Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 2

Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 2 is the second issue of the main Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series published by Archie Comics.

Cover Corner Box
Sonic says "And awaay we go!" as he is about run away.

Part One
When Robotnik plots Sonic's demise, Crabmeat asks if he can help. Robotnik says Crabmeat has provided him nothing but failure (Seen in the limited mini-series and the ongoing comic book), but Robotnik says he can help by being the target of his newest badnik, Coconuts, who blows Crabmeat to bits with an explosive coconut bomb. Robotnik then sends Coconuts out to eliminate Sonic. Meanwhile, Sonic and Tails are running outside of Knothole, Sonic telling him to catch up, but they're suddenly ambushed by Coconuts. Coconuts laughs and mocks Sonic, while Tails snarls and tries to convince Sonic to go after him, but Sonic refuses, saying that he has a better idea.

Later, Coconuts sits in a tree, figuring that Sonic has left, until his tree starts rattling. Coconuts drops to the ground, and sees that Sonic and Tails are the cause. Coconuts then throws a coconut at Tails, who knocks it to Sonic using the wind force of his two tails. Coconuts becomes angry and demands that they to stop playing volleyball with his coconut bomb. Sonic then agrees to his demands, and kicks it at him, Coconuts gulping in fear. Later, a Swatbot comes into Robotnik's office with a package, which is revealed to be Coconuts, blown to pieces from his own bomb.

Part Two
Rather than repairing Coconuts from his defeat by Sonic and Tails, Robotnik hires two of his newer robots, Scratch, a robotic chicken and the head of the Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad, and his "twin" Grounder (based off of the original badnik concept). The two robots eventually locate the Great Forest, where Sonic and Tails spy on them. Sonic orders Tails to retreat back to Knothole, and then attacks the robots, shoving them off a cliff. Scratch and Grounder get back on their feet as Sonic stands on top of the cliff, recognizing them as new Badniks from Dr. Robotnik. As Sonic continues to talk, Grounder shoots a cable out of his arm, thrusting Sonic to the ground. Scratch than triumphantly walks up to Sonic with Grounder's rope, saying that Robotnik will be proud of him. Grounder than objects to this saying that he earned the same amount of glory, and the two begin to brawl.

Sonic regains consciousness and notices the two fighting, which gives him an idea: He manages to create a trench around the two robots, where they sink into the ground surrounded by dirt up to their heads. Sonic proceeds to call Dr. Robotnik on Grounder's phone, informing him of the robot's defeat, to which Robotnik screams with rage "I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!" as Sonic runs off victorius

In the Beginning
Sonic the Hedgehog presents to the readers the ideas for his creators had for his name, before they desided for Sonic. These names included: Chronic the Hedgehog, Philharmonic the Hedgehog, Moronic the Hedgehog, Histrionic the Hedgehog, Hydroponic the Hedgehog and Stereophonic the Hedgehog.

Vertigo A Go-Go
Sonic is seen running about grabbing Power Rings, and notices a cluster in a random location. But when Sonic reaches them he is shot up by a hidden Spring, taking him to the Special Zone. There, he discovers all perspectives and gravity are warped, and meets the two leaders of the zone, Verti-Cal and Horizont-Al. Sonic first jumps to a conclusion saying that they were hired by Dr. Robotnik, but they decline this statement as they slam Sonic into a wall with the gravity shifts. Sonic suggest that they join the Freedom Fighters since they have the ability to control gravity, but they don't listen and decide to thrust Sonic back to Mobius. Antoine then confronts Sonic, inquiring "what's up?", which makes Sonic angry and proceeds to chase him as Verti-Cal and Horizont-Al watch.

Foiled Again
Sally and Boomer pulls outsome tin foil, asking Sonic to sit on a stool. The two grab the foil and ram into Sonic with it, leaving an impression. They put it down, noting it's for a foil embossed comic cover. A disoriented Sonic shows dissatisfaction when Boomer tells him there's 74,999 left to do, asking if there is a easier way to make a living.

Two-Timer
Sally asks Sonic to wait with her, but with his speed, he wants to help out more around Knothole Village. He runs around cleaning the floors from the Freedom Fighter parade, repairs holes left by a Burrobot invasion, and delivers 200 issues of the Knothole Herald. All that, to return to Sally finishing up cooking a two-minute egg.

All the Mail's about Tails
Fans send in letters inquiring of Tail's origin, where one fan speculates that he was a mutant, another claims that he's a freak, one suggests he was created in a laboratory, and the last one says that he was possibly on of the ancestors that assisted Charles Dickens. Of course, it turns out in the end that all were wrong on their theories.

Pin-Ups

 * Two pages that supposedly had Sonic and Sally Pin-Ups, but was each stolen secretly by the other character.

Trivia

 * Rotor was still being referred to as "Boomer" at the time of this issue's publishing.
 * The cover date does not reflect the actual publication date of the issue.