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| Sonic Universe | |
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 The cover of Sonic Universe #1 | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Archie Comics Sega of America |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Genre | Action, adventure, dramedy, science fantasy |
| Publication date | February 24, 2009 – January 11, 2017 |
| No. of issues | 94 |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Ian Flynn Tracy Yardley Evan Stanley |
| Penciller(s) | Tracy Yardley Adam Bryce Thomas Patrick "Spaz" Spaziante Jamal Peppers Ben Bates |
| Inker(s) | Jim Amash |
| Letterer(s) | John Workman Jack Morelli |
| Colorist(s) | Matt Herms Josh Ray Ray Dillon Jason Jenson |
| Editor(s) | Mike Pellerito Victor Gorelick Paul Kaminski |
Sonic Universe is an American comic book series that was published by Archie Comics in association with Sega, based on the latter's Sonic the Hedgehog. It is a spin-off of the comic book series of the same name, and shared continuity with that title. Sonic Universe centers on several characters featured throughout the franchise and comics, including Shadow the Hedgehog, Blaze the Cat, and Silver the Hedgehog.
The series follows a unique format, in which its lead character and story arc change every four issues, and usually occur concurrently with those in the flagship Sonic title, though within different locations. Sonic himself usually does not appear in these stories, 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 was published monthly by Archie Comics alongside its parent title Sonic the Hedgehog. The first issue was released in February 2009, following the cancellation of Sonic X;[1] issue #94 was the last, released in January 2017. 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 discontinued.
The series subsequently surpassed Knuckles the Echidna as the longest running spinoff of the main series.
In July 2017, Sega announced the discontinuation of their business relationship with Archie Comics, and thus the latter will no longer release any further Sonic the Hedgehog comics, including Sonic Universe.
- ^ "Comics Continuum by Rob Allstetter: Tuesday, November 4, 2008". Comicscontinuum.com. 2008-11-04. Retrieved 2010-12-27.