Sonic X (comics)
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Sonic X was an ongoing comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 series published by Archie Comics
Archie Comics
Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...

, based on the English
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 dub of the Japanese anime of the same name
Sonic X
is an anime series based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. It was produced in Japan by TMS Entertainment with the partnership of Sega and was created by Sonic Team and Sonic Project. In the United States, 4Kids currently owns and manages copyright and branding of the series.- Series 1 ...

. Like Archie's other title, Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)
Sonic the Hedgehog is an ongoing series of American comic books published by Archie Comics, featuring Sega's mascot video game character of the same name. The comic book series debuted in the United States as a 4 part mini-series published between November 1992 and February 1993...

,
Sonic X features SEGA
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...

's mascot video game character
Player character
A player character or playable character is a character in a video game or role playing game who is controlled or controllable by a player, and is typically a protagonist of the story told in the course of the game. A player character is a persona of the player who controls it. Player characters...

 Sonic
Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
, trademarked Sonic The Hedgehog, is a video game character and the main protagonist of the Sonic video game series released by Sega, as well as in numerous spin-off comics, cartoons, and a feature film. The first game was released on June 23, 1991, to provide Sega with a mascot to rival Nintendo's...

. It began in September 2005 and was originally meant to be a four-part series. However, due to the positive reaction to the series' announcement, it was extended to ongoing status before the first issue premiered. The comic ended in December 2008 with issue #40.

Up to issue 15 of the series, it was usually written by Joe Edkin and penciled by Tim Smith III, but other pencillers such as Tracy Yardley
Tracy Yardley
Tracy Yardley is an American comic book artist best known for his work with the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series, published by Archie Comics. He currently is still working on the same series since 2005 and was occasionly working in Archie Comics' now-ended side-series Sonic X...

, David Hutchinson
David Hutchinson
David Hutchinson is a former English football referee. The most notable match refereed by Hutchinson was the last game of the1988-89 season between Arsenal and Liverpool, one one of the most famous games in the history of English football....

 and Steven Butler
Steven Butler
Steven Butler is a comic book artist. He is known both for penciling the Archie Comics series Sonic the Hedgehog as well as creating new designs for Archie characters in 2007.-Career:...

 have been featured. Ian Flynn
Ian Flynn
Ian Flynn , also known by his Internet pen name Ian Potto, is an American comic writer. He has been the chief writer for Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comic since issue #160....

 wrote issues 16 and 17, although Edkin returned with issue 18. 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
Fictional universe
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 as the comic book Sonic the Hedgehog, but rather as one of many parallel universes to that continuity. The comic exists in the expanded universe
Expanded Universe
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 of the Sonic X
Sonic X
is an anime series based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. It was produced in Japan by TMS Entertainment with the partnership of Sega and was created by Sonic Team and Sonic Project. In the United States, 4Kids currently owns and manages copyright and branding of the series.- Series 1 ...

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 of the anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

, and characters from the Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure
is a 1999 platform video game developed by Sonic Team and released on December 23, 1998, in Japan by Sega for the Dreamcast. One of its development titles was Sonic RPG...

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
Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)
is a seminal 16-bit 1991 platform video game developed in Japan by Sega and published for the Sega Genesis. It is the first installment in Sega's flagship Sonic the Hedgehog video game series and the first title developed by Sonic Team. The game was released in 1991 in North America, Europe, and...

video game in the story "No Thanks for the Memories").

Stories from the comic were also published in the UK's official Jetix
Jetix
Jetix was a worldwide children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Jetix brand was used for blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming. It was also what Disney eventually turned Fox Kids into...

 magazine for a brief period.

Main characters

  • Sonic the Hedgehog
    Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
    , trademarked Sonic The Hedgehog, is a video game character and the main protagonist of the Sonic video game series released by Sega, as well as in numerous spin-off comics, cartoons, and a feature film. The first game was released on June 23, 1991, to provide Sega with a mascot to rival Nintendo's...

    : Sonic is the main protagonist in the comic book and is Chris's best friend. He's the world's fastest hedgehog ever, and the world's fastest living thing in general. He is Amy Rose's boyfriend.

  • Christopher Chris Thorndyke: Chris is a good kid and the main human protagonist, and Sonic's best friend ever since he saved Sonic from drowning in his fantastically wealthly parents' swimming pool.

  • Doctor Eggman
    Doctor Eggman
    , also known by his alias , is a fictional video game character, the main antagonist of the Sonic the Hedgehog series created by Sega. Dr. Eggman is a rotund, mad scientist with an IQ of 300 who plans to conquer the world in order to build his Eggman Empire and is the archenemy of Sonic the Hedgehog...

