IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 40

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* Cover A
* Cover B
* Retail Incentive

## Production Staff

### Cover Artist

* Tracy Yardley!
(Cover A)
* Dan Schoening
(Cover B)
* Nathalie Fourdraine
(Retail Incentive Cover)

### Writer

Evan Stanly

**IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 40** is the fortieth issue in the *Sonic the Hedgehog* comic series published by IDW Publishing.

## Official solicitation

**Tangle to the rescue! The brave lemur has jumped into the battle to save Sonic, Amy, and Tails from falling victim to Dr. Eggman's latest experiment. Belle has a different kind of battle when she comes face-to-face with an old friend. Will the gang be able to escape unharmed? Find out in Evan Stanley's epic conclusion to "Test Run"!**
## Featured stories

### Test Run, Part 4

* **Story**: Evan Stanley
* **Art**: Evan Stanley (p. 6-20), Adam Bryce Thomas (p. 1-5)
* **Inks**: Maria Keane (p. 6-9), John Wycough (p. 10-20)
* **Colors**: Heather Breckel (p. 6-15), Leonardo Ito (p. 1-5, 16-20)
* **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**:

* Amy Rose
* Badniks
* Caterkiller
	+ Quasi-Badniks
* Cubot
* Dr. Eggman
* Metal Sonic ***(Mentioned)***
* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Orbot
* Restoration
	+ Belle the Tinkerer
	+ Jewel the Beetle ***(Mentioned)***
	+ Tangle the Lemur
* Sonic the Hedgehog

**Races and species**:

**Locations**:

* Sonic's dimension
	+ Sonic's world
		- Weather-controlling Tower

**Items**:

* Piko Piko Hammer

**Vehicles**:

* Egg Viper (x3)
* Tornado

**Misc.**:

* Boost
* Croquette Bomber
* Eggman Empire
* Spin Attack

## Trivia

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* The retail cover of this issue contains several easter eggs
	+ The stat bars used for Sonic, Tails, and Amy resemble the stat bars seen in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood.
	+ User "EggPawnEF-XB2006" is a reference to the Egg Pawns and EF-XB2006.
	+ User "TheRealTrueActualSonic" is a reference to Metal Sonic.
	+ User "SSSSSScratchMan" is a reference to Scratch and the Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad.
	+ User "jumpinSpirallemur04" is a reference to Tangle and Spiral Hill Village, with the "04" number most likely being a reference to Tangle's debut issue
	+ User "GearsAndStarters" is a reference to Belle.
	+ User "StarsAndLines" is a reference to Dr. Starline.
	+ User "ModOrbot" is a reference to Orbot.
	+ User "Supergrounder93" is a reference to Grounder from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. The "93" references the year he debuted in, which was the first episode of the series.
		- The emojis that they use are of the Mega Octus from Sonic Mania in the pose of PogChamp.
	+ User "EggPawnMB-XB1991" is another reference to the Egg Pawns and the release date of the original Sonic the Hedgehog.
		- It is possible that this user was supposed to reference EF-MD1991.

## Gallery

### Early covers

Cover A. Art by Tracy Yardley. Colors by Leonardo Ito.Cover B. Art by Dan Schoening.Cover RI. Art by Nathalie Fourdraine.

## References

*IDW Sonic Comics*