Sonic the Comic

Sonic the Comic was a UK children's comic published by Fleetway Editions between 1993 and 2002. It was the UK's official Sega comic and was released every fortnight at 95 pence, later rising to £1.25 before the final issue.

The comic featured the adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and his motley crew of freedom fighters as they struggled to liberate the planet Mobius from the control of the evil dictator, Doctor Ivo Robotnik.

Some of the characters were loosely based on a single piece of concept art for the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog TV series, such as Johnny Lightfoot and Porker Lewis. Original characters included Tekno the Canary and Grimer, an old green-skinned scientist.

The Chaotix appear in StC. Nack the Weasel was once a member of the group, but he betrayed them at one point. Vector the Crocodile, Charmy Bee, Espio the Chameleon, and Mighty the Armadillo are the permanent Chaotix members.

Seemingly, StC did do better game adaptations than Archie, mainly because Fleetway had much more in common with Sega than Archie ever did. Covering the Knuckles' Chaotix with the Metallix Series was really StC's peak of writing. After that point, Fleetway went into decline. It couldn't keep up with Archie, or Sega with the Sonic Adventure adaptation, and it failed to portray or adultize with Sega. StC went into reprint, which ended by 2002. Other stories featured were based on various other Sega video game titles, which included:

• Shinobi
• Streets of Rage
• Kid Chameleon
• Eternal Champions
• Golden Axe
• Decap Attack

The face of the comic was Megadroid, a cartoon robot built out of Sega Megadrive parts. He answered reader letters and acted as a liaison between the readers and the 'humes who think they're in charge'.

External links

• http://stconline.co.uk/ - An online, unofficial continuation of Sonic the Comic by fans