#babylon rouges

✰ Babylon Rogues Sketch ✰

Take a look at these new Sonic the Hedgehog one-shot issues from IDW Publishing, scheduled for a summer release.

900th Adventure

This issue, tentatively scheduled for 16 August, will feature various writers and illustrators as the blue blur goes on his "900th world-saving adventure!"

Sonic and his friends are playing a game of hot potato! Only the potato is the Warp Topaz and it could warp the whole world into oblivion. The gang is passing off the Warp Topaz in a relay race to get rid of it once and for all.

Cover A: Tracy Yardley

Cover B: Yuji Uekawa of SEGA Japan

Cover C: Evan Stanley

Cover D: Adam Bryce Thomas

Retailer incentive cover 1:10: Nathalie Fourdraine

Retailer incentive cover 1:25: Richard Elson

Retailer incentive cover 1:50: Jonathan Gray

Endless Summer

"Wave goodbye to the office and say hello to the beach," read the official solicitation. This issue is scheduled for a 30 August tentative release.

Sonic drags Jewel on a well-deserved beach day to spend time with her besties, Tangle and Whisper! But when they all settle in for some rest and relaxation…they realize the Babylon Rogues had the same idea… at the same beach. The only way to settle this is with a totally tubular beach showdown!

Writer: Gale Galligan

Illustrator: Tracy Yardley

Cover A: Tracy Yardley

Cover B: Jack Lawrence and Reggie Graham

Retailer incentive cover 1:10: Tracy Yardley (Monochrome "colouring book" variant of Cover A)

I do!

Jet the Hawk in the first Riders game having this dynamic with Sonic where Sonic is just immediately ticked off by anything and everything he says was 10/10. It felt unique too since Sonic is usually that kind of character for others, so him being faced with this rival that just knows how to get on his nerves by being cheeky and unapologetic was peak. I feel like they've flipped that in the most recent iterations of the character's, which is FINE but I'm still kinda missing that. Jet gives the most "ex who hasn't gotten over the breakup" energy to Sonic I've ever seen it's really funny.

Wave is THAT girl. I always liked her small rivalry/super subtle mentorship with Tails. She respects him, but she doesn't let that show because that's not who she is, so she's harsh in a way that motivates him to do better. Love that! I also love that she's still her mean and snarky self in Crossworlds! Her interactions are GOATED! Also she has my favorite design of the three, she's serving so much looks it should be illegal.

Storm..... is Storm! I don't have much to say other than I liked his interactions with Cream and Omega in Archie's Treasure Team Tango. I love his design too btw I just have a hard time getting into the "dumb" character of a group but if anyone wants to convince me to see the light on him then let me know!