Metal Virus UNLEASHED! | Sonic Speed Reading 

Literally Anything: (Happens) Tangle: *Jokes on you, I'm into that sh_t.*

I love how far Eggman's throne goes to further show his character! He's just like "I can't harness the power of the Emeralds myself, so hey, imma just make a throne out of 'em as bragging rights lmao!"

Windmill Village: Gets fucking overtaken and gets all it's citizens turned into robotic zombies NIck: *laughing at the ship's design*

I like that they took a darker turn with this arc. Sonic stories should take themselves a little more seriously. I'm not saying they should be like Schindler's list or something, you can still make something serious while not making it overtly dark. I'd like a DreamWorks vibe from sonic stories, like Kung Fu Panda where they're able to tackle things like Genocide and PTSD while still being fun family content.

it's just not Eggman unless it has him all over it... literally, his face is on that ship

Sonic: *gets infect* Eggman: nice Sonic: *gets cured* Eggman: how can this be happening Sonic: *only postpones it* Eggman: nice

Honestly this arc can literally just be described with, "Let them REST, holy sHIT-"

Everyone in this Issue: "This is basically The Walking Dead!" Me: *"Werehog and Darkspine Confirmed!"*

The more sinister and twisted Eggman is definitely something I've wanted back. I love the cartoony and bumbling villain too, but this reminds me of a time the character was much more intimidating

Eggman's laser piss is more catastrophic than I thought.

This lore is extremely interesting and it’s becoming more and more intense throughout each issue

The Metal Virus, one of the Darkest stories in the IDW Sonic so far. It gets better the more you read the issues. You know the Heroes will win but you want to know How.

Jack Lawrence's art on this issue was amazing! Incredibly expressive, energetic, and fluid. He's a fantastic British artist and a really nice guy at that. I'd highly recommend his self-published Tinpot Hobo, which has four issues but sadly I don't think ever concluded. I'm guessing the recap was an editorial mandate. New arc, new readers, bring them up to speed. Oh, and upsell the other books while you're at it. I will say, the Metal Virus coinciding with real-world covid-19 was unfortunate. So much for happy escapism. (Not the book's fault.)

"So uh is this what you do in your free time?" "Cause im in to it" that made me laugh SO hard

The fact that the Metal Virus Ark came out in 2020 makes it so much better in a way. *Eggman created Covid-19 confirmed*

I love this Arc so much. This Metal Virus Arc really show that Ian Flynn know the Balance of Fun, Comedic Story with Dark Undertones. And no it not because I'm into Dark Stuff it just makes the World More Serious and makes me want to Protect it more. Sonic Adventure had the Fun Adventure of Stopping Eggman from Getting the Chaos Emeralds for Chaos. But then we Learned Chaos is the Reason Knuckles clan is Extinct and Chaos Completely Flooded Station Square. Sonic Adventure 2 Is the Fun Story of Sonic Stopping his Faker and Clearing His Name. But we Learn a lot of people Died on the Arc 50 years Ago and a Little Girl Died oh And the entire Planet was About to be Destroyed I could keep going as a Lot of Sonic Games Before Colors had some Dark Story Underneath it. And I love it .

next up: Virus out of control and then: the return of the *Deadly* *Six*

The arc genuinely got super tense in my eyes , I honestly can't imagine what it would've been like in the Archie universe.

where i live, we dont get the idw comics, so i love whenever one of these sonic speed reading episodes come out

I ain’t even gonna cap this arc hit home too much to current events with Covid

After 2020, this issue feels mad depressing. This juxtaposed with our real life virus is absurdly accurate.

Nick, you're one of the greatest RU-vidrs I've ever had the luck of accidentally running into. The way you talk about Sonic, it properly propelled me into my pilgrimage for my nostalgia days, especially Sonic. The AoStH, Sonic X, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic the Comic (of which we only had 2 small compilations of 5 episodes in portuguese) and even the Sonic 3D board game! I unlocked all of that from the depths of my memory! Not to mention, it's awesome to see you talk about all the cool things that everything has, the good in the bad, and the great in the good, the nuances in old material and plots, and not just Sonic but everything else too! Keep up the spectacular work, man!

