Sonic the Hedgehog: Tails' 30th Anniversary Special

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## Production Staff

### Cover Artist

* Aaron Hammerstrom (cover A)
* Thomas Rothlisberger (cover B)
* Tracy Yardley! (cover RI)
* Mark Hughes (online cover)
* Stan Sakai (cover RE)

### Colors

Reggie Graham

**IDW Sonic the Hedgehog: Tails’ 30th Anniversary Special** is an one-shot comic featuring Tails as the central character.

## Summary

### Solicitation

*Join Ian Flynn, Aaron Hammerstorm, and Reggie Graham in celebrating Classic Tails' 30th anniversary! A comic all about the cutest, bravest fox around?! Heck yeah! Best buds Sonic and Tails are off to Flicky Island for a much needed vacation! but the relaxing beaches and beautiful mountains have been replaced by railroad tracks and giant crystals--scaring the Flickies! Tails will have to put on a brave face to defeat the magical villain: Witchcart!*
## Story

### Flying Off the Rails

* **Story**: Ian Flynn
* **Art**: Aaron Hammerstrom
* **Inks**: Rik Mack
* **Colors**: Reggie Graham
* **Letters**: Shawn Lee
* **Editors**: Riley Farmer & David Mariotte
* **Special thanks to**: Mai Kiyotaki, Michael Cisneros, Sandra Jo, Sonic Team, and everyone at Sega for their invaluable assistance

#### Appearances

**Characters:**

* Badnik (Classic)
	+ Bee ***(First appearance)*** ***(remains)***
	+ Hunter ***(First appearance)*** ***(flashback)***
	+ Octopus ***(First appearance)*** ***(remains)***
	+ Shellcracker ***(body part)***
* Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik ***(flashback)***
* Gon ***(First appearance)*** ***(wreckage)***
* Haneruton ***(First appearance)*** ***(wreckage)***
* Knuckles the Echidna (Classic) ***(flashback)***
* Miles "Tails" Prower (Classic)
* Sonic the Hedgehog (Classic)
* Tashiya ***(First appearance)*** ***(wreckage)***
* Tobikoshi Crow ***(First appearance)*** ***(wreckage)***
* Witchcart ***(First appearance)***
* Witchcarters ***(First appearance)***
	+ Carrottia ***(First appearance)***
	+ Hocke-Wulf ***(First appearance)***
	+ Bearenger ***(First appearance)***

**Species:**

* Flickies

**Locations:**

* Classic Sonic's World
	+ Flicky Island ***(First appearance)***
		- Spring Stadium ***(First appearance)***
		- Rusty Ruins ***(First appearance)***
		- Panic Puppet Fortress ***(First appearance)***
		- Gene Gadget ***(First appearance)***
		- Green Grove Zone ***(First appearance)***
	+ Dark Castle ***(First appearance)*** ***(Flashback)***

* Egg Mobile ***(Flashback)***
	+ Green Grove Zone boss ***(Flashback)*** ***(First appearance)***
* Minecar ***(First appearance)***
* Tornado

#### Trivia

* This comic story marks the return of the classic version of Sonic’s world, and its counterpart, Tails.
* This issue is timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Mega Drive/Genesis version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992)
* Tails mentioning that he brought mint candy is a reference to mint candy being his mainstream counterpart’s favorite food.
* The events of Sonic 3D Blast are shown in a flashback.

## Background Information

The comc is the first instance of using the Classic Sonic logo.

## Reference

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## External Links

IDW Sonic the Hedgehog: Tails’ 30th Anniversary Special at Sonic News Network, the Sonic wiki.

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