Sonic the Hedgehog Annual 2022

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## Production Staff

### Cover Artist

* Yui Karasuno (Cover A)
* Reggie Graham (Cover B)
* Nathalie Fourdraine (Cover RI)
* Tracy Yardley! (Convention Incentive)

### Writer

* Ian Flynn
* Evan Stanley
* Gigi Dutreix
* Aaron Hammerstrom
* Daniel Barnes
* Ian Mutchler
* India Swift

**Sonic the Hedgehog: Annual 2022** is IDW Publishing's third Sonic the Hedgehog Annual. It is the next Annual after 2020, with 2021 being skipped over, with the Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Celebration.

## Official solicitation

*It's a little mangled, it's kind of jumbled, it's the 2022 Annual with Rough & Tangle and Rouge & Tumble! Writers Ian Flynn, Evan Stanley & Gigi Dutreix, Aaron Hammerstrom, Daniel Barnes, Ian Mutchler, and India Swift bring to readers six new heartwarming stories of unlikely pairs!*
## Featured stories

### **Guardians**

* **Story**: Ian Flynn
* **Art**: Adam Bryce Thomas
* **Colors**: Joana Lafuente

#### Appearances

**Characters**:

* Amy Rose
* Blaze the Cat
* Cream the Rabbit
* Gardon
* Knuckles the Echidna
* Robot Pirates ***(First appearance)***
	+ Captain Whisker ***(Mentioned)***
	+ Johnny ***(Mentioned)***
	+ Kaizoku Hogan ***(First appearance)***
	+ Kaizoku Sword ***(First appearance)***
	+ Mini & Mum ***(Mentioned)***
* Marine the Raccoon ***(First appearance)***
* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Vanilla the Rabbit

**Locations**:

* Blaze's Dimension
	+ Blaze's World
		- Coral Cave Island ***(First appearance)***
			* Shrine of the Jeweled Sceptre ***(First appearance)***
* Sonic's Dimension
	+ Sonic's World
		- Angel Island
			* Lava Reef ***(First appearance)***
		- Floral Forest Village

**Items**:

* Master Emerald ***(Mentioned)***
* Sol Emerald ***(Mentioned)***
* Jeweled Sceptre ***(First appearance)***

**Vehicles**:

* Ocean Tornado ***(First appearance)***

**Misc.**:

* Sol Empire

### **Weapons**

* **Story**: Daniel Barnes
* **Art**: Thomas Rothlisberger
* **Colors**: Leonardo Ito

#### Synopsis

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#### Appearances

**Characters:**

* Belle the Tinkerer
* E-123 Omega
* Gemerl
* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Cream the Rabbit
* Vanilla the Rabbit ***(Flashback)***
* Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik ***(Mentioned)***

**Species:**

* Chao

**Locations:**

* Sonic's Dimension
	+ Sonic's World
		- Tails' Workshop

### Hero Camp

* **Story**: India Swift
* **Art**: Abby Bulmer
* **Colors**: Heather Breckel

#### Appearances

**Characters:**

* Badnik ***(Mentioned)***
* Cream the Rabbit
* Cubot
* Orbot
* Sonic Fan Club
* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Vanilla the Rabbit
* Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik ***(Mentioned)***

**Characters:**

* Flicky

**Locations:**

* Sonic's Dimension
	+ Sonic's World

**Misc:**

* Chili dog ***(Mentioned)***

### Future Growth

* **Story**: Evan Stanley, Gigi Dutreix
* **Art**: Evan Stanley
* **Colors**: Gigi Dutreix

#### Appearances

**Characters**:

* Amy Rose
* Chaotix
	+ Vector the Crocodile
	+ Espio the Chameleon
	+ Charmy Bee
* Restoration
	+ Belle the Tinkerer
	+ Jewel the Beetle
* Silver the Hedgehog
* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Tangle the Lemur

**Locations**:

* Silver’s Future ***(Mentioned)***
* Sonic’s Dimension
	+ Sonic's World
		- Emeraldville Ruins

**Misc**:

* Harvest Day ***(First appearance)***

### Another Grand Adventure for Jet the Hawk

* **Story**: Ian Mutchler
* **Art**: Natalie Haines
* **Colors**: Priscilla Tramontano

#### Appearances

**Characters**:

* Badnik
	+ Super Badnik
		- Unnamed Super Badnik ***(First appearance)***

* Babylon Rogues
	+ Jet the Hawk
* Jet’s father ***(Mentioned)***
* Sonic the Hedgehog ***(portrait)***
* Whisper the Wolf
* Wisps
	+ Cyan Laser
	+ Blue Block
	+ Green Hover
	+ Orange Rocket
	+ Pink Spike

**Species:**

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

**Locations**:

* Sonic's Dimension
	+ Sonic's World

**Items**:

* Type-J
* Variable Wispon
* Magic Carpet ***(First appearance)***

**Vehicles:**

* Blimp

#### Trivia

* According to writer Ian Mutchler, he wrote the story with the intention that Whisper was assigned a mission while other Restoration members were busy tackling other assignments, as Whisper prefers to work alone.

