Inside The Pages: Sonic Universe #75

17 April, 2015 16 February, 2021

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With all of the Worlds Unite previews it may be surprising to see the sneak preview to a Sonic comic not related to it. Indeed we have just that to share with you, courtesy of Newsarama. The issue, which releases next week, is noteworthy in its own fashion. This is the 75th instalment of Sonic Universe and a lot of covers have been done for the issue. You can see all of those, the five-page preview, and the plot solicitation below.

SONIC UNIVERSE #75

Sonic Universe has reached 75 thrilling issues—and we’re celebrating in style! “Fury”: The race is on as Sonic chases down Metal Sonic for one of the sought–after Chaos Emeralds! But when their chase takes them to a very unexpected place, Sonic’s worth as a hero may be put to the test! Can Sonic win the day, secure the emerald and retain his sense of self by the end? As our journey to WORLDS UNITE crashes to a close, join us in celebrating the longest-running Sonic the Hedgehog spin-off comic in history with 7.5 variant covers from your favorite Sonic artists! Featuring cover art from Patrick “SPAZ” Spaziante, Tracy Yardley, Ben Bates, Tyson Hesse, EGA Studios, Patrick Thomas Parnell, Lamar Wells, Evan Stanley and Jonathan H. Gray! To name a few!

Script: Ian Flynn
Art: Tracy Yardley, Jim Amash, Jack Morelli and Matt Herms
Cover: Patrick “SPAZ” Spaziante
Variant Cover 1: Tracy Yardley
Variant Cover 2: Ben Bates
Variant Cover 3: Tyson Hesse
Variant Cover 4: EGA Studios
Variant Cover 5: Patrick Thomas Parnell
Variant Cover 6: Lamar Wells, Gary Martin and Gabriel Cassata
Variant Cover 7: Evan Stanley, Jim Amash and Matt Herms
Variant Cover 7.5: Jonathan H. Gray, Gary Martin and Matt Herms with Patrick Spaziante
On Sale Date: 4/22
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S

This post was originally written by the author for TSSZ News, images were replaced and expanded by LMC in 2020.

6 Comments

Wait, so… Universe 75 is released on 4/22, and Sonic 272 is released on 5/13… and yet Universe 75 takes place AFTER Sonic 272 according to these preview pages? This is getting timey-wimey… so which one leads directly into Worlds Unite? It can’t be Sonic 272, because then Universe 75 would be AFTER Worlds Unite. But it wouldn’t make any sense for it to be Universe 75 because then we would have a direct lead-in to the crossover, followed by an issue not directly linked to the crossover at all. Unless it’s happening out of order, which it could be since Silver is involved.

As a side note, I’m liking the look of Crystal Desert Zone. It’s not from a game, is it? I can’t find any clear indication of it existing outside of this, but you never know…

goku262002 says:

18 April, 2015 at 1:00 AM

Actually looks like Ian did some googling because:
http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?s=3d2f804442aab0bbdfba40c69c0a9ea8&showtopic=3718&view=findpost&p=60275

Qjimbo came up with the name first!
Kazhnuz says:

18 April, 2015 at 3:19 PM

I think they had some problem with the comics releases here. The correct order seems to be 272 -> 75 -> Worlds Unite.

Anyone whose read the comic book for years should recognize variant cover 6 for its imitation of issue #25’s credits splash page from the regular series. Nice callback! See if you can spot the similarities and changes by comparing the two!