to her thinking Sage is her replacement as Eggman's daughter, but Sonic later reassures her that she can't be replaced, and her and Sage begin to be more friendly with each other.

Anyway, they do eventually find Metal Sonic, but there's a device on him that keeps him from being controlled by Eggman or connected to by Belle, and he begins attacking the trio.

Without any other options to regain control of Metal Sonic, the trio then escapes to a nearby Eggman base, where they find the rest of Eggman's machines that have gone missing...

Sonic splits off from Belle and Sage to explore the base and possibly find who's behind all of this, but in doing so, he finds a coffin that teleports him to a strange room with copy of himself, and Sonic and his look-alike have a race while Belle and Sage look through the stolen machinery and run away from Metal Sonic when he appears again. They also begin working on a weapon to use against Metal Sonic using some of the parts that they found...

Sisters bonding over building weapons of mass destruction :3

Metal Sonic finds them just as they're finishing the weapon, and they're able to fire it just in time to both blast Metal Sonic and break Sonic out of wherever he was, but the moment of peace is cut short as Metal Sonic gets back up and runs away with Sage in hand.

That's it for Issues 84 and 85, but we also got the solicit and covers for Issue 87, which is set to come out in June...

Attack on the Master Emerald!

With all of the Chaos Emeralds in the world going missing, Sonic, Amy, and Tails travel to Angel Island to warn Knuckles that the Master Emerald is in danger. Although the four friends together are near-unstoppable, everything changes when Angel Island passes beneath a powerful storm, separating the team!

Trapped underground, Amy and Sonic find themselves facing eerily familiar opponents, while on the surface Knuckles and Tails are left to weather the raging storm. But the tempest isn’t the only danger on the island—in the midst of the chaos and confusion, a shrouded figure has arrived with their own plans for the Master Emerald…

A new arc on the Road to 100 starts here!

It was also revealed that there will be a Sonic X Godzilla crossover starting in the Summer as well as a 35th anniversary special that will come out at some point this year and will be getting a deluxe edition in December. Also, Tangle and Whisper are now in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds :3

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I finally drew Lunar :3

https://www.deviantart.com/peridottopuffu/art/Lunar-the-Sugar-Glider-1261141893

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Sorry it's been a couple of months again, but I'm finally ready to talk about Issues 82 and 83! Also, first post of 2026! Woo!

So after Sonic and Tails find Lunar and the Chaos Emerald, Lunar reveals that Lunar's real name is actually Soleil...

Soleil was a part of an acrobatics team made up of Soleil's family called the Celestial Troupe, but Soleil was removed from their acts due to choking from fear and not meeting their expectations, which led Soleil to becoming a fan of Sonic and his acrobatic maneuvers by watching videos of him online. A side effect of this however is that Soleil's internal love of acrobatics and knowledge gained from watching Sonic manifests itself into an alter ego named Lunar, and Lunar is the one who stole the Chaos Emerald before Soleil regains control. After all of this is revealed, Soleil's parents Apogee and Perigee arrive with Lunar's siblings, and they begin fighting Sonic due to them blaming him for Soleil's recent acts of defiance, which also prompts Soleil to change back into Lunar, who once again tries to escape. Sonic however is able to convince Lunar that Soleil has what it takes to prove Soleil's self to Soleil's parents without Lunar taking control, which prompts Lunar to change back into Soleil just in time for Soleil to do just that.

After a little bit more help from Sonic and Soleil confronts Soleil's parents about how Soleil's been feeling, Apogee and Perogee finally realize that they were wrong to force their expectations onto Soleil and drive Soleil away, and they agree to support Soleil from now on.

...wait, did they have that confetti and sign on them this whole time just in case something like this happened? :3

Their celebration is short lived however, as Shadow and Rouge show up and start fighting over who gets the Chaos Emerald, which is then followed by Eggman suddenly appearing as well, which leads into Issue 83.

