Sonic X (comic series)

Sonic X is an ongoing comic book series published by Archie Comics, based on the animated series of the same name. Like Archie's other title, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic X features SEGA's mascot video game character Sonic. It began in September 2005 and was originally meant to be a four-part series. However, due to the positive reaction to the series's announcement, it was extended to ongoing status before the first issue premiered. The comic is based on the American dub of Sonic X. It is usually written by Joe Edkin and penciled by Tim Smith III, but other stencilers such as [racy Yardley and David Hutchinson have been featured and other writers are to be featured in the future. The comic's editor is Mike Pellerito.

Sonic X is unique among Archie's Sonic-related series in that it does not take place in the same fictional universe as the comic book Sonic the Hedgehog. Instead, it exists in the expanded universe of the Sonic X fictional universe, existing to supplement the stories from the show.

The comic borrows elements from the series first two seasons of the show, including Eggman's fort, destroyed in Season One on the cartoon, and characters from the Sonic Adventure storyline. The series generally does not include characters and plot elements absent from the animated series, with few exceptions (most notably the presence of classic badnik and other elements of the original Sonic the Hedgehog video game in the story "No Thanks for the Memories").

Main characters

 * Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic is the main animal protagonist in the comic book and he's the world's fastest hedgehog.


 * Chris Thorndyke: Chris is the main human protagonist and is Sonic's best friend. Together, Chris and Sonic saves the world from the evil genius Dr. Eggman from building the Eggman Empire.


 * Miles "Tails" Prower: Tails often helps Sonic out on his adventures. He's also Sonic's best friend and is always ready to fight all mechanical menaces that the evil genius Dr. Eggman builds.


 * Knuckles the Echidna: Knuckles continues to guard the Master Emerald on Angel Island, and he is one of the most powerful allies of Sonic and he battles against Dr. Eggman.


 * Amy Rose: Amy Rose is in love with Sonic and always chases after him. Although she seems obsessed with Sonic, she really loves him. She's a professional with her Piko Piko Hammer and is a real danger for her enemies, and sometimes, also for her friends.


 * Cream the Rabbit and Cheese the Chao: Cream and Cheese often help out on Sonic's adventures. She's a cute and little rabbit who loves to play with her best friend cheese the Chao and with her mother, Vanilla the Rabbit.


 * Doctor Eggman: Dr. Eggman is the main antagonist in the comic book. He has an IQ of 300, but even with that he's unable to destroy Sonic and his friends.


 * Rouge the Bat: Rouge is a treasure-hunter, thief, and works for the government as a spy. She has a crush on Knuckles although she's too shy to tell him that she loves him. Apart from her crush on Knuckles, she loves jewels and has the dream of collecting the world's most valuable and precious jewels, such as the Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald. She also works as an agent of the Station Square military force GUN, alongside Agent Topaz.


 * Big the Cat: Big is a peaceful cat who loves to fish, and is always after his best friend, Froggy. At first sight, Big doesn't look very smart, but in fact is very smart... he just wants to live his life in peace, without worrying any problem. Usually, he doesn't like to fight, but when his friends are in danger, he will fight against any kind of danger to protect them.


 * Shadow the Hedgehog: Shadow is Sonic's rival, who tries to find out about his past. He also has a striking resemblance to Sonic. He was created by Dr. Eggman's grandfather, Gerald Robotnik with the purpose of saving mankind.


 * E-merl: E-merl is a robot that was found in an underground laboratory, and from what was seen of him in Paris when Dr. Eggman attacked the place where the World Fair was taking place, he recognized Dr. Eggman as his master because he resembles his grandfather Prof. Gerald Robotnik.


 * Vanilla the Rabbit: Vanilla is Cream's mother. With the help of Vector the Crocodile, Espio the Chameleon and Charmy Bee, she was able to find her daughter, who was teleported to our world by accident.


 * Chaotix: Vector the Crocodile, Espio the Chameleon and Charmy Bee are a group of detectives that will help anyone in any case. They helped Vanilla the Rabbit found her daughter Cream. It is rumoured that Vector actually loves Vanilla, Cream's mother.

Others
See List of characters in Sonic X for more information


 * Chuck Thorndyke: Chuck is Chris's grandpa. He's a scientist and inventor.


 * Nelson Thorndyke: Nelson is Chris's dad and Chuck's son. Nelson is the CEO of a successful computer company.


 * Lindsay Fay: Lindsay is Chris's mom, she's a well-known actress.


 * Tikal the Echidna: Tikal is an Echidna who returned to the present time to help Sonic and his friends. Before going back to the past, she tells them that if they call her name, she will return.


 * Chaos: Chaos is the Echidna's god of destruction who goes into the present with Tikal to help Sonic fight against Dr. Eggman's Dark Chao.


 * Bokkun: Dr. Eggman's messenger. He has the job of giving the messages that Dr. Eggman sends to Sonic and his pals, calling them for a fight or to warn them that he will try to conquer the world.

Comic Summary
Issue #1 to #4:


 * Dr. Eggman devises a plan to destroy Sonic, using his human friends to power-up several robots that only have one mission; to destroy Sonic and his friends. With the help of Amy, Tails, Rouge, Knuckles and Cream & Cheese, Sonic destroys the robots, rescues their human prisoners/power sources, and stops Dr. Eggman once again.

