Sonic the Hedgehog #161

Continuing the chaos that begun last issue, Sonic's fifteenth anniversary year...and his birthday party...kick into hyperdrive! An attempt to steal the Master Emerald goes wrong... Rouge's new accomplice Evil Sonic is transformed into a souped-up speed demon and identifies himself as Scourge...and if all that's not enough, things get even worse for Sonic as a long lost badnik from the early days comes back with a dangerous new twist! It's a birthday full of "presents" Sonic would rather return!

Characters: Amy Rose, Antoine D'Coolette, Bark the Polarbear, Bean the Dynamite, Blaze the Cat, Bunnie Rabbot, Crocbot, Finitevus, Fiona Fox, Locke the Echidna, Rotor the Walrus, Rouge the Bat, Sally Acorn, Scourge (Sega), Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails (Sega)