The Metal Virus is Sonic at it's Creepiest | IDW Sonic History 

One thing I like about the IDW Sonic Comics is that they tell really compelling stories and are not afraid to dip into darker, more serious themes. Such as an apocalyptic scenario or characters having to deal with grief or losing someone they care about. And yes, Vector was a champ in this saga. He went down swinging.

YOO why is that little rabbit so menacing! The art in this comic is really good, really nice color pallets.

Not sure if it’s just me but the whole Metal Virus thing really gives me vibes of the Maverick Virus from Mega Man X

One of my favorite stories from sonic. Mix of Night of living dead and T-1000 from terminator 2

For me, the saddest part about this story is big’s ending story he goes through everything and avoids the virus until the very end when he gets home with froggy 😭😭😭

I wonder how the Archie characters would deal with the metal virus

When my friend told me Sonic is a light heart-series for kids, I laughed pretty hard.

10:50 You’re actually one of the few people I’ve seen who actually liked Shadow’s depiction in this scene. Most people I’ve seen (especially Shadow fans) HATE how Shadow is portrayed in this scene and in IDW in general, myself included. He’s far too overly edgy and hostile in IDW and in this scene specifically he’s borderline stupid, Shadow is supposed to be smart and tactical in fights and he just decides to ignore everyones warnings about the virus and grabs a zombot for no reason, getting himself needlessly infected and it’s honestly infuriating. Needless to say he was written far better in Ian’s Archie run but thanks to mandates were stuck with this edgy clown fiesta for the foreseeable future.😫

Emerl? Haven't seen that guy since I played his game more than a decade ago.

I would of thought shadows imortallty would make home immune

Imagine this gets adapted into an anime

And this is no way even disturbing compared to the things that come up when you look up sonic animations on youtube 😭😭

What. Since when cowards run I win fits him perfectly? Shadow is not a vegeta clone. At least he didn't use to be

It occurred to me that if this type of story had been told in the Sonic games, the mood would have been ruined because of the clancky animation or bad dubbing. Your would says I'm very harsh, but watch all the games in the 2000', in the 2010'. Alot of stories and emotion have lost his effect because how it was portrayed. But I think because that's happen in comics book, it doesn't have any kind of this problem and I was able to very enjoy this story.

I have a question, if a Mobian is infected with the Metal virus, is it possible to make them how they looked originally?

I think the reason why they had Shadz act so brashly and dive head-first into the zombot crowd is because he's too big of a powerhouse. If Shadow weren't infected, the story would've ended much, much faster. In fact, if only he was allowed to do as he pleases, he'd pop a cap in Eggman's arse the minute he saw him back at the village, and the whole saga wouldn't happen. UPD: okay, so I looked it up and apparently I was right - Ian Flynn said that taking Shadow out of the picture was a tactical decision so the plot could happen.

My least favorite arc in the comic. Also, Worse Snivley sucks (that's Dr. Starline BTW)