Eggman just so happened to arrive in Sequin in a mech called the Egg Juggler without realizing that Sonic, Tails, Shadow, and Rouge were there with a Chaos Emerald as well, but once he realizes that Sonic and the gang are there, Shadow and Rouge set aside their plan to take the Emerald to help Sonic, Tails, and Soleil beat Eggman, eventually culminating in Shadow attempting to use Chaos Control but getting cut short when Eggman takes the Emerald for himself.

As the others continue fighting, Tails and Rouge begin messing with the Egg Jugglers power supply, and with a little help from the Celestial Troupe, they succeed in destroying the Egg Juggler and Eggman flees.

The Chaos Emerald is also nowhere to be found after the scuffle, but everyone begins to part ways, unaware that the mysterious figure carrying the other Chaos Emeralds in a coffin is watching from above and has gotten their hands on the last one...

And that's it for Issues 82 and 83! We also got a few covers and the solicits for Issues 85 and 86, which are set to come out in March and April...

In their quest to find Metal Sonic, the now-trapped Sonic, Belle, Motobud, and Sage discover that someone has used stolen Dr. Eggman tech to take control of creatures. During their search, Sonic becomes trapped in a cryptic illusion, leaving Sage and Belle to work together to fend off the controlled Metal Sonic. Will these three creations of Dr. Eggman be able to find common ground? Or will these relationships explode?

With Sage captured by a corrupted Metal Sonic, the favorite daughter of Dr. Eggman is about to be deleted. The only way to survive? Combine forces with her "sister," Belle. As the two overcome their pain and fight to survive, they find themselves caught with Sonic under the whim of a mysterious ghostly figure.

Imprisoned in its sinister lair, will the children (and ultimate enemy) of Dr. Eggman be trapped forever beneath the harsh ice?

I also mentioned in one of my last posts that Sonic Frontiers takes place between Issues 82 and 83 leading to Sage's introduction in Issue 84, but that info is no longer on the Sonic Wiki and some have noted an obvious discrepency given that the Chaos Emeralds are both in the hands of the mysterious coffin person and involved in the plot of Frontiers at seemingly the same time, so Frontiers taking place in between Issue 82 and 83 might not be accurate anymore and Frontiers' placement in the timeline of the comics might just be ambiguous. It was also revealed back in November that the Chasing Shadows one-shot has officially been canceled, but some elements from it could appear in the main series at some point in the future including a new villain named Bones the Falcon, but we'll have to wait and see.

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Issue 77 is out, so I'm going to talk about it!

(Also, while I won't be talking about it in detail, the first issue of the Sonic X DC crossover came out and I'm also reading it, and on the topic of series published by DC, I've also spent the past month or so reading Fables and have almost finished its main series :3)

Sonic and the Chaotix start their search for Clutch by going to the place where Sonic first met him, being the White Chateau.

Upon their arrival, they see what appears to be someone inside, so they venture inside to find out who it is, and they find none other than…

After fighting Rough and Tumble's army of Eggman robots, they reveal that Clutch is also there with them and now works for them.

Clutch explains that after his plan failed, he escaped from Eggman and went back to the White Chateau to go into hiding and gave ownership of it to Rough and Tumble, and Clean Sweep Inc is only still functioning because its robotic employees are carrying on with their work while all of the non-robotic employees have left. Clutch gives Sonic and the Chaotix the address of a nearby Clean Sweep Inc base so they can see for themselves if he's telling the truth, and they decide to check it out. What Sonic and the Chaotix don't know however is that Clutch is now working for Eggman due to a device Eggman implanted into his head and is actually sending them towards a trap.

That's it for Issue 77, but we also got the covers and solicit for Issue 79, which is set to come out in June…

The long-running feud between ace sniper Whisper and sinister assassin Mimic is coming to a climactic showdown!

Only one of these former comrades will walk away! Can Tangle and Silver help turn the tide of battle? Or will Whisper suffer another friend getting caught in the crossfire? It’s a thrilling battle years in the making!

