Sonic Universe
| Sonic Universe | |
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The cover of Sonic Universe #50
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher |
Archie Comics Sega of America |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Dramedy, Science Fantasy |
| Publication date | February 2009–present |
| Number of issues | 91+ |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) |
Ian Flynn Tracy Yardley |
| Penciller(s) |
Tracy Yardley Adam Bryce Thomas Patrick Spaziante Jamal Peppers Ben Bates |
| Inker(s) | Jim Amash |
| Letterer(s) | John Workman |
| Colorist(s) | Josh Ray Ray Dillon Jason Jenson |
| Editor(s) | Mike Pellerito Victor Gorelick Paul Kaminski |
Sonic Universe is a comic book series set within Archie Comics's Sonic the Hedgehog continuity, designed to expand the horizon of that Sonic universe. Sonic Universe deals with various characters throughout the fictional universe, including Shadow the Hedgehog, Blaze the Cat, Silver the Hedgehog and many more.
The series follows a unique format, in which its lead character and storyline changes every four issues. These storylines are referred to by archie as "arcs". The storylines usually occur concurrently with those in the main Sonic the Hedgehog comic book, but typically take place in different locations. Sonic himself often does not appear in a storyline at all, except for occasional supporting appearances.
Fleetway, the producers of the UK-based Sonic The Comic series, produced a similar series of stories called "Sonic's World" from issue 26 onwards; it, too, expanded the fictional universe, following various characters in the Sonic universe on their own adventures, which eventually crossed over into the core series on numerous occasions.
Sonic Universe is published monthly by Archie Comics alongside its parent title Sonic the Hedgehog. The first issue was released on February 25, 2009 and now fills the role of "second monthly Sonic comic" that was left open by the cancellation of Sonic X. An Official Sonic Universe blog was run on Archie Comics' website that would occasionally go into further detail about the events in the stories, such as revealing what happened in the alternate timeline Silver the Hedgehog traveled to in The Silver Saga after he left, but it has since been taken down.
The series has subsequently surpassed the defunct Knuckles the Echidna as the longest running spinoff of the main series.
Issues #1–4, entitled "The Shadow Saga", follow Shadow the Hedgehog continuing the events from Sonic the Hedgehog #196 and Sonic X #40. Shadow and Metal Sonic end up on the alternate world that is home to Blaze the Cat, who teams up with Shadow to help him defeat the robot and return to his own reality. Following this, Shadow and Rouge the Bat team up with Sonic the Hedgehog to neutralize a weapon that Dr. Eggman intends to use against Sonic's team of Freedom Fighters and possibly other forces opposed to him. This was followed by Shadow's first encounter with future teammate E-123 Omega, and the pair teaming up with Rouge to become Team Dark and retrieve a Chaos Emerald.
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