List of Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog publications
This is a list of Sonic the Hedgehog titles published by Archie Comics including miniseries, spinoffs and comics crossing over.
Comics
The Sonic the Hedgehog comic continuity currently comprises the following comics:
- Sonic the Hedgehog #1-Ongoing (Published since June 1993) (Published thirteen times a year (every four weeks) until 2007 then published monthly (every month's first Wednesday) thereafter)
- Sonic Universe #1-Ongoing (Published every month since February 2009)
- Sonic the Hedgehog Miniseries #0-3 (Published monthly from November 1992 to February 1993)
- Sonic Specials (Eight individual issues, published quarterly from 1994 to 1997)
- Sonic: In Your Face! (Fall 1994)
- Sonic & Knuckles (Spring 1995)
- Sonic Triple Trouble (Summer 1995)
- Knuckles' Chaotix (Fall 1995)
- Super Sonic vs. Hyper Knuckles (Winter 1995)
- Mecha Madness (Summer 1996)
- Sonic Live! (Fall 1996)
- Sonic Blast (Winter 1996)
- 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: The Death Egg Saga Miniseries #1-3 (Published monthly from December 1996 to February 1997, reprinted February 2007)
- Knuckles Chaotix 1-Shot (Published November 1995)
- Sonic's Friendly Nemesis Knuckles #1-3 (Published monthly from April to June 1996)
- Knuckles: The Dark Legion #1-3 (Published monthly from April to June 1997; issues #1 and #2 were republished for February 2009)
- Knuckles the Echidna #1-32 (Published monthly from April 1997 to February 2000)
- Sonic Super Specials #1-15 (Published quarterly from 1997 to 2001)
- Battle Royal (#1 of Summer 1997)
- Brave New World (#2 of Fall 1997)
- Sonic Firsts (#3 of Winter 1998)
- Return of the King (#4 of Spring 1998)
- Sonic Kids (#5 of Summer 1998)
- Sonic #50: Director's Cut (#6 of Fall 1998)
- Parallel Paradigm (#7 of Winter 1999)
- Zone Wars Prelude (#8 of Spring 1999)
- Sonic Kids 2 (#9 of Summer 1999)
- Crossover Chaos (#10 of Fall 1999)
- Girls Rule! (#11 of Winter 2000)
- Turnabout Heroes (#12 of Spring 2000)
- Sonic Adventure (#13 of Summer 2000)
- Sonic Stew (#14 of Fall 2000)
- Naugus Games (#15 of Winter 2001)
- Sonic X #1-40 (Published ten times a year from November 2005, to December 2008) (Based on Sonic X anime series, and continued with Sonic Universe)
- Sonic Boom #1-#11 (Published monthly from November 2014, to September 2015) (Based on the cartoon Sonic Boom, and crossed over with the main continuity and the Mega Man comics during "Worlds Unite")[1]
- Free Comic Book Day 2007 comic (A one-shot comic made for free distribution on Free Comic Book Day 2007.)
- Free Comic Book Day 2008 comic (A special reprint of Issue #1 of the main comic series, with a new cover—based on the original—by Patrick "Spaz" Spaziante, made for free distribution on Free Comic Book Day 2008)
- Free Comic Book Day 2009 comic (An illustrated summary of the story through #199, released for Free Comic Book Day 2009)
- Free Comic Book Day 2010 comic (A one-shot comic made for free distribution on Free Comic Book Day 2010)
- Free Comic Book Day 2011 comic (A remake of Sonic Super Special 15 for Free Comic Book Day 2011)
- Free Comic Book Day 2012 comic (A reprint of issue #230 of the main series, with a special cover for Free Comic Book Day 2012)
- Free Comic Book Day 2013 comic (A flip book special. One half with a reprint of issue #247 of the main series and the other half with a reprint of #23 of the Mega Man comic series)
- Free Comic Book Day 2014 comic (A flip book special. One half with a reprint of the first two Sonic Comic Origins stories "Sally—The Exiled Leader" & "Rotor—The Exiled Inventor". The other half reprints the two part back up stories from Mega Man #34-35 titled "X-Factor".
