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Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 1 was the first issue of the main Sonic the Hedgehog comic series.
Summary[]
Story One[]
- "Meet Me at the Corner of Hedgehog and Vine" - Part One
In his office in Robotropolis, Dr. Ivo Robotnik is enraged with his arch-nemesis Sonic the Hedgehog and hoists up a piñata that looks like him. While Crabmeat cheers him on, Robotnik tells the piñata about how it has been a thorn in his side before hitting it hard with a metal bar and shatters it, spreading candy all over the floor. Regardless, Robotnik is seething over how pathetic it is that he has been reduced to hitting something made to look like his sworn enemy. As Crabmeat tries to encourage Robotnik to eat some of the candy, a SWATbot brings in what appears to be a plant for him have. Robotnik, however, is furious and beats the SWATbot into the ground with his metal bar for breaking one of his laws (no plants). Before it can be completely crushed though, the damaged SWATbot explains to Robotnik that the "plant", called Krudzu, is actually mechanical. Taking a closer look, Robotnik and Crabmeat sees that the SWATbot is right, with the latter being entangled by the machine's growing vines. Robotnik excitedly asks the SWATbot how it can be used against Sonic and his friends, and it tells him that he can use a customized Burrobot to spread its seeds across the Great Forest. Delighted by this new plan, Robotnik grabs the SWATbot and Crabmeat and slams them both into his Robot Disposal. He then claims to have come up with the plan himself as he asks Burrobot to agree with him, all while noting that he would suffer the same face as Crabmeat and the SWATbot if he did not. Scarred stiff, Burrobot agrees with him.
Meanwhile, in Freedom HQ, Sonic and Princess Sally are discussing about getting a new frame for a map of theirs, while Antoine, the military leader of the Knothole Freedom Fighters, is brooding close by, wondering why Sally never notices him. Jealous and lost in thought, he leaves Freedom HQ, not even noticing Sally calling for him, which Sonic jokes about his airheaded-ness. As he makes his way up to the Great Forest, he decides to appeal to Sally's feminine side. Arriving in the forest, Antoine decides to get some flowers for Sally. He soon after notices an unusual flora in front of him, unaware that he is being watched by Burrobot.
Back in Freedom HQ, Sonic and Sally hear Antoine scream. Sonic, deciding it is time for him to get into action, grabs Sally and takes her up to the surface through the Great Oak Slide. There, they find Antoine all wrapped up in the vines of the Krudzu.
- "Meet Me at the Corner of Hedgehog and Vine" - Part Two
Noting that he will save Antoine, even though they are not on the best of terms, Sonic frees Antoine from the Krudzu's clutches with a Sonic Spin. Sally, however, points out that the Krudzu is sprouting up all over the place. Sonic therefore takes Antoine, who is all tangled up in the vines, into the Great Oak Slide while Sally holds the plants back, shutting the stub hatch behind them. Down in Freedom HQ, Sonic and Sally bring the entangled Antoine to Boomer so they can get the vines around Antoine off. Boomer initially thought that Antoine was making a fashion statement, but the duo points out how serious the situation is in the Great Forest as they put Antoine on Boomer's examination table. Boomer, taking out a chainsaw, which makes Antoine pass out in fright in the process, proceeds to cut a chunk of the examination table as he wanted to trim it. While Antoine is passed out, Sonic and Sally help Boomer rip the plant off of him and throw it into a bucket. Afterwards, Antoine wakes up, and is walked around a bit to make him feel better. Tails then enters the room and notices the cuttings of the Krudzu in the bucket. He proceeds to water them, much to the rest of the team's horror, who believe that the plant will continue to grow all over Knothole now that it has been nourished.
Meanwhile, in Robotropolis, Robotnik is observing with great delight the Krudzu's progress through a telescope and prepares to send out a squadron of Buzzbombers to attack the Knothole Freedom Fighters once they emerge from the Great Forest. He then joyfully contemplates that they will be smothered by Krudzu if they stay hidden: no matter what choice they make, he wins and they die. He is so delighted by his evil plan that he even frightens himself.
Back in Freedom HQ, the Knothole Freedom Fighters are watching the plant in the bucket. Surprisingly, it does not grow, but instead explodes in a flash of sparks. As Sonic and Boomer take a closer look, the notice the smell of an electrical fire, prompting Boomer to examine the remains of the plant. Boomer then discovers that the Krudzu is actually a mechanical plant. As such, when Tails watered it, it short-circuited. As the group comes to the conclusion that the Krudzu was made by Robotnik, Sonic calmly concludes that he will need a huge water hose to short-circuit these plants all over the Great Forest. Sally, however, stops him and tells him that mother nature will do that work for them as she asks tells Tails to read the weather report, which states that there is a 95% chance of severe thunderstorms. Immediately after, the group hear the rain pour down and destroy all of the Krudzu plants throughout the forest.
Back in Robotropolis, Robotnik is furious over his ruined plan. As he throws Burrobot into his Robot Disposal, Burrobot notes that all he did was plant the seeds. While he has seen it, Robotnik has still decided to similarly plant him in the trash.
Story Two[]
- "You Bet my Life!" - Part One
In Freedom HQ, Sally, Boomer, Anotine and Tails are dealing with a common problem that they need Sonic for. As such, they all call upon Sonic, who comes rushing into the room. As Sonic comes to a halt in front of his friends, he asks if they are dealing with Robotnik's pollution, deforestation, a cave-in, or trouble with programming the VCR. To Sonic's dismay, they simply wanted his help folding a map of Mobius. As Sonic gets to work, Boomer points out that they were pointing out where Dr. Ivo Robotnik was going to hold his next big speech, and shows its location on the Robo-Locater: Casino Nights Zone. While admitting that it is a frightening place, Sonic runs off regardless, telling the reader to either play Sonic the Hedgehog 2 or turn the page to learn more about Casino Night Zone.
Arriving in Casino Nights Zone, Sonic finds Robotnik's casino, Renobotnik. Inside, he finds various Badniks playing the casino's various games. Soon after, he finds an advertisement for Robotnik's unveiling of his latest sinister invention. At the auditorium, Sonic asks for a seat, but the SWATbot bouncer notes that they are out of seats, although it hints that it can be bribed.
Backstage, Robotnik is being groomed by Bat Brain and Buzzbomber as he asks a SWATbot on how the house is. Although furious to learn that it is only almost full despite his orders, he is nonetheless happy to know that it is only one seat that is empty and that the unveiling of his new invention will secure his rule over Mobius. He then notices, much to his shock, that Sonic is at the entrance, but decides to use this to his advantage by making him the target of his prototype. Meanwhile, Sonic slips past the SWATbot bouncer and gets a front row seat. Crabmeat proceeds to introduce Robotnik, who arrives on stage with his newest invention: Orbinaut. Explaining that this Classic Badnik can shoot its maceballs with deadly accuracy, he has it launch one of them right at Sonic, knocking him out.
- "You Bet my Life!" - Part Two
In the casino, a SWATbot arrives with a dizzy Sonic, who has been stuffed into a super-thick glass ball, before Robotnik. The doctor has then Sonic inserted into his Giant Pinball Machine, where Robotnik uses Sonic as the ball in a game of pinball while Orbinaut watches, during which Sonic hits the middle button inside and is shocked with 20,000 watts of electricity and falls back to the outside of the machine. Ready to make Sonic suffer more, Robotnik orders the SWATbot to reload Sonic, only to be informed by it that someone won fifty cent out in the casino. Furious, Robotnik leaves to destroy the winner. Meanwhile, Sonic, who is too crammed up for a Sonic Spin, uses his quills like a glass cutter to scratch through the glass of the pinball he is in.
When Robotnik returns, the SWATbot reloads Sonic into the Giant Pinball Machine as ordered while Sonic stands defiant. As Robotnik launches Sonic though, the glass ball around the hedgehog shatters, and Sonic tears the Giant Pinball Machine apart from the inside. Furious, Robotnik has Orbinaut attack Sonic again, but Sonic deflects its maceballs back at Robotnik and his SWATbot with a Sonic Spin. Minutes later, Sonic runs out of Renobotnik, having just planted a bomb inside the building. A few seconds later, the bomb explodes, destroying Renobotnik and sending Robotnik and Orbinaut flying away. When Sonic later returns to Freedom HQ, Sally asks Sonic to do another minor task: get a childproof cap off a bottle that Antoine is struggling to remove.
Bonus Features[]
Activity Pages[]
- Sonic Bumper Stickers
Four bumper-sticker sized illustrations of Sonic are provided for children to cut out and tape to vehicles.
Short Stories[]
- "I'd Like to Thank..."
Boomer and Sally hold the first "Acorn Awards" for exemplary Freedom Fighters. Before they can finish calling Sonic's name for each award, he zips by and takes each trophy. Sally supposes he "ran away" with the show.
- "Keep Looking Up!"
Sonic reads a fan letter asking him how fast he has to go before his legs look "blurry" and his feet look like wheels. Sonic decides to test it out, looking at his feet while he runs, and runs right into a tree branch. Sonic notices that, after getting knocked in the head, everything looks a little blurry.
- "Fast Food!"
Sonic tells the reader about his secret chilli dog recipe. He tells the reader that he knows they must be disappointed, getting a recipe and nothing else in a comedy book. Sally then throws a coconut cream pie in his face.
Quotes[]
- Sonic: "Yow! Some horrible plant has entwaned antwine... er... entwoined twinwan... um... antowingwang... I mean- grabbed him!"
- SWATbot: "My lumpy lord! You should know that someone won fifty cents in the casino!"
- Robotnik: "What? Don't they know the rules?...'If you try to beat the house, the house beats you -- with a hammer!' I'll be right back!"
Key Events[]
- Krudzu nearly consumes the Great Forest but is destroyed by rain fall.
- Sonic infiltrates Renobotnik in the Casino Night Zone and blows it up.
Background Information[]
- This was the very first issue of the main Sonic the Hedgehog comics.
- The cover date does not reflect the actual publication date of the issue.
- The period of March/April 1993 was the only period where a production arrest occurred in the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comic mythos. At least 1 Sonic-related comic issue has been made per month since this issue's release month of May 1993.
- This is the last issue to use stock SEGA Sonic images for the corner box.
Reprint History[]
The issue has been reprinted in the following places:
"Meet Me at the Corner of Hedgehog and Vine" was reprinted in the June/July, August/September, and October/November 1993 issues of Sega Visions.
External links[]
- Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 1 at Sonic Wiki Zone, the Sonic wiki.