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was a long-running series of American comic books published by Archie Comics with the help of Sega, featuring Sega's mascot video game character, Sonic the Hedgehog. It ran from July 1993 to February 2017. Spin-off publications from the comic included a Knuckles the Echidna series starring the titular character, which ran for 32 issues; fifteen 48-page "Super Specials"; eight single special issues; and four short three-issue miniseries, each starring a character from the series. On 21 September 2005, Archie Comics started a new series based on the Sonic X anime. On 24 February 2009, Archie Comics produced their first issue of Sonic Universe, which contained four-issue stories that took place at the same time as the main series. This comic featured a mixture of characters, settings, and situations from the Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon, the Sonic the Hedgehog video games by Sega, and various other incarnations of Sonic. It also included many elements unique to the comic.
The original issues of the series and those soon to follow consisted mostly of isolated stories. That is, there was rarely any continuity between issues. However, there were the additions of new characters (such as Bunnie Rabbot, Knuckles, and Super Sonic) that would become familiar and lasting faces as the series continued. The early issues featured much of Sonic versus Robotnik, in which Sonic would constantly foil Robotnik's plans whether it be to tear down a forest or find the hidden location of Knothole Village. Eventually though, the issues started to gain a sense of an ongoing story, most notably with the addition of the Mecha Sonic story line in issue 39, in which Sonic is transformed into a robotic form and does as Robotnik commands. This would later be concluded in a Sonic Special issue where Knuckles gives himself up to be transformed into a robot in order to defeat Mecha Sonic. From here, the story line would be further developed into what is now a fully continuous one. Following the defeat of Mecha Sonic, the Freedom Fighters come together in issue 46 to discuss ways to attack and defeat Robotnik once and for all. The loyalty of many of the Freedom Fighters comes into question, particularly notable in a feud between Sonic and Geoffrey Saint John, a member of the Acorn secret service. This continues into the renowned End Game saga which takes place over a four issue span, #47 through #50.
The saga begins with a mission by the Freedom Fighter and the Wolf Pack, led by Lupe, to attack Robotnik’s base. Princess Sally reveals thoughts of her father, King Acorn, telling her that it would soon become apparent that Sonic is a traitor. The mission proceeds and Sally is in need of help or she may fall to her death. The Freedom Fighters look on in despair when they think they see Sonic and assume that he will rescue the princess. Much to their surprise, Sonic aids Sally in falling to her death. The mission is called to retreat, and the Freedom Fighters move back to Knothole village. Meanwhile, Sonic is seen battling Robotnik inside the base (when he apparently left Sally for dead). Robotnik escapes and Sonic leaves the base wondering where the rest of his companions have gone. Sonic returns to Knothole only to be arrested and spared the death penalty in light of all his services, so instead is sentenced to life in prison on the Devil’s Gulag, where other notorious traitors such as Sleuth Doggy Dog (#42) will be imprisoned with him. While Sonic is being transported to the Gulag, Swatbots attack the vessel and it crash lands. Sonic remains conscience and takes the opportunity to escape. News bears word and King Acorn demands the recapture of Sonic by Saint John. Sonic on the run, takes refuge in a cavern. Meanwhile, Bunnie and Antoine discover that Drago (a member of the Wolf Pack) has been working with Robotnik in order to frame Sonic. This is followed by King Acorn issuing Robotnik as his new Warlord. Sonic, in the meantime, continues his run from Saint John and the secret service with aid from Dulcy the Dragon. Robotnik reveals his duplicate of the King by making it self-destruct and the true plan has become evident to all. All this would lead up to Sonics return to Knothole in issue 50, where Sonic clears his name and heads to a final showdown with Robotnik. As the issue notes, Sonic is uncharacteristically devoid of humor as he approaches Robotnik. In the battle, Robotnik’s ultimate annihilator crashes and the room is destined for destruction, but Robotnik and Sonic remain to fight. In the end, Sonic emerges victorious and Robotnik dies. Sonic later revives Sally with a kiss.