Let's all talk about our feelings. - "Amy Thesis Hedgehog"

11:23 *I mean Sonic Dash asked that question lmao*

Forget school, I'm watching the newest game apologist video for my birthday.

"duckhead" nice Edit: that "how long can he run for?" Reminds me of Sonic X's "How to catch a hedgehog"

thank you, game apologist, for the early morning sonic content.

cant believe IDW ripped off Diary Of A Wimpy Kid's cheese touch

I feel immense pleasure in seeing this video go up and hearing your passion for the subject. Also seeing. Myself pop up at the end of the list of patrons was or expected and made me smile. Keep on keeping on Nick!

this is my most favourite part of idw. and this is why i started the idw comics

Love your videos Nick! I'm so glad I stumbled onto your amazing channel a few months ago. I love getting to hear your opinions, thoughts and reviews for games and Sonic comics, especially when its something I never knew existed! Thanks for the awesome videos!

this comic hit me hard and inspired me to get into the fandom again, I met some amazing ppl and ur channel as well! Good luck w real life and I'll be waiting 4 more awesome videos! :DD

Another great read, keep it up man! Love the work!!!

Thank you nick for making this video, since I am in a different country I can’t read these comics so I appreciate that you made this video

Bro I was literally watching one of your vids, and this popped up, wasn't disappointed (never was)

I really enjoyed this. Thank you Nick!

Looking forward to the next video on this. This is such a deep and dark story the kind I love and it's portraying Sonic the way he should always have been.

I find the zombie design pretty funny it looks like a sonic character just got up or is drunken

This is my favorite IDW Sonic story. This is the 3rd time I'm watching this series and I purchased the digital comic! Thank you for opening up my eyes to the world of IDW Sonic!

WOOO YESS AND UPLOAD!!!!!!! LIKED AND DOWNLOADED BEFORE EVEN STARTING.

Yay! New Speed Reading is always an event! Also can’t wait to see your video on Shade.

Man I love these and you are pretty hilarious.

I grew up with Sonic. Played most of the originals, was excited when the Adventure titles came out and played through multiple times, I dabbled in the GBA games and I sat out the majority of modern titles with the exceptions of Heroes, Mania and racing transformed. Hell, I ONLY grabbed Forces because of your videos(Yeah, it's every bit the mess you warned it was but I'm still having a ton of fun with it) yet, I've never even looked at a panel of the comics before. Your Speed Read series has totally blown my mind about the places these characters and stories can go and this episode ended with me literally having a sinking feeling of dread in my gut for what lies ahead. Good stuff, dude.

AWESOME job and really glad to hear Nick! 😎😎

Great video today Nick! Don’t worry about falling behind. I know life is tough for a lot of people and they may be having issues sorting it out. We’ve all been there at some point. You are making content to the best of your availability and that is what matters most. Also, 3:43 is a lol moment.

Honestly, Eggman going after Windmill Village first is actually a merciful act as it would spare them from the horrors of the rest of the Metal Virus pandemic. They wouldn't have to slowly lose their family & friends as more and more of them turn into empty shells of themselves, and then attack the people they love, only to witness the body horror of the zombots regenerating themselves.

As soon as I try to get more sleep you post this video and I’m not mad not at all

How do you only have 69.7k subs, you make this stuff look easy and make it enjoyable

I love this stuff

It's strange how much I've been looking forward to this specific video of a comic I haven't read

Hellllllllllll yeah. I've been waiting for this!

love this idw videos from u

Great video as always, Toot toot!

Rip the bird. Imagine being transformed and losing your mind and free will while being asleep.

Finally, more sonic speed reading I missed this.

Oh heck we're back to the comics. I was missing this

I just moved recently too. It's such a pain! Feels like we're never gonna finish unpacking.

Hang in there! You're doing an amazing job!

You uploaded Sonic Speed Reading on my birthday :O Well, this is very interesting...

i like the art for the covers they're amazing

At 6:15 you reminded me of the phrase ”A single flood spore could take out a whole world” (not 100% exact but something like that) from Halo 3

Jesus Christ they really made eggman quite the madman to not only making the virus but make the starting point the place that took him in and it's terrifying that all sonic can do is keep the virus at Bay I feel like the smallest mistake or rest could make him turn it's nerve-racking

Even if its just harmless 'touching people' to keep it for kids, that's also what makes it so dangerous and wild! Just one brush against a Zombot is enough to end you. Becoming a part of the unrelenting flood.

