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Ok so you may need to bare with me here on this one. In the October edition of ToyWorld Magazine, they have a few preview pages of the ‘Brand Licensing Europe’ event. This isn't a gaming event, it's a licensing event. Companies attend with the hope of selling licenses to their properties to other companies in order to make products.

And Sega is down to attend with ‘a much larger booth than last year.’ Now this isn't that unusual since Sega have attended the event for the last few years. Along with Total War and some retro titles, the Sonic license is up for grabs.

However, the more interesting tidbit comes near the end of the article in which they confirm that Sega have signed a licensing deal with publisher Egmont.

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So who are they? Hachette is a French publisher who are making activity books based on Sonic. And Egmont? Well… long term fans might know them very well. Egmont is the company who purchased Fleetway, the people who made Sonic the Comic here in the UK.

Thats right my friends. Sega have signed a new publishing deal with the people who used to make Sonic the Comic.

Now before we get too excited, they don't mention specifically that it is for Sonic… however, what does support it being Sonic is that when you look at Egmont's current lineup of magazines and books, Sonic is the only active franchise Sega have which would fit in with their range of products.

There is also another reason not to get too excited, and thats down to the simple fact that the comic selection in the newsagent has changed since STC ended. Egmont do not make comics anymore, it's more towards fortnightly actvity books. They do however make one off books.

And to continue the unlikely news, even if it was Sonic the Comic, it's never going to continue from where it left off, far too long a time has passed.

So whilst it might not be a UK revival of Sonic the Comic, it might suggest a one off book, or could we see pigs fly and get a trade collection of Sonic the Comic published by Egmont?

We'll be watching this one very closely.

Source: ToyWorldMag

This is a fan sculpt of Egmont Fleetways evil Super Sonic from the Uks Sonic the Comic. Its based on the fantastic art of Richard Elson and visualised as a 3d model by myself. Its been successfully printed in white strong and flexible. Next on the list is to see what he looks like in frosted ultra detail! Then on to a fully finished painted statue.