IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 19

IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 19 is the nineteenth issue in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by IDW Publishing.

Official solicitation

 * "Crisis City, Part 1"! Eggman's reign of terror continues! Sonic races to help Team Dark rescue civilians from a major city, but his own metal virus infection is getting worse! Outnumbered, how long can Sonic outrun the inevitable? And who else will fall? A major cornerstone of the metal virus saga! One of Sonic's most powerful allies falls victim to the disease, but who?

Synopsis
In the past, Sunset City used to be a major merchant hub with several jewel markets. This ceased to be the case in the midst of the Eggman War as Dr. Eggman had his Badniks wreak havoc in the city. Some time after Eggman was defeated, the Restoration helped with reparations for the city. This did not last long as Eggman returned with his new Metal Virus substance and used it to infect several citizens of Sunset City, worsening the city's fate. After being contacted by Rouge to help aid the city, Sonic arrives on the scene of Sunset City's Zombot outbreak. He Spin Attacks several of them and begins to call out for civilians in need. Sonic soon finds himself surrounded by several Zombots but knocks them back with a spin kick. The hedgehog does not like the fact that Zombots keep grabbing onto him when fighting them already spreads the infection faster. Sonic is soon called by a civilian from a nearby building as he and many others were trapped in the building as a horde of Zombots blocked the door. Sonic prepares to hit the Zombots out of the way but is forced to quickly dart out of the way as bullets suddenly fly at the Metal Virus victims.

Appearances
Characters:
 * Badniks
 * Super Badniks
 * Death Egg Robot sentinel
 * Dr. Eggman
 * Restoration
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Team Dark
 * E-123 Omega
 * Rouge the Bat
 * Shadow the Hedgehog

Locations:
 * Sunset City

Items:
 * Metal Virus

Misc:
 * Eggman War
 * Spin Attack

Trivia

 * The title of this story is named after the Action Stage from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).

Trivia

 * Nathalie Fourdraine has stated that cover RI for this issue was inspired by The Fog and the Night of the Living Dead.
 * This is the first issue in the series to feature the title of the story on cover A.