This Time, “X” Years Later is Accidental
As of this article’s publication, someone at Archie believes Sonic is celebrating his 25th anniversary instead of the 20th this year.
Most will disregard, however, because the gaffe was made in the mid of dishing some dirt on the pivotal 225th issue, which will be released in mid-May. The beginning of Genesis is a doozy, with Sonic joining forces with Ixis Naugus to combat Eggman’s new doomsday device. Ian Flynn penned the script. Tracy Yardley, Matt Herms, John Workman, and Terry Austin handed art inside the cover, while Spaz is responsible for the extra large cover spread.
That cover, clean and watermark free, is below, following Archie’s synopsis–minus the mistake.
“One Step Forward…”
Sonic’s 20th Anniversary begins HERE with a double-sized, gatefold cover! Dr. Eggman’s newest creation threatens all of Mobius, forcing Sonic to team up with the evil Ixis Naugus. It’s a race against time with a world-changing ending you won’t believe! The prelude to “Genesis” starts now with this awesome anniversary issue.
SCRIPT: Ian Flynn
ART: Tracy Yardley!, Terry Austin, John Workman & Matt Herms
Gatefold Cover by Patrick Spaziante
Shipping Date: 5/18/2011
On Sale at Comic Shops: 6/1/2011
Newsstands: Week of 6/7/2011
Comic, 32 pgs, 40 lb. glossy stock, Full-Color
$2.99 US
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I don’t usually get the Archie comics but for this I probably will.
I don’t know WHY I don’t get them; they’re awesome and all, but I guess I can’t be bothered spending money on them.
Kinda lame to start a story arc with a milestone issue rather than being the conclusion to it.
“Dr. Eggman’s newest creation ”
Are they retconning the Death Egg in the Sonic Quest miniseries or what? But I guess that one wasn’t made by this Robotnik.
Wish it was a wraparound cover instead of gatefold, but still getting this regardless
@Dr.Eggfang
Ugh, I hope they don’t mean it like that, that’d be pretty boring. Maybe it’s some kind of new Death Egg, like maybe it transforms into a giant robot, like the Death Star from those Star Wars Transformers.
My money’s on some sort of time paradox occuring, possibly involving Snively (“It IS over. But not in the way you think”) doing something treacherous like he did in Endgame, thus completely resetting the storyline and wiping out the SatAM Freedom Fighter group we know. Silver blames Sonic, of course, since Sonic allied with Naugus (not happily, I’ll bet), Silver is Mogul’s apprentice, and Naugus and Mogul no longer like each other at ALL. So, naturally, Sonic is blamed as the “traitor,” even though it’s mostly Snively’s fault (not that either of them are guaranteed to remember any of it).
Of course, this is all hypothetical, as I have no idea what will actually HAPPEN. Privately, I hope I’m at least partially wrong, because my theory has more holes than the entire run of the comic itself.