…and to end this off, here's another funny piece of fan art that was included at the end of Issue 77 :3

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This is the second year in a row that I don't get to talking about the first issue of IDW for the year until February (although in this one's case, the issue itself also didn't come out until February) :3

Anyways, for my first post of 2025, here's Issue 76!

A little bit of time has passed since the end of the Clean Sweepstakes and the destruction of Restoration HQ, and Sonic pays a visit to the Chaotix Detective Agency to see if the Chaotix will help him find Clutch and figure out who's still running Clean Sweep Inc as well as maybe find Tails' lost Chaos Emerald along the way...

Back at the now destroyed Restoration HQ, Silver and Blaze are assessing the damage done to their garden...

(I really like the interaction between Silver and Blaze here :3)

...before Tails and Amy show up and explain that they're also checking to see how much of the main Restoration HQ's network is still running, and Blaze agrees to help them. Silver then checks in on the Diamond Cutters as well as Jewel and Belle who are hanging out nearby. Jewel thinks that she shouldn't keep running the Restoration after her decision to destroy the HQ, and Lanolin also apologizes for not listening to Silver and Whisper and unknowingly playing into Mimic's plan, but the two agree to help each other rebuild the area around the HQ, and while Whisper once again wants to go out and end Mimic once and for all, Tangle and Silver convince her to dial it back a bit and agree to help her stop him when the time comes. Belle also decides to take a bit of a vacation and help anyone she meets along the way, and with all their choices being decided between them, the group has a parting group hug.

The Chaotix also agree to team up with Sonic to look into Clean Sweep Inc and find Clutch, and everyone sets out to fulfill their new goals.

And that's it for Issue 76! We also got the solicit and covers for Issue 78, which is set to come out in April...

“Scattered Pieces” Part Three! Amy, Tails, and Blaze set out to assess the fallout from the collapse of Restoration HQ. Did the goodwill network endure? Or did Clutch's grand scheme ultimately destroy the last beacon of hope left in the world? More importantly, will Surge and Kit's arrival make things even worse?!

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Issue 79 came out almost a week ago, so it's time for me to finally talk about it! However, since this issue marks the end of the long-running arc between Whisper and Mimic that's been going on since the first couple years of the series' run, I'd recommend reading the issue first before reading this post talking about it if you don't want to see spoilers.

Anyway, picking up where the preview in Issue 78 left off, Mimic approaches Whisper at the Rainbow Ravine while disguised as Cream, but Whisper quickly sees through his disguise, and the two make it clear that they both intend on ending their feud once and for all.

By the way, I really like the buildup leading into their fight, and I especially like this bit right here where it highlights Mimic and Whisper's different viewpoints on working with others because I think it connects really well with everything that's happened involving the two of them up to this point...

And going along with Whisper's idea of friends being important, she surprises Mimic by revealing that she didn't come into this fight alone, as both Silver and Tangle are also here and ready to fight Mimic alongside her. The four then duke it out for a while before it's revealed that Mimic brought an explosive power core with him, and he activates it to blow himself up in an attempt to take Whisper out with him, but Tangle quickly swoops in and grabs her as Mimic falls down into a river below, seemingly dead.

And with that, the battle between Whisper and Mimic has finally come to an end, and Whisper has avenged her lost friends and is ready to move on with her wisps and new friends by her side.

Happy awoo :3

Also, Sonic and the Chaotix are nearing the Clean Sweep Inc base that Clutch told them about in Rainstorm Forest...

And that's it for Issue 79! I really liked this issue and think it was a pretty good conclusion to Whisper and Mimic's arc, although I feel like both Mimic and Starline's "deaths" were set up in an intentionally ambiguous way so that their stories have a conclusion but the two could possibly show up again later as a surprise reveal, so it's possible that we'll see more of Mimic in the future if given enough time.

We also got the solicits and covers for both Issue 81 as well as the Chaotix 30th anniversary special which are set to come out in August and September, the former of which also introduces both a new character as well as a new location called Sequin...

