Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic

Cover of Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic Vol. 1.

Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ Sonikku za Hejjihoggu) resp. Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ ストーリーコミック Sonikku za Hejjihoggu: Sutōrī Komikku) was a manga published in Japan between June and July 1991 in the Japanese magazine Mega Drive Fan.

Description

It was created to promote the release of Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Mega Drive. Volume 1, for instance, specifically mentions the game and has Dr. Eggman playing it as "practice" for taking his revenge on Sonic.

Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic has numerous connections to the Sonic the Hedgehog game, such as having Dr. Eggman in search of the Chaos Emeralds, and features the various Zones from the original game. It also features Sonic's animal friends as background characters, the first appearance of humans other than Eggman, and Dr. Eggman is seen piloting his Egg Mobile-H.

The story naturally features the Japanese elements of the Sonic backstory, and has little or no connection to the early Sonic canon established in America and Europe. For example, Dr. Eggman is shown to desire the Chaos Emeralds because their energy will allow him to boil the world's largest egg, and Western concepts such as Dr. Ovi Kintobor and the ROCC are not mentioned.

It also features concepts that appeared in early versions of the Sonic the Hedgehog game, but which were dropped for the final release. For example, Sonic is shown to be the lead singer of a band that also includes a rabbit, a parakeet and a crocodile. Also, some of the Zones have different names from the final game, e.g. in Volume 2 the Spring Yard Zone is called the "Sparkling Zone" and in Volume 3 the Scrap Brain Zone is called the "Clock Work Zone".

Volumes

• Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic Vol. 1 - "Doctor Eggman's Challenge!!"
• Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic Vol. 2 - "Clash!! South Island"
• Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic Vol. 3 - "Sonic Rampage!!"

Trivia

• A miscolor of Sonic appears on the cover of Volume 1: Sonic's arms are blue (they should match the color of his muzzle and belly), his nose is also blue, and his eyes are completely black, but in the interior and on the covers of the other volumes, the artwork is correctly colored.
• All three of the covers have Sonic the Hedgehog standing in the same pose for all manga covers.

See also

• Sonic the Hedgehog (promotional comic)

External links

• Scans of the original Japanese versions of Volumes 1 and 2 from the Sonic the Hedgehog Database

Sonic the Hedgehog manga publications

Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)

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	Novels and picture books	Stay Sonic (1993) · Virgin Books (Sonic the Hedgehog in Robotnik's Laboratory (1993), Sonic the Hedgehog in the Fourth Dimension (1993), Sonic the Hedgehog and the Silicon Warriors (1993), Sonic the Hedgehog in Castle Robotnik (1994)) · Pense Bem: Uma Aventura Científica com Sonic the Hedgehog (1993) · Troll Associates (Sonic the Hedgehog (1994), Sonic the Hedgehog: Robotnik's Revenge (1994), Sonic the Hedgehog: Fortress of Fear (1995), Sonic the Hedgehog: Friend or Foe? (1995), Sonic & Knuckles (1995), Sonic X-Treme (1997)) · Ladybird (Sonic the Hedgehog Colouring Poster Book (1994), Sonic the Story (1994), Sonic the Hedgehog: Robotnik's Oil (1994), Sonic the Hedgehog: The Invisible Robotnik (1994)) · Watermill Press (Sonic the Hedgehog (1995)) · Golden Books (Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic's Shoes Blues (1993), Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Secret Admirer (1994), Sonic the Hedgehog 3: Up Against the Wall (1995), Sonic the Hedgehog: Double Trouble (1996)) · Sonic X books (2005—2007) (Meteor Shower Messenger (2005), Spaceship Blue Typhoon (2005), Battle at Ice Palace (2006), Aqua Planet (2006), Dr. Eggman Goes to War (2006), Desperately Seeking Sonic (2007)) · Where's Sonic? A Search-and-Find Adventure (2012) · Sonic Boom books (2015—2016) (Le partenaire ideal (2015), La machine à gaffes (2015), Pas de chance, Knuckles ! (2015), L'épouvantable Todd (2016), Sonic Superstar (2016), Une étrange météorite (2016)) · Sonic and the Tales of Deception (2018) · Sonic and the Tales of Terror (2018) · Meet Sonic! (2019)
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