Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 250


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 * This issue takes place between Sonic Universe #53 and Mega Man #27
 * This issue takes place between Sonic Universe #53 and Mega Man #27

Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 250 is the two hundred and fiftieth issue of the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comic series, and part 9 of the Sonic/Mega Man crossover story arc Worlds Collide.

Summary
Solicitation

Celebrate 250 issues of the longest-running video game based comic series, Sonic the Hedgehog, with 'When Worlds Collide' Part Nine of Twelve! The final act of the crossover mega-event starts here as Sonic and Mega Man stand united against the Wily Egg - and backing them up are all their heroic friends. Standing against them are the Robot Masters-all of them! Let the battle begin! At a whopping 48 pages, this double-sized issue features a special, digitally remastered re-presentation of the first Sonic the Hedgehog issue! Also featuring a stunning new wrap-around cover by Patrick 'SPAZ' Spaziante. Plus, choose your favorite hero with the 'Team Sonic' and 'Team Mega Man' CHIBI variant covers! Continued in this month's Mega Man #27!

"When Worlds Collide" Part Nine of Twelve-All-Out War

Key Events

 * The heroes, now joined by E-123 Omega, are attacked by the Robot Master army, which includes the recreated Genesis Unit and Shadow Man.
 * Rouge the Bat is revealed to have become the newest and only remaining Roboticized Master, Rouge Woman, and joins the Robot Masters in their attack on the heroes.
 * Dr. Light confronts Wily and Eggman on their actions.
 * Rouge Woman is de-roboticized back into normal Rouge by Mega Man and Sonic.
 * Sonic, Mega Man, Tails, and Rush prepare to invade the Wily Egg while the other heroes fight off the Robot Masters.
 * Dr. Eggman attempts to kill Dr. Light by having Metal Sonic throw him out of the Wily Egg.

Background Information

 * This is the series' tenth milestone.
 * This issues main cover is the first in the Archie Sonic series to be a wraparound cover (a cover in which the artwork continues onto the back cover).
 * The variant covers for this issue is a third set of "Team Mega Man" and "Team Sonic" variants, featuring the characters in a chibi-style, similar to that of the game Mega Man: POWERED-UP. The Mega Man cover exclusively features several characters from Mega Man, while the Sonic cover features only Sonic characters respectively. The two covers appear to join together to create a full image. Both covers are standard sized, compared to the wraparound main cover. Both covers are drawn by Mega Man comic regular Ryan Jampole.
 * This also the only set of "Team Mega Man/Sonic" variants not to be drawn by Patrick Spaziante.
 * On the Team Sonic cover, Shadow appears to be playing a Sega Game Gear console.
 * This issue is a 48-page special. It includes a reprinting of the last few pages of #229.
 * The solicit for the issue originally advertised a digitally remastered reprint of #1 as being in the issue, in honor of the comics 20th anniversary. The reason this was changed is unknown, though it's possible the creative team simply wanted a more relevant story.
 * This is the first landmark issue since his debut to not be drawn by Tracy Yardley.
 * This is Blaze's first appearance in the main comic since her debut all the way pack in #160 and #161 (not counting her non-canon appearance in #242).
 * This issue also marks the first appearance of E-123 Omega in the main comic (all of his previous appearances being in Sonic Universe only).
 * The manner in which Metal Sonic throws Dr. Light out of the Wily Egg is strikingly similar to the way Sonic was thrown out of the Death Egg Mark 2 by Mecha Sally in STH #231.
 * When revealing to Eggman that he has been made aware of his track record, Dr. Light makes reference to antagonists from previous Sonic video games, including Chaos (Sonic Adventure), the Gizoids (Sonic Battle and Sonic Chronicles: the Dark Brotherhood) and, more recently, the Time Eater (Sonic Generations).