Sonic Archives
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Sonic Archives is an ongoing series of Graphic Novels published by Archie Comics, featuring SEGA's mascot video game character Sonic the Hedgehog. As of October 2009, the series will contain thirteen volumes (12 but add on Vol. 0) - reprints of Sonic the Hedgehog issues 1 - 48 and reprints of the Original Sonic Miniseries issues 0 - 3. Beginning in #2, the books feature a brief section of biographies for characters and locations featured in the included issues. The Archives are printed on 5 x 7 & ½ inch high-grade paper.
Certain elements not included in the original comics can be found in the Archives: for example, the villain Universalamander makes a second appearance in Sonic Archives #5.
[edit] Publication Dates
- Sonic Archives #0 (February 2009) - issues #0-#3 of the Original Sonic Miniseries (exact reprint of Sonic: the Beginning (July 2003))
- Sonic Archives #1 (November 2006) - issues #1-#4 of the regular series
- Sonic Archives #2 (December 2006) - issues #5-#8 of the regular series
- Sonic Archives #3 (May 2007) - issues #9-#12 of the regular series
- Sonic Archives #4 (June 2007) - issues #13-#16 of the regular series
- Sonic Archives #5 (September 2007) - issues #17-#20 of the regular series
- Sonic Archives #6 (October 2007) - issues # 21-#24 of the regular series
- Sonic Archives #7 (June 2008) - issues #25-#28 of the regular series
- Sonic Archives #8 (July 2008) - issues #29-#32 of the regular series
- Sonic Archives #9 (October 2008) - issues #33-#36 of the regular series
- Sonic Archives #10 (March 2009) - issues #37-#40 of the regular series
- Sonic Archives #11 (August 2009) - issues #41-#44 of the regular series
- Sonic Archives #12 (January 2010) - issues #45-#48 of the regular series
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[edit] Background Information
- A number of canon discrepancies are included on the Sonic the Hedgehog Archives covers as the result of artistic license. For example, Buns Rabbot appears on the cover of #6 despite not appearing in the comics until issue #151. Several of the situations included on the cover art also never occurred in the comic itself.
