Line #31 Manga/SonicTheHedgehogStoryComic


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3	''Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic'' is a 1991 three-volume manga published in the Japan-only magazine ''Mega Drive Fan'', intended as a prequel and tie-in to [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 the first game]] in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series. Also contains a rarely referenced origin story for Sonic in human society.
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5	You can read more about this manga [[http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_Story_Comic here.]]
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7	Contrast to the ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromoComic''.
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9	!!This manga provides examples of:
10	* BodyguardingABadass: The group of Sonic fangirls in the volume 1 call themselves "Sonic's Bodyguard Platoon". Needless to say, he's still the one who makes short work of Eggman and saves the day.
11	* BreakingTheFourthWall: At the end of volume 2, Eggman says that many more dangerous Zones await and, addressing the readers ("Sonic and Mega Drive users") directly, asks if they will be able to clear them. Sonic says that, "with the readers' help, he'll soon have all the Zones cleared!"
12	* CallingYourAttacks: "RollingAttack!" "[[SpamAttack Rolling Attack Rapid Strikes!]]"
13	* CompressedAdaptation: The manga is simply a quick showcase of each zone from ''Sonic 1'' and some of the bosses the players will face. On the [[AdaptationExpansion other hand]], it has more story and dialogue.
14	* CuteLittleFangs: Sonic is depicted as having these in this manga. It was a holdover from a early version of his design that was scrapped for the final game.
15	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The comic notably features some early story ideas that were scrapped from the video game, such as Sonic being in a band and Spring Yard Zone being called Sparkling Zone, Star Light Zone being called Star Land Zone, and Scrap Brain Zone being called Clock Work Zone. And to say nothing of the truly bizarre "Story Gaiden", which is a "real life" origin story for Sonic The Hedgehog
16	* FakeUltimateMook: At one point, vicious-looking portrayals of a [[TheGoomba motobug]] and a [[ThisIsADrill burrowbot]] attack Sonic, telling him to screw off. Sonic shreds them in the next panel, telling them to [[NoYou "screw off themselves"]].
17	* GratuitousEnglish: Sonic [[LargeHam bombastically]] introduces himself to Eggman in english.
18	* InvincibleHero: In the manga Sonic is rarely fazed by Eggman's robot armies and deadly traps, and defeats each of them in three panels tops. Even a green orbinaut from Star Light Zone is bopped off like it is nothing!
19	* MundaneUtility: The reason why Eggman wants to collect the Chaos Emeralds? So he can use them to boil the worlds largest egg.
20	* NowBuyTheMerchandise: The first volume ends by saying that the "real fight" now begins in ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' for the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Sega Mega Drive]]. Dr. Eggman also plans to practice playing ''Sonic'' on the Mega Drive as a warmup for his next encounter with Sonic.
21	* OffscreenTeleportation: In the end of the story, Eggman has the three little animal friends held hostage and is crushing them to death. Sonic tears the claw off his Eggmobile and saves them between panels.
22	* OriginStory: The third volume has an unrelated illustrated text story called "Story Gaiden", which tells of a fictional real-world origin for Sonic. An AcePilot named Henry dies after breaking the sound barrier, but Chuck Yeager keeps his flight jacket, which has a blue hedgehog emblem on it, as a memento. Other pilots begin adopting the emblem, and eventually Sonic comes alive, seemingly as a reincarnation of Henry, after saving his daughter Meg from a fire accident. While largely ignored by Sega, this story influenced Sonic and Tails being pilots in the games, was adapted [[https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_Technical_Files#The_Background_Story:_Sonic.27s_Origin as a bonus for]] a limited edition of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' and is sometimes mentioned by the founding fathers of Sonic Team.
23	* PlayboyBunny: Sonic's human fangirls in the first volume.
24	* {{Prequel}}: Intended as one for the first video game.
25	* RollingAttack: It's Sonic. This manga and its follow-ups