IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 33

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* Cover A
* Cover B
* Retail Incentive
* Retail Edition

## Production Staff

### Cover Artist

* Evan Stanley
(Cover A and RE)
* Gigi Dutreix
(Cover B)
* Nathalie Fourdraine
(Retail Incentive Cover)

## First Appearances

### Characters

* Clutch
* Belle the Tinkerer
* Omochao (multiple)

### Locations

* White Park Zone
	+ White Park Chao Racing Circuit

**IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 33** is the thirty-third issue in the *Sonic the Hedgehog* comic series published by IDW Publishing.

## Official solicitation

*Hold onto your chili dogs, Sonic fans! Long-time artist Evan Stanley takes over as writer with an action-packed, friendship-fueled new arc: "Chao Races and Badnik Bases!" The perfect jumping-on point for new readers!*
*The Metal Virus is gone, but things aren't quite back to normal. Omega is damaged and his allies turn to Tails and Sonic for help. The only way to rebuild him is to trade parts with a mysterious champion Chao racer... but things aren't what they seem.*
## Featured stories

### Chao Races and Badnik Bases, Part 1

* Story & Art: Evan Stanley
* Colors: Reggie Graham
* 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

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#### Appearances

**Characters:**

* Badnik
	+ E-100 Series ***(Mentioned)***
	+ Egg Pawn (multiple)
	+ Motobug (multiple)
* Belle the Tinkerer ***(First appearance)*** (silhouette)
* Chaclon (cameo) ***(First appearance)***
* Cheese the Chao
* Chocola the Chao
* Clutch ***(First appearance)***
* Cream the Rabbit
* Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik ***(Mentioned)***
* Dr. Starline ***(Mentioned)***
* Gemerl
* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Omochao (multiple) ***(First appearance)***
* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Team Dark
	+ Shadow the Hedgehog
	+ Rouge the Bat
	+ E-123 Omega
* Vanilla the Rabbit

**Races and Species:**

* Chao
	+ Dark Chao ***(First appearance)***
	+ Ferox ***(First appearance)***
	+ Hero Chao ***(First appearance)***

**Locations:**

* Sonic’s Dimension
	+ Sonic's World
		- Floral Forest Village
		- Restoration HQ ***(Mentioned)***
		- Tails' Workshop
		- White Park Zone ***(First appearance)***
			* White Park Chao Racing Circuit ***(First appearance)***
		- Windmill Village ***(Mentioned)***

**Items:**

* Miles Electric
* Doll (multiple) ***(First appearance)***
* Rocket Skates

**Vehicles:**

* Faceship ***(Mentioned)***
* Pink Cabriolet ***(First appearance)***
* Tornado

**Misc:**

* Chao Races ***(First appearance)***
* Eggnet ***(Mentioned)***
* White Park Chao Racing Circuit ***(First appearance)***

## 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, Amy, Tails, Rouge, Omega, Cream, Cheese and Gemerl.
* **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. For this issue, the fan artwork and letters have been substituted for an interview with Evan Stanley by Riley Farmer instead. The other pages showcase raw artwork of three of the variant covers for the issue.
* ***Sonic the Hedgehog: Bad Guys* #1 - Free Digital Ashcan**

## Trivia

* This issue marks the first issue of Evan Stanley being the writer of the comics.

## References

*IDW Sonic Comics*