- Free Comic Book Day 2015 comic (A flip book special setting up Sonic the Hedgehog/Mega Man: Worlds Unite. The first half contains the story "Into the Unknown" which introduces the Genesis Portals, while the second half reprints various issues of Mega Man featuring the Archie Exclusive villain, Xander Payne. "Into the Unknown" was later reprinted in the second half of Sonic the Hedgehog #275.)
- Sonic also has appeared in issue #28 of Sabrina the Teenage Witch as well in a two-part crossover which concluded in Sonic Super Special #10: Crossover Chaos. In this crossover, Sonic was brought to Sabrina's world and brainwashed into fighting the former.
- In 1998, a mini-comic given away for Halloween entitled Archie & Friends: A Halloween Tale was released and featured a short story called A Festival of Fantasy that included appearances by Sonic, Knuckles and Dr. Robotnik.[2]
- Sonic has also made a cameo in a 1999 Archie's Weird Mysteries mini-comic.[3]
- Mega Man #23 (From May 2013)
- The second half of the issue was included with the FCBD Special of 2013. The story served as a lead in for the World Collide, with Dr. Wily referring to plans with his new friend Ivo, paralleling with Dr. Eggman referring to Dr. Wily in StH #247 as Albert. As with the StH #247's ending, MM #23 ends with the Genesis Wave being launched.
- Mega Man #24-27 (From April–July 2013)
- The aforementioned issues contained chapters of the Worlds Collide crossover, which were respectively Part 1, 4, 7 & 10.
- Mega Man #28 (From August 2013)
- The issue serves as an aftermath for Mega Man and cast, who don't remember the events of the crossover. The story opens with Mega Man's final dialogue from StH #251, as well as Dr. Wily having an unexplained violent urge to stomp on a carton of eggs (due to Eggman betraying him). Both this issue and StH #252 open with the title characters briefly recalling past events as their worlds are restored.
- Mega Man #38 (June 2014)
- Emerald Spears member Xander Payne is traveling through several time periods and witnesses both Mega Man & Sonic fighting the Roboticized Tails (during the events of Mega Man #25). Due to copyright reasons, Tails is shown in a silhouette, while Sonic is shown only as a speeding blue ball.
- Mega Man #40 (August 2014)
- Xander Payne, after his arrest, is sketching images of all he saw on his trip through time onto his cell wall. One of the pictures shown is Sonic's face.
- Mega Man #42 (October 2014)
- Though the story has no relevance to Sonic, the alternate cover is the second part of a series of the Super Smash Variant covers to promote Super Smash Bros for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. The first part is the alternate cover for Sonic Universe #69, with the final part being the alternate cover for Sonic the Hedgehog #266.
- Mega Man #43 (November 2014)
- Xander Payne (recently moved to a new cell) continues sketching pictures into his cell wall, including another sketch of Sonic's face. He mentions that Dr. Wily and everyone's reckoning will come and that worlds will collide again (The words World and Collide are emphasized in bold).
- Mega Man #49 (May 2015)
- Prelude to the Worlds Unite crossover. The issue ends with Sigma abducting Dr. Wily through a Genesis Portal.
- Mega Man #50-52 (June-August 2015)
- The aforementioned issues contain chapters of the Worlds Unite crossover, which are respectively Part 4, 8 & 12.
- Mega Man: Worlds Unite Battles #1 (June 2015)
- Expands upon the following fight scenes from Worlds Unite:
- Sonic: Worlds Unite Battles #1 (July 2015)
Reprints
Trade Paperbacks have also been released, typically collecting older, hard-to-find issues and compiling them in a single volume. These include:
Early Specials
- Sonic Firsts (1998) (Includes the first appearances of Sonic the Hedgehog, Princess Sally Acorn, 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. The stories are edited to give both Sally her modern brown color and Rotor his modern name instead of the Boomer one. A special electronic edition of this comic is among the special features in the Sonic Mega Collection game. The foreword is by Paul Castiglia, a former editor of the Sonic comics.)
