Sonic The Hedgehog: Scrapnik Island #4
(W) Daniel Barnes (A) Jack Lawrence (CA) Nathalie Fourdraine
In Shops: Jan 18, 2023
SRP: $3.99
We all go a little mad sometimes… especially when you were created by an evil scientist. Poor Mecha Sonic never stood a chance. As his plan reaches its final stages, Tails, Sigma, and the Scrapniks race around the Death Egg to save Sonic.
Sonic the Hedgehog: Scrapnik Island #3
(W) Daniel Barnes (A) Jack Lawrence (CA) Nathalie Fourdraine
In Shops: Dec 21, 2022
SRP: $3.99
The call is coming from within the Death Egg… Sonic is in big trouble and Tails must rush in to save him from Mecha Sonic who is toying with his head… literally!
Sonic the Hedgehog: Scrapnik Island #2
(W) Daniel Barnes (A) Jack Lawrence (CA) Nathalie Fourdraine
In Shops: Nov 16, 2022
SRP: $3.99
It’s alive! It’s rusted… It’s shaped like Sonic… It’s Mecha Sonic! He’s no longer Eggman’s prized invention but just a docile bot living among other washed-up Badniks. And now he is tasked with helping Sonic and Tails. Has Eggman’s nefarious programming truly been rusted over, or will Sonic’s presence awaken a forgotten part of Mecha Sonic?
Transformers Vol. 6 War’s End
(W) Brian Ruckley (A) Anna Malkova, Jack Lawrence (CA) Cryssy Cheung
In Shops: Nov 16, 2022
SRP: $49.99
With the Decepticons gaining ground and the Autobots at the brink, the war for Cybertron careens to its climax. Before now, the planet had known peace for 2,000 years, but there are those who remember the last war, and would bring that knowledge to bear to end the current one. Arcee, Windblade, and Chromia mount a desperate rescue mission that finally reunites Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, but is it too little too late? Even as the Decepticons lay siege to the last Autobot stronghold, new dangers emerge that threaten the entire world. Insecticlone swarms. Rust worms. And a great evil reborn-Exarchon, the Threefold Spark. Collects Transformers #37-43, Transformers: War’s End #1-4, and Transformers: Fate of Cybertron.
Sonic the Hedgehog: Scrapnik Island #1
(W) Daniel Barnes (A) Jack Lawrence (CA) Nathalie Fourdraine
In Shops: Oct 19, 2022
SRP: $3.99
It was a dark and stormy night. Harsh rain from an unnatural storm fell upon Sonic the Hedgehog and Miles “Tails” Prower as they flew above the sea in the Tornado. Lightning strikes, causing the plane to spiral downward into a crash landing on an uncharted island.What Sonic and Tails will soon learn is that the island is no island at all, but the floating remains of the Death Egg. Scrapped, rusted, and malfunctioning Badniks call this place home. Can the friends survive isolation on an island of robots programmed to destroy them?
Transformers: IDW Collection Phase 3 Vol. 3
(W) John Barber, James Roberts (A) Priscilla Tramontano, Livio Ramondelli, Jack Lawrence
In Shops: Sep 28, 2022
SRP: $59.99
Presenting the final phase of IDW’s Transformers universe in recommended reading order, including one-shots, crossovers, and event series! Kup, Blackrock, Mayday, and Action Man join forces with the likes of Optimus Prime, Sgt. Savage, and more to unravel the secrets of the newly formed shared universe. The team has the Talisman, a mysterious object with fantastic powers that dates back to when Transformers first visited the Earth. Now they just need to figure out why their enemies want it so bad! Collects Revolutionaries issues #5-8 by John Barber, Fico Ossio, Guido Guidi, Agnes Garbowska, and Ron Joseph; Transformers: Lost Light issues #8-12 by James Roberts, Priscilla Tramontano, Jack Lawrence, Alex Milne, and Andrew Griffith; Transformers: Optimus Prime issues #7-10 by John Barber, Priscilla Tramontano, Casey W. Coller, Kei Zama, and Livio Ramondelli; Transformers Annual 2017 by John Barber and Priscilla Tramontano; and Transformers: Salvation by John Barber and Livio Ramondelli.
Following the monumental box office success of Paramount Pictures’ Sonic The Hedgehog 2 and leading up to SEGA’s highly anticipated action-adventure Sonic game, Sonic Frontiers, IDW Publishing has revealed two upcoming Sonic The Hedgehog comic book projects for 2022 featuring the Blue Blur and his band of buds!
Just in time for Halloween, the spooky four-issue miniseries Scrapnik Island, written by Daniel Barnes and illustrated by Jack Lawrence with colors by Nathalie Fourdraine, will release in October 2022. Alongside formidable new foes, Sonic and Tails run afoul of old adversaries—including long-lost fan favorites like Mecha Knuckles—as they battle to survive isolation on an island of robots programmed to destroy them.
As a follow-up to IDW’s popular Sonic 30th Anniversary Special, Sonic The Hedgehog: Tails’ 30th Anniversary Special will release in November 2022, featuring a new 30-page (for 30 years!) story by series regular Ian Flynn, with art by Aaron Hammerstrom and colors by Reggie Graham inspired by the classic games.
Sonic The Hedgehog: Scrapnik Island #1 will be available in stores in October 2022 with three cover variants, including Cover A by series colorist Nathalie Fourdraine, Cover B by Min Ho Kim, and a retailer incentive edition by Diana Skelley.
Sonic The Hedgehog: Tails’ 30th Anniversary Special will be available in stores in November 2022 with three cover variants, including Cover A by series artist Aaron Hammerstrom, Cover B by Thomas Rothlisberger, and a retailer incentive edition by series regular Tracy Yardley.
Transformers Vol. 5 Horrors Near and Far
(W) Brian Ruckley (A) Anna Malkova, Bethany McGuire-Smith, Jack Lawrence (CA) Cryssy Cheung
In Shops: Jun 08, 2022
SRP: $49.99
The war grows desperate for Optimus Prime’s Autobots. With Energon and morale running low, they seize on a dangerous plan to boost Jumpstream’s teleportation abilities. Meanwhile, Bumblebee enters a criminal alliance and Megatron learns that his former mentor holds an artifact that could be the key to the Decepticons’ victory. The fall of the tether that anchored Cybertron’s moon was a critical step on the road to war, and the ancient Titan Vigilem caused it. Now the only other active Titan, Lodestar, and her cityspeaker, Lightbright, must hunt him down! And when Starscream follows rumors of a disembodied spark in the desert, what he finds will horrify and rattle him to his core!
Transformers: War’s End #4 (of 4)
(W) Brian Ruckley (A/CA) Jack Lawrence
In Shops: May 25, 2022
SRP: $5.99
End of the line! Exarchon makes his final push to claim all Cybertron as his own. Can a ragtag group of Autobots and Decepticons working in parallel defeat one of Cybertron’s all-time greatest threats? And what happens if they fail and Exarchon gets his hands on the sparks he needs to be unbeatable? An extra-long final issue leading to next month’s Transformers Special 2022!
Transformers: War’s End #4 (of 4)
(W) Brian Ruckley (A/CA) Jack Lawrence
In Shops: May 25, 2022
SRP: $5.99
End of the line! Exarchon makes his final push to claim all Cybertron as his own. Can a ragtag group of Autobots and Decepticons working in parallel defeat one of Cybertron’s all-time greatest threats? And what happens if they fail and Exarchon gets his hands on the sparks he needs to be unbeatable? An extra-long final issue leading to next month’s Transformers Special 2022!
