Dates
- Cover date
- November 2013
- On sale
- October 2, 2013
- In stores
- October 2, 2013
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #253 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct Edition
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 76281646977725311
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 00912846977553
This edition’s page
Story arc: Countdown to Chaos
This is part 1 of 4. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Sonic the Hedgehog #253
- Sonic the Hedgehog #254
- Sonic the Hedgehog #255
- Sonic the Hedgehog #256
Creators
Stories
- The Builder · 20 pages
With Big's help, Sonic and Tails locate Rotor and come one step closer to restoring Nicole's systems and finding a way to fix the fragmented realities. Meanwhile, Dr. Eggman discovers the far-flung army he didn't have in his own reality.
- Physics Fall Before Cool · Off Panel · 0.5 pages
Tails asks Sonic how he can slide while wearing traction shoes.
Publisher’s description
The biggest, most shocking event in Sonic comic history is underway, and you can grab a front-row seat in 'Countdown to Chaos' part one! Sonic and Tails are on a journey to the Mystic Ruins jungle in search of their missing pals. What they encounter is sure to surprise you! Meanwhile, Dr. Eggman begins the long trek back to his deadly Death Egg II battle fortress. Will our heroes find him and stop him before he launches again? And just who, or what, is the 'Sky Patrol' and what does it have to do with the missing Freedom Fighters? Don't miss a moment of the chaos, featuring the first in a series of all-new inter-connecting covers by Sonic art superstar Ben Bates, and bone-chilling variant cover by T.REX!
Characters
Reprinted in
Sonic the Hedgehog (2014)