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==Storyline==
The original issues of the series and those soon to follow consisted mostly of isolated stories. That is, there was rarely any continuity between issues. However, there were the additions of new characters (such as Bunnie Rabbot, Knuckles, and Super Sonic) that would become familiar and lasting faces as the series continued. The early issues featured much of Sonic versus Robotnik, in which Sonic would constantly foil Robotnik's plans whether it be to tear down a forest or find the hidden location of Knothole Village. Eventually though, the issues started to gain a sense of an ongoing story, most notably with the addition of the Mecha Sonic story line in issue 39, in which Sonic is transformed into a robotic form and does as Robotnik commands. This would later be concluded in a Sonic Special issue where Knuckles gives himself up to be transformed into a robot in order to defeat Mecha Sonic. From here, the story line would be further developed into what is now a fully continuous one. Following the defeat of Mecha Sonic, the Freedom Fighters come together in issue 46 to discuss ways to attack and defeat Robotnik once and for all. The loyalty of many of the Freedom Fighters comes into question, particularly notable in a feud between Sonic and Geoffrey Saint John, a member of the Acorn secret service. This continues into the renowned End Game saga which takes place over a four issue span, [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 47|#47]] through [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 50|#50]].

The saga begins with a mission by the Freedom Fighter and the Wolf Pack, led by Lupe, to attack Robotnik’s base. Princess Sally reveals thoughts of her father, King Acorn, telling her that it would soon become apparent that Sonic is a traitor. The mission proceeds and Sally is in need of help or she may fall to her death. The Freedom Fighters look on in despair when they think they see Sonic and assume that he will rescue the princess. Much to their surprise, Sonic aids Sally in falling to her death. The mission is called to retreat, and the Freedom Fighters move back to Knothole village. Meanwhile, Sonic is seen battling Robotnik inside the base (when he apparently left Sally for dead). Robotnik escapes and Sonic leaves the base wondering where the rest of his companions have gone. Sonic returns to Knothole only to be arrested and spared the death penalty in light of all his services, so instead is sentenced to life in prison on the Devil’s Gulag, where other notorious traitors such as Sleuth Doggy Dog ([[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 42|#42]]) will be imprisoned with him. While Sonic is being transported to the Gulag, Swatbots attack the vessel and it crash lands. Sonic remains conscience and takes the opportunity to escape. News bears word and King Acorn demands the recapture of Sonic by Saint John. Sonic on the run, takes refuge in a cavern. Meanwhile, Bunnie and Antoine discover that Drago (a member of the Wolf Pack) has been working with Robotnik in order to frame Sonic. This is followed by King Acorn issuing Robotnik as his new Warlord. Sonic, in the meantime, continues his run from Saint John and the secret service with aid from Dulcy the Dragon. Robotnik reveals his duplicate of the King by making it self-destruct and the true plan has become evident to all. All this would lead up to Sonics return to Knothole in issue 50, where Sonic clears his name and heads to a final showdown with Robotnik. As the issue notes, Sonic is uncharacteristically devoid of humor as he approaches Robotnik. In the battle, Robotnik’s ultimate annihilator crashes and the room is destined for destruction, but Robotnik and Sonic remain to fight. In the end, Sonic emerges victorious and Robotnik dies. Sonic later revives Sally with a kiss.

Story lines continue to follow after the End Game saga. Ixis Nagaus makes his first appearance in issue 53. Although temporarily defeated, he would later return in [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 64|issues 64]] through [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 66|66]], along with the appearance of Nate Morgan, former adviser of King Acorn, and Ixis would be defeated this time by Ultra Sonic, one of Sonics transformations.

Issue 75 reveals that an alternate version of Robotnik that Sonic faced in [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 19|issue 19]], known as Robo-Robotnik, survived the last encounter and killed his dimension's Sonic, and after learning about the original Robotnik's death in [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 50|issue 50]], decided to fill out the void in both his and Sonic Prime's life by traveling to Sonic's world sometime in between [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 51|issues 51]] and [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 62|62]], and taking over Robotnik Prime's place. His presence is revealed by flashbacks to certain issues between [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 50|issues 50]] and [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 75|75]]. Sonic and the Freedom Fighters head to space to battle this Robo Robotnik, and although they defeat him, there are many other bodies standing in line. Robo-Robotnik went into one shaped funny and became who is now Sonic's familiar enemy, Dr. Eggman.

