Archie Digital Exclusives

Archie Digital Exclusives are a series of comic book reprints by Archie Comics on their digital store for the various Archie Apps. The Sonic the Hedgehog comics have a variety of themed "books" in this series.

Publication Dates and Featured Stories
Sonic: Love Stinks (Febuary, 2012)


 * "Growing Pains!" - Part One (StH #28)


 * "Growing Pains!" - Part Two (StH #29)


 * "Home": Epilogue "Say You Will" (StH #134)


 * "Love and Loss" (StH #144)


 * "Hero to Zero in no Time at All" (StH #150)


 * "Truth of the Heart" (StH #172)


 * "Union" (StH #174)


 * "The World Can Wait" (StH #222)

Sonic: Bunny Blast (April, 2012)


 * "Thicker Than Water" - Part One (StH #217)


 * "On the Run" - Part One: "All the Eggs in One Basket" (StH #205)


 * "Welcome Back, Chao!" (StH #217)


 * "Robotnik x2 = Trouble!" (StH #108)


 * "Bunnie's Worst Nightmare" (StH #37)


 * "Preparations for War!" (StH #180)


 * "Rabbot Deployment!" (StH #3)


 * "Treasure Team Tango" - Part 1: "The Salida" (SU #21)

Sonic: Fight Club (April, 2012)


 * "Otherside" - Part Two ("Cross-World Conflict!") (StH #194)


 * "Turnabout is Fair Play" (StH #200)


 * "Black and Blue and Red All Over" (StH #44)


 * "Bat Fight!" (StH #116)


 * "Thicker Than Water" - Part Two (StH #218)


 * "Home Invasion" - Part Two: Security Measures (StH #211)

Sonic: The Games - Classic (July 18, 2012)


 * "Sonic: Genesis" - Part One: In the Beginning... (StH #226)


 * "Go Ahead, Mecha my Day" (StH #25)


 * "The Spin Doctor" (StH #6)


 * "This Island Hedgehog" (StH #13)


 * "Tttriple Tttrouble!!!" (STT)


 * "Sonic Blast" (SBS)

Sonic: The Games - Millennium (August 8, 2012)


 * "If Wishes Were Acorns" (StH #80)


 * "The Chaos Factor" (StH #79)
 * Note: The first five pages of this story were excluded.


 * "City Of Dreams" (StH #81)


 * "All You Need Is A Bit Of Chaos" (StH #81)
 * Note: The last two pages of this story were excluded.


 * "A Rose Plucked" (StH #81)


 * "Double-Crossed Circuits" (StH #82)


 * "Door to the Past" (StH #82)
 * Note: The last two pages of this story were excluded.


 * "Night of Chaos" (StH #82)


 * "Premonition" (StH #92)


 * "Sonic Adventure 2" (StH #98)


 * "As the Shadow Awakes!" (StH #98)


 * "Time and Again" (SU #2)

Sonic: The Games - Modern (August 29, 2012)


 * "I Am" (StH #171)

Sonic's Monster Mash-Up


 * "Tossed in Space" Parts 1 and 2: "Red Chaos" and "Hog & Superhog" (StH #126)

Background Information

 * Sonic: Love Stinks
 * The various pieces character art on the cover, except for Scourge and Fiona, are taken from SU#21 (Sonic and Amy) and StH#174 (Sally, Bunnie, and Antoine). The artwork of Scourge and Fiona is from the interior art of StH#190.
 * Sonic: Bunny Blast
 * Due to its Easter theme, the issue focuses on rabbit characters and Dr. Eggman.
 * Sonic: Fight Club
 * The illustrations of Sonic and Knuckles on the cover are taken from the cover of Sonic Select Book 3.
 * Sonic and Knuckles' health bars at the bottom of the cover are inspired by Sonic the Fighters.
 * The Sonic vs Knuckles logo is from Super Sonic vs Hyper Knuckles.
 * Sonic: The Games - Classic
 * The artwork of Sonic and Tails on the cover is from StH: #227.
 * Issue 226 is the only modern day issue to be printed in the collection, however it adapts the story of a classic game.
 * The Games - Classic focuses on games from 1991-1998.
 * Sonic: The Games - Millennium
 * The cover art comes from StH: #98.
 * "Door to the Past" features the same corrections (recoloring, edited text) that would later be used for the Archives reprinting.
 * The Games - Millennium focuses on Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2.
 * Sonic: The Games - Modern
 * The cover is composed of official Sega art. The render of Eggman is new to the Archie series while the Sonic render was previously used for the convention variant cover of StH#226.
 * The Games - Modern focuses on games from 2005 to 2012.