    : Dr. Eggman is the main antagonist in the comic book. He has an IQ of 300, and considers himself as the world's greatest mind, of all time. Even though he is very intelligent, he's unable to defeat Sonic and his friends. A new trait not found in the Sonic X animated series is that Eggman is a master of disguise, frequently donning various costumes in his schemes. Though they usually do little to conceal his identity, the characters in the comic are fooled by his disguises most of the time. He's also a terrific wrestler, with expertise in lucha libre. Eggman has a crush on Chris's maid Ella in the comic, something not addressed by Sonic Team in the anime.

  • Miles "Tails" Prower
    Miles "Tails" Prower
    , better known by his nickname , is a character, as well as the main deuteragonist in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games, comics, animated series and film released by Sega....

    : Tails often helps Sonic out on his adventures. He's also a very close friend of Sonic's and is always ready to fight all mechanical menaces that the evil genius Dr. Eggman builds to destroy.

  • Knuckles the Echidna
    Knuckles the Echidna
    Knuckles the Echidna is a video game character of the Sonic the Hedgehog game series, including spin-off games and comics. His first appearance was in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, released in 1994 to introduce a new rival for Sonic. He was presented as an antagonist who was tricked by Dr. Eggman into...

    : Knuckles is a red echidna who 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
    , known earlier as Rosy the Rascal, is a video game character who appears in most of the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games developed by Sega's Sonic Team, debuting in Sonic CD as the third recurring protagonist. Amy Rose was created by Kazuyuki Hoshino and based on one of Kenji Terada's...

    : Amy Rose is in love with Sonic. 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.

  • Shadow the Hedgehog
    Shadow the Hedgehog
    is a character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Shadow is an artificially-created life form. His trademark hover shoes propel him at extreme speeds that rival those of Sonic, and with a Chaos Emerald he has the ability to distort time and space using "Chaos Control." Often referred to as being...

    : Shadow the Hedgehog is the Ultimate Life Form, and Sonic's main rival. Shadow only seen in a brief glimpse in the final issue, still in suspended animation, since it takes place after his death in the anime. However, his counterpart from the main Sonic comic series makes a surprise appearance in the final issue (#40), along with his world's Metal Sonic
    Metal Sonic
    is a fictional character and a recurring antagonist in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. In the series, Metal Sonic is an evil identical robotic duplicate of Sonic the Hedgehog, created by the series antagonist Dr. Robotnik, and is able to match Sonic's every move and even surpass his...

    .

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

  • Rouge the Bat
    Rouge the Bat
    is a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series, who is a determined treasure hunter and part-time government agent who plans to make all the gems and treasures of the world hers. Her main jewel obsessions are the Master Emerald and Chaos Emeralds...

    : Rouge is a treasure-hunter, thief, and works for the government as a spy. 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 G.U.N., alongside Agent Topaz. She usually is seen working with Shadow

Recurring Characters

See List of characters in Sonic X for more information
  • 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 about 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.

  • Emerl: Emerl 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. For a short time Emerl was friends with Cream the Rabbit, but was ultimately destroyed in episode 46. He is no longer in the comic series.

  • Vanilla the Rabbit: Vanilla is Cream's mother. With the help of Vector the Crocodile, Espio the Chameleon
    Espio the Chameleon
    is a fictional character in Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog video game series and media franchise. He was created for the game Knuckles' Chaotix and his subtle color changing demonstrated the technical capabilities of the Sega 32X console. The character is a 16-year-old anthropomorphic purple 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.

  • 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. In one issue, Chaos is captured and enslaved by Eggman again, this time with a powerful mechanical harness to ensure obedience, but Super Sonic defeats the doctor and frees the ancient being from his control.

Exclusive Characters

These characters only appear on the original series, or in the comic book:
  • Chuck Thorndyke: Chuck is Chris's grandpa. Being a scientist and an inventor, most of the times he helps Tails with a few projects. His name might be an allusion to the similar character of Uncle Chuck from Sonic the Hedgehog
    Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series)
    Sonic the Hedgehog: The Animated Series is an American animated series produced by DIC Entertainment with the partnership of Sega of America and was based on the Sonic the...

    .

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

  • Lindsay Thorndyke: Lindsay is Chris's mom and a well-known actress.