Issue #5 to #6:


 * Using a cell from Cheese's wings, the evil Dr. Eggman creates an army of Chao and starts to sell them to everybody. Unfortunately, these Chao become Dark Chao when Eggman activates a special signal, and they start to destroy the city of Station Square. Tikal the Echidna and Chaos, the God of Destruction, come from the past to help Sonic and his friends defeating all the Dark Chao. In the end, Tikal and Chaos take the Chao back to the past, where they could live in peace.

Issue #7:


 * Sonic starts to investigate a strange machine that is found in the desert, but he doesn't suspect that the investigation could be more than that. Meanwhile, Rouge and Topaz finds a strange robot, codenamed Emerl.

Issue #8 to #9:


 * During the World Fair in Paris, Dr. Eggman tries to steal the new space shuttle designed by Nelson Thorndyke, Chris's father. With the help of Amy, Tails, Big, Rouge and Chris, Sonic beats the robot that Eggman launched, with the purpose of destroying the city of Paris. Unfortunately, Eggman gets away with the shuttle leaving Sonic and the others without a clue of what he's going to do with it.

Issue #10 to #11:


 * Strange things start to happen... when Vector, Espio and Charmy finds Cream and tell her mother where she is, they disappear instantly, leaving no trace. Then, Sonic wakes up in a strange world created by Eggman (the world of the original Sonic the Hedgehog game), where he and his friends try to find out their way out. Meanwhile, Dr. Eggman tries to repair Emerl. Dr. Eggman had an actual plot to get Sonic and his friends to finish the Final Zone which would power up the Master Emerald. Once the Master Emerald would be powered up it would send Sonic and friends to the moon and keep them there forever. Thankfully, Chris and Chuck Thorndyke saved them in the last seconds before it took off.

Issue #12:


 * This time, things are getting bad for Sonic and his friends. The strange alien machine that Sonic and Captain Westhood found in the desert has been discovered and was sent to G.U.N.'s headquarters, where Captain Westhood asks Tails for his help so he can put the machine working. Unfortunately, the machine goes crazy and starts to destroy Station Square. After a tough battle with the help of Sam Speed, Sonic defeated the machine, but people start to think that the blue hedgehog and his friends have been working for Dr. Eggman since the beginning.

Issue #13 to #14:


 * Halloween has arrived, and that's not good for Sonic or Tails. Locked up in the maximum security prison, along with Dr. Eggman, Sonic must find a way to get out of there. Plus, we find out that the mysterious pedestal that was supposed to imprison the ghost in the spooky castle (as seen in episode #19 of Sonic X) has been removed and it's now part of the private collection of Lindsay Fay, Chris's mom. The ghosts along with their boss, King Boom Boo are on the loose, and possesses everyone in the island, including Lindsay and Vanilla, and Chris and Cream are next on the list. Meanwhile, Sonic and Tails are set free, thanks to Chris's dad influence, Nelson Thorndyke, and they go to the Thorndyke's Island, to help Cream and Chris, who reached an agreement with King Boom Boo... if they return the mysterious pedestal to his proper place, they will leave the humans alone. With a help of Sonic's velocity, they save the day, just in time for dinner.

Issue #15:


 * Christmas is just around the corner and Chris, Cream and everyone is very excited of the upcoming holiday. That is everyone, but Sonic. Sonic has a hard time believing in Santa, due to the fact that he can't understand how he gets around the world so fast. Sonic goes to the North Pole to find Santa and his workshop, but doesn't find anything there. He then goes back to the Thorndyke Mansion to tell everybody about what he just found. Just before Sonic is about to tell everyone, Chuck Thorndyke interrupts Sonic, take him into a hallway and tells him that Santa only appears on December 25th. Sonic still in not believing Chuck, decides to drop the argument. Soon, at the annual tree lighting ceremony Dr. Eggman intercepts the ceremony on a giant TV screen undercover as Santa and claims that he will only deliver Christmas gifts if the people of Station Square give him Sonic the Hedgehog. Going to Angel Island, looking for protection, he soon realizes that if he is captured by "Santa" then he could show that it is really Eggman. Decoe and Bocoe come dressed as Santa to take Sonic to the North Pole and Sonic tries to rip his beard off, but it doesn't budge. He then sits tight and flies in the sled away. As the sled goes off into the horizon, a bolt falls from a robotic reindeer and it is found by Chuck Thorndyke. As Sonic is at the North Pole he is told to go into a huge bag and then hears Eggman. He now knows this was a trap. Just as Sonic is about to be thrown into Eggman's North Pole base, Chuck Thorndyke and others arrive in a helicopter. Chuck then states that the real Santa is standing near the horizon. Tails then flies by tossing Sonic a ring. Sonic spindashes out of the bag and into Decoe and Bocoe, showing that it is Bocoe on Decoe's shoulders. Dr. Eggman escapes in his sled and Sonic decides to let him go until after the holidays. In Christmas morning, all of them receive presents from Santa.

Issue #16:
 * This is the Valentines day issue. Sonic goes on a date with amy.

Upcoming issues Issue #17:
 * Saint Patrick's Day.