### Rough Patch

* **Story & Art**: Aaron Hammerstrom
* **Colors**: Valentina Pinto

#### Appearances

**Characters:**

* Dr. Eggman ***(Mentioned)***
* Jewel the Beetle ***(Mentioned)***
* Rough the Skunk

* Rouge the Bat
* Sonic the Hedgehog ***(Mentioned)***
* Tangle the Lemur
* Tumble the Skunk

**Locations:**

* Sonic's Dimension
	+ Sonic's World
		- Spiral Hill Village
			* Mineral Museum

**Items:**

* Chaos Emerald (x1)

## Background Information

* On cover A, Cream's swimsuit and sandals look identical to the swimsuit and sandals she wore in *Sonic X*.
* Cover B features multiple references and Easter eggs through the graffiti on the walls:
	+ There is an exaggerated drawing of Dr. Eggman with text pointing to it calling him "Big Meanie". This is in reference to the *SpongeBob SquarePants* episode, "New Student Starfish", where Patrick draws a similar exaggerated picture of Mrs. Puff with text on it that says "Big Fat Meanie".
	+ Graffiti of **Sanic** can be seen on the wall.
	+ Graffiti of the text "GOT RING" can be seen. This is in reference to the "got ring?" blimp from Radical Highway in *Sonic Adventure*, which in turn was a reference to the got milk? advertising campaign.
	+ Graffiti of the Speed Type, Power Type, and Fly Type symbols from *Sonic Heroes* can be seen on the wall.
	+ Graffiti of the text "HEXAno" can be seen on the wall. This is in reference to HEXAeco from *Sonic Heroes*.
	+ Graffiti of Froggy can be seen on the wall.
	+ Partially-blocked graffiti of the text "WHERE IS THAT DAMN FOURTH EMERALD" can be seen. This is in reference to Shadow's infamous line of "Where's that damn FOURTH Chaos Emerald!?" from the *Shadow the Hedgehog* game.
	+ Graffiti of the text "CONCEPT OF LOVE" can be seen on the wall. This is in reference to the song "The Concept of Love" from the Sega game *Jet Set Radio*, a game known for its characters spraying graffiti around their city.
	+ Graffiti of a Cannon can be seen.
	+ Graffiti of a Penguin can be seen.
	+ Graffiti of Charmy's badge can be seen.
	+ Graffiti in the style of the "Perfect! 2000" point bonus text from *Sonic Adventure 2* can be seen.
	+ Graffiti of a Bumper can be seen.
	+ Graffiti of a Chao can be seen.
	+ Graffiti of a Boo can be seen.
	+ Graffiti of Omochao holding a flashlight similar to what he does when the player enters the cave for the Chao Race in *Sonic Adventure 2* can be seen on the right side wall, with text under it saying "OMOCHAO is WATCHING".
	+ Graffiti of Omega's symbol can be seen.
	+ Graffiti of the name "Ashura" can be seen, which is a well-known glitch from *Sonic the Hedgehog 2*.
	+ Graffiti of the Black Market shopkeeper and their fish can be seen.
	+ Graffiti of the MeteorTech logo can be seen.
	+ Graffiti of a Crewmate from the video game, *Among Us*, designed after Sonic can be seen on the wall.
	+ Graffiti of the text "MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT" can be seen on the wall. This is based on dialogue from the YouTube video "Sonic Adventure 2 (Dark Story + Final Story) | Real-Time Fandub Games" by SnapCube, where Dr. Eggman has an angry rant about Shadow.
	+ Graffiti of Tails' shocked expression from the ninth panel of the first page of the webcomic, *Tails Gets Trolled*, can be seen on the right side wall.
		- Beside this face, the text "LOOK AT ALL THOSE EGGMAN'S ROBOTS" can be seen, which is one of Tails' in-game quotes from *Sonic Heroes*.

## References

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2. ↑ https://twitter.com/TheFantasticIan/status/1567627177914699778?s=20&t=zfrWQE\_TCey11WKdXzMMdA

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