This storyline for Sonic the Hedgehog is superb, and only contrasts even more strongly how weak the Sonic Universe series is. Nearly every character to appear in either series makes an appearance in this issue, whether with speaking parts or silent cameos. Fans of characters that haven't been around as much may love this issue just for that reason. Sonic himself is absent after the first third of the issue, but that doesn't seem to matter, as the action easily carries the rest of it.