Sonic the Hedgehog #7

Cover A of Sonic the Hedgehog #7 from IDW's 2018 series drops you right into the thick of it — an "ALERT" flashing on what looks like a control panel in the foreground while a high-speed chase unfolds on a massive aerial runway stretching into the clouds above. Two orange-and-black badnik enemies scramble in pursuit of a blazing blue streak that can only be Sonic, flanked on both sides by rows of imposing robotic sentinels. Cover artist Kieran Gates crafts a wonderfully cinematic, video-game-inspired perspective that makes the whole scene feel thrillingly urgent, and with Ian Flynn writing and Adam Bryce Thomas handling interior art, letters, and color, this is a creative team firing on all cylinders.