IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 16

IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 16 is the sixteenth issue in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by IDW Publishing.

Official solicitation

 * "Infection!" Sonic's been infected with a mysterious new virus and his speed seems to be his only saving grace. Can Sonic, Tails, and Tangle beat the disease before Sonic's beat? And who will be the virus' next victims?

Infection

 * Written by: Ian Flynn
 * Art by: Jack Lawrence & Diana Skelly
 * Inks by: Priscilla Tramontano
 * Colors by: Matt Herms
 * Letters by: Shawn Lee
 * Assistant Editor: Megan Brown
 * Editor: David Mariotte
 * Special thanks to: Anoulay Tsai, Mai Kiyotaki, Aaron Webber, Michael Cisneros, Sandra Jo, and everyone at Sega for their invaluable assistance

Synopsis
Tangle arrives at Tails' workshop on her bike, excited to see her friends. Once she walks in, she finds Sonic running in a giant hamster wheel connected to a machine and Tails reading the data from said machine. Tangle explains that she came over to tell them something that happened to her. Both Tails and Sonic tell Tangle to give them a minute. Tangle sits and asks if this was what Sonic and Tails did in their free time, also asking if she could try the contraption herself. After a while, Sonic believes that he cannot infect metal objects with the Metal Virus. Tails clears him on this and tells him that after he ran back from Echo Mine he drove the infection back into remission. Sonic finds joy in the fact that he beat the infection by himself. Tangle asks for an update on the matter, which Sonic provides. He explains that after the war, Dr. Eggman had lost his memory and began living in a remote village under the persona of "Mr. Tinker". Sonic decided to leave Eggman live a peaceful life until Dr. Starline had the doctor captured and apparently restored his memories. Eggman then created a liquid that infects people and turns them into zombie-like robots that Sonic calls "Zombots". After Sonic had fought a Zombot, he became infected by the virus as well.

Appearances
Characters:
 * Badniks
 * Nebula
 * Cubot
 * Dr. Eggman
 * Dr. Starline
 * Elder Scruffy
 * Flicky
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Orbot
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Sonic the Werehog
 * Tangle the Lemur
 * Tumble the Skunk

Locations:
 * Echo Mine
 * Tails' Workshop
 * Windmill Village

Items:
 * Chaos Emeralds
 * Metal Virus

Vehicles:
 * Faceship

Misc:
 * Flame of Judgement
 * The War

Continuity

 * Sonic retells his encounter with Dr. Eggman's "Mr. Tinker" persona in Sonic the Hedgehog #5-#6.
 * Sonic recalls his fight with Zombot Rough and Tumble in Sonic the Hedgehog #15, "Patient Zero".
 * Sonic is still infected with the Metal Virus he received in Sonic the Hedgehog #15, "Patient Zero".

Trivia

 * Sonic remembers being cursed with the Flame of Judgement and being forced to turn into the Werehog, which are references to Sonic and the Secret Rings and Sonic Unleashed respectively.

Other features

 * Previously: Previously is a summary of previous issues' key story moments. It features a page of relevant panels from the previous issue.
 * Roll Call: Roll Call acts as a quick reference guide to new readers about the characters. This issue provides data files on Sonic, Tails, Tangle, Dr. Eggman and Dr. Starline.

Trivia

 * This issue was planned to be released on 17 April 2019, but was delayed to 8 May 2019.