IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 42

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Sonic the Hedgehog #42
Publication Details
Issue Number	42
Date Published	21 July 2021
Publishing Company	IDW Publishing
Production Staff
Cover Artist	Priscilla Tramontano (Cover A) Abby Bulmer (Cover B) Nathalie Fourdraine (Retail Incentive Cover)
Writer	Ian Flynn
Pencils	Adam Bryce Thomas

IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 42 is the forty-second issue in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by IDW Publishing.

Official solicitation

Zeti Hunt, part two! Now that Zavok has his pack, it's time for them to make a big move. But Jewel the Beetle, newly appointed Restoration leader, has called on Sonic, Tails, and the Chaotix to run interference. Will they be able to stop the Zeti and make it home in time for spaghetti!?

Featured stories

Zeti Hunt, Part 2

• Story: Ian Flynn
• Pencils: Tracy Yardley
• Inks: Matt Froese
• Colors: Matt Herms
• Letters: Shawn Lee
• Assistant Editor: Riley Farmer
• Editor: David Mariotte
• Special thanks to: Mai Kiyotaki, Michael Cisneros, Sandra Jo, Sonic Team, and everyone at Sega for their invaluable assistance

Synopsis

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Appearances

Characters:

• Babylon Rogues (Mentioned)
• Chaotix
  • Charmy Bee
  • Espio the Chameleon
  • Vector the Crocodile
• Deadly Six
  • Master Zik
  • Zavok
  • Zazz
  • Zeena
  • Zomom
  • Zor
• Dr. Eggman (Mentioned)
• Dr. Starline
• Miles "Tails" Prower
• Restoration
  • Belle the Tinkerer
  • Chief Mechanic
  • Jewel the Beetle
  • Tangle the Lemur
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Whisper the Wolf

Races and species:

• Zeti

Locations:

• Sonic's dimension
  • Lost Hex (Mentioned)
  • Sonic's world
    • Emerald Town
      • Tails' Lab
    • Emeraldville Ruins
      • Restoration HQ
    • Everhold Prison (Mentioned)
    • Sunset City
    • White Park Grand Chateau (Mentioned)
    • Winterburg

Items:

• Chaos Emerald Siphon (Mentioned)
• Metal Virus (Mentioned)
• Miles Electric
• Multi-Tool Heel Spurs
• Tricore
• Wispons
  • Hover Wispons (x2)
  • Variable Wispon
• Zeti Zapper (First appearance)

Vehicles:

• Tornado
• Zeti Launcher (First appearance)

Misc.:

• Chaotix Detective Agency
• Spin Attack
• Star Fox (First appearance) (Logo)

Other features

• Story so far: "Story so far" is a summary of the current plotline for the comic.
• Roll Call: Roll Call acts as a quick reference guide to new readers about the characters. This issue provides data files on Sonic, Tails, Jewel, Belle, the Deadly Six, the Chaotix and Dr. Starline.
• Sonic Letters Squad: Sonic Letters Squad is a section where the comic staff can post fan artwork and fan letters that have been sent in to them. The other pages showcase raw artwork of the variant covers for the issue.

Trivia

• This issue was originally scheduled for release on 28 July 2021, but was delayed to 25 August 2021.

Gallery

Early covers

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Preview Pages

Gallery

References

IDW Sonic Comics