Editing Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) (section)

==Adaptations==
[[File:Sonic The Hedgehog -288.jpg|thumb|225px|The regular cover of [[Archie Comics|Archie]]'s [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 288|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' #288]].]]
Numerous adaptations and references to ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' have been made in several spin-offs series for the [[Sonic the Hedgehog series|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series]].

In the games initial release, two separate tie-in comic books were produced. Sega Of America commissioned a one-off promotional comic simply called ''Sonic The Hedgehog'' #1 (often referred to as the ''Sonic The Hedgehog Promo Comic'' to prevent confusion with the later Archie Comics Sonic series), which used the old internal ''[[Sonic Bible]]'' as the foundation for it's story but had no involvement whatsoever from Sonic Team and features significant differences in story from the canon lore of the games, most notably with the backstory of Dr. Robotnik/Eggman within. A separate one-off manga adaptation, called ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic]]'', was released solely in Japan, and sticks closer to the tone and story of the game despite having its own divergences (and has no ties to later manga adaptations of the Sonic series).

It has been stated that the events of the Promo Comic have taken place in the ''[[Sonic the Comic]]'' series published by [[Fleetway Editions]], while otherwise did not directly adapt the events of the first game due to its later release date. The events of the Promo Comic are directly referenced in [[Sonic the Comic Issue 26|''Sonic the Comic'' #26]], "Kintobor spelled backwards is...".

An adaptation of ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' was later made in the ''[[Sonic X (comic series)|Sonic X]]'' comic series published by [[Archie Comics]] in [[Archie Sonic X Issue 10|''Sonic X'' #10]]-[[Archie Sonic X Issue 11|#11]], as part of the "No Thanks for the Memories!" storyline. Unlike in the original game however, this adaptation takes place within a virtual world. Archie Comics later made another adaptation of ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' as part of their "[[Sonic: Genesis|Genesis]]" arc, in [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 226|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' #226]]-[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 227|#227]]. It has also been stated that the events of the game have taken place within the [[post-Super Genesis Wave timeline]]. An adaptation of the game's events in that timeline was later made in [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 288|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' #288]] as the first part of the "Genesis of a Hero" storyline.