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| Sonic Universe
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| Publisher: Archie Comics
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| Country of origin: United States
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| First issue date: 2009-02-25
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| Last issue date: 2017-01-11
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| Number of issues: 94
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| Frequency: Monthly
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Sonic Universe is a comic book series published by Archie Comics between 2009 and 2017. It was designed to complement Archie's long-running Sonic the Hedgehog comic series, being published in between releases of its sister publication (thus ensuring that most months had two Sonic-related comics). Sonic Universe replaced the Sonic X comic series, though unlike that publication, took place in the same fictional universe as Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog.
Rather than focus exclusively on the adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Universe typically consisted of multi-part stories starring Sonic's friends and foes (for example, the first four issues have Shadow the Hedgehog in the starring role). Events in Sonic the Hedgehog could affect Sonic Universe (and vice versa), with both series coming together for the "Worlds Collide" and "Worlds Unite" story arcs. The series proved popular, outlasting all other Sonic comic spin-offs in its eight-year run.
94 issues of Sonic Universe were published before Sega cut its ties with Archie Comics on July 19, 2017. Work had already started on issues #95, #96 and #97 which would have focused on the traditional Archie Comics Freedom Fighters.
History
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Production credits
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Story arcs
- The Shadow Saga (#1-4) - Focuses on Shadow the Hedgehog and his missions with the Guardian Units of the Nation.
- Mobius: 30 Years Later (#5-8) - Continues five years after the coup d'etat in the Mobius: X Years Later storyline.
- Knuckles: The Return (#9-12) - Focuses on Knuckles and the Chaotix's adventure in combating Dr. Finitevus.
- Journey to the East (#13-16) - Focuses on Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails, Monkey Khan, and Sally Acorn in their fight against the clans of the Iron Dominion. Corresponds with issues 208-212 of the main series.
- The Tails Adventure (#17-20) - An adaptation of Tails Adventure.
- Treasure Team Tango (#21-24) - Details the search of the Sol Emeralds by Blaze the Cat with a focus on the female characters of the series.
- The Silver Saga (#25-28) - Focuses on Silver the Hedgehog and his battle against Enerjak.
- Scourge: Lock Down (#29-32) - Focuses on Scourge the Hedgehog and the Destructix as they attempt to escape the No Zone Prison.
- Babylon Rising (#33-36) - Focuses on the Babylon Rogues and the Battle Bird Armada in their search for Babylon Garden.
- Scrambled (#37-40) - Dr. Eggman tracks down his traitor, no-longer-assistant nephew, Snively, after he sneaked out of the Eggman Empire.
- Secret Freedom Fighters (#41-44) - Elias and Harvey Who make a team called the Secret Freedom Fighters to stop Ixis Naugus, who had taken the crown from Elias.
- Racing for the Stars (#45) - A single-issue adaptation of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.
- Chaotix Quest (#46-49) - The Chaotix go out to search for Mighty and Ray, who have been gone for a while searching for Mighty's sister.
- Forged in Fire (#50) - This milestone comic stars Shard facing his "brother" Metal Sonic in an epic fight.
- Worlds Collide (#51-54) - Sonic and Mega Man take on their most fearsome enemies together in a 12-issue crossover story taking over the Mega Man, Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Universe comics.
- Pirate Plunder Panic {#55-58) - Taking place directly in the aftermath of Worlds Collide, Blaze, Amy, Cream and Marine try to obtain the final Sol Emerald from the evil pirates Captain Metal and Captain Whisker.
- Shadow Fall (#59-62) - Serving as a sequel to the Shadow the Hedgehog game, occurring soon after the start of the Shattered World Crisis, Team Dark and G.U.N. investigate a new Black Comet as it approaches the periled Earth.
- The Great Chaos Caper (#63-66) - Knuckles and the Chaotix search for a Chaos Emerald, only to run into Team Hooligan, who have been hired by Eggman to locate the Emerald, and Chip, who possesses the Emerald.
- Total Eclipse (#67-70) - Eclipse the Darkling returns from "Shadow Fall" to exact revenge upon Shadow. Meanwhile, Shadow and Team Dark hunt for Eclipse on Angel Island, running afoul of Knuckles in the process.
- Spark of Life (#71-74) - Focuses on Nicole, Sally, Tails and Big as they travel to an isolated island to investigate a signal from the digital world. There, they meet Dr. Ellidy, who explains Nicole's origins in the Post-Super Genesis Wave continuity.
- Fury (#75) - In the third milestone comic, Sonic races Metal Sonic for one of the Chaos Emeralds.
- Worlds Unite (#76-78) - The second crossover with Sonic and Mega Man, taking over the Mega Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Universe and even the Sonic Boom comics.
- The Silver Age (#79-82) - Focuses on how Silver began his mission on closing the Genesis Portals, and reveals the current state of Silver's future in the Post-Super Genesis Wave timeline.
- Eggman's Dozen (#83-86) - Walter and Wendy Naugus take over Eggmanland. Together with his twelve Egg Bosses, Eggman must fight to reclaim what's his.
- Shattered (#87-90) - Knuckles and Amy go underground to recover the last Master Emerald shards (after Knuckles shattered it in "Total Eclipse" to prevent Eclipse from stealing it) and restore Angel Island to the sky before the Shattered World Crisis ends.
- The Case of the Pirate Princess (#91-94) - Focuses on the Chaotix as they are hired by Echo the Dolphin to track down the missing Princess Undina. Along the way, they encounter Razor the Shark's old pirate crew as they seek out an ancient power.
- Freedom Fighters (#95-#97) (cancelled) - This story arc was intended to focus on specific members of the Freedom Fighters such as Antoine, Bunnie and Sally, but the entire line of Sonic comics was cancelled.
Back issues
References
| Archie Comics ongoing series
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| Free Comic Book Day issues
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| Single Compilations & Digital Exclusives
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