Sonic Select

Sonic Select is an ongoing series of comic books published by Archie Comics, featuring SEGA's mascot video game character Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic Select books are reprints of Sonic Specials. They are 128 pages long and printed on 6 x 9 inch high-grade paper. As of Book 3, the cover of the series was printed on a glossy material, similar to the first edition of the first two volumes of Sonic Archives.

Issues Included
Book 1:
 * Sonic In Your Face: All three stories- "The Quest", "The Mirror Zone" and "Tails' Tallest Tale"
 * Sonic and Knuckles: All three stories- "Panic in the Sky", "Fire Drill", and "Lord of the Floating Island"
 * Sonic Triple Trouble: All three stories- "T-T-Triple T-T-Trouble", "Submersible Rehearsal", and "First Contact"
 * Sonic Live!: One story- "The Substitute Freedom Fighters"

Book 2:
 * Knuckles Chaotix: All three stories- "The Chaos Effect", "Tag! You're it!", and "The Hunt is On"
 * Super Sonic vs Hyper Knuckles: Both stories- "Crash of the Titans" and "Fathers & Sons"
 * Sonic & Knuckles: Mecha Madness: Two Stories- "Sonic & Knuckles: Mecha Madness", and "Don't Let the Island Hit You on the Way Down!"
 * Sonic Live!: One story: "Knuckles Quest 2"

Book 3:
 * Battle Royal: Both stories- "Battle Royal!" and "The Map"
 * Brave New World: The single story- "Brave New World"
 * Return of the King: One story- "The Return of the King"
 * Sonic & Knuckles: Mecha Madness: One story- "Eel of Fortune"
 * Sonic Blast: One story- "Bugged Bunny"

Book 4:
 * Sally Moon: Two stories- "Zone Wars: Prelude", and "Den of Thieves"
 * Crossover Chaos: One story- "Zone Wars: A Tale of Two Hedgehogs"
 * Turnabout Heroes: Both stories- "Turnabout Heroes", and "Giant Robotno"
 * Sonic Stew: One story- "Law of the Land"
 * Sonic Blast: One story- "Sonic Blast"

Book 5:
 * Sonic Kids
 * Sonic Kids 2

Publication Dates

 * Book 1 (April 30, 2008)
 * Book 2 (November 19, 2008)
 * Book 3 (March 24, 2011)
 * Book 4 (December 13, 2011)
 * Book 5 (May 15, 2012)
 * Book 6 (October 16, 2012)

Background Information

 * The Sonic Select volumes are referred to as books instead.
 * A number of canon discrepancies are included on the Sonic Select covers as the result of artistic license. For example, the updated appearance of Sonic the Hedgehog with his green irises, even though the collected stories take place before his appearance change in Sonic the Hedgehog #71. Some of the stories within the book do show Evil Sonic with green irises; however, this could also go for the many other versions of Sonic from across the Multiverse on the cover of #4, who never had green irises in the series (except for Evil-Sonic who had this update just before turning into Scourge). This can all be attributed to the creative license of the cover artist and/or an attempt to show all characters closer to their respective official SEGA designs.
 * Book #4 is the first of the Sonic Select volumes to actually have an extended title. The extended title; however, is not on the actual book, but is an extended title that seems to be given to the book on various websites including Archie's official website and product description.