From firmiss@cae.wisc.edu Last night I typed up this FAQ based mostly on the Archie comic book series as. Its a start but could use a bit of feedback and input from the television series. --------- >>Dates of all Comic Books (The comics come out about a month or two before their dates) Miniseries Sonic 0 FEB 93 Sonic 1 MAR 93 Sonic 2 APR 93 Sonic 3 MAY 93 ? Regular Series Sonic 1 AUG 93 ? Sonic 2 SEP 93 Sonic 3 OCT 93 Sonic 4 NOV 93 Sonic 5 DEC 93 Sonic 6 JAN 94 Sonic 7 FEB 94 Sonic 8 MAR 94 Sonic 9 APR 94 Sonic 10 MAY 94 Sonic 11 JUN 94 Sonic 12 JUL 94 Sonic 13 AUG 94 Sonic 14 SEP 94 Sonic 15 OCT 94 Sonic 16 NOV 94 Sonic 17 DEC 94 Sonic 18 JAN 95 Sonic 19 FEB 95 Sonic 20 MAR 95 Sonic 21 APR 95 In Your Face Series Sonic 1 JAN 95 Miniseries Sally 1 APR 95 >>Fun info! Sonic's Speed Settings (From Sonic Miniseries #0) 1 Sub-Sonic: For underwater work -- understand? 2 Ultra-Sonic: To look dashing while dashing! 3 Super-Sonic: When I've got the need for more speed! 4 Trans-Sonic: For passing fancy!. 5 Hyper-Sonic: Up to twice the speed of sound... don't 'mach' me out! 6 Warp-Sonic: Lite speed - 1/3 faster than your regular bulb! (7) Sonic Spin dash! Robotnic's Rules (From Sonic #3) 1 No Reading 2 No Laughing 3 No Live Plants 4 ... (I don't have issue #3.. can someone help me?) >>Questions and Answers! Q: What speed setting does Sonic have to go for his legs to turn into those swirly things? A: Trans-Sonic Q: What color is Sally's hair? A: Good question! In Sonic Miniseries 0 it was blond with red fur. In Sonic Miniseries 1-3 and Sonic 1-15 she's a brunette with pink fur. Sonic 16 and after she's a red-head with brown fur, just like on TV. (They explained the color changes in SonicGrams #16; Archie writers had little material to base her on until the TV series came out) In a side note: The comic book tends to follow both the Saturday and Weekday television series but follows the Saturday series more closely. Q: What species is Sally? A: Squirrel! (Given in SonicGrams #5, #14, #16 and #17) (Ground squirrel according to SonicGrams #19) Q: What species is Antoine? A: Fox (Given in SonicGrams #12) Q: Sonic's Favorite Food? A: Chili Dogs! "My favorite food gives me alot of.. 'Jet Propultion'" (Yup.. thats what Sonic said in SonicGrams #12 .. eeeww) Q: How did Tails get his 2nd tail? A: Reader mail in Sonic #2 gives a few possibilities: (1) Tails is a mutant! (2) Tails was created in Dr. Frankenstein's Lab (3) Tails has Antoine's tail! [(3) is my favorite] A reply in SonicGrams #9 states he was born that way. A reply in SonicGrams #16 states Antoine gave his tail to Tails so he could fly. Hrm.. I guess (3) is Sonic's favorite answer too! Added comment: (1) is the most plausable in my opinion. With Robotnik polluting everything you're bound to find some mutants. Q: How did Bunnie Rabbot get her robot arm and legs? A: Sonic saved Bunnie from being Roboticized but not before she gained some robotic parts. (Given in SonicGrams #16) Q: Why is Miles Prower called Tails? A: Its a nickname. He prefers Tails over Miles (wouldn't you?) Q: How old is Sonic? A: Back in SonicGrams #7 Sonic didn't want to reveal his age, but he eventually said he was 15 (SonicGrams #16 and #18) Q: How old is Sally? A: Also 15 (SonicGrams IYF#1 and #20) Q: How old is Tails? A: Somewhere I heard he was 4 (perhaps a Sega Vision's magazine.. I couldn't find it in SonicGrams) but a recent TV episode said he's 10. This seems a bit more plausable given Tail's