Sonic the Hedgehog (promotional comic book released in 1991 and featured in Disney Adventures, Electronic Monthly and Sega Visions magazines)

(Archie Comics, US) 1992–2017

Sonic the Hedgehog

(Fleetway, UK) 1993–2002

Sonic the Comic

Sonic Adventures (, France) 1994

La Sirène

(Archie Comics, US) 1997–2000

Knuckles the Echidna

(Archie Comics, US) 2005–2009

Sonic X

(Archie Comics, US) 2009–2017

Sonic Universe

(Archie Comics, US) 2014–2015

Sonic Boom

Sonic Comic (Japan) 2016

Sonic Forces Digital Comic (US and Japan) 2017

(IDW Publishing, US) 2017–present

Sonic the Hedgehog

Several comic books have been released, each establishing a different storyline focused around Sonic.


In the UK, there was also a short-lived Sunday comic strip and a series of Christmas annuals. Whilst there were some slight connections (both projects occasionally featured the work of regular Sonic the Comic artist Richard Elson), the projects were largely separate from one another, with the Sunday comic and annuals preferring self-contained gag strips over Sonic the Comic's continuing plot lines and maturer stance.

Book 1 – Metal City Mayhem, (ISBN 0-14-090391-7)

James Wallis

Book 2 – Zone Rangers, James Wallis ( 0-14-090392-5)

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Book 3 – Sonic v Zonik, Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland ( 0-14-090406-9)

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Book 4 – The Zone Zapper, Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland ( 0-14-090407-7)

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Book 5 – Theme Park Panic, and Jonathan Green (ISBN 0-14-037847-2)

Marc Gascoigne

Book 6 – Stormin' Sonic, Marc Gascoigne and Jonathan Green ( 0-14-037848-0)

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A series of six Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebooks were published in the UK between 1993 and 1996 by Puffin under the Fantail label.

Stay Sonic by Mike Pattenden developed the "Kintobor origin", first introduced in the Sonic the Hedgehog promotional comic book, in much greater detail. This background was used as the basis of most subsequent UK Sonic stories, including Sonic the Comic. The book is partly fiction and partly reference, with tips for all the levels and badniks of both the Genesis/Megadrive and GameGear/Master System Sonic 2. The book also features some interviews with then-contemporary British celebrities (including singers Cathy Dennis, Richard Fairbrass from Right Said Fred, Zac Foley from EMF, Tom Hingley from Inspiral Carpets and Richie James from Manic Street Preachers). There are also blueprints for the Egg-O-Matic piloted by Dr. Robotnik and a fictional interview with Sonic himself.

James Wallis, Carl Sargent and Marc Gascoigne, under the collective pseudonym "Martin Adams", wrote four Sonic the Hedgehog novels based on the origin established in Stay Sonic. They were published in the UK by Virgin Publishing.[1]


Michael Teitelbaum's series of Sonic novels published by Troll Associates:


Sonic X novels published by Grosset & Dunlap:


The pocket-sized novelizations of the Sonic the Hedgehog live-action films, by Kiel Phegley, published by Penguin Young Readers Group:

Where's Sonic? and Where's Sonic Now? were two books using a similar idea to the /Where's Waldo? series, each page presenting the reader with a different puzzle inspired by a level from the Sonic games. Published by Ladybird Books Ltd.

Where's Wally?

Look and Find Sonic the Hedgehog Another book similar to Where's Waldo; each page is a puzzle with hidden objects and characters from the storyline, but in locations from Sonic games on the Genesis. (ISBN 0-7853-1139-4)

SatAM

A series of other children's books were written by Ladybird. These include two puzzle books, a coloring book and the picture books Robotnik's Oil and The Invisible Robotnik. Sonic the Story was a book explaining Sonic's transformation from brown to blue.

A series of children's picture books were published by Golden Books, featuring the art of Art Mawhinney. Titles include Up Against a Wall, The Secret Admirer and Sonic's Shoes Blues. By 1994, the series had sold 550,000 copies, including 250,000 copies of Sonic's Shoes Blues and 300,000 copies of Sonic's Secret Admirer.

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In the UK, two Sonic the Hedgehog were published in 1991 and 1992 by Grandreams Limited. These featured one-shot comics normally involving Sonic foiling Dr. Robotnik's plans (but included one Shinobi comic), Sega game reviews and other novelty Sonic and Sega-related features such as an "interview with Sonic".

yearbooks

Two 32-page books featuring early strips from Sonic the Comic were published in the UK in 1994, titled "Sonic the Hedgehog Beats the Badniks" and "Sonic the Hedgehog Spin Attack".

softback

Sonic the Hedgehog Info Page on Sonic Books