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The book features bios and photos of this years special guests, plus articles and art created by fans and pros devoted to our anniversary celebrations. Eggman has a bunch of egg swats attacking sonic as he chases him while eggman goes on a rant about how sonic is interrupting his. Fayetteville comic con fayetteville, nc october 17, 2015. San diego, the biggest pop culture convention in north america. So, the xmen comic books are listed under x and the outer limits is listed under o. Sonic the hedgehog idw comic series sonic news network.
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