Story lines continue to follow after the End Game saga. Ixis Nagaus makes his first appearance in issue 53. Although temporarily defeated, he would later return in issues 64 through 66, along with the appearance of Nate Morgan, former adviser of King Acorn, and Ixis would be defeated this time by Ultra Sonic, one of Sonics transformations.
Issue 75 reveals that an alternate version of Robotnik that Sonic faced in issue 19, known as Robo-Robotnik, survived the last encounter and killed his dimension's Sonic, and after learning about the original Robotnik's death in issue 50, decided to fill out the void in both his and Sonic Prime's life by traveling to Sonic's world sometime in between issues 51 and 62, and taking over Robotnik Prime's place. His presence is revealed by flashbacks to certain issues between issues 50 and 75. Sonic and the Freedom Fighters head to space to battle this Robo Robotnik, and although they defeat him, there are many other bodies standing in line. Robo-Robotnik went into one shaped funny and became who is now Sonic's familiar enemy, Dr. Eggman.
Sonic Adventure was readily adapted into the series with the appearance of Chaos, beginning in issue 79. The saga ends with Sonic successfully defeating Perfect Chaos, the final form of Chaos after absorbing all of the emeralds, by transforming into Super Sonic in issue 84. Sonic does not actually destroy Chaos, as Chaos returns to his ancient beginnings to live in peace.
Issue 85 features Silver Sonic II, a scaled down version of the super robot seen in the Death Egg Saga. The next two issues (#86 and #87) feature the return of Metal Sonic (first seen in issue 25 and once again in the Knuckles' Chaotix special). Despite being able to defeat Sonic and Tails with ease, Metal Sonic realizes he can be more than his programming and sacrifices himself to save Sonic and Tails from a lava flow.
The Sonic the Hedgehog comic typically ran original storylines based on characters from various Sonic media, but it had also made a number of adaptations. For instance, it had adapted a couple episodes of Sonic the Hedgehog, as well as complete or partial adaptations of the video games. Ever since Ian Flynn's time period of writing began, the adapt...
was originally published as a four issue mini-series, with the first issue labeled as "issue 0" and the second as "issue 1" (despite the note on issue 1 that it was the "first issue"). At the end of issue 3 (the fourth issue of the series), it was announced that Sonic would return in a regular series, and the next issue was published as "issue 1" of the regular series.
In addition to the main Sonic series, Archie Comics published various special issues. Longer than typical issues of the comic, these specials feature stories involving Sonic and other related characters. Several miniseries have also been published, featuring characters such as Sally, Tails, and Knuckles.
Because of the popularity of the specials and Miniseries featuring Knuckles, in 1997 Knuckles the Echidna became an ongoing series. Knuckles' stories featured its own cast of Characters, including the Chaotix and Knuckles' romantic interest, Julie-Su. Like the Sonic comic, Knuckles' comic was filled with background information about Knuckles' family history. Knuckles' family has split into two factions: the Brotherhood of Guardians and the Dark Legion. Knuckles is a member of the former, and Julie-Su used to be a member of the latter. Much of the conflict of the comic surrounded the relations between these two warring factions.
In 1999, the series was canceled, but the stories were continued in the pages of Sonic the Hedgehog. After Knuckles' cancellation and until issue 125, a typical issue of Sonic included a Sonic story and a Knuckles story, sometimes even including a third story. This led to each story getting considerably less space than it previously had. Recently, Knuckles' appearances have been infrequent but his story continues within Sonic's stories.
occasionally features homages to other mainstream or third-party comic books. The most prominent among these include:
•The Anti-Freedom Fighters (a "bad" version of Sonic and his friends) hail from the Anti-Verse, a parallel universe where evil replaces good. They are a spoof of Crime Syndicate, an evil counterpart to the Justice League, which inhabits a universe where Superman, Batman, and their fellow DC Comics superheroes are corrupt.
