Volume 13 is a little awkward in that its main story wraps up in just 2 issues, but those 2 issues are jam-packed with frantic, high-speed fights and delicious character moments. While I'm a little peeved that we don't follow up on Surge and Kit's decision to sabotage Starline's plan (which boiled down to a pathetically simple ambush), their battle with Sonic and Tails is some of the best fight choreography this comic has ever had. The colossal mech fight between Starline and Eggman is also great blockbuster action and leads to some delicious banter between the two mad scientists.

Ian Flynn also uses the fight between Sonic and Surge to give us his treatise on Sonic's personality and moral philosophy (surprise, surprise, it leans chaotic good and leads me to believe Sonic would *HATE* the prison industrial complex). It's a wonderful encapsulation of Sonic's carefree attitude and how someone like him would act after having turned so many enemies into friends over the years.

Afterwards we get a bunch of smaller stories featuring the rest of the cast and they're sure to please die hard fans (special shoutouts to the Blaze and Knuckles story and the absolute slobberknocker that is Omega vs Gemerl).

You really need to read the previous volumes in order to enjoy everything that happens here, but if you've been following the series, this is a wonderful landmark book. It's collected weird, but the quality of the art and writing more than makes up for the awkwardness.