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Sonic the Hedgehog IDW Comic Megathread

Discussion in 'General Sonic Discussion' started by Dark Sonic, Jan 22, 2018.

  1. TheCleanerDragon

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    I think it's fair to fully count everything from #62 onwards as being part of one arc. 62-68 were all set up for stuff that pays off in 69-75, and without 69-75, 62-68 would make no sense and be pointless. I would say that in terms of length it's a full saga, it just doesn't feel as big as the Metal Virus because of how much time was spent on set up.
     
  2. BigTigerM

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    Ahh, but on average, usually half or less of the actual issues pre-#69 contain content relating to set-up for the Riders arc... I'm actually being quite generous by giving that .5 mark, I could say .25 instead or be very mathematically precise in pagecount, but that's a bit extreme lel.
    To be precise:
    • 62 - Amy & Knux A Plot, Duo B Plot [.5]
    • 63 - Silver, Whisper & Duo A Plot, Sonic & Blaze B Plot [.5]
    • 64 - Silver & Duo A Plot, Silver & Blaze B Plot [1] (Deserves a 'set-up issue in disguise' award)
    • 65 - Knux & Chaotix A Plot, Cream & Rough+Tumble B Plot [0] (They are too stupid for set-up)
    • 66 - Knux & Chaotix A Plot, Cream & Rough+Tumble B Plot, Clean Sweep Inc. End Plot [.5]
    • 67 - Surge & Co. Full Plot [1] (Not even hiding it, this is a blatant set-up issue)
    • 68 - Sonic & Tails Full Plot [0]
    • 76 - Aftermath of Riders Arc, Start of Shattered Pieces Arc [.5]
      Plus 69 - 75, and that gets us that { 11 issues in total } mark I arrived at previously.
    And yeah, I think we can both agree on that!! It don't feel too big, choom. :)
     
  3. Starduster

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    Would it not just be more intuitive to think about this as a continuous plot rather than splitting it into arcs? You could say that this has been going since Impostor Syndrome. Seems more to me like IDW Sonic has always been pretty loose about following the traditional four issue "arc" format in favour of a more organically developed story on a longer timescale, which I much prefer.
     
  4. TheCleanerDragon

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    I think the four-month hiatus between #68 and #69 is where a lot of that tendency to split comes from. Even if it all flows together into one story, that time gap creates a sort of "distance" between the issues before the hiatus and the issues after that makes them seem less close than they really are.