•The villain Mammoth Mogul bares similarities to famous comic book villains such as Lex Luthor, Kingpin, and Vandal Savage. His similarities to the former come from him being a powerful businessman who is nigh-untouchable by the law. His similarities to Vandal Savage come from him gaining incredible powers and immortality from coming into contact into with a meteor (one of the trillions of Chaos Emeralds that fell to Mobius' surface during the Coming of the Chaos Emeralds) plus he has tried taking over the world numerous times, and has played key roles throughout history, namely the Forgotten War.
•The Bunnie-Antoine relationship slightly mirrors that of Rogue and Gambit, one of the better-known couples from X-Men; Bunnie is famous for calling people "Hon" or "Sugah" (like Rogue), and Antoine often peppers his dialog with French phrases (similar to Gambit).
•A multiverse exists in Sonic's world that allows for travel to parallel universes, similar to the DC multiverse. Sonic and other characters navigate the dimensions using a literal superhighway called the Cosmic Interstate.
•Certain 48-page specials of Sonic have been devoted to thinly-veiled spoofs or crossovers with different comic publications. The Sonic Super Special "Parallel Paradigm" features a mass crossover with Savage Dragon, Shadowhawk, The Maxx, and other characters from Image Comics. A later issue chronicles Sonic's stint in another reality, where he meets a superhero-themed version of the Freedom Fighters that are based on Marvel Comics' Guardians of the Galaxy.
Comics
The Sonic the Hedgehog comic continuity was comprised of the following comics: •Sonic the Hedgehog miniseries #0-3 (Published monthly from February to May 1993) •Sonic the Hedgehog #1-290 (Published monthly from July 1993 to February 2017, published every four weeks thereafter) •Sonic Universe #1-94 (Published monthly until 2017) •Sonic Specials (Published quarterly from 1995 to 1997) •Sonic the Hedgehog In Your Face! (January 1995) •Sonic & Knuckles (August 1995) •Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble (October 1995) •Knuckles' Chaotix (January 1996) •Super Sonic vs. Hyper Knuckles (January 1996) •Sonic & Knuckles: Mecha Madness Special (July 1996) •Sonic Live! (February 1997) •Sonic Blast (March 1997) •Princess Sally miniseries #1-3 (Published monthly from April to June 1995) •Tails miniseries #1-3 (Published monthly from December 1995 to February 1996) •Knuckles Miniseries #1-3 (Published monthly from July to September 1996) •Sonic Quest miniseries #1-3 (Published monthly from December 1996 to February 1997, reprinted February 2007) •Knuckles the Echidna #1-32 (Published monthly from April 1997 to February 2000) •Sonic Super Specials #1-15 (Published quarterly from 1997 to 2001) •Free Comic Book Day 2007 (one-shot comic made for free distribution on Free Comic Book Day 2007) •Free Comic Book Day 2008 (special reprint of Sonic the Hedgehog #1 with a new cover based on the original by Patrick Spaziante, made for free distribution on Free Comic Book Day 2008) •Free Comic Book Day 2009 (comic-sized summary of the comic continuity so far, includes covers of almost every Sonic comic to date) •Free Comic Book Day 2010 (a one-shot comic made for distribution on Free Comic Book Day 2010) •Free Comic Book Day 2011 (one-shot comic which serves as an interim between Sonic the Hedgehog #224 and #225, made for free distribution on Free Comic Book Day 2011) •Free Comic Book Day 2012 (special reprint of Sonic the Hedgehog #230 with some text based stories on what happened to certain characters that weren't seen in the "GENESIS" universe) •Free Comic Book Day 2013 (special flipbook reprint of the second half of issue Sonic the Hedgehog #247, as well as the second half of Mega Man #23 to promote "Worlds Collide") •Free Comic Book Day 2014 (special flipbook that contains the Sonic Comic Origins for Sally & Rotor as well as Mega Man's "The X Factor" story arc from issues 34-35). •Free Comic Book Day 2015 (special flipbook that contains the Sonic Comic Origins for Silver as a summary of the life of Xander Payne to promote "Worlds Unite") •Free Comic Book Day 2016 (sampled reprint of the first half of Sonic the Hedgehog #247, as well as the first half of Sonic Universe #83)
