Sonic the Hedgehog Archie: Encyclopedia II - Sonic the Hedgehog Archie - History

Sonic the Hedgehog Archie - History

The Archie comic series offers a Sonic universe very similar to the SatAM Cartoon version. The Freedom Fighters struggle to overthrow Dr. Robotnik and restore the soveriegn Kingdom of Acorn. Their hidden base of operations is Knothole Village, located deep in the Great Forest.

The Archie comic series offers another angle on the origins of the person who would become the dreaded Dr. Robotnik. On the planet Mobius, humans (known as "Overlanders") existed for a time in a state of hostilities with the anthropomorphic animal beings Sonic and his friends represented. Julian Ivo Kintobor and his nephew Snively fled from Overlander civilization after some transgression, and was subsequently taken in by King Acorn (Princess Sally Acorn's father) of Mobotropolis. Julian became an important advisor to the King, but ultimately staged a coup (with the help of his nephew, Collin Kintobor, Jr., known better as Snively) in which he seized power and renamed both himself (to Ivo Robotnik, Robotnik being a reversal of Kintobor) and the once beautiful city (to Robotropolis), capital of his near world-spanning empire.

Eventually, in issue 50, Sonic and his rebel friends finally succeeded in killing Dr. Robotnik and freeing Mobius from his tyrranical reign. They restored King Acorn to the throne, but in the process were forced to contend with a sorcerer named Ixis Naugus, who was formerly an advisor to the king's father.

Eventually, in issue 75, it was revealed that Robo-Robotnik, an alter-ego from another reality, had been plaguing Mobius with artificial satellites. After being defeated aboard a space station, he transferred his digital consciousness into another robotic body, reborn as Dr. Eggman. He attacked the newly restored Mobotropolis and forced everyone in the kingdom to take refuge in Knothole Village, the original headquarters of Sonic and his friends while fighting the original Robotnik. Since, he has been the main foe, although others (such as Shadow the Hedgehog , Rouge the bat, even Metal Sonic etc.) have made an appearance. It is still unknown to us if Shadow is a villain, since he has been involved in many controversial battles with Sonic, and his friends. As the comic progresses we discover more about Sonic's present, and future life. In a special series of comics set 25 years into the future, we see Sonic eventually becoming King of Mobius, but at the same time having a bad relationship with his previously good friend Knuckles the Echidna, whose right eye he blew off after thinking he was going to harm others around him with his chaos powers, which he somehow got back.

The Sonic comic does not hesitate to put others in the main light of the story. Examples are: Tails learning that he is the chosen one from Knuckles' Great-Grandfather, Athair, Shadow investigating his true origins after having many confusing memories in issue 145 and previous issues, Lara-su (Knuckles' daughter) going back in time to prevent her father's first death and a few others. It has also recently been implied in issue 148 that the original Robotnik might have had a relationship with Ivan Kintobor, who was born on Earth on June 6, 2006 and has been held in stasis ever since. He was heralded as a great scientist, but after using and killing an alien from another planet in an experiment, that planet's civilization asked the Xorda to use a Gene Bomb on Earth, with the intention of killing all of the humans. This destructive bomb killed around 98% of the humans on Earth and also accelerated the evolution of the animal kingdom, which formed its own civilization under the kingdom of Acorn many millennia later, after Robotnik came and the Freedom Fighters had fought against him. Yet Sonic is always there somewhere in the spotlight, to support or save his friends from dangerous forces.

In addition to Sonic's tale, Archie comics also has an extensive backstory concerning Knuckles. In these comics, Knuckles faces off against foes such as the insurmountable Enerjak and the Dark Legion. He also discovers his heritage, and struggles to control his growing Chaos powers. This is also the only series to feature Echidnas besides Knuckles, Tikal and her tribe, or Athair from Sonic Underground.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "History", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki