IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 42

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* Cover A
* Cover B
* Retail Incentive

## Production Staff

### Cover Artist

* Priscilla Tramontano
(Cover A)
* Abby Bulmer
(Cover B)
* Nathalie Fourdraine
(Retail Incentive Cover)

### Pencils

Adam Bryce Thomas

**IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 42** is the forty-second issue in the *Sonic the Hedgehog* comic series published by IDW Publishing.

## Official solicitation

*Zeti Hunt, part two! Now that Zavok has his pack, it's time for them to make a big move. But Jewel the Beetle, newly appointed Restoration leader, has called on Sonic, Tails, and the Chaotix to run interference. Will they be able to stop the Zeti and make it home in time for spaghetti!?*
## Featured stories

### Zeti Hunt, Part 2

* **Story**: Ian Flynn
* **Pencils**: Tracy Yardley
* **Inks**: Matt Froese
* **Colors**: Matt Herms
* **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**:

* Babylon Rogues ***(Mentioned)***
* Chaotix
	+ Charmy Bee
	+ Espio the Chameleon
	+ Vector the Crocodile
* Deadly Six
	+ Master Zik
	+ Zavok
	+ Zazz
	+ Zeena
	+ Zomom
	+ Zor
* Dr. Eggman ***(Mentioned)***
* Dr. Starline
* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Restoration
	+ Belle the Tinkerer
	+ Chief Mechanic
	+ Jewel the Beetle
	+ Tangle the Lemur
* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Whisper the Wolf

**Races and species**:

* Zeti

**Locations**:

* Sonic's dimension
	+ Lost Hex ***(Mentioned)***
	+ Sonic's world
		- Emerald Town
			* Tails' Lab
		- Emeraldville Ruins
			* Restoration HQ
		- Everhold Prison ***(Mentioned)***
		- Sunset City
		- White Park Grand Chateau ***(Mentioned)***
		- Winterburg

**Items**:

* Chaos Emerald Siphon ***(Mentioned)***
* Metal Virus ***(Mentioned)***
* Miles Electric
* Multi-Tool Heel Spurs
* Tricore
* Wispons
	+ Hover Wispons (x2)
	+ Variable Wispon
* Zeti Zapper ***(First appearance)***

**Vehicles**:

* Tornado
* Zeti Launcher ***(First appearance)***

**Misc.**:

* Chaotix Detective Agency
* Spin Attack
* Star Fox ***(First appearance)*** (Logo)

## 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, Tails, Jewel, Belle, the Deadly Six, the Chaotix and Dr. Starline.
* **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.

## Trivia

* This issue was originally scheduled for release on 28 July 2021, but was delayed to 25 August 2021.

## References

1. ↑ SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #43 CVR A ROTHLISBERGER. Previews World (23 April 2021). Retrieved on 23 April 2021.

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