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 #1–290 (Published from June 1993 to December 2016) (Published thirteen times a year (every four weeks) until 2007 then published monthly (every month's first Wednesday) thereafter)
• Sonic Universe #1–94 (Published every month from February 2009 to January 2017)
• 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 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:
    • Mega Man VS Zomom, Master Zik and Zazz of the Deadly Six.^[4]
    • Zero, Axl and Silver the Hedgehog VS Vile.^[4]
    • Sonic Man (Roboticized Master version of Sonic the Hedgehog) VS Bomb Man, Guts Man, Cut Man, Elec Man, Ice Man, Fire Man, Time Man and Oil Man.^[5]
• Sonic: Worlds Unite Battles #1 (July 2015)
  • Expands upon the following fight scenes from Worlds Unite:
    • Sonic the Hedgehog VS Zavok, Zeena and Zor of the Deadly Six.^[4]
    • Sticks the Badger VS Roll.^[6]
    • Knuckles the Echidna VS Break Man.^[7]

Reprints

Trade Paperbacks have also been released, typically collecting older, hard-to-find issues and compiling them in a single volume. These include:

References