Sonic Adventure was readily adapted into the series with the appearance of Chaos, beginning in [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 79|issue 79]]. The saga ends with Sonic successfully defeating Perfect Chaos, the final form of Chaos after absorbing all of the emeralds, by transforming into Super Sonic in issue 84. Sonic does not actually destroy Chaos, as Chaos returns to his ancient beginnings to live in peace.

[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 85|Issue 85]] features Silver Sonic II, a scaled down version of the super robot seen in the Death Egg Saga. The next two issues ([[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 86|#86]] and [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 87|#87]]) feature the return of Metal Sonic (first seen in [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 25|issue 25]] and once again in the ''[[Archie Knuckles' Chaotix|Knuckles' Chaotix]]'' special). Despite being able to defeat Sonic and Tails with ease, Metal Sonic realizes he can be more than his programming and sacrifices himself to save Sonic and Tails from a lava flow.

''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]'' comes into adaptation for one issue ([[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 98|#98]]) featuring Shadow the Hedgehog. The majority of the issue leads up to the events of the game and brings back Silver Sonic II, only to have him destroyed by Shadow.

In [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 125|issue 125]], Sonic's latest battle with the [[Xorda]] leaves him stranded in space after saving Knothole from the [[Quantum Dial]], while everyone on Mobius assumed him to be dead. Sonic's journey through space leads up to many interesting story lines, such as the return of Super Sonic in [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 126|issue 126]], and his discovery that Tails' parents are still alive on a far off planet. Sonic returns in [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 130|issue 130]] where he reveals to everyone that he is indeed alive and well. He learns that Eggman has engaged in all-out war with the [[Kingdom of Acorn (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Kingdom of Acorn]] and the United Federation (Station Square's population).

[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 131|Issues 131]] through [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 144|144]] introduce a [[Light Mobius|side story line taking place 25 years in the future]]. In this future, Sonic is king of Knothole and married to Sally. Knuckles has attained the rank of Guardian and is (unofficially) married to Julie Su. However, all is not well as the timeline is in danger of collapsing into destruction. Sonic and Knuckles try with the help of Rotor to prevent this catastrophe. Sonic ends up saving the universe, but it is, unfortunately, reset with alterations, which are seen in [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 166|issues 166]] and [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 167|167]].

[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 145|Issue 145]] features the return of Shadow, who continues to be a player, fighting both Sonic and a newly created Metal Sonic, in [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 146|issues 146]] through [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 149|149]]. This arc heavily touched on the history of Mobius (from the original conflict with the Xorda on Earth to prehistoric Mobius). Shadow reappears again in [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 157|issues 157]] through [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 161|161]], as well as later issues. In issues 180 to 184 Knuckles was tricked by Dr. Finetevus into becoming Enerjak with the help of Scourge and the Destructix. In [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 189|issues 189]] to [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 196|196]], Scourge and his newly reformed Suppression Squad took over Freedom HQ after Scourge became King Scourge. Robotnik created a Metal Scourge to aid Metal Sonic in fighting the two hedgehog twins. Sonic and Amy invaded Scourge's Moebius and in the hopes that Amy's evil double will help oust Scourge. Miles (Tails' duplicate) made a deal with the Freedom Fighters to have Scourge overthrown. Then things got crazy with Silver entering the series for the first time, Shadow appearing in Scourge's universe trying to find Chaos Emeralds and Eggman sending a Metal Sonic. In the all-out hedgehog brawl that ensued, Scourge used the power of the Anarchy Beryl (the Anti-Chaos Emerald) to make himself invulnerable, but Sonic deceived and defeated him.

In [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 200|issue 200]], Eggman goes insane after his defeat by Sonic, but returns to normal around 10 issues later. During Eggman's period of insanity, Snively allied himself with the Iron Queen and conquered New Mobotropolis. But the conquest was short-lived, and when the Iron Queen was defeated, Snively freed Eggman from prison in order to save his skin.

