In 1993, American comic publishers Archie Comics acquired the license to print comics based on Sonic the Hedgehog. The series would include elements from not only the Sonic video games but also the then-upcoming animated series Sonic the Hedgehog and Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, and very quickly introduced characters and elements unique to this continuity.

The greatest strength of Archie’s take on Sonic’s world was undoubtedly its world-building. A more lived-in world has possibly never existed in any take on the character, with the creative team behind the comic coming up with extra material such as atlases, topographical maps, countries, family trees, histories and more. As a result, the readers of these comics were able to immerse themselves in a fleshed out world absolutely brimming with personality and characters.

A legal dispute later on in the comic’s life led to the series being given a reboot, which brought things largely more in line with the games while still retaining the distinct identity of the series and its world-building focus. Throughout the comic’s impressive run- in which it became the largest and longest-running Sonic adaptation of all time- it adapted elements of every major Sonic video game and animated series to which it was contemporary, making it arguably the ultimate adaptation of the series. This and so much more account for the passion of the series’ fans, who proudly fly the Archie Sonic banner to this day.

NB: All release dates listed on this page given to multi-part stories refer to the release date of the first part of that story.

List of issues and cover gallery

The following table showcases each issue of Archie Comics’ Sonic the Hedgehog publications. As they are added to the site, you will be able to explore the contents of each issue by clicking on the cover image below.

NB: This cover gallery only includes “A-Covers”, rather than the various additional front covers and the increasing numbers of reprints of the first regular issue of the series. In time, alternate covers will be included in each issue’s individual page.

KEY
StH – Sonic the Hedgehog (290 issues)
KtE – Knuckles the Echidna (32 issues)
SSS – Sonic Super Special (15 issues)
SX – Sonic X (40 issues)
SU – Sonic Universe (94 issues)
SSSM – Sonic Super Special Magazine (13 issues)
SSD – Sonic Super Digest (17 issues)
SB – Sonic Boom (11 issues)

Note that issues of the NiGHTS into Dreams comic and Mega Man comic published by Archie are listed in the reading order below but do not appear in the cover gallery (excluding the Sonic/Mega Man crossover stories). These publications may receive their own cover gallery at a later stage.

Cover image scans thanks to Coby Sevdy and Mobius Encyclopedia.