Trade Paperbacks
Trade Paperbacks have also been released, typically collecting older, hard-to-find issues and compiling them in a single volume. These include: •Sonic Firsts (1998) (Includes the first appearances of Sonic the Hedgehog, Bunnie Rabbot, Super Sonic, and Knuckles the Echidna, taking stories from issue 0 of the original Sonic miniseries, and issues 3, 4, and 13 of the regular series. A special electronic edition of this comic is among the special features in the Sonic Mega Collection game. Each has a foreword by Paul Castiglia, a former editor of the Sonic comics.) •Sonic the Hedgehog: The Beginning (2003) (A reprint of the original Sonic miniseries, with a foreword by author, Michael Gallagher.) •Sonic the Hedgehog Archives #0-#25 (2008-2015) (Archives of the main Sonic the Hedgehog comic series.) •Sonic Select #1-#2 (2008) (Reprints of various comic specials.)
Notable issues
•#25: "Go Ahead, Mecha my Day" Features the debut of Sonic's classic Figure Eight maneuver. Sonic faces off with his robotic counterpart, Metal Sonic. •#50: "The Big Goodbye" The last issue of the "End Game" saga, Sonic faces Ivo Kintobor (Robotnik) one last time. Robotnik is killed by his own doomsday weapon, used by his nephew Snively. •#71: "Retro Activity" Sonic's change to his now familiar appearance with green eyes and golden shoe buckles. •#75: "I Am The Eggman" The first appearance of the new and now familiar Eggman. Originally an alternate version of the late Robotnik, he retakes Mobotropolis and turns it back into Robotropolis. Most of the roboticized citizens, except for Sonic's parents, were controlled again. •#100: "Reunion" The Freedom Fighters rescue all of the Robians from Robotropolis. Nate Morgan, an Overlander human and old friend of King Maximillian Acorn, sacrifices himself to help them all escape. •#110: "War Games" Station Square launched a Nuclear Strike against Robotropolis by accident. Sonic and Tails managed to get Eggman to activate the city's shield just as the missiles strike. Sonic and Tails escape as Robotropolis (and seemingly Robotnik and Snively) is destroyed. •#118: "Robotnik's Return" The Bem conduct an experiment by turning Sonic and Tails into their Mecha forms, and turning Robotnik and Snively into humans. Both sides were to fight each other as part of the experiment, with the winners' change reversed while the losers' are permanent. As a result, Sonic and Tails were returned to their regular form, while Robotnik and Snively will remain human forever. •#125: "Sonic Adventure 2.5: Omega" Sonic saves Mobius from destruction by defeating the Xorda. As a result, he is beamed out into space. All of Mobius believed him to be dead. •#130-#133: "Home" Sonic returns to Mobius, seeing much has changed a year after his apparent death. He reunites with his friends to save Knothole and Station Square from Eggman, who had declared war on both cities. •#134: "Say You Will..." After a heated argument, Sally breaks up with Sonic. •#150: "From Hero to Zero In No Time At All" Evil Sonic impersonates Sonic after sending him to Evil Mobius. It is also revealed that he made both versions of Antoine switch places, revealing the Antoine in Mobius Prime is the Evil one. Tails defeats Mammoth Mogul again by transforming into Titan Tails. •#155-#156: "Line of Succession" Sally is forced to marry Antoine (previously revealed to be an Evil Mobius counterpart) after her father is deemed too ill to rule Knothole. The marriage was annulled and Evil Antoine was sent back to his world thanks to Sonic and Elias. The former exposes the evil counterpart while bringing back the real one, while the latter becomes king. •#161-#162: "Birthday Bash" Evil Sonic is exposed to the Master Emerald, altering his physical appearance and leading him to rebrand himself as "Scourge". He and Rouge also meet Dr. Finitevus, who offers that they work together. •#175: "Eggman Empire" Eggman successfully defeats Sonic in battle and destroys Knothole Village, while capturing its citizens in the process, with an exception to Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy. •#176-#177: "After The Invasion" With the help of Nicole, Sonic and friends rescued everyone and sabotaged Eggman's powerful robot, transporting them to their new home of New Mobotropolis, made from Eggman's abandoned nanite city. •#200: "Turnabout is Fair Play" Sonic confronts and defeats Dr. Eggman once and for all, and the doctor finally loses his mind after several issues of defeat and mental decline (starting from #177, though it was not revealed until #194), and the rise of the Iron Dominion. •#225: "One Step Forward" Sonic, Tails, and Sally fly The Tornado to the new and improved Death Egg. When Tails drops Sonic and Sally off, Sonic and Sally kiss for the first time since #134 (the issue Sonic and Sally broke up in). Silver Sonic returns in a new and improved form to fight off Sonic (and distract him) while Dr. Eggman talks to Sally (not in person) about her weaknesses and then shoots at her with a triple bullet gun and supposedly kills her while Sonic rushes to her, showing the pair of goggles Sally was wearing, laying on the ground and broken. Eggman activates the Genesis Wave to change their world. •#226-#229: "GENESIS" Sonic, Sally, Tails, Antoine, and Rotor (referred to as "Boomer") venture through a series of events based off the original Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 video games. In the end, Sonic and Sally regain their memories and Sonic uses Chaos Control to reset time back to the present. •#230: "Two Steps Back" Sonic is able to set time ten seconds before Sally's "death." Within time, Metal Sonic and Silver Sonic distract Sonic, while Sally and Nicole destroy Eggman's World Roboticizer. Sally sacrifices herself and is roboticized into Mecha Sally. •#231-#247: "Fall of the Freedom Fighters"/"Cry for Freedom" A series of events, including Antoine being critically injured and Bunnie departing from guilt, leads to the end of the Freedom Fighters. Sonic forms Team Fighters, with Amy and Tails, to rescue the roboticized Sally, while Rotor forms Team Freedom, with Cream the Rabbit, Cheese the Chao, Big the Cat, and robots Heavy and Bomb, to protect Mobotropolis. •#243-#246: "Endangered Species" Final appearance of the Echidna race, with the exception of Knuckles. Thrash the Tasmanian Devil banished a vast majority to parts unknown to avenge his kind being reduced to savage creatures. Knuckles fought him in an attempt to get them back, but fails. •#247: "Fate Interrupted" Sonic and his friends successfully defeat Mecha Sally, only to get caught in another Genesis Wave activated by Eggman. •#252: "A New Lease on Life" Sonic returns to his world, drastically altered due to Eggman's interference to restore it to normal. •#253-#256: "Countdown to Chaos" Sonic and Tails find and reunite the Freedom Fighters (cosmetically changed). They are all given a brief glimpse of memories from their old world, which helps restore Nicole. It is soon revealed by Nicole that Eggman's attempt to change the world had caused it to break itself apart. Also, the Multiverse had collapsed in on itself, though Blaze's Zone seem to be the few that were unaffected. At the end of this arc, the planet shatters, beginning the Shattered World Crisis, which is an adaptation of the game, Sonic Unleashed. •#284-#288: "Panic in the Sky"
Sonic the Hedgehog was an American comic book series published by Archie Comics, in partnership with Sega. The series was based on Sega's video game franchise, as well as on the 1993 animated series of the same name.
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Sonic the Hedgehog is the titular main protagonist of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. He is a mobian hedgehog endowed with the power of super speed and the ability to control the Chaos Emeralds. Renowned as the hero of his world, Sonic has stood...
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