IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 18

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* Cover A
* Cover B
* Retail Incentive

## Production Staff

### Cover Artist

* Jonathan Gray
(Cover A)
* Diana Skelly
(Cover B)
* Nathalie Fourdraine
(Retail Incentive Cover)

## First Appearances

### Characters

* Cream the Rabbit
* Cheese the Chao
* Chocola the Chao
* Vanilla the Rabbit
* Gemerl

### Locations

* Floral Forest Village
* Altar Emerald (flashback)
* North Glade

**IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 18** is the sixteenth issue in the *Sonic the Hedgehog* comic series published by IDW Publishing.

## Official Solicitation

*"Victims"! The infection spreads! Sonic's already lost one friend to the spread of the virus and doesn't want to see anyone else corrupted. When Cream the Rabbit's town becomes the latest epicenter, Sonic races to help-but chaos has already started.*

### Synopsis

This article is within the scope of the IDW Main comic synopsis revamp (Metal virus-arc). This project is updating the storyline of IDW Sonic the Hedgehog issues 5-29, which roughly covers the Metal virus arc.. For participation, please check the project page.

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#### Appearances

**Characters**:

* Amy Rose ***(Mentioned)***
* Charmy Bee ***(Mentioned)***
* Cheese ***(First appearance)***
* Chocola ***(First appearance)***
* Cream the Rabbit ***(First appearance)***
* Cubot
* Dr. Eggman
* Dr. Starline
* Gemerl ***(First appearance)***
* Miles "Tails" Prower ***(Mentioned)***
* Orbot
* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Team Dark
	+ E-123 Omega ***(Mentioned)***
	+ Rouge the Bat ***(Voice)***
	+ Shadow the Hedgehog ***(Mentioned)***
* Vanilla the Rabbit ***(First appearance)***

**Races and species**:

* Chao ***(First appearance)***
* Human
* Zombot

**Locations**:

* Sonic's dimension
	+ Sonic's world
		- Altar Emerald ***(First appearance)*** (Flashback)
		- Floral Forest Village ***(First appearance)***
		- Sunset City ***(Mentioned)***

**Items**:

* Chaos Emeralds
* Metal Virus
* Multi-Tool Heel Spurs
* Warp Topaz

**Vehicles**:

* Battleship
* Faceship

**Misc**:

* Spin Attack

### Key Events

* Floral Forest Village is hit by the metal virus.
* Sonic meets up with Cream the Rabbit and her family.
* Cream and Vanilla escape from the village.
* Cheese and Chocola are infected by the virus.
* Using his speed, Sonic grabs two glass jars and traps the two chao into each jar
* Rouge calls Sonic to Sunset City.
* Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Sonic, the two zombot chaos manage to use their strength to break their confinements.

## Other features

* **Story so far...**: "Story so far..." is a summary of the current plotline for the comic. It features a landscape drawing by Cream of various locations that have been established in the series and some that have yet to be introduced. The people and locations on the map that have been marked with a red X indicate that they have been affected by the Metal Virus.
* **Roll Call**: Roll Call acts as a quick reference guide to new readers about the characters. This issue provides data files on Sonic, Dr. Eggman, Dr. Starline, Cream the Rabbit, Gemerl, Vanilla the Rabbit, Cheese and Chocola.
* ***Sonic the Hedgehog: Tangle & Whisper* preview**
* ***Revolution: Aw Yeah!* #1 - Free Digital Ashcan**

## Background information

### Cameos & References

* Two flashbacks to *Sonic Advance 3* (Gemerl's first appearance) are seen: Gemerl and Sonic facing off at Altar Emerald, and Gemerl enjoying life with Cream and Vanilla after his reprogramming (which is direct recreation of one of *Advance 3's* end credits scenes).

## Gallery

### Cover-artwork

Cover A (inks only)Cover A (artwork only)Cover B (artwork only)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/APR190621

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