The Humble Origins of Archie Sonic

We are FINALLY starting our coverage of Archie Sonic, starting off nice and simple and looking at the very first story within this infamous canon!

[robertkovarna]

Never forget. Neither Robotnik or Eggman payed Sonic for those 200 chili dogs.

[Chokun-Gaming]

Maurice? That can't be right, we all know Sonic's middle name is The

[phantomstrider]

Thanks for talking about Archie Sonic! I've been hoping you'd cover Archie Sonic more extensively for a long time! Grew up with the books and have wanted to hear more of your perspective on it.

[slm_]

The gag era was too pure for this world, and I’ll always remember it fondly

[triledink]

I love the touch of humor in the sonic archives 0 book, having 3 versions of sally looking at eachother in the cover art. Its showcasing that they changed her design 3 times within a year.

[legendarycryptid]

I still have fond memories of Archie Sonic. It had high highs and low lows, but it was still a fun 24 years of stories...

[anthonyoliver]

Archie Sonic is like if you took the first Super Mario Bros as the beginning, but as they worked more and more on it they started to do stuff like changing the sprites until they looked off, and added really long story segments that were very hit or miss, before slowly reforming into something fresh and understandable which eventually becomes Super Mario Bros wonder with story beats that call back to the best parts, and bringing it out in a way that created some of the best story beats in this entire evolution process we put the plumber through.

[smugsneasel]

Ah yes, the era of Blonde Sally. What days they were.

[Tonberryk]

“Trickle down” has to be a reference to Reaganonics.

[ConekillerConfuzor]

Man that Scott Shaw! art is impeccable. Theres so much personality in there!

[robertlupa]

17:35 The SWATbot on the right looks strangely proud of having set that plank on fire.

[Magicghost]

In for a one hell of a rollercoaster ride with this comic series.

[ドラゴンリュー-fx]

I'm really impressed that they were originally trying to make Sonic vs. Eggman like the game version.

[Gaia_BentosZX]

I think in order to understand how Archie Sonic fell from grace, we need to talk about it's beginnings and HOW EXACTLY things went wrong post-endgame.

[dc_reznor]

14:26 no way, Sonic referenced West Side Story

[Hey-Its-Dingo]

Ah yes, my favorite comicbook hero is the one and only Ogilvie Maurice Hedgehog.

[Nrlight]

I remember sitting down on my xbox reading the archie comic first issue through Sonic Mega Collection +.

[iponce]

12:45 I've never read these comics, so I could be missing context, but this looks more like he's getting a jump/power boost from the ring and smacking eggman's wrecking ball into the cockpit. notably, this part of the machine was invincible in the first game, so it may be a better reference than not. but like I said, I lack context

[Basher.G]

Looking at issue 0's cover, Sonic also looks different from how he looks in the rest of the comic. To be precise, on the cover he has two large quills on his head and one on his back. In the actual story, and for issues to come this early on in the series, he has 3 quills on the back of his head. So I think both Sonic and Robotnik are supposed to look like their game versions to further signify that they are shifting media from the games to the comics.

[Adamwinters]

Thanks for tackling this childhood classic! Never would have imagined just how wildly complex things would get after this charmingly goofy launch point!