Dates
- Cover date
- September 2000
- On sale
- July 6, 2000
- In stores
- July 6, 2000
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #86 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 76281646977708611
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 00912846977509
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Heart of the Hedgehog, Part 1: Evil's Return · 16 pages
Metal Sonic captures Tails and secures him to the mouth of an active volcano, then leads Sonic on a desperate chase to locate his friend.
- Against the Haunted Past · Monkey Khan · 6 pages
Through flashback, Monkey Khan's origins as a cybernetic test subject in Warlord Julian's lab is explained.
Publisher’s description
"Heart of the Hedgehog": Part 1? After the Freedom Fighter Special makes a crash landing, Sonic and Tails perform a little reconnaissance and find themselves up against the menace of Metal Sonic! Plus: "Picking Up the Pieces" by Ken Penders, Steven Butler, and Pam Eklund: Knuckles begins his quest to learn the fate of the Floating Island and all who lived upon it!
Characters
Reprinted in
Sonic the Hedgehog Archives (2006)