IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 61

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* Cover A
* Cover B
* Retail Incentive

## Production Staff

### Cover Artist

* Mauro Fonseca (cover A)
* Miles Arq (cover B)
* Nathalie Fourdraine (cover RI)

### Writer

Evan Stanley

**IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 61** is the sixty-first issue in the *Sonic the Hedgehog* comic series published by IDW Publishing.

## Official solicitation

*This is it! The end! (Of the arc, that is.) Everyone is focused on the central command tower: if that goes down, the city will fall. But are three teams enough to stop something it seems even Dr. Eggman can’t control?*
## Featured stories

### Urban Warfare, Part 5

#### Appearances

**Characters**:

* Amy Rose
* Badnik
	+ Buzz Bomber
	+ Turtloids
	+ Zoomer
* Cubot
* Blaze the Cat
* Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik
* Knuckles the Echidna ***(Mentioned)***
* Metal Sonic
* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Orbot
* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Restoration
* Belle the Tinkerer
	+ Diamond Cutters
		- Lanolin the Sheep
		- Tangle the Lemur
		- Whisper the Wolf
	+ Jewel the Beetle
* Team Dark
	+ E-123 Omega
	+ Rouge the Bat
	+ Shadow the Hedgehog

**Races and Species**:

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

**Locations**:

* Sonic’s Dimension
	+ Sonic's World
		- Angel Island ***(Mentioned)***
		- Eggperial City

**Items**:

* Giant Fake Chaos Emeralds
* Gold Statue ***(First appearance)***
* Piko Piko Hammer
* Spatial-Displacement Trap
* Variable Wispon

**Misc**:

* Chaos Control

### Continuity

* Silver and Shadow make a reference to Silver's infamous line "It's no use!" from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).

## 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, Tangle, Whisper, Lanolin, Amy, Tails, Silver, Blaze, Shadow, Rouge, Omega and Dr. Eggman.
* **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.
* **Creator Corner**: Creator Corner features an interview with a staff member. In this issue, Shawn Lee is featured.

## Trivia

* This issue was originally set for release on 31 May 2023 before being delayed to 7 June.
* The floating monitors seen on cover B are modeled after Hint Boxes.
* According to Miles Arq, cover B was inspired by Dr. Eggman's escape sequence from Silver Sonic v2.0 in Archie Comics' *Sonic the Hedgehog* #98.

## Gallery

### Early covers

Cover A. Art by Mauro Fonseca.Cover B. Art by Miles Arq.Cover RI. Art by Nathalie Fourdraine.

### Preview Pages

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## References

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2. ↑ ＡＲＱ on Twitter. *Twitter*. ＡＲＱ (21 March 2023). Retrieved on 21 March 2023.

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