- Sonic: The Beginning (2003) (A reprint of the original Sonic Miniseries, with a foreword by their author Michael Gallagher) (Eventually rebranded Sonic Archives #0 in February 2009)
Sonic Archives
- Sonic Archives #1 (November 2006) (A reprint of issues #1-4 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #2 (December 2006) (A reprint of issues #5-8 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #3 (May 2007) (A reprint of issues #9-12 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #4 (June 2007) (A reprint of issues #13-16 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #5 (September 2007) (A reprint of issues #17-20 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #6 (October 2007) (A reprint of issues # 21-24 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #7 (June 2008) (A reprint of issues #25-28 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #8 (August 2008) (A reprint of issues #29-32 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #9 (October 2008) (A reprint of issues #33-36 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #0 (February 2009) (An Archives rebranding of Sonic: The Beginning)
- Sonic Archives #10 (March 2009) (A reprint of issues #37-40 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #11 (August 2009) (A reprint of issues #41-44 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #12 (January 2010) (A reprint of issues #45-48 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #13 (August 2010) (A reprint of issue #49 of the regular series and the Sonic #50: Director's Cut Super Special)
- Sonic Archives #14 (December 2010) (A reprint of issues #51-54 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #15 (June 2011) (A reprint of issues #55-58 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #16 (November 2011) (A reprint of issues #59-62 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #17 (February 2012) (A reprint of issues #63-66 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #18 (July 2012) (A reprint of issues #67-70 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #19 (December 2012) (A reprint of issues #71-74 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #20 (March 2013) (A reprint of issues #75-78 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #21 (August 2013) (A reprint of issues #79-82 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #22 (January 2014) (A reprint of issues #83-86 of the regular series)
- Sonic Archives #23 (April 2014) (A reprint of issues #87-90 of the regular series)
Knuckles Archives
- Knuckles Archives #1 (October 2011) (A reprint of issues #1-3 of the Knuckles miniseries and #1-3 of the spin-off series.)
- Knuckles Archives #2 (April 2012) (A reprint of issues #4-9 of the spin-off series)
- Knuckles Archives #3 (August 2012) (A reprint of issues #10-15 of the spin-off series)
- Knuckles Archives #4 (May 2013)(A reprint of issues #16-21 of the spin-off series)
- Knuckles Archives #5 (May 2014)(A reprint of issues #22-27 of the spin-off series)
Sonic Select
- Sonic Select #1 (April 2008) (A reprint of the 48 page specials, "Sonic In Your Face", "Sonic & Knuckles", "Sonic Triple Trouble", and one story, "The Substitute Freedom Fighters" from "Sonic Live")
- Sonic Select #2 (November 2008) (A reprint of the 48 page specials, "Knuckles' Chaotix", "Super Sonic VS. Hyper Knuckles", "Mecha Madness" and part 2 of "Knuckles' Quest" as seen in "Sonic Live")
- Sonic Select #3 (February 2011) (A reprint of the 48 page Sonic Super Specials, "Battle Royal", "Brave New World" and "Return of the King", "Eel of Fortune" from "Mecha Madness" and "Bugged Bunny" from "Sonic Blast")
- Sonic Select #4: Zone Wars (December 2011) (A reprint of the 48 page Sonic Super Specials, #8, #10, #12 & #14 plus content from "Sonic Blast")
- Sonic Select #5 (May 2012) (A reprint of the 48 page Sonic Super Specials, "Sonic Kids" and "Sonic Kids 2")
- Sonic Select #6 (October 2012) (the entire Sonic Quest Mini-Series plus the special 2010 & 2011 Free Comic Book Day stories)
- Sonic Select #7 (March 2013) (the entire Princess Sally Mini-Series, "My Special Friend" from Knuckles #29 and Sonic #222)
- (September 2013) (the entire Tails Mini-Series plus "Submersible Rehearsal" from Sonic Triple Trouble, "Growing Pains" from Sonic #28 & #29 and "The Chosen One" from #149 & #150)
- Sonic Select #9: The Games (March 2014)(A reprint of issues #160-161, #180, #191, #193, #197, #219 & #230, Super Special Magazine #3, #9 & #10, Sonic Universe #45, Super Digest #5 & the special Sonic & the Secret Rings comic)
- Sonic Select #10 (January 2015)
Best of...