Dang this comic is awesome

4:12 I think a better method of infection should have been them biting them like vampires to transmit the virus into their bloodstream.

i pressed so fast i love your vids man

I beeeeeeeen waiting for this video

I agree with you, they should've done something else, like maybe have the zombots puke the virus out of their mouths like it's infected blood, and that's how they're spreading it, instead of just touching. OR, grabby arms can be very creppy themselves, but the way they're grabbing people looks very harmless. It should look like they're trying to rip the people apart.

Yes! More speed reading

Just make sure you don't stall yourself trying to make "next level content" to make up for a perceived slowness of output. It can lead to a death spiral where you feel the need to make something better and better because you keep failing to put out content and you need to "make up for it." I've seen and experienced this spiral before, and the best thing to do is what you just did here: Put stuff out anyway, even if it's shorter and not quite what you were envisioning as a way to make up for perceived lack of output. And if we're being honest here, the stuff you put up is high quality regardless. Your baseline is just that good.

This metal virus saga sounds like some weird Carmageddon consored story. Also, I hope sonic will have better future in future games and comics.

The extreme length of the recap is a cost saving measure, IDW has been hemorrhaging money for years. I'll have to double check the dates but I believe it's been 5 or 6 years since they last reported making a profit in their annual fiscal earning reports, and I'm honestly baffled with how they managed to obtain the Sonic license.

Congrats on 69 thousand subscribers

3:31 ok thats messed up of eggman in general imagine infecting or killing the community that took you in that cared for you!

I still can't get over the "faceship" up to this date

Huh, this was such a interesting Arc, i wonder if IDW could top it at some point, maybe Issue #50 will be the one to do that or something else, just have to wait and see.

were pretty much under the metal virus situation ... except ...this one is KILLING us and very quickly adapting and getting stronger as it evolves so please... everyone... treat this situation as the metal virus and avoid large over 4 to 5 people groups lest you become infected yourself, meanwhile im doing like sonic and running to stay fit and healthy.

To quote Chopper in the most recent One Piece chapter: "YOU DON'T MESS WITH VIRUSES! They will always get out of your control!"

I love the coincidental release of this comic with the spread of the other virus....

Here we gooooo!

Mate I love your channel and the Chaotix series you made. Are you planning to make more videos like those?

Eggman feels WAY more evil since he regained his memories

"Knuckles doesn't even exist in that world" ... SONIC UNDER GROOOOOUND SONIC UNDER GROOOUND

I have always questioned to myself: "Why haven't I subscribed to this RU-vid channel despite the fact that I watch a lot of this guy's content?"

the robot infection spreads at him on the speed of like .0000000000000000000025 the speed it does for the normal random civilian-characters

Jeez, this is what I call a good Sonic story. Almost if not as dark as the adventure games

5:58 that implies that Secret Rings is canon, what about Black Knight?

That's a savage Egg. And yeah Tangle's great

I came up with a funny idea after watching another remix of City Escape: Would you like to do a Top Ten City Escape Remixes video?

Personal opinion: If Sonic were as powerful as his game counterpart, if Tails was an inventor and capable as his game counterpart, if Amy were present (with her Piko Piko Hammer), and if Knuckles existed, then they would've made short work of SATAM Robotnik within a full game playthrough.

7:21 Tingle

I feel like the Metal virus gives the perfect opportunity to introduce Bunnie to IDW at least. Forces was already a great way to introduce the Freedom Fighters, but now we have a version of roboticization that can easily explain Bunnie.

his face ship just sneezed the things out lol

This was a great arc, I loved how dark it could be and how much of a dick eggman was in this. I love how Ian writes eggman.

I LOVE THIS ISSUE AND ISSUE 17 BECAUSE TEAM CHAOTIX ARE IN IT

I like that they made it so that Sonic isn't immune because of his speed

Finally man

Sonic has legally mandated plot armor

IDW: next up Virus out of control 2020: Am I a joke to you

Oh goodness, you will talk about the Deadly Six soon. Ian writes them better than their game of origin, at least!