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| Sonic Comics Spectacular: Speed of Sound
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| Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
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| Type: Trade paperback
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| Page count: 352[1]
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| ISBN-10: 1627388648[2]
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| ISBN-13: 978-1627388641[2]
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| US |
2016-02-17[1] |
$8.99 |
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2016-02-17[1] |
$9.99 |
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| US ▼ |
2016-03-22[3] |
$? |
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Sonic Comics Spectacular: Speed of Sound is a reprint collection of various stories originally featured in Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Universe published by Archie Comics. Though early listings for the book had its release date slated for February 16, 2016,[4] Archie Comics' original solicitation gave a release date of February 3, 2016.[5] The book would end up being released in the direct market on February 17, 2016,[1] and in other book outlets the following month.[3]
Official solicitation
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SONIC COMICS SPECTACULAR: SPEED OF SOUND collects 352 pages of hand-picked, favorite stories from the action-packed, character-rich universe of Sonic the Hedgehog in a high-quality, low cost format.
Sonic the Hedgehog isn't just the fastest running hero around--he's the longest running too! From killer robots, to mad scientists, to evil wizards--Sonic's overcome them all! He's traveled the world at super sonic speed! For every villain he's faced, there's a friend he's made! Sonic is simply the coolest hedgehog there is!
SONIC COMICS SPECTACULAR: SPEED OF SOUND is a collection of some of Sonic's greatest adventures! You'll be racing right along with Sonic through over three hundred fifty pages of pure action, adventure and fun!
Whether you're new to all of Sonic's awesome adventures, or a long-time fan reliving the magic, this is the end-all be-all collection for you![3]
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Reprinted stories
- "The Light in the Dark: Part 1"
- "The Light in the Dark: Part 2"
- "The Light in the Dark: Part 3"
- "A Nice Day to Start Again"
- "Waves of Change Part 4: Devine Waters"
- "Treasure Team Tango Part 1: The Salida"
- "Treasure Team Tango Part 2: The Cruzada"
- "Treasure Team Tango Part 3: The Llevada"
- "Treasure Team Tango Part 4: The Parada"
- "Total Eclipse Part 3: Shadow Boxing"
- "Total Eclipse Finale: Last Resort"
- "Champions Part 1: The Gang's All Here"
- Champions Part 2: Climbing the Brackets"
- Champions Part 3: Raising the Stakes"
- "Champions Finale: The One Left Standing"
- "Babylon Rising Part 1: Remembrance"
Other features
A collection of pin-up pages:
- Clean "Web Lynx Variant" cover of Sonic Universe #71
- Clean cover of Sonic Super Special Magazine #10
- Clean cover of Sonic the Hedgehog #263
- Clean cover of Sonic Universe #21
- Clean cover of Sonic Universe #22
- Clean "Sega Variant" cover of Sonic Universe #55
- Clean "Sega Variant" cover of Sonic Universe #56
- Clean "Eclipse Variant" cover of Sonic Universe ##62
- Clean cover of Sonic Universe #70
- Clean cover of Sonic the Hedgehog #268
- Clean cover of Sonic the Hedgehog #269
- Clean cover of Sonic the Hedgehog #270
- Clean cover of Sonic the Hedgehog #271
- Clean cover of variant 3 of Sonic Universe #75
- Clean cover of Sonic the Hedgehog #272
- Clean cover of Sonic Universe #79
- Clean cover of Sonic Universe #33
Comparisons
Production credits
"The Light in the Dark"
"Consequences"
- Script: Aleah Baker
- Pencils: Evan Stanley
- Inks: Terry Austin
- Colors: Gabriel Cassata
- Letters: John Workman
"Sonic Dash"
"A Nice Day to Start Again"
"Waves of Change Part Four: Divine Waters"
- Writer: Ian Flynn
- Pencils: Ryan Jampole
- Inks: Terry Austin
- Colors: Gabriel Cassata
- Letters: John Workman
- Assistant Editor: Vincent Lovallo
- Editor/Executive Director of Editorial: Paul Kaminski
- Special Thanks to Cindy Chau and Anthony Gaccione at SEGA Licensing
"Treasure Team Tango"
- Writer: Ian Flynn
- Pencils: Tracy Yardley
- Inks: Jim Amash
- Colors: Jason Jensen
- Letters: Phil Felix
- Editor: Paul Kaminski
- Special thanks to Cindy Chau and Jerry Chu at SEGA Licensing
"Total Eclipse Part Three: Shadow Boxing"
- Writer: Ian Flynn
- Pencils: Tracy Yardley
- Inks: Jim Amash
- Colors: Matt Herms
- Letters: Jack Morelli
- Assistant Editor: Vincent Lovallo
- Editor/Executive Director of Editorial: Paul Kaminski
- Special thanks to Tyler Ham, Anthony Gaccione and the CHARACTER BUSINESS and LICENSING DEPARTMENT of SEGA CORPORATION
"Champions"
- Writer: Ian Flynn
- Pencils: Diana Skelly (parts 1 through 4), Ryan Jampole (part 4)
- Inks: Terry Austin
- Colors: Gabriel Cassata
- Letters: John Workman
- Assistant Editor: Vincent Lovallo
- Editor/Executive Director of Editorial: Paul Kaminski
- Special Thanks to: Tyler Ham and Anthony Gaccione at Sega Licensing
"A Ray of Hope"
- Writer: Ian Flynn
- Pencils: James Fry (pgs. 1-10) and Evan Stanley (pgs. 11-20)
- Inks: Terry Austin
- Colors: Gabriel Cassata
- Letters: John Workman
- Assistant Editor: Jonathan H. Gray
- Editor: Vincent Lovallo
- Special Thanks to Eddie Mizuno and Stacy Arnold-Strider at SEGA Licensing.
"The Silver Age Part One"
- Writer: Evan Stanley
- Pencils: Tracy Yardley
- Inks: Jim Amash
- Colors: Matt Herms
- Letters: Jack Morelli
- Assistant Editor: Jonathan H. Gray
- Editor: Vincent Lovallo
- Special thanks to: Stacy-Arnold Strider, Sandra Jo, Mai Kiyotaki and to the Character Business and Licensing Department of SEGA Corporation
"Cold Hearted"
"Back in Business"
- Writer: Ian Flynn
- Pencils: Evan Stanley
- Inks: Terry Austin
- Colors: Gabriel Cassata
- Letters: John Workman
"Babylon Rising Part One: Remembrance"
- Script and pencils: Tracy Yardley
- Inks: Jim Amash
- Colors: Steve Downer
- Letters: Phil Felix
- Editor: Paul Kaminski
- Special thanks to Cindy Chau at Sega Licensing
Cover & pin-ups
- Cover artist: Patrick Spaziante and Matt HermsMedia:SonicComicsSpectacularSpeedOfSound Comic US Digital Cover.jpg[6]
- Pin-up #1 & #8: Rafa Knight
- Pin-up #2, #6, and #7: Sega
- Pin-up #3: Ben Bates
- Pin-up #4: Tracy Yardley
- Pin-up #5 Tracy Yardley & Jim Amash
- Pin-up #9 Tracy Yardley, Jim Amash, & Ben Hunzeker
- Pin-up #10: Evan Stanley & Ben Hunzeker
- Pin-up #11 Jamal Peppers & Terry Austin
- Pin-up #12 Jennifer Hernandez, Terry Austin & Matt Herms
- Pin-up #13 Tracy Yardley, Terry Austin, & Ben Hunzeker
- Pin-up #14 Tyson Hesse
- Pin-up #15 Edwin Huang & John Workman
- Pin-up #16 Evan Stanley
- Pin-up #17 Tracy Yardley & Ben Hunzeker
Archie Comics Publications, Inc.
- Publisher/Co-CEO: Jonathan Goldwater
- Co-CEO: Nancy Silberkleit
- President: Mike Pellerito
- Co-President/Editor-in-Chief: Victor Gorelick
- Chief Creative Officer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
- Chief Operating Officer: William Mooar
- Chief Financial Officer: Robert Wintle
- Senior Vice President Publishing and Operations: Harold Buchholz
- Senior Vice President of Publicity and Marketing: Alex Segura
- Senior Vice President of Digital: Ron Perazza
- Editor: Vincent Lovallo
- Director of book sales and operations: Jonathan Betancourt
- Production manager: Stephen Oswald
- Editorial assistant/Proofreader: Jamie Lee Rotante
- Production: Kari Silbergleit
References
| Archie Comics ongoing series
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| Free Comic Book Day issues
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