Art by Zak Simmonds-Hurn
The Angel Island Zone is a Zone on the Floating Island.
The area is characterised by its many high waterfalls and log bridges. In the game Sonic the Hedgehog 3 that it originally appeared in, much of the Zone was incinerated by Doctor Ivo Robotnik's Badniks, although it isn't clear if this fate ever befell the Zone in Sonic the Comic.
"Angel Island" never made an appearance in the original print run, with Sonic the Hedgehog and Tails first arriving on the Floating Island in the Marble Garden Zone. Its first (and, so far, only) appearance was in a pin-up by Zak Simmonds-Hurn. The scene, published in Issue 250, recounts the scene from the end of the level that sees Knuckles the Echidna activate a trap that sent Sonic and Tails plummeting to the Hydrocity Zone. The wallpaper was originally featured in the video game Sonic and the Black Knight and presented with an interview in the Black Knight Zone.
Badniks[]
Several Badniks are associated with the Angel Island Zone, although they made their STC appearances in other areas: