IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 63

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* Cover A
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## Production Staff

### Cover Artist

* Gigi Dutreix (cover A)
* Reggie Graham (cover B)
* Nathalie Fourdraine (cover RI)

### Writer

Ian Flynn & Evan Stanley

**IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 63** is the sixty-third issue in the *Sonic the Hedgehog* comic series published by IDW Publishing.

## Official solicitation

*Stuck in the past with no directive, Silver decides to spend some time with the Diamond Cutters and their new member. But he's too busy being starstruck over Whisper to notice he's interrupting their training! Elsewhere, Sonic takes Blaze sightseeing so she can enjoy her vacation.*
## Featured stories

### Misadventures, Part 1

* **Story & Art**: Evan Stanley
* **Colors**: Valentina Pinto
* **Letters**: Shawn Lee
* **Editor**: David Mariotte
* **Special thanks to**: Mai Kiyotaki, Michael Cisneros, Sandra Jo, Sonic Team, and everyone at Sega for their invaluable assistance

#### Appearances

**Characters**:

* Badnik
	+ Motobud
	+ Giant Chopper ***(First appearance)***
* Blaze the Cat
* Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik ***(Mentioned)***
* Knuckles the Echidna ***(Mentioned)***
* Master Overlord ***(Mentioned)***
* Miles "Tails" Prower ***(Mentioned)***
* Mimic/Duo the Cat
* Restoration
	+ Belle the Tinkerer
	+ Chief Mechanic
	+ Diamond Cutters
		- Lanolin the Sheep
		- Tangle the Lemur
		- Whisper the Wolf
* Silver the Hedgehog
* Sonic the Hedgehog

**Species**:

* Wisp
	+ Blue Block
	+ Cyan Laser
	+ Orange Rocket
	+ Green Hover
	+ Pink Spike

**Locations**:

* Sonic’s Dimension
	+ Sonic's World
		- South Island ***(First appearance)***
			* Green Hill ***(First appearance)***
		- Emeraldville Ruins
			* Restoration HQ

**Items**:

* Wispon
	+ Variable Wispon
	+ Lanolin’s wispon

**Misc**:

### Speed Sightseeing

* **Story**: Ian Flynn
* **Inks**: Rik Mack
* **Art**: Aaron Hammerstrom
* **Colors**: Reggie Graham
* **Letters**: Shawn Lee
* **Editor**: David Mariotte
* **Special thanks to**: Mai Kiyotaki, Michael Cisneros, Sandra Jo, Sonic Team, and everyone at Sega for their invaluable assistance

#### Appearances

**Characters**:

* Amy Rose ***(Mentioned)***
* Blaze the Cat
* Knuckles the Echidna ***(flashback)***
* Lah ***(cameo)***
* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Su ***(cameo)***
* Uh ***(cameo)***

**Locations**:

* Sonic’s Dimension
	+ Sonic's World
		- Holoska ***(flashback)***
		- Mirage Saloon ***(flashback)***
		- Spagonia
			* Restaurant Swa ***(Mentioned)***
			* Josef's ***(Mentioned)***
		- Station Square
* Blaze's Dimension
	+ Sol Empire ***(Mentioned)***

## 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, Duo, Silver, and Blaze.
* **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, Valentina Pinto is featured.

## Gallery

### Early covers

Cover A. Art by Gigi Dutreix.Cover B. Art by Reggie Graham.Cover RI. Art by Nathalie Fourdraine.
### Preview Pages

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### Trivia

* This issue was originally set for release on 26 July 2023 before being pushed back to 2 August and later 16 August.

## References

*IDW Sonic Comics*