[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 225|Issues 225]] through [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 229|229]] featured an arc titled "GENESIS," to celebrate 20 years of ''Sonic the Hedgehog''. In this saga, Sonic finds himself in [[Green Hill Zone (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Green Hill Zone]] where he finds animals are being captured and imprisoned by an evil genius named Dr. Robotnik and his co-worker, Snively. Upon freeing animals from a capsule, Sonic discovers three Mobians named Sally Acorn, Boomer the Walrus, and Antoine D'Coolette, who were Freedom Fighters against Robotnik's dictation. Sally convinced Sonic to join them on the same mission to defeat Robotnik, to which Sonic accepted. Upon arriving at [[Scrap Brain Zone (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Scrap Brain Zone]], they discovered Robotnik and made a quick victory, but later discovered that the mad scientist was still alive. Sonic then met a young fox named Miles Prower, but Miles preferred the name "Tails." He joined the Freedom Fighters in the second quest to locate Robotnik, where it was discovered that the Oil Ocean Refinery needed to be shut down, as it was used to power Robotnik's [[Death Egg Mark 2]]. Sonic journeyed off to the Metropolis Zone (despite Sally's pleas) along with Tails. While the other Freedom Fighters shut down the Refinery, Sonic stormed the Death Egg and battled Dr. Robotnik as Super Sonic using Chaos Energy that powered the battle-station. Enabling Chaos Control, the world began to reset back to the present time of [[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 225|issue 225]].

:''During the course of events in GENESIS, some of the characters (primarily Sonic and Sally) began regaining their memories from the time before Dr. Eggman reset time with his [[Death Egg Mark 2]], and eventually at the end, all memory was restored.''
When everything was reset at the end of the "GENESIS" saga, Dr. Eggman almost lost his sanity again, thus revealing that Eggman's mind is on a very short string. Instead of giving in to madness, though, Eggman tried to fire the Death Egg, which would have destroyed all machines on the planet. Sally foiled his scheme, but was roboticized in the process.

Around the same time Eggman unveiled his new Death Egg, Ixis Naugus returned and demanded that he be made king due to the fact that King Maximillian had technically handed his crown over to him while in the Zone of Silence. With help from Geoffrey St. John and by fighting against the Death Egg, Naugus gained the favor of most of the Mobians and was declared king. Naugus then secretly helped Dr. Eggman by telling him that the Freedom Fighters were providing former King Elias an escort out of New Mobotropolis. The attack left Antoine D'Coolette in a coma and Bunnie left to fight on her own, putting an end to the original Freedom Fighters. In response, Sonic, Amy, Tails, and Rotor formed two new teams. One, Team Fighters, would go take the battle to Eggman while the other, Team Freedom, would be charged with protecting New Mobotropolis. Former King Elias also formed a team of Secret Freedom Fighters that would work outside the law to take down Ixis Naugus and aid Team Freedom in protecting New Mobotropolis from attacks.

After many issues consisting of Team Fighters chasing Eggman and Elias waging a secret war against Ixis Naugus, the comic series entered a crossover with the Mega Man series where evil doctors Eggman and Wily worked together to create a zone between their worlds and then use a second Genesis Wave on each. The evil geniuses then roboticized some of Sonic's friends and tricked Sonic and Mega Man into fighting each other. In the end though, Sonic and Mega Man worked together to stop Eggman and Wily. This time however, when Sonic tried to reset his world, Eggman messed up his concentration and the result was that Sonic's universe has been reset to an alternate timeline, one where Sally is not roboticized, Bunnie is still half-robot and Antoine is not in a coma. To Sonic, this version of reality seems a lot happier than the previous one and he's no longer sure he wants to reset his world back to normal.

The comic detailed not only Sonic's present, but also his past and possible futures. Great attention has been given to his back story, including the lives of his relatives and friends during Robotnik's regime and the Great War that preceded it. As noted above, the comic ran a series of stories called "Mobius: 25 Years Later," Sonic's possible future as King of Mobius. In these stories, we learn that King Sonic has become a recluse and has severed ties with most of his former friends, except for his continuing, strained relationship with Knuckles. The story will soon be continued with a story detailing the events after King Sonic's time travel causes another possible future in which Shadow is king.

The comic's mythology surrounding the [[Chaos Emerald]]s and [[Master Emerald]] was quite different from what is seen in the games. According to the comic, the Chaos Emeralds were the result of alien radiation reacting with beryl deposits thousands of years ago. While in the games there are only seven of these emeralds, there were hundreds in the comic continuity, with seven "Super Emeralds." In addition, the Master Emerald was created by Tails, who used the Chaos Siphon on several emeralds to unify them. In the games, however, the Master Emerald is thousands of years older than Tails, or anyone else, for that matter. This has recently been retconned by the authors though through "The Gathering" in which Turbo Tails and Super Shadow send all the multicolored Emeralds in the universe to the [[Zone of Silence]]. Once the Emeralds are sent there, [[Feist]] takes them and combines them into a single gem for each color. He also claims that to receive a Chaos Emerald that he would judge the seeker of the gem. Given the surroundings of the newly reformed Zone of Silence, this judgment will likely come in the form of tasks similar to the special stages of the video games.