Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game franchise produced by Sega centering on a series of high-speed platform games. Sonic, the protagonist, is an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog with supersonic speed. Typically, Sonic must stop antagonist Doctor Eggman's plans for world domination, often helped by his friends, such as Tails, Amy, and Knuckles. The first "Sonic the Hedgehog" game, released in 1991, was conceived by Sega's Sonic Team division after Sega requested a mascot character to compete with Nintendo's mascot Mario. Its success spawned many sequels and helped Sega become one of the leading video game companies during
Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) stories that fit into the series continuity. Since 2013 these issues have served as a combination free comic special with the Mega Man series; a free Sonic issue serving as a prequel to "Sonic Lost World" was also released in 2013 for Halloween Comic Fest. Various compilations have also been put together, such as the "Sonic Saga Series, Sonic Archives" and "Knuckles Archives, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Universe" and standalone graphic novels, "Sonic Legacy, Best of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Super Digest" and "Sonic Super Special Magazine." Following "Worlds Collide" the latter two series and the Free Comic Book Day