personality. Q: Where is Mobius? A: SonicGrams #9 says the planet is in an unspecified point in space. (Cop-out answer) Q: Who was the king of Mobius? A: Sonic #10 shows a picture of the king. He looks alot like an old male version of Sally. This contradicts the TV series where he looked alot like a fox. Sonic #17 first shows the king as he appears on TV as a fox (in Princess Sally's Crusade). Added note: Very strange to be a squirrel princess while having a fox king. Perhaps Sally is an adopted daughter (or a daughter by marriage) >>Which comic issues did we see the cast memberst? (Note: MS 2 and 3 as well as 1 and 3 are blank due to lack of those books) Notation: MS = miniseries ; IYF = In your face ; SAL = Sally miniseries no letters means regular series x marks episodes featuring the characters MS 111111111122 IYF SAL Freedom Fighters 0123 - 123456789012345678901 - 1 - 123 Sonic xx . x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x Tails xx . x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x Sally xx . x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x x Boomer/Rotor* xx . x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x Antoine xx . x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x Bunnie Rabbot** . x x xxx x xx xxx x Nicole . x x Uncle Chuck x . x x Muttski x . x x Arlo . x Dylan . x Penelope . x Hamlin . x One-shot Friedly guests #2,4,16 Al and Cal (short for HorizontAL and VertiCAL) #8 Thorny, Betty Butterfly #9 Nerbs #11 Dr Robotnic (Reverse-universe) #12 Sonugh he Boghog & prehistoric friends, Cyril (Eagle), Larry Lynx #15 Magic Frog #18 and IYF #1 Rosie, Julayla IYF#1 Posie Possum #19 Sonic-Cyborg and oodles of other Sonics. Seen in MS 111111111122 IYF SAL Villans 0123 - 123456789012345678901 - 1 - 123 Robotnik xx . x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x Snively*** x xx xxxxxxxxx Swatbots! xx . x xx xxxxxxx xxxxx x x Crabmeat x . x x xx xxx xxx Cluck x . x Scratch . x x x x Grounder . x x x x Buzzbomber xx . xx x x x Caterkiller x . xx x x Coconuts . x x x x x Jaws x . Burrowbot . xx x x Bat Brain . x x x Splats . x x (Octopus-bot) . x BallHog . x x x Orbinaut . x x Motobug . x Neutron . x Roller . x Slicer . x One-shot villans! (mostly only the really tough robots included) #4 Universalamander #5 Termite-Nator #6 Rexxon, Scorpius, Ferrons (from Spinball) #8 'Botman, Wolvurkle'bot, Spawnmower, Magbot, Captain Marbot, Migty 'Bot #9 Pseudo-Sonic #11, #19 Sonic the Hedgehog and Freedom Fighters (reverse-universe) #12 Dinosaurs and Ivo Robughnik (prehistoric age) #15 Beetlebot #16 Uncle Chuck and Muttski .. Roboticized #17 King Gong IYF#1 Cyclops, Griffon, 2-headed dragon #19 RoboRobotnik, Shadow Swatbots, Giant Borg #21 E.V.E (Exceptionally Versatile Evolanoids) Friend or foe?? #13 Knuckes (from Sonic 3) #20, SAL#1 Gefforey St. John (I certainly smell a foe here though) * Boomer was renamed Rotor to match the TV series in issue 6 (in a Dicken's parody). The issue was hammered home issue 9. ** A poster had Bunnie in MS1 but she was not in any storylines until ???. *** Snively first appears in #6 in a Dicken's Christmas Carol parody but was called 'Jacob Snarley' --- Feel free to make additions and corrections. Remember this is based almost entirely on the Archie comic series. Also.. Anyone know where I can get Sonic Miniseries issue #3? I can back-order the others which I don't have. -- Environmentally friendly compact .sig by James Firmiss -- firmiss@cae.wisc.edu