The carnival has come to Sequin - this is a party you don't want to miss! Trouble is brewing: Six of the Chaos Emeralds have disappeared without a trace, and Sonic and Tails are on the hunt for the seventh. They've tracked it to the intricate and opulent city of Sequin, where it's serving as the centerpiece of a citywide carnival. Sonic and Tails hope to catch the mysterious Emerald thief in the act, but they've got competition. Shadow and Rouge intent to claim the gem themselves, and they are not afraid to go through Sonic and Tails - or anyone else - to do it. Who will be the first to the Emerald? New faces, strange secrets, and plenty of adventures await!

When an elusive master thief threatens to rob the Mythsonian Museum, which detectives are better on your side than Team Chaotix?! Can Vector, Espio, and Charmy get to the bottom of the museum's true mystery and crack the case? Sure they can! If they could just get their story straight... Join Daniel Barnes and a rotating cavalcade of artists in this Chaotix 30th anniversary caper that shifts art styles as our heroes recount the tale!

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Issue 73! It's here! YEAH!

Jewel isn't too happy about Clutch having his guards all over the Restoration's ship and how they're handling the Phantom Rider situation and wants him and them out, but Clutch now has so much control over it that there isn't really a whole lot Jewel can about it, so she goes to Tangle and Whisper, who she tells about Clutch and also reveal to her that Sonic is the Phantom Rider.

Shortly after, the final race of the Clean Sweepstakes begins, and Sonic arrives to cause a commotion as he's been doing, and a fight breaks out that ultimately leads to Surge removing Sonic's disguise, revealing his identity as the Phantom Rider to everyone.

While all of this is going on, Tails, Amy, and Belle are still aboard the ship and are trying to sneak away from Rough and Tumble when they suddenly run into Don, who's there to find the Chaotix. Belle has an idea of where they could be, so she leads them to where they are in fact being kept and have info that can be used against Clean Sweep, only for Clutch to arrive just when they're free...

That's it for Issue 73, but we also got covers and the solicit for Issue 76, which is set to come out in February...

“Scattered Pieces” Part One! Sonic and his friends are forced to deal with the aftermath of Clutch's grand scheme! While some set out to seek justice, some stay behind to pick up the pieces. What unlikely pairs will join forces? Which bonds will be broken? Who can be trusted? A new chapter in the IDW Sonic the Hedgehog series begins here!

Also, to close this off, here's a piece of fanart that was included at the end of Issue 73 that I thought was funny and also think would make a great off-panel :3

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Happy Halloween! Issue 74 came out yesterday, so it's now time for me to talk about it!

(Also, on the topic of comics and Halloween, I alongside this issue also bought the new Scary Godmother compendium and a couple Werewolf by Night comics and have also been reading those :3)

Clutch and his boys fight Tails, Amy, Belle, Don, and the Chaotix for a while, but Charmy manages to escape with the flash drive filled with info that could incriminate Clean Sweep Inc, so Clutch rushes after him and locks everyone else in the room they've been in.

Charmy succeeds in getting the drive to Nite, who quickly looks through the files on it and reveals the secret of Clean Sweep Inc to the Clean Sweepstakes' viewers...

Jewel then sets the shuttle to self-destruct, but Clutch puts it on a collision course for the stadium where the viewers and racers are watching from below.

Sonic, the Diamond Cutters, the Babylon Rogues, and Surge and Kit are all watching as the shuttle begins crashing towards them, but Sonic quickly begins moving towards it to stop it, with the Diamond Cutters and the Babylon Rogues following after him.

And that's it for Issue 74!

We also got the covers and solicit for Issue 77, which is set to come out in March...

“Scattered Pieces” Part Two! Sonic and the Chaotix Detective Agency are on the move. After the epic events of issue 75, Clutch the Opossum is still at large. It's up to our heroes to discover what has become of the dapper-dressed villain! Can Sonic and the Chaotix uncover the truth before his next big move?