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The main plot is stronger than the first collection here, but it's also less complete since it ends in the middle of a story arc. Excited to continue but can't just hand this book to someone in the same way you can the first IDW collection. Its very sad seeing my cute little animal friends get consumed and turned evil by evil goop

geast's review

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adventurous inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I love the sonic idw comics. Super fun with beautiful artwork.

nic190's review against another edition

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5.0

SO GOOD!! I love the new characters Tangle and Whisper. The Metal Virus Saga is INSANE!!!!

miketea's review

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adventurous funny fast-paced

4.5

brnineworms's review

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.0

Alright so

this volume introduces the Metal Virus, a synthetic pathogen designed to turn the people it infects into metallic zombie slaves, or “Zombots.” Sonic himself is contaminated. He has to constantly run at top speed to prevent the Virus from converting him, and he has to stay away from others or he’ll spread the Virus to them. It’s interesting how this plays into and against his impulses; yes, he does like to go fast, but this is unsustainable and exhausting, and his instinct is to run over and help those in peril but he has to constantly check himself and remind himself he’s dangerous to be around.

It’s well done. It’s also worth noting this storyline started in 2019, aha... Hits different now.

The fight scenes and story beats do get a little repetitive, but I actually think that’s good.

It reflects Sonic’s fatigue; another city besieged by Zombots, another friend in danger, on top of the ordeal of having to outrun the Virus again and again just to keep it at bay for a while longer.

As with most zombie apocalypse stories, there’s more violence than would usually be permitted, eg: pushing villains down a refuse pit, and ploughing through a crowd with a truck. It is established that the Zombots are more or less invulnerable and cannot feel pain.

Still, I do feel a little weird about this. I dunno. Homogeneous hordes are not my thing. Then again, I suppose you can’t just do the Master Overlord arc again – you have to follow it up with something completely different.

Speaking of things that are completely different, this collection also includes a few comics from the 2019 annual, plus the Tangle & Whisper spinoff miniseries. I don’t have much to say about them but I liked them well enough.

CONTENT WARNINGS: infectious disease, zombie mindlessness, violence, guilt, evacuation

daniel1501's review

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

cc_mint's review

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4.5

no because this was actually so good plus METAL SHADOW ⁉️

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