Editing Doctor Eggman (section)

===IDW Publishing===
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[[File:IDWDr.Eggman.png|thumb|left|180px|Dr. Eggman, from [[IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 15|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' #15]].]]
In the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW comic series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' comic series and its spin-offs published by [[IDW Publishing]], Dr. Eggman is an evil megalomaniacal scientist, whose history is almost identical to his game counterpart's, up until after the events of ''[[Sonic Forces]]''. After the [[War to Take Back the Planet|Eggman War]], the doctor went missing, and his [[Badnik|Badnik Horde]] was left without a leader. Eggman himself ended up in [[Windmill Village]], where he lost his memory and took up a job as a local inventor known as "Mr. Tinker", eagerly helping residents and the community. He was eventually found by the [[Team Chaotix|Chaotix]], [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]], [[Shadow the Hedgehog|Shadow]] and [[Rouge the Bat|Rouge]], who decided to leave him be, considering him harmless and benevolent now. Soon after, however, the scientist was kidnapped by [[Rough the Skunk|Rough]] and [[Tumble the Skunk|Tumble]] on the orders of [[Doctor Starline|Dr. Starline]], a long-time admirer of his work. Brought to the [[Final Egg]], Eggman had his memory restored by [[Metal Sonic]]. He then began working on the [[Metal Virus]], which he began spreading around the world with his [[Faceship]]. At one point, however, Starline let the [[Deadly Six]] aboard his ship, who took control of Eggman's [[Zombot]]s, forcing the doctor to flee and cooperate with his enemies to stop the Zeti's plan to destroy the world with the Zombots. The villain also got rid of Starline. After the Zombot apocalypse ended, Eggman tried to take advantage of Sonic's absence to dispose of his enemies, but the hedgehog soon returned in time to foil his plan. A little while later, the scientist began working on new Badnik types, called [[Quasi-Badnik]]s. He was also revealed to be the creator of a benevolent robot called [[Belle the Tinkerer|Belle]] while he had amnesia.