Dates
- Cover date
- August 1997
- On sale
- May 14, 1997
- In stores
- May 14, 1997
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #49 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 76281646977704911
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 00912846977508
This edition’s page
Story arc: Endgame (Sonic)
This is part 3 of 5. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Sonic the Hedgehog #47
- Sonic the Hedgehog #48
- Sonic the Hedgehog #49
- Sonic the Hedgehog #50
- Sonic Super Special #6
Creators
Stories
- Escape from the Floating Island · 23 pages
Geoffrey pursues Sonic to Floating Island, where Knuckles intercedes. Bunnie and Antoine are transported to Downundah. And Dr. Robotnik's control of King Acorn is revealed.
Publisher’s description
Still on the run from the law, Sonic the Hedgehog is unaware that Dr. Robotnik has orchestrated this entire sequence of events from the beginning. Robotnik reveals to the now-captured Knothole village that the King Acorn they've been trusting has been a robotic duplicate all along. In typical villainous fashion, Robotnik gloats over the helpless Knothole village, allowing them the pleasure of living long enough to be obliterated by his brand new super-weapon: The Ultimate Annihilator, a devastating satellite-mounted laser cannon that erases matter at an atomic level. Back at Knothole, the true traitor is revealed: Drago, of the Wolf Pack. Drago tricked another freedom fighter named Hershey in to disguising herself as Sonic. Hershey thought she was killing Snively, Dr. Robotnik's right-hand man - but the mask she wore alters her vision so that everyone she sees at look like Snively, including Princess Sally.
Characters
Reprinted in
Sonic the Hedgehog Archives (2006)