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Sonic the Hedgehog: 35th Anniversary Special--Deluxe Edition

Illustrated by Thomas Rothlisberger
Hardcover
$14.99 US
6-5/8"W x 10-3/16"H | 13 oz | 24 per carton
On sale Dec 15, 2026 | 56 Pages | 9798887244846
Age 9-12 years | Grades 4-7

In this throwback story, Sonic and friends must work with Mighty, Ray, and other Classic characters to save the planet from an overpowered Metal Sonic! It’s all the fun of early Sonic in a graphic novel!

When a bizarre meteor crash-lands on the planet, Sonic and friends find that it has the power to create life! While they investigate, Eggman steals it and uses it to power up Metal Sonic in the hopes that it will bring him total world domination! However, things go awry when Metal Sonic comes up with his own plan: destroy all life. 

Now, Sonic and friends team up with our Classic cast—Mighty, Ray, Fang, Bean, and Bark—to find a way to save the planet from disaster before it’s too late!

Also included will be interviews with select creators as well as sketches and development art.

Collects Sonic the Hedgehog: 35th Anniversary Special one-shot.
Iasmin Omar Ata is an Ignatz Award–winning comics artist, game developer, illustrator, animator, character and background designer, and sound designer who creates art with themes of self-acceptance, living with illness, and the light of better futures. They are known for their graphic novels Mis(h)adra, Nayra and the Djinn, and Wallflower, their work on the Sonic the Hedgehog series, and their contributions to Jackbox Games, Pillow Fight Games, L’Institut du Monde Arabe, Art Palestine International, The Nib, and the Texas Observer.

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In this throwback story, Sonic and friends must work with Mighty, Ray, and other Classic characters to save the planet from an overpowered Metal Sonic! It’s all the fun of early Sonic in a graphic novel!

When a bizarre meteor crash-lands on the planet, Sonic and friends find that it has the power to create life! While they investigate, Eggman steals it and uses it to power up Metal Sonic in the hopes that it will bring him total world domination! However, things go awry when Metal Sonic comes up with his own plan: destroy all life. 

Now, Sonic and friends team up with our Classic cast—Mighty, Ray, Fang, Bean, and Bark—to find a way to save the planet from disaster before it’s too late!

Also included will be interviews with select creators as well as sketches and development art.

Collects Sonic the Hedgehog: 35th Anniversary Special one-shot.

Author

Iasmin Omar Ata is an Ignatz Award–winning comics artist, game developer, illustrator, animator, character and background designer, and sound designer who creates art with themes of self-acceptance, living with illness, and the light of better futures. They are known for their graphic novels Mis(h)adra, Nayra and the Djinn, and Wallflower, their work on the Sonic the Hedgehog series, and their contributions to Jackbox Games, Pillow Fight Games, L’Institut du Monde Arabe, Art Palestine International, The Nib, and the Texas Observer.

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