Deuces are Wild
Over the weekend, covers and synopses surfaced for Archie’s upcoming Sonic compilations.
Sonic Super Special Magazine #2 will focus on Sonic Adventure spanning another 100+ pages of nostalgia. The second Sonic Universe graphic novel will cover the 30 Years Later arc, with a nice new cover from Tracy Yardley and Ben Hunzeker.
Covers for both are in the gallery, follow Archie’s official synopses.
SONIC SUPER SPECIAL MAGAZINE #2
Written and art by various, cover by Tracy Yardley.
The adventure continues! Sonic Super Special Magazine is packed with more than 100 pages of comics, news, features, never-before-seen artwork and a foil-enhanced cover by Sonic artist extraordinaire Tracy Yardley! This quarterly collection takes new readers on a take a look back at the story that changed everything: “Sonic Adventure”! From the discovery of the United Federation to a deadly close encounter with the monstrous Chaos, Sonic super-fans will also be treated with part two of the Sonic Time Line, featuring more brand-new art from Jamal Peppers!
128 pages, $9.99.
SONIC UNIVERSE VOLUME 2: 30 YEARS LATER TP
Written by Ian Flynn, art and cover by Tracy Yardley.
It’s now thirty years down the line and King Sonic is on the throne. An unstoppable force threatens to destroy Angel Island and the world. It’s up to a new generation of Freedom Fighters to save the day! Collects issues #5-8 of Sonic Universe.
112 pages, $11.99.
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Okay so..am I missing something here? I just got into the comic and already feel overwhelmed.
>Sonic Archives, which are the old stories/issues but brought back in much smaller volumes.
>Sonic Select, which is, I assume, the original 48 Page specials but also in much smaller volumes.
The above two intrigue me VERY MUCH as I do not own those old comics anymore (I regret it now though) and buying these saves me money and time (not to mention shelf space).
…and now we have
>Sonic Legacy Book One (coming out)
>Sonic Super Special (the pictured comic in this article)
Holy hell what the fuck is the difference? Is there more shit I’m going to have to worry about ponying up for money? What could make this any different than what I’ve seen or would want to see already? I don’t understand and am already frustrated with what seems like oversaturation of a simple product.
@Haru
You know, there are new readers out there, that want to see comics that aren’t collected in regular collector sets.
@Haru
Yea these books are really only for 3 types of people
1. the die-hard collector
2. The impulse buy of little kids in stores (i think this is the major one lol)
3. the curious new reader
And since I’m a 1 i’ll get it just for the extras they might contain (thank god i have a good job… whew….)
I see a mistake…
That’s not a new cover for the SU arc, that’s the cover for issue #8.
I’m going to be probably getting that one and the previous one anyway since mine are now gone thanks to those ****ing ***holes that stole all of my comics from my burnt-down house. T__T
-Jennie
I see my questions went largely unanswered. What I’m mostly asking is what’s the difference between those other sets and what I already listed as what I wanna get.
@Jennie
They recycled the cover of issue 8 for the graphic novel.
@Haru
Sonic Select is unique as it reprints the specials and miniseries which won’t be printed anywhere else. Sonic Archives is a full-color, remastered archives of the oldest issues starting from #1. The beefy Sonic Legacy is basically the same as the Archives, except is in black and white (coloring book style, no shading) at a cheaper price. Finally, the SSSM is a magazine with news and other features, and reprints certain stories that tend to be newer and thus won’t be collected in the Archives for quite some time. If you are just looking for the old issues in their original form only, then you might want to just stick with the Archives and Selects.
If you’ve got any other questions be sure to let me know and I’ll clarify.
Heh heh heh…”Deuces.”