- Best of Sonic the Hedgehog #1: Comics (May 2012) (special reprint of the entire "Mecha Madness", the ending to "Endgame", "Order of Chaos" and "Future Tense")
- Best of Sonic the Hedgehog #2: Villains (August 2013) (special reprint of "Don't Call It a Comeback", "I Am the Eggman", "Lost in the Moment", "Mogul Rising", "Sonic Riders" and "Unthinkable")
Sonic Universe
- Sonic Universe #1: The Shadow Saga (September 2011) (A reprint of #1-4 containing the arc "The Shadow Saga")
- Sonic Universe #2: 30 Years Later (March 2012) (A reprint of #5-8 containing the arc "30 Years Later")
- Sonic Universe #3: Knuckles Returns (August 2012) (A reprint of #9-12 containing the arc "Knuckles Returns")
- Sonic Universe #4: Journey to the East (February 2013) (A reprint of #13-16 containing the arc "Journey to the East")
- Sonic Universe #5: The Tails Adventures (June 2013) (A reprint of #17-20 containing the arc "The Tails Adventures")
- Sonic Universe #6: Treasure Team Tango (November 2013) (A reprint of #21-24 containing the arc "Treasure Team Tango")
- Sonic Universe #7: Silver Saga (April 2014) (A reprint of #25-28 containing the arc "Silver Saga")
Planned releases
- Sonic Universe #8: Scourge: Lockdown (August 2014) (A reprint of #29-32 containing the arc "Scourge: Lockdown")
- Sonic Universe #9: Babylon Rising (December 2014) (A reprint of #33-36 containing the arc "Babylon Rising")
Sonic Saga
- Sonic Saga 1: Darkest Storm (September 2012) (selections from issues #162-167)
- Sonic Saga 2: Order from Chaos (April 2013) (selections from issues #168-172)
- Sonic Saga 3: Eggman Empire (July 2013) (selections from issues #173-176)
- Sonic Saga 4: House of Cards (October 2013) (selections from issues #177-180)
- Sonic Saga 5: Enerjak Reborn (February 2014) (selections from issues #181-184)
Sonic Legacy
- Sonic Legacy Series #1 (October 2011) (A black and white reprint of issues #0-3 from the Original Sonic miniseries and #1-16 of the regular series)
- Sonic Legacy Series #2 (October 2012) (A black and white reprint of issues #17-36 of the regular series)
- Sonic Legacy Series #3 (December 2013) (A black and white reprint of issues #37-56 of the regular series)
Worlds Collide
- Sonic/Mega Man: Worlds Collide Vol. 1: Kindred Spirits (Published December 2013)
- Reprints: Mega Man #24/Sonic Universe #51/Sonic the Hedgehog #248/Mega Man #25
- Sonic/Mega Man: Worlds Collide Vol. 2: Into The Warzone (Published February 2014)
- Reprints: Sonic Universe #52/Sonic the Hedgehog #249/Mega Man #26/Sonic Universe #53
- Sonic/Mega Man: Worlds Collide Vol. 3: Chaos Clash (Published May 2014)
- Reprints: Sonic the Hedgehog #250/Mega Man #27/Sonic Universe #54/Sonic the Hedgehog #251
Planned release
- Sonic/Mega Man: Worlds Collide Deluxe Edition (336-page Hardcover Book) (November 2017)
- Sonic/Mega Man: Worlds Collide Super Deluxe Edition (352-page Hardcover Book) (November 2017)
References
- ↑ http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/12/sonic-boom-and-mega-man-x-unite-in-comic-book-crossover
- ↑ "GCD :: Issue :: Archie & Friends ("A Halloween Tale") #[nn]". Comics.org. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
- ↑ "GCD :: Issue :: Archie's Weird Mysteries 1999 #[nn]". Comics.org. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
- ↑ Sonic Universe #76
- ↑ Sonic Universe #76
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #273
- ↑ Sonic Universe #76
- ↑ Sonic Universe #77
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #274
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