Mini Series Issue ¼	Mini Series Issue 0	Mini Series Issue 1	Mini Series Issue 2	Mini Series Issue 3
StH Issue 1	StH Issue 2	StH Issue 3	StH Issue 4	StH Issue 5
StH Issue 6	StH Issue 7	StH Issue 8	StH Issue 9	StH Issue 10
StH Issue 11	StH Issue 12	StH Issue 13	StH Issue 14	StH Issue 15
StH Issue 16	StH Issue 17	In Your Face!	StH Issue 18	StH Issue 19
StH Issue 20	Princess Sally Issue 1	StH Issue 21	Princess Sally Issue 2	StH Issue 22
Princess Sally Issue 3	StH Issue 23	StH Issue 24	Sonic & Knuckles	StH Issue 25
StH Issue 26	StH Issue 27	Triple Trouble	StH Issue 28	StH Issue 29
Tails Issue 1	StH Issue 30	Tails Issue 2	Knuckles’ Chaotix	StH Issue 31
Tails Issue 3	StH Issue 32	StH Issue 33	Super Sonic vs. Hyper Knuckles	StH Issue 34
StH Issue 35	StH Issue 36	Sonic’s Friendly Nemesis Knuckles Issue 1	StH Issue 37	Sonic’s Friendly Nemesis Knuckles Issue 2
StH Issue 38	Sonic’s Friendly Nemesis Knuckles Issue 3	Mecha Madness	StH Issue 39	StH Issue 40
Sonic Quest Issue 1	StH Issue 41	Sonic Quest Issue 2	StH Issue 42	Sonic Quest Issue 3
Sonic Live!	StH Issue 43	Sonic Blast	StH Issue 44	SSS Issue 1
KtE Issue 1	StH Issue 45	KtE Issue 2	StH Issue 46	KtE Issue 3
StH Issue 47	StH Issue 48	StH Issue 49	KtE Issue 4	StH Issue 50
KtE Issue 5	StH Issue 51	KtE Issue 6	StH Issue 52	SSS Issue 2
StH Issue 53	StH Issue 54	KtE Issue 7	StH Issue 55	KtE Issue 8
SSS Issue 3	KtE Issue 9	StH Issue 56	SSS Issue 4	KtE Issue 10
StH Issue 57	KtE Issue 11	StH Issue 58	KtE Issue 12	StH Issue 59
StH Issue 60	SSS Issue 5	KtE Issue 13	StH Issue 61	KtE Issue 14
StH Issue 62	KtE Issue 15	StH Issue 63	SSS Issue 6	KtE Issue 16
StE Issue 64	KtE Issue 17	StH Issue 65	KtE Issue 18	Archie & Friends Mini September 1998
StH Issue 66	SSS Issue 7	KtE Issue 19	StH Issue 67	KtE Issue 20
StH Issue 68	KtE Issue 21	StH Issue 69	SSS Issue 8	KtE Issue 22
StH Issue 70	KtE Issue 23	StH Issue 71	KtE Issue 24	SSS Issue 9
StH Issue 72	KtE Issue 25	StE Issue 73	KtE Issue 26	StH Issue 74
KtE Issue 27	StH Issue 75	Sabrina the Teenage Witch Issue 28	SSS Issue 10	KtE Issue 28
StH Issue 76	KtE Issue 29	StH Issue 77	SSS Issue 11	KtE Issue 30
Archie’s Weird Mysteries Mini September 1999	StH Issue 78	KtE Issue 31	StH Issue 79	KtE Issue 32
StH Issue 80	StH Issue 81	SSS Issue 12	StH Issue 82	StH Issue 83
SSS Issue 13	StH Issue 84	StH Issue 85	StH Issue 86	SSS Issue 14
StH Issue 87	StH Issue 88	StH Issue 89	StH Issue 90	StH Issue 91
SSS Issue 15	StH Issue 92	StH Issue 93	StH Issue 94	StH Issue 95
StH Issue 96	StH Issue 97	StH Issue 98	StH Issue 99	StH Issue 100
StH Issue 101	StH Issue 102	StH Issue 103	StH Issue 104	StH Issue 105
StH Issue 106	StH Issue 107	StH Issue 108	StH Issue 109	StH Issue 110
StH Issue 111	StH Issue 112	StH Issue 113	StH Issue 114	StH Issue 115
StH Issue 116	StH Issue 117	StH Issue 118	StH Issue 119	StH Issue 120
StH Issue 121	StH Issue 122	StH Issue 123	StH Issue 124	StH Issue 125
StH Issue 126	StH Issue 127	StH Issue 128	StH Issue 129	StH Issue 130
StH Issue 131	StH Issue 132	StH Issue 133	StH Issue 134	StH Issue 135
StH Issue 136	StH Issue 137	StH Issue 138	StH Issue 139	StH Issue 140
StH Issue 141	StH Issue 142	StH Issue 143	StH Issue 144	StH Issue 145
StH Issue 146	StH Issue 147	StH Issue 148	StH Issue 149	StH Issue 150
StH Issue 151	StH Issue 152	StH Issue 153	SX Issue 1	SX Issue 2
StH Issue 154	SX Issue 3	StH Issue 155	SX Issue 4	StH Issue 156
StH Issue 157	StH Issue 158	SX Issue 5	StH Issue 159	SX Issue 6
StH Issue 160	SX Issue 7	StH Issue 161	SX Issue 8	StH Issue 162
SX Issue 9	StH Issue 163	SX Issue 10	StH Issue 164	SX Issue 11
StH Issue 165	SX Issue 12	StH Issue 166	SX Issue 13	StH Issue 167
SX Issue 14	StH Issue 168	StH Issue 169	StH Issue 15	StH Issue 170
StH Issue 171	SX Issue 16	Sand, Spirits and Sonic Speed	StH Issue 172	SX Issue 17
StH Issue 173	StH Issue 174	StH Issue 18	StH Issue 175	SX Issue 19
StH Issue 176	SX Issue 20	StH Free Comic Book Day 2007	StH Issue 177	SX Issue 21
StH Issue 178	SX Issue 22	StH Issue 179	SX Issue 23	StH Archives Volume 5 – Everything Old Is Newt Again
SX Issue 24	StH Issue 180	SX Issue 25	StH Issue 181	SX Issue 26
StH Issue 182	SX Issue 27	StH Issue 183	SX Issue 28	StH Issue 184
SX Issue 29	StH Issue 185	SX Issue 30	StH Issue 186	SX Issue 31
StH Issue 187	SX Issue 32	StH Free Comic Book Day 2008	StH Issue 188	SX Issue 33
StH Issue 189	SX Issue 34	StH Issue 190	SX Issue 35	StH Issue 191
SX Issue 36	StH Issue 192	SX Issue 37	StH Issue 193	SX Issue 38
StH Issue 194	SX Issue 39	StH Issue 195	SX Issue 40	StH Issue 196
StH Issue 197	SU Issue 1	StH Issue 198	SU Issue 2	StH Issue 199
SU Issue 3	StH Free Comic Book Day 2009	StH Issue 200	SU Issue 4	StH Issue 201
SU Issue 5	StH Issue 202	SU Issue 6	StH Issue 203	SU Issue 7
StH Issue 204	SU Issue 8	StH Issue 205	SU Issue 9	StH Issue 206
SU Issue 10	StH Issue 207	SU Issue 11	StH Issue 208	SU Issue 12
StH Issue 209	SU Issue 13	StH Issue 210	SU Issue 14	StH Issue 211
SU Issue 15	StH Issue 212	SU Issue 16	StH Issue 213	StH Free Comic Book Day 2010
StH Issue 214	SU Issue 17	StH Issue 215	SU Issue 18	StH Issue 216
SU Issue 19	StH Issue 217	SU Issue 20	StH Issue 218	SU Issue 21
StH Issue 219	SU Issue 22	StH Issue 220	SU Issue 23	StH Issue 221
SU Issue 24	StH Issue 222	SU Issue 25	StH Issue 223	SU Issue 26
StH Issue 224	SU Issue 27	StH Free Comic Book Day 2011	SU Issue 28	StH Issue 225
SU Issue 29	StH Issue 226	SU Issue 30	StH Issue 227	SU Issue 31
StH Issue 228	SU Issue 32	StH Issue 229	SSSM Issue 1	SU Issue 33
StH Issue 230	SU Issue 34	StH Issue 231	SU Issue 35	StH Issue 232
SSSM Issue 2	SU Issue 36	StH Issue 233	SU Issue 37	StH Issue 234
SU Issue 38	StH Issue 235	SSSM Issue 3	SU Issue 39	StH Issue 236
StH Free Comic Book Day 2012	SU Issue 40	StH Issue 237	SU Issue 41	SSSM Issue 4
StH Issue 238	SU Issue 42	StH Issue 239	SU Issue 43	StH Issue 240
SU Issue 44	StH Issue 241	SU Issue 45	SSSM Issue 5	SSD Issue 1
StH Issue 242	SU Issue 46	StH Issue 243	SU Issue 47	StH Issue 244
SU Issue 48	StH Issue 245	SSSM Issue 6	SU Issue 49	StH Issue 246
SU Issue 50	StH Issue 247	SSD Issue 2	Mega Man Issue 24	SU Issue 51
StH Free Comic Book Day 2013	Mega Man Free Comic Book Day 2013	SSSM Issue 7	StH Issue 248	Mega Man Issue 25
SU Issue 52	StH Issue 249	Mega Man Issue 26	SU Issue 53	SSD Issue 3
StH Issue 250	Mega Man Issue 27	SU Issue 54	StH Issue 251	SSD Issue 4
SU Issue 55	StH Issue 252	SSSM Issue 8	SU Issue 56	StH Issue 253
Sonic: Lost World	SU Issue 57	StH Issue 254	SSD Issue 5	SSSM Issue 9
SU Issue 58	StH Issue 255	StH Issue 59	StH Issue 256	SSSM Issue 10
SU Issue 60	StH Issue 257	SU Issue 61	SSD Issue 6	StH Issue 258
SU Issue 62	StH Issue 259	SSD Issue 7	StH Free Comic Book Day 2014	SU Issue 63
StH Issue 260	SSSM Issue 11	SU Issue 64	StH Issue 261	SU Issue 65
StH Issue 262	SSD Issue 8	SU Issue 66	StH Issue 263	SU Issue 67
SSM Issue 12	StH Issue 264	SU Issue 68	SB Issue 1	StH Issue 265
SU Issue 69	SSD Issue 9	SB Issue 2	Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal Digital Comic	StH Issue 266
SU Issue 70	SB Issue 3	StH Issue 267	SSD Issue 10	SU Issue 71
SSSM Issue 13	SB Issue 4	StH Issue 268	SU Issue 72	SB Issue 5
StH Issue 269	SU Issue 73	SB Issue 6	SSD Issue 11	StH Issue 270
SU Issue 74	SB Issue 7	StH Issue 271	SU Issue 75	StH Issue 272
StH Free Comic Book Day 2015	Mega Man Free Comic Book Day 2015	SU Issue 76	SB Issue 2	StH Issue 273
Mega Man Issue 50	SSD Issue 12	Mega Man: Worlds Unite Battles Issue 1	SU Issue 77	SB Issue 9
StH Issue 274	Mega Man Issue 51	StH: Worlds Unite Battles Issue 1	SU Issue 78	SB Issue 10
StH Issue 275	Mega Man Issue 52	SSD Issue 13	SB Issue 11	SU Issue 79
StH Issue 276	SU Issue 80	StH Issue 277	SU Issue 81	SSD Issue 14
StH Issue 278	SU Issue 82	SSD Issue 15	StH Issue 279	SU Issue 83
SSD Issue 16	StH Issue 280	Sonic Sampler	SU Issue 84	StH Issue 281
SU Issue 85	StH Issue 282	SU Issue 86	StH Issue 283	Sonic: Mega Drive Issue 1
SU Issue 87	StH Issue 284	SU Issue 88	StH Issue 285	SU Issue 89
SSD Issue 17	StH Issue 286	SU Issue 90	StH Issue 287	SU Issue 91
Sonic: Mega Drive: The Next Level	StH Issue 288	SU Issue 92	StH Issue 289	SU Issue 93
StH Issue 290	SU Issue 94

WORK UNDERGOING ON THIS PAGE

As The Kintobor Computer is an ever-evolving, ongoing project, some elements of the site remain under work. As the site grows, this page will feature full story listings and a chronological reading order.