  • Decoe and Bocoe: Decoe and Bocoe are Dr. Eggman's robotic henchmen, who help him with his schemes of world domination. Unlike their boss, they usually see that every plan Eggman comes up with will eventually fail, and behave like a couple of clowns when things get ugly. They are obviously modeled after Scratch and Grounder from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
    Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
    The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is an American animated series that was first broadcast in September 1993, and only for one season...

    , though are more intelligent in the fact they know when a plan will fail.

  • 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. Almost every time after he delivers the message, it explodes. It is believed that Bokkun is some sort of mutant Chao
    Chao (Sonic the Hedgehog)
    A is a fictional life form in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series published by Sega. Chao made their first appearance in the 1998 Dreamcast game Sonic Adventure as digital pets. They have since appeared in several video games in the Sonic the Hedgehog series as digital pets, minor characters,...

    , since he shows a wide range of normal emotions and has a constant appetite, something the other robots don't have. In the Japanese version of the cartoon, it was revealed he has a crush on Cream the Rabbit.

  • Agent Topaz: She is a G.U.N. Tac Team agent and the human partner of Rouge the Bat, not to mention also best friend. Though at first the regimental Topaz disapproves of the scheming Rouge, the two become friends fast. Even when Rouge was framed, Topaz believed in her, proving that although she may not like the ways of work of her partner, she still believes and trusts her as a friend and colleague. Her uniform in both the series and comic resembles the uniforms worn in Virtua Cop 2
    Virtua Cop 2
    Virtua Cop 2 is a light gun arcade game, released in 1995 and developed internally at Sega by their AM2 studio. It was ported to home systems on the Sega Saturn in 1996. It was released in PC in 1997 and Dreamcast in 2000...

    , only blue instead of white.

  • Scarlet Garcia: She is the prime news reporter of the SSTV (Station Square Television), and is always on the scene to report what's going on, to the citizens of Station Square. Thanks to her, Sonic and the rest of the gang always know when someone needs their help.

  • Sam Speed: He's the leader of the S-Team, and Sonic's main rival when it comes to speed. He's also Lindsay's brother, and Chris' uncle. Although is sometimes too stubborn to see his own mistakes, he's one of the most powerful allies against Dr. Eggman's robots. In the Japanese version of the series, he constantly went by various nicknames.

  • El Gran Gordo: El Gran Gordo is a wrestler and luchador who has gain quite an admiration by the public in Station Square, becoming the Wrestling World Champion, more than once. But in reality, he's actually Dr. Eggman disguised. He started to use this identity to gain money for its schemes, but ended up liking to be the good guy for once. Although he cheated to win his matches, he was able to defeat Andes the Giant (an allusion to the wrestler André the Giant
    André the Giant
    André René Roussimoff , best known as André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. His best remembered acting role was that of Fezzik, the giant in the film The Princess Bride...

    ) using his own fighting skills.

  • Captain Westwood: Captain Westwood is one of the main G.U.N. agents and is Rouge and Topaz's superior. He's main objective is to overthrow Agent Topaz along with Rouge, so he could be #1 in the agency, although most of the times he needs the help of Sonic to get out of messes. He harbors a deep jealousy against Sonic and his friends, and has been known to do some seriously illegal and dangerous things behind the backs of his superiors. His character design, demeanor, and actions are heavily influenced by Albert Wesker
    Albert Wesker
    is a character in the Resident Evil franchise. Although portrayed as a supporting character in the first game, he was later established as the primary antagonist of the series; he usually manipulated story events behind-the-scenes and had a role in more games than the other main characters...

     of Resident Evil fame.

  • S.O.N.I.C.X.: A group of humans dedicated to destroying Sonic, due to how the hedgehog and his friends ruined their lives and careers in one way or another. The members are:
    • The Organizer: The highest-ranking member of the S.O.N.I.C.X. team, who only appears to his fellow members via TV communication, and always staying hidden in shadow. His true identity is never revealed, though deliberately alluded to be Captain Westwood.
    • Card Passer: A former G.U.N. commander who led an unauthorized attack on Eggman. He was fired from his position upon the President finding out.
    • Hector Dragg: A former Speed Team member, originally Sam Speed's rival until Sonic arrived and shoved him to third. His determination to beat them both led Hector to get more reckless in his performance, ultimately forcing Sam to remove him from the team.
    • Howard Watcher: Ex-Warden of Prison Island, fired after Sonic's escape and the island's subsequent destruction.
    • Doctor Kai Narasu: A scientist who originally wrote a paper about Sonic being nothing but a robot (Episode 2). However, his theories were proven false and he ultimately lost his tenure.
    • Li Yan: Although he has no real issues with Sonic, he desires to get revenge on Knuckles and Hawk after they made a fool of him and stole the Red Chaos Emerald (Episode 17).
    • Jerome Wise: Former aide to the President, who was fired after he was discovered to be conspiring with Eggman (Episode 21). He has since been reduced to a homeless laughingstock.


The expanded (and, in Sonic's opinion, ridiculous) name is "Society for Observing and Neutralizing Inter-dimensional Creatures and Xenomorphs" and was decided on by Jerome, having spent the entire night surfing the Internet in the effort of coming up with the name.

Comic summary

The Sonic X
Sonic X
is an anime series based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. It was produced in Japan by TMS Entertainment with the partnership of Sega and was created by Sonic Team and Sonic Project. In the United States, 4Kids currently owns and manages copyright and branding of the series.- Series 1 ...

 comic series tells the untold stories of the anime, which take place between certain episodes in the show. All the stories in the series run take place between the "Chaos" saga, to sometime before episode 52 of the anime, taking place at certain times in between the episodes.

The first seven issues take place right between the Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure
is a 1999 platform video game developed by Sonic Team and released on December 23, 1998, in Japan by Sega for the Dreamcast. One of its development titles was Sonic RPG...

 and Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Adventure 2 is a platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Dreamcast video game console. It was released in North America on June 19, 2001 and in Japan on June 23, 2001 to mark the 10th anniversary of the release of the first Sonic the Hedgehog game. It is the sequel...

 adaptations, as several references are made to the events of said series. Issues 8-11 take place right before the "Eggmoon Saga" (this is also the time he meets Emerl). Issues 12-14 then span between certain episodes of the Sonic Battle
Sonic Battle
Sonic Battle is a fighting game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega and THQ for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. It is the second fighting game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, the first game being Sonic the Fighters...

 Saga (Eggman and his robots are in prison for the "Eggmoon Saga", while Emerl is living at the Thorndykes mansion), while issues 15-22 take place sometime afterwards.

In issue #23, Sonic meets the S.O.N.I.C.X. organization, and one of its members, Card Passer, mentions his unauthorized attack on Eggman, which, in the anime, took place at the same time Sonic and his friends were supposed to be returning to their world.

In the final issue (#40), Shadow
Shadow
A shadow is an area where direct light from a light source cannot reach due to obstruction by an object. It occupies all of the space behind an opaque object with light in front of it. The cross section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, or reverse projection of the object blocking the...

 and Metal Sonic
Metal Sonic
is a fictional character and a recurring antagonist in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. In the series, Metal Sonic is an evil identical robotic duplicate of Sonic the Hedgehog, created by the series antagonist Dr. Robotnik, and is able to match Sonic's every move and even surpass his...

 appear, but are actually from the main Sonic comic series (having arrived through Chaos Control while fighting). Shadow encounters the Sonic of this world, and is slightly shocked to learn that he's presumed dead by everybody he meets (though readers get a brief glimpse of this world's Shadow in suspended animation). Metal Sonic, meanwhile, recognizes this world's Eggman for the Dr. Robotnik of its own and obeys him, despite Eggman never having seen such a robot in his life. Shadow and Metal Sonic eventually resume their fight and use Chaos Control to warp out of the world, leaving Sonic and the others to resume their normal lives.
This event occurred as part of a 3-way crossover to launch the Sonic Universe
Sonic Universe
Sonic Universe is a comic book series set within Archie Comics's Sonic the Hedgehog continuity, designed to expand the horizon of that fictional universe. Sonic Universe deals with various characters throughout the fictional universe, including Shadow the Hedgehog, Knuckles the Echidna and many more...

 comic series; the battle between Shadow and Metal Sonic began in issues 195-196 of the main comic series. The battle continued into the final Sonic X issue, and finally concluded in the premier issue of Sonic Universe
Sonic Universe
Sonic Universe is a comic book series set within Archie Comics's Sonic the Hedgehog continuity, designed to expand the horizon of that fictional universe. Sonic Universe deals with various characters throughout the fictional universe, including Shadow the Hedgehog, Knuckles the Echidna and many more...

.

See also

  • The original Sonic the Hedgehog comic series
  • Sonic X - the original anime
    Sonic X
    is an anime series based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. It was produced in Japan by TMS Entertainment with the partnership of Sega and was created by Sonic Team and Sonic Project. In the United States, 4Kids currently owns and manages copyright and branding of the series.- Series 1 ...

  • Patrick "Spaz" Spaziante
  • Ian Flynn Reveals Tons of Info on Sonic Universe
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