Dates
- Cover date
- January 1997
- On sale
- 1996
- In stores
- October 16, 1996
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #42 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Newsstand edition$1.50 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 00912846977501 · shared with another edition
Source ↗ - Direct edition$1.50 cover
Direct Edition
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 76281646977704211
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition1.65 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.65 CAD.
Barcode 00912846977501 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Story arc: Knuckles Quest
This is part 1 of 1. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Sonic the Hedgehog #42
Creators
Stories
- In Every Kingdom There Must Exist A Little Chaos · 16 pages
Sonic, Tails and Sally try to assemble as many Chaos Emeralds and Magic Rings as possible to use the energy to cure an afflicted King Acorn.
- Knuckles' Quest · 8 pages
Knuckles and Tails travel to Downunda seeking King Acorn's enchanted sword.
Publisher’s description
In Every Kingdom There Must Exist A Little Chaos, script by Kent Taylor, pencils by Art Mawhinney, inks by Phil Sheehy; Sonic, Tails and Sally try to assemble as many Chaos Emeralds and Magic Rings as possible to use the energy to cure an afflicted King Acorn. Knuckles' Quest, script by Ken Penders and Kent Taylor, pencils by Art Mawhinney, inks by Brian Thomas; Knuckles and Tails travel to Downunda seeking King Acorn's enchanted sword. "IN EVERY KINGDOM MUST EXIST A LITTLE CHAOS!": Freedom Fighters seek to cure the King Acorn Knuckles Quest: Knuckles travels with Tails in order to cure the King Acorn
Characters
Reprinted in
Sonic the Hedgehog Archives (2006)