Sonic the Hedgehog: Tails' 30th Anniversary Special
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Sonic the Hedgehog: Tails' 30th Anniversary Special is a one-shot comic published by IDW Publishing in celebration of Miles "Tails" Prower's 30th anniversary.
Contents
Official solicitation
Join Ian Flynn, Aaron Hammerstrom, and Reggie Graham in celebrating Classic Tails's 30th Anniversary! A comic all about the cutest, smartest, bravest fox around?! Heck yeah! Best buds Sonic and Tails are off to Flicky Island for a much needed vacation! But the relaxing beaches and beautiful mountains have been replaced by railroad tracks and giant crystals--scaring off the Flickies! Tails will have to put on a brave face to defeat the magical villain: Witchcart![1]
Stories
Flying Off the Rails
Sonic and Tails travel to Flicky Island on the Tornado for vacation. Tails hopes the Flickies like mint candy because he brought a ton. The two heroes quickly realize something is wrong as they see Green Grove Zone is empty with no feathered friends in sight. The two split up to look for close, noticing that there are new railroad tracks and unnatural crystal formations. Tails realizes the island must have been attacked by Witchcart, a villain he previously battled while Sonic was on another adventure. Sonic runs ahead without Tails, following the railroads. He wonders if he could balance on the rails, thinking he might need to practice with some special shoes first.
Sonic finds Witchcart's minions Hocke-Wulf, Bearenger, and Carrotia capturing Flickies. They know who Sonic is which the hedgehog thinks is neat. He is quicky's turned to crystal however by Witchcart's power. She hails him and the Flickies back to her lair in Panic Puppet Zone. Tails sees that Sonic was captured and panics. The Flickies help Tails realize he can stop them, he just has to be smart about it. He remembers how the Flickies helped Sonic the last time they were on the island, while he and Knuckles looked for the Chaos Emeralds. One by one, Tails defeats each of Witchcart's minions with the help of the birds.
Back with Witchcart and Sonic, the old lady gloats as she has Sonic and most of the Flickies captured. Once she learns the secrets of the Flickies, she believes nothing will stop her. Tails breaks into the Panic Puppet Fortress with gear he collected from the other minions in hand. The fight frees Sonic from his crystal prison. The two of them defeat the witch and save the island. They free of the birds and Sonic decides to give Tails all the credit for saving the day this time. The heroes and the Flickies all decide it's time to party.
Other features
Production credits
- Story: Ian Flynn
- Art: Aaron Hammerstrom
- Inks: Rik Mack
- Colors: Reggie Graham
- Letters: Shawn Lee
- Editors: Riley Farmer & David Mariotte
- Special thanks to: Mai Kiyotaki, Michael Cisneros, Sandra Jo, Sonic Team, and everyone at Sega for their invaluable assistance
- Cover artist: Aaron Hammerstrom (Cover A), Thomas Rothlisberger (Cover B), Tracy Yardley (Cover RI), Mark Hughes (Online exclusive), Stan Sakai (Cover RE)
- Cover colouring: Ryan Kingdom (Cover B), Matt Herms (Cover RI), Emi Fuji (Cover RE)
Variants
US Cover A
US Cover B
US Cover RI
US online exclusive cover
US online exclusive cover (raw)
US Cover RE
US Cover RE (raw)
External links
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Tails' 30th Anniversary Special on IDW: US
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN229277 (Wayback Machine: 2022-11-16 21:12)