Top 10 Archie Sonic Stories

After a long hiatus of these journals, I finally return with the last few.

10)  Sonic The Beginning (Miniseries 1-4) by Mike Gallagher.  These comics follow Sonic as he begins the long-running battle against Dr. Julian Robotnik and uncover a spy within Knothole.

9)  This Island Hedgehog (Issue 13) by Mike Kanterovich and Penderp. Serving as an adaptation of Sonic 3, Sonic and Tails arrive at Angel Island and are ambushed by an Assualting Batter Blimp as well as a fist-shaped rocket with an unwelcome-mat.  After losing consciousness, they meet Knuckles who has them tied up and itching to interrogate them about how they found the island.  As it turns out, Robotnik and Snively got there first and tricked Knuckles.  While Knuckles was away interrogating the duo, Robotnik stole the Emerald and prepared to use it to power the Death Egg.  Knuckles wises up and teams up stopping the villains.

8) Go Ahead... Mecha My Day! (Issue 25). See my adaptations journal.

7)  I am the Eggman (Issue 75) by Karl Bollers.  The main story sees the Freedom Fighters discover the shocking truth behind the return of Robotnik, following his defeat in Endgame:  he's Robo-Robotnik (now called Eggman).  Eggman then proceeds to tell how he managed to end up at Mobius Prime.  He eventually uncovered the pieces of the Giant Borg and destroyed his version of Mobius, before learning about what happened to Julian.  Eggman then launches an attack on Mobotropolis but is eventually destroyed by Sonic.  At the end of the issue, Eggman's programming downloads into a new body (now his current one as of the SGW).

6)  Sonic Adventure. see the previous journal

5)  Mecha Madness and Court Martial (issue 39, Special, and 40) by Mike Gallagher.  The story that set off the long pre-SGW storyline.  Sonic requests being roboticized in order to act as a spy, similar to what they had in mind with Sally earlier on in the comic.  He is denied and begins to vent his frustration in the gym, only to be KO'd by Fang the Sniper.  Fang takes Sonic to Robotnik and has him roboticized into Mecha Sonic, who then proceeds to defeat Bunnie (who declares herself a Confederate supporter) and Knuckles.  Knuckles then decides to do what Sonic wanted to do in the first place: willing roboticization with a neural overrider.  Now, Mecha Knuckles dukes it out with Mecha Sonic and wins the battle, but Mecha Sonic is losing his life and will become an empty shell.  He is returned to normal thanks to Knuckles using the Millionth Ring on Sonic.  But now, Sonic has been declared a war criminal and is taken to jail to wait his trial.  It is in the courtroom that Antoine's cheese-eating surrender-monkey attitude is dialled all the way down to 0 and becomes a strait up jerkass, pestering the witnesses and barely giving them time to answer.  Sonic's defense is soon declared guilty, but he is given a chance to redeem himself by Sally:  find Fang.  Sonic sets out to the Badlands and finds the Bottom of the Barrel Bar 'n' Grill, where Fang is hiding.  Sonic eventually manages to apprehend Fang and pilot the Marvelous Queen back to Knothole, proving his innocence and punishing Antoine.

4)  The Eggman Empire (Issue 175) by .  Up until now Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Eggman have been fighting for one hundred and seventy four issues. Every time they've fought, Sonic has found some way to win the day. This issue, however, Dr. Eggman pulls out all the stops and you'll never believe what happens. It's a 175th anniversary issue fans can't miss and one that Sonic may prefer to forget!

3)  Turnabout is Fair Play (issue 200) by .  The epic anniversary issue you’ve been waiting for is finally here! Back in Sonic #50, Sonic managed to win against his arch-rival, Dr. Robotnik. In Sonic #175, the doctor got his revenge! Now they duel for the fate of the world! Will freedom come to Mobius? Or will the Eggman Empire rule forever more? Place your bets – but be ready for the startling conclusion! Don’t miss this cranium-creasing, brain-bending, mind-blowing saga!

2)  Worlds Collide (covered in both Sonic and Mega Man).  At long last, two of gaming's biggest icons unite to fight for the fate of their worlds.  It is here that Eggman and Wily form a bromance between evil geniuses, creating a new battleship originally called the Wily Egg, but then the Egg O'War.  This is also the last story in the original continuity, the comic would then continue into a new continuity which resembles the games rather than the American cartoons.

1)  EndGame (issues 47-50) all by Penderp.  This is the most wll-known story to be set in the old continuity.  Sonic is framed for the crime of murdering Sally and is set to the Devil's Gulag, a maximum security prison.  It is eventually revealed that the "Sonic" at the time of Sally's death was actually Hershey the Cat wearing a hood that makes her look like Sonic, but see everyone as Snively.  It was a set-up by Drago the Wolf, a member of Lupe's pack, having been hired by Robotnik.  Robotnik then takes over Knothole and prepares to send the population to the roboticizer.  Sonic meanwhile managed to escape getting to the Gulag, hitching a ride from Dulcy and landing on Angel Island.  Knuckles rudely greets his rival and knocks-out Dulcy, just as St. John arrives to recapture Sonic.  Snively has a document forged to make it seem as though Sally is dead, forcing said forger, Dr. Quack, to do as he says.  Sonic eventually is attacked by Espio, but then Dulcy reveals that Sonic is telling the truth.  Sonic, the Downunda FFs, Antoine, Bunnie, Hershey, the Chaotix, and Dulcy launch an attack on Robotropolis, ending with this image:


Sonic emerges victorious as Robotnik is erased from existence from his superweapon, the Ultimate Annihilator.  With Robotnik's tyranny gone, Mobius is freed forever.  Sonic learns from Dr. Quack that Sally is in a coma, and can only be woken with true-love's kiss.  Sonic does so, and they live happily ever after...


...or so they think.