History Comicbook / SonicTheHedgehogPromoComic

* ForWantOfANail: If Kintobor had just kept that soda away from the machine, the entire plot (and by proxy, the entire series) wouldn't have started.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Invoked; Kintobor's treadmill acknowledges a proper estimate of Sonic's natural speed using the Mass Versus Velocity theory as 17 mph, but Sonic, being as brash as he is, decides to spit in the face of it by going so fast that he breaks the sound barrier, and thus violently overloads the treadmill--and the heat from the speed also changes Sonic's color from brown to cobalt blue and permanently fuses his quills together. This does raise the question of why Sonic wasn't killed by having his body reach such a dangerously high temperature (we clearly see it burned his shoes into a crisp and warranted Kintobor to construct specialized frictionless shoes for him) or the inertia of launching himself and stopping at such incredible speed, unless we accept that he was somehow [[RequiredSecondaryPowers resilient enough to withstand that kind of situation in the first place.]]

* AdaptationExpansion: The game tries to explain and elaborate on the backstory for the the original game and explain elements of it, such as the purpose of the Chaos Emeralds (they were magical items meant to be used for good purposes and rid the world of evil) and the rings (which are [[HandWave handwaved]] as being "Containment Rings" for the R.O.C.C. machine and its energy, which got scattered all over the island when the machine went haywire).

A very interesting entry from the earliest days in the SonicTheHedgehog series, this 15 page oneshot promotional comic (simply just called ''Sonic The Hedgehog Number 1'') was crafted in an attempt to provide an origin story for Sonic in the western world, as well as promote his [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog debut game.]]

A very interesting entry from the earliest days in the SonicTheHedgehog series, this oneshot promo comic was crafted in an attempt to provide an origin story for Sonic in the western world, as well as promote his [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog debut game.]]

You can find the comic in question in its entirety [[http://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(promotional_comic) here.]] It was included in some older early 90's comic books, and was also included in issues of ''Sega Visions'' and ''Disney Adventures'' (the former in a heavily abridged form that chopped out the entire Kintobor to Robotnik part). Predictably, it was also given away as a standalone promotional issue.

Compare to the Japan only, three volume tie in manga, [[http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_Story_Comic "Sonic The Hedgehog Story Comic"]], which likewise provides a little backstory to Sonic before the main game (and are unrelated to the other Sonic manga series published there, which also had its own interpretation of the original games backstory drawn by the mangas artists, albeit as a tie-in to SonicTheHedgehog2 instead). Obviously, this manga ignores the backstory established by the western continuity and sticks more closely to the games.

While the comic was [[ContinuityDrift initially]] the canon backstory in some form for the western branch of the Sonic the Hedgehog series, [[AllThereInTheManual per word of the]] [[http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Sonic_Bible original US Sonic series bible]], [[CanonDiscontinuity it is no longer considered canon]] due to VideoGame/SonicAdventure permanently merging the Japanese storyline of the Sonic games with that of the western Sonic games. However, it did provide the backbone for Fleetway's ComicBook/SonicTheComic, which borrowed the same origin story.

While the comic is obviously not canon to the games, [[note]] Not anymore, but initially, [[AllThereInTheManual per word of the]] [[http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Sonic_Bible original US Sonic series bible]], this comic was in some form considered the canon backstory to the early western continuity of Sonic [[/note]] it did provide the backbone for Fleetway's ComicBook/SonicTheComic, which borrowed the same origin story.

* CanonDiscontinuity: The comic has ''never'' been taken as canon for the games, especially since ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.

* ContinuityDrift: Initially the canon Sega of America backstory, but this was either ignored or forgotten, and made moot anyway when ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' nullified the concept of different localizations getting different storylines.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: On account of the totally bizarre origin story.

Compare to the Japan only, three volume tie in manga, [[http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_Story_Comic "Sonic The Hedgehog Story Comic"]], which likewise provides a little backstory to Sonic before the main game (and is likewise unrelated to the other Sonic manga series published there, which also had its own interpretation of the original games backstory drawn by the mangas artists, albeit as a tie-in to SonicTheHedgehog2 instead).

No relation to Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comic series, which has a completely different backstory and continuity, despite also being set on Mobius.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: If Kintobor had just kept that soda away from the machine, the whole mess wouldn't have started in the first place.

* ArtEvolution: The unnamed squirrel girl is almost certainly a template for Sally, and she appears very different. She is not humanoid at all (the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog current one]] is essentially a [[HumanoidFemaleAnimal photorealistic naked human with a anthro animal head stuck on]], especially under Stevn Butler), wearing a pink bow (the current one has boots and a vest) and very diminutive.

* CanonImmigrant: Porker Lewis would become a prominent character in the UK Sonic Comic.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: Robotnik

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Invoked; Kintobor's treadmill acknowledges a proper estimate of Sonic's natural speed using the Mass Versus Velocity theory as 17 mph, but Sonic, being as brash as he is, decides to spit in the face of it by going so fast that he breaks the sound barrier, and thus violently overloads the treadmill--and the heat from the speed also changes Sonic's color from brown to cobalt blue and permanently fuses his quills together. This does raise the question of why Sonic wasn't killed by having his body reach such a dangerously high temperature (we clearly see it burned his shoes into a crisp) or the inertia of launching himself and stopping at such incredible speed, unless we accept that he was somehow [[RequiredSecondaryPowers resilient enough to withstand that kind of situation in the first place.]]

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Invoked; Kintobor's treadmill acknowledges a proper estimate of Sonic's natural speed using the Mass Versus Velocity theory as 17 mph, but Sonic, being as brash as he is, decides to spit in the face of it by going so fast that he breaks the sound barrier, and thus violently overloads the treadmill--and the heat from the speed also changes Sonic's color and permanently fuses his quills together.

While the comic is obviously not canon to the games, [[note]] Not anymore, but initially, [[AllThereInTheManual per word of the]] [[http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Sonic_Bible original US Sonic series bible]], this comic was in some form considered the canon backstory to the early western continuity of Sonic [[/note]] it did provide the backbone for Fleetway's SonicTheComic, which borrowed the same origin story.

* CanonDiscontinuity: The comic has ''never'' been taken as canon for the games, especially since SonicAdventure.

* ContinuityDrift: Initially the canon Sega of America backstory, but this was either ignored or forgotten, and made moot anyway when SonicAdventure nullified the concept of different localizations getting different storylines.

** The idea of a seventh Chaos Emerald would be used for the SegaGenesis/Mega Drive version of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2''.

His tale begins back when he was a prickly, brown hedgehog, with him accidentally burrowing into Kintobor's underground laboratory, just as he is working on the Retro Orbital Chaos Compressor-- [[FunWithAcronyms or just ROCC for short]], which the good doctor intends to use to rid the world of all evil, as soon as he finds the seventh Chaos Emerald, which is required with the other six already in the machine. Sonic and Kintobor become [[JustForPun fast friends]], and after a freak accident involving a treadmill (due to Sonic wanting to kick the mass versus velocity theory in the dirt) Sonic's fur is turned from brown to cobalt blue, and his quills are permanently fused together from the heat of the speed he was going at--and Kintobor promptly gives him a special pair of friction-less shoes to replace his old ones.

But one day, Kintobor [[NiceJobBreakingItHero spills a drink on the ROCC controls]], causing the machine to go haywire; not only scattering the ROCC's containment rings all over South Island, but also bathing Kintobor in 10,000 bolts of Pure Evil Energy, causing him to transform into Dr. Robotnik.

* ArtEvolution: Sally Acorn appears very, very different. She is not humanoid at all (the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog current one]] is essentially a [[HumanoidFemaleAnimal photorealistic naked human with a anthro animal head stuck on]], especially under Stevn Butler), wearing a pink bow (the current one has boots and a vest) and very dimunitive.
** Also applies to Jonny Lightfoot and Porker Lewis. Thankfully, the current incarnations are not photorealistic humans with animal heads, however the new ones are more anthropomorphised.
** Sally is essentially [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091002173929/sonic/images/e/e4/Ricky_(Sally_Acorn)_1.png Ricky]] with a bow on his head, trying to pass for a girl, in this issue.

* CanonDiscontinuity: The comic has ''never'' been taken as canon for the games since SonicAdventure.
* CanonForeigner: The seventh Chaos Emerald gets mentioned offhand in the story, even though at the time only six Chaos Emeralds existed in the early Sonic games, and the seventh emerald wouldn't become canon until ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2''.

** Oh, Sally's here too. She looks completely different from her current self, though.
*** And Johnny Lightfoot.

* CliffHanger
* ContinuityDrift; Initially the canon Sega of America backstory, but this was either ignored or forgotten, and made moot anyway when SonicAdventure nullified the concept of different localizations getting different storylines.

* FunWithAcronyms: ROCC.

->'''Sonic''': "Don't you ''know?'' I'm '''[[SonicTheHedgehog SONIC the Hedgehog]]'''[[TradeSnark ™]]."

While the comic is obviously not canon to the games, [[note]] Not anymore, but Initially, [[AllThereInTheManual per word of the]] [[http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Sonic_Bible original US Sonic series bible]], this comic was in some form considered the canon backstory to the US continuity of Sonic, which was initially distinct from its Japanese continuity, until it was retconned to fit in line with the japan continuity again when SonicAdventure came out [[/note]] it did provide the backbone for Fleetway's SonicTheComic, which borrowed the same origin story.

No relation to Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comic series, which has a completely different backstory and continuity, despite also being set on Möbius.

* CanonDiscontinuity: The comic has ''never'' been taken as canon for the games since SonicAdventure adopted the japanese continuity of the games to the west.

* ContinuityDrift; Initially the canon backstory to the US branch of the Sonic games, but this was either ignored or forgotten, and made moot anyway when SonicAdventure permanently retconned the western games continuity to match the Japanese continuity of the series.

* BigBad: Dr. Robotnik, natch.

The rest of the comic is spent on Sonic partaking in loose adaptations of the levels from the games to try and stop Robotnik, as well as saving Porker Lewis in the end (albeit losing a ChaosEmerald to Dr. Robotnik in the process) and the comic [[BreakingTheFourthWall telling the readers]] to go buy the game to see what happens next.

Compare to the Japan only, three volume tie in manga, [[http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_Story_Comic "Sonic The Hedgehog Story Comic"]], which likewise provides a little backstory to Sonic before the main game (and is likewise unrelated to the other Sonic manga series published there).