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Cover of Sonic Boom #1
Sonic Boom is an 11-issue comic book series based on the eponymous Sonic the Hedgehog spin-off franchise. The series is set in a separate continuity from the main Archieverse. The comic began in October 2014 and came to an end the following September.
Overview[]
Set within the universe of the larger Sonic Boom franchise, the series consists of stand-alone stories that share characters and story elements with other installments within the franchise, such as its video games and television series, without being directly tied to them.
Unlike most of Archie Comics' other Sonic the Hedgehog series, Sonic Boom has a lesser focus on an overarching storyline, instead prioritizing short, lighthearted adventures.
The universe of this series also intertwined with the main Archie Sonic canon in the Worlds Unite crossover, alongside the universes of Mega Man, Mega Man X and various other SEGA and Capcom franchises.
The comic came to an unexpected end after the eleventh issue. It was initially promised that stories from the Boom universe would continue to be told in other Archie Sonic publications, a promise that never came to pass as a result of the Archie Sonic line’s discontinuation.
Stories and Arcs[]
- Getting a Little Boulder (#1)
- Knuckleduster (#2)
- Hammer-Spaced (#3)
- Sticks and Stones (#4)
- Eggtoberfest (#5)
- Everybody's Super Sonic Racing (#6-7)
- Worlds Unite (#8-10, SU#76-78, StH#273-275, MM#50-52)
- Act I (SU#76, SB#8, StH#273, MM#50)
- Act II (SU#77, SB#9, StH#274, MM#51)
- Act III (SU#78, SB#10, StH#275, MM#52)
- Eggman Gets a Gorilla + True Stories (#11)
Characters and Concepts[]
Used in the comics[]
Characters[]
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic Boom)
- Amy Rose (Sonic Boom)
- Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic Boom)
- Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic Boom)
- Sticks the Badger
- Dr. Eggman (Sonic Boom)
- Orbot and Cubot (Sonic Boom)
- Comedy Chimp
- Fastidious Beaver
- Kyle the Gorilla (Archie exclusive)
- Smilebug (Archie exclusive)
- Mayor Fink
- Admiral Beaverton
- Lady Walrus
- Mike the Ox
- Wolfie
- Wild Cat
- Lady Goat
- Dave the Intern
- Hayward
- Lyric the Last Ancient (Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal Digital Comic only)
- Lyric's Destruction Troops
- The Ancients (Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal Digital Comic only)
- Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic Boom) (Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal Digital Comic only)
Robots[]
- Bee Bot
- Big Boy (Archie exclusive)
- Bomb Driver (Archie exclusive)
- Burnbot
- Courier Robot (Archie exclusive)
- Crab Bot
- Motobug (Sonic Boom)
- Obliterator Bot
- Rock-cyborg (Archie exclusive)
Items[]
- EnerBeam
- Lost Crystal of Power (Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal Digital Comic only)
Locations[]
Not used in comics[]
- Cliff
- D.B. Platypus
- DangerCo Deadly Equipment Warehouse Worker
- Diane Aardvark
- Dixon
- Doc
- Doc Ginger
- Fancy Gentleman
- Beaver Policeman
- Zooey
- Belinda
- Vector the Crocodile (Sonic Boom)
Robots[]
- Cubot prototypes
- Cutebot
- D-Fekt
- Bolts
- Mighton
- Hypnobot
- Morpho
Background Information[]
- Sonic Boom is the fifth Sonic comic book series to be published by Archie Comics, and the second to be considered outside of the shared Archie Sonic continuity after Sonic X. It also holds the less-than-appealing honour of being the shortest lived of the spin-offs, lasting for only 11 issues (undertaking the Knuckles series).
- According to writer Alan Denton, he had scripts written plans for a twelfth and thirteenth issue but were never used due to comic cancellation.
- The first story would involve Dr. Eggman attempted to make a time machine, only for it not to work and he ends up mistaking the present day for some sad, dystopian future.
- The second story, titled "Oopsie Daisy", would've had Dr. Eggman becoming jealous of a recent viral video and attempts to make his own scripted fail video where he "accidentally" destroys the city.
- The first story would involve Dr. Eggman attempted to make a time machine, only for it not to work and he ends up mistaking the present day for some sad, dystopian future.
External links[]
- Sonic Boom (comic series) at Sonic Wiki Zone, the Sonic wiki.