From Archie’s Press Releases:
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #153
Ships 08/24. 32-page, full color comic, $2.25 US. “SONGOOSE Pt 1”: SONIC fan favorites Karl Bollers and Ron Lim team up again for another marvelous adventure! Sonic’s day is about to go from dizzying to deadly when he faces off against one of the deadliest assassins on the planet: Nack the Weasel! Can even the combined might of the entire Freedom Fighters stop the Nack attack?! As if that weren’t enough, Sonic must race to save his old girlfriend, Mina the Mongoose… but will her new boyfriend’s jealousy put Mina and Sonic in even greater danger?! All this, plus Robotnik, too! SCRIPT: Karl Bollers. ART: Ron Lim (pencils) and Jim Amash (inks). PLUS: another thrilling Sonic back up feature!
SONIC X Mini-Series
SONIC X starts off with a boom! When an evil plot by EGGMAN, with sidekicks DECOE and BOCOE put hundreds in danger attempting to empty the bank vault of all its cash, DR. EGGMAN hopes to gain more bucks for bigger, badder Obots! Trapped in the bank are SONIC’s friend Chris and his family! Only SONIC can save the day with help from KNUCKLES, AMY, CHEESE AND TAILS! Things go from bad to worse when a strange energy is threatening the entire seaboard, is it a Chaos Emerald? Or is it something much more dangerous? Worst of all the mystery is at the bottom of the ocean, and SONIC can’t swim! By Joe Edkin (writer), Tim Smith 3 (penciler), Andrew Pepoy (inker), Ben Hunzeker (colorist) and Patrick “SPAZ” Spaziante (covers). $2.25 US/$2.65 CAN and printed on coated stock paper.The full Sonic X Mini-Series Press Release is below:
For immediate release
ARCHIE LAUNCHES NEW SONIC X SERIES
The SONIC THE HEDGEHOG comic book from ARCHIE COMICS has been running for over 150 issues, making it one of the most successful and longest running comics in more than a dozen years. SONIC has sold millions of video games world wide with one of the most loyal and forever growing audiences, making SONIC and friends icons the world over.
SONIC’S most recent success, the hit television series SONIC X (which consistently scores #1 in its time slot) has had SONIC fans demanding even more monthly action, adventure and romance from the “Blur Blur” and friends. ARCHIE is X-cited to announce a monthly new SONIC X mini-series, doubling the dose of monthly SONIC comic fun! And kicking off the first of what looks to be several great new projects with SONIC and SONIC X!
SONIC speedsters are salivating for the stupendous new SONIC X four issue mini-series! All new stories based on the storylines from the hit Saturday morning cartoon SONIC X and featuring all the most popular characters; SONIC along with KNUCKLES, TAILS, AMY, CREAM and CHEESE, ROUGE, CHRIS, TOPAZ and even an appearance by the mysterious SHADOW as well as many more. Things go to the X-treme when SONIC and friends are transplanted and trapped on Earth. With the diabolical DR EGGMAN planning to conquer the planet with his maniacal mechanical robot menaces! Our heroes set off to protect the Earth from EGGMAN and find a way back to their home world.
Each full length SONIC X story is great for first time or long time loyal readers and is perfectly crafted for each issue to stand alone or enjoy the building action over the entire fun filled 4 issues!
SONIC X starts off with a boom! When an evil plot by EGGMAN, with sidekicks DECOE and BOCOE put hundreds in danger attempting to empty the bank vault of all its cash, DR. EGGMAN hopes to gain more bucks for bigger, badder Obots! Trapped in the bank are SONIC¹s friend Chris and his family! Only SONIC can save the day with help from KNUCKLES, AMY, CHEESE AND TAILS! Things go from bad to worse when a strange energy is threatening the entire seaboard, is it a Chaos Emerald? Or is it something much more dangerous? Worst of all the mystery is at the bottom of the ocean, and SONIC can’t swim!
SONIC X is written by Joe Edkin, who is familiar with fun and speed with popular writing stints on Scooby Doo, and cartoon line and resident speedster from the Avengers and X-Men, Quicksilver. Handling the artwork will be Tim Smith 3, who is no stranger to teen drama and adventure with popular artwork on Teen Titans Go! Andrew Pepoy brings his versatile inking style over to SONIC X, a long time SONIC THE HEDGEHOG inker as well as stints on G.I. Joe, Betty and Veronica, Manga Josie and the Pussycats, Robin and just about everything else. Most famous for his fabulous run on Voltron, Ben Hunzeker rounds out the SONIC X staff and lends his color hues to the Blue Blur. Last but not least SPAZ (Patrick Spaziante) fan favorite cover artist for SONIC THE HEDGEHOG does double duty with covers for SONIC X. As one of the most versatile and popular artist and a SONIC fan favorite for years with stints on Megaman, Muties, video game magazine cover artist and accomplished book illustrator is sure to X-cite old and new SONIC fans alike!
SONIC X is great for new and all age readers. At a cover price of $2.25us/$2.65can and printed on coated stock paper SONIC X looks better than ever!
(W) Joe Edkin (P) Tim Smith 3 (I) Andrew Pepoy (C) Ben Hunzeker. (Covers) Patrick SPAZ Spaziante