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 (IDW Publishing) Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Publishing) Sonic the Hedgehog is a comic book series based on the Sega video game franchise, published by IDW Publishing. It is the third licensed comic book iteration based on Sega's "Sonic the Hedgehog" intellectual property, after Fleetway Publications's "Sonic the Comic" and Archie Comics' "Sonic the Hedgehog" series. On July 21, 2017, IDW Publishing announced a deal with Sega to produce a new series of "Sonic" comics following the cancellation of Archie Comics' previous series. The new series will begin with a four-week long event where the first four issues will be released each week