Genesis’s Beginning of the End
Today, IGN released the formal preview to issue #230 from the principal Sonic the Hedgehog comic series.
The issue marks the end of the Sonic Genesis arc with the prologue, and also features a proper tie-in to Sonic Generations. Ian Flynn penned the script. Ben Bates, Terry Austin, Jamal Peppers, and Matt Herms are behind the artwork. Ben Bates flies solo on the cover.
The cover, alternate cover, and first five pages of issue #230 follow Archie’s official synopsis.
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #230
“…Two Steps Back” & “SONIC GENERATIONS”: “Genesis” may be over, but Sonic’s 20th Anniversary celebration parties on! As the Genesis Epilogue unfolds, the Death Egg II still menaces New Mobotropolis, and Dr. Eggman has one more sinister trick up his sleeve. It’s a desperate race against time as Sonic and Sally try to prevent another world catastrophe, and the ending will leave you speechless. Also featuring a very special SONIC GENERATIONS video game story!
Script: Ian Flynn.
Art: Ben Bates, Jamal Peppers, Terry Austin and Matt Herms
Cover by Ben Bates
Shipping Date: 10/19/11
On Sale at Comic Specialty Shops: 11/2/11
On Sale on Newsstands: 11/9/11
32-page, full color comic
$2.99 US.
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I’ve been out of touch with the comic series for a long time now, but I’d love them to release a compilation/archive of the Genesis arc in some way in the near future.
Thankfully I can get these comics on Comixology for $1.99.
Eggman figured out earlier that Sonic is, in simplicity, an embodiment of chaos (chaos force). I guess Eggman recalculated an “equation,” with “chaos” being the constant. Needless to say despite not winning he definitely caught the unwilling loyalty of a beloved archie character…
This issue is awesome, though the Generations story, like all other non-canon game adaptions, disappoints.
@AJBSONIC you may be in luck then, Archie ate planning to do a trade paperback/graphic novel style compilation of the Genesis story arc
DAT EGGMAN
I’ll tell you this. Look at the Generations tie-in and then see the opening cutscene to Generations. It’s nearly word-to-word. The only difference is the other characters talking. Nonetheless, I think I’m better off actually playing the game than reading the tie-in
Me reading this issue… Beginning: “Huzzah! Sally is not DEAD!” End: “Oh… she gets robotisized THIS issue… oh well”