IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 11

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## "The Battle for Angel Island - part 3"

**IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 11** is the eleventh issue of IDW Publishing's Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series.

## Summary

### Official Solicitation

*"The Battle for Angel Island," Part Three! Sonic and Knuckles are on the ropes as their foe uses the power of the Master Emerald to become a far more formidable threat! Meanwhile, the rest of the Resistance faces off against the entirety of the Eggman Empire's Fleet... but can they win?*
### Synopsis

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Angel Island is currently in freefall. On the island, Blaze has taken flight, concerned that her earlier actions have brought about the island's descent. She meets up with Tangle and Amy on a nearby Egg Fleet battleship and apologizes for causing the island to fall. Amy corrects her: if Angel Island is falling, then it means something has happened to the Master Emerald.

At the Master Emerald's shrine, Sonic, Knuckles and Shadow are busy dodging large crystal shards that are being fired at them by Master Overlord. Sonic himself take a small solace in that they are not facing Super Neo Metal Sonic anymore. Knuckles, meanwhile, contacts Amy. Telling her of Neo Metal Sonic's transformation, he asks if Burning Blaze is still around for heavy support. Amy relays that question to Blaze, who informs them that the Sol Emeralds' power has been diminished since their last usage, meaning she cannot transform again for a while. Knuckles promptly tells Sonic that Burning Blaze is out of the picture, and Sonic notes that Super Sonic is not an option either since they do not have the Chaos Emeralds. With Shadow determined not to lose to Master Overlord, Sonic comes up with a plan.

Master Overlord declares to Sonic, Knuckles and Shadow that he will realize Dr. Eggman's dream of a global empire as they can do nothing to stop him. He swiftly grabs the trio, preparing to wipe out the Resistance and leave Angel Island to be destroyed. Struggling in Master Overlord's grasp, Shadow asks Sonic if this was part of his plan, to which Sonic says that it is now. Sonic plans to rip the Master Emerald out of Master Overlord's chest to de-power Neo Metal Sonic and save Angel Island. He believes that Master Overlord is taking them straight to the calvary. Knuckles likes the plan's simplicity and begins to focus on the Master Emerald while Sonic and Shadow prepare to take out Master Overlord's wings to drive him down to the island.

In the captain's room on the Egg Fleet battleship, Vector points out to Tails that Master Overlord was heading directly towards them. Tails corrects Vector and states that they are instead heading straight for Metal Overlord as Sonic and the others needed help otherwise Angel Island would be lost. Tails requests for Vector to tell Amy to get everyone on deck as he tries to move as close to Metal Overlord as he can. Tails then begins to shoot at Metal Overlord with the battleship. Knuckles glides towards the robot's torso while telling Amy to help take out Metal Overlord's wings. Sonic and Shadow run up Metal Overlord's body towards his left and right wings respectively.

Elsewhere, in the Final Egg, Rough and Tumble have restrained a protesting Eggman, who is fearful of what is about to happen to him. Eggman's offers to fix anything for the skunk brothers is dismissed and the doctor soon meets an unfamiliar scientist named Dr. Starline. Eggman still claims to him that he is "Mr. Tinker" but Starline knows better as he has apparently made a career out of studying him. Starline declares that he will return Eggman to his former glory, making "Mr. Tinker" protest even more that he would not want to be Eggman. Starline simply tells him that Eggman would not want to be "Mr. Tinker" either and puts goggles over face that begins to electrocute the doctor.

Back at Angel Island, Master Overlord is still trying to bring the Egg Fleet battleship down. Sonic intercepts and decides to start slowing Master Overlord by annoying him. With this in mind, Sonic identifies Master Overlord's contradicting statement of Sonic being a loathsome copy when he himself looks less like a hedgehog with features such as being fifty-foot tall, being made of metal, etc. Master Overlord angrily yells that he is "Sonic" perfected and almost continues but is met with a rocket blast to his face from Whisper's Variable Wispon. Thus, the Resistance (aside from Tails) rush to Sonic's side to aid him in the fight and start battling Master Overlord all over. Amy confirms to Sonic that Knuckles has already relayed the plan and then begins to buy the Resistance more time by Spin Attacking Master Overlord's head. The Resistance aid in destroying Master Overlord's wings while Knuckles continues to force the Master Emerald out of his pelvis.

Suddenly, Master Overlord shakes the Resistance off, leaving those who are not fliers to free fall. However, Silver manages to catch everyone with his psychokinesis midair. As Silver does his best to concentrate, Master Overlord attempts to attack him. However, he is immediately rammed by the battleship, something which Tails delights in. As Master Overlord turns to face Tails, Knuckles finally manages to remove the Master Emerald. Knuckles then glides right down to his shrine and places the Master Emerald back in its rightful place. Angel Island barely touches the ocean and slowly rises back up, much to the relief of a laughing Knuckles. As Silver brings everyone down to the surface, Sonic immediately seeks out the destroyed battleship, worrying for Tails. Tails is revealed to to be fine and even though he agrees with Sonic that his actions were amazing, he says that does not think he would want to do it again anytime soon. As Sonic finds a decommissioned Metal Sonic nearby, Sonic believes that Tails has nothing to worry about as the fight is over.

After a tiresome battle, the team rest up and take a breather, aside from Shadow who almost immediately leaves. As Knuckles expresses gladness in being back home, he asks of Metal Sonic's status. Tails replies that he is offline, leaving the battle outcome in their favor. Sonic relays his happiness in Metal Sonic's defeat, Eggman being reformed and the day being saved once again. Meanwhile, back in Eggman's lab, Starline states that the first round of Eggman's procedure is complete and asks the doctor if he is feeling more like himself.

### Appearances

**Characters**:

* Blaze the Cat
	+ Burning Blaze ***(Mentioned)***
* Chaotix
	+ Charmy Bee
	+ Espio the Chameleon
	+ Vector the Crocodile
* Dr. Eggman
* Dr. Starline ***(First appearance)***
* Metal Sonic
	+ Neo Metal Sonic ***(Mentioned)***
		- Master Overlord
		- Super Neo Metal Sonic ***(Mentioned)***
* Resistance
	+ Amy Rose
	+ Knuckles the Echidna
	+ Miles "Tails" Prower
* Rough the Skunk
* Silver the Hedgehog
* Sonic the Hedgehog
	+ Super Sonic ***(Mentioned)***
* Tangle the Lemur
* Team Dark
	+ Rouge the Bat
	+ Shadow the Hedgehog
* Tumble the Skunk
* Whisper the Wolf

**Races and species**:

* Wisp
	+ Blue Wisp
	+ Cyan Wisp
	+ Green Wisp
	+ Orange Wisp
	+ Pink Wisp

**Locations**:

* Sonic's Dimension
	+ Sonic's world
		- Angel Island
			* Altar of Emerald
		- Windmill Village
		- Eggman Land ***(Mentioned)***
		- Final Egg ***(First appearance)***

**Items**:

* Chaos Emeralds ***(Mentioned)***
* Master Emerald
* Multi-Tool Heel Spurs ***(First appearance)***
* Piko Piko Hammer
* Rocket skates
* Sol Emeralds ***(Mentioned)***
* Warp Topaz ***(First appearance)***
* Wispon
	+ Variable Wispon

**Vehicles**:

* Egg Fleet

**Misc**:

* Burst Hover
* Glide
* Eggman Empire
* Spin Attack

## Key Events

* Angel Island falls into the ocean.
* The Resistance defeat Master Overlord, and Metal Sonic reverts to his base form.
* Knuckles returns the Master Emerald to its shrine, and Angel Island rises again.
* Rough and Tumble bring "Mr. Tinker" to Dr. Starline, who seeks to cure him of his amnesia.

## Other features

* **Previously**: Previously is a summary of previous issues' key story moments. It features a page of relevant panels from the previous issue.
* **Roll Call**: Roll Call acts as a quick reference guide to new readers about the characters. This issue provides data files on Sonic, Tails, Amy, Knuckles, Shadow, Tangle, Rouge, Blaze, Espio, Vector, Charmy, Whisper, Silver and Neo Metal Sonic.
* **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.
* ***Angry Birds/Transformers* #1 - Free Digital Ashcan**

## Background Information

* This issue was originally scheduled to release on November 21, but was pushed back a week.

### Cameos and References

* The base that Rough and Tumble have taken Eggman to is the Final Egg from *Sonic Adventure*. The fact this is, indeed, Final Egg and not an aesthetically similar location was confirmed by artist Evan Stanley on her Twitter.

## External Links

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/SEP180649
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/spiritsonic/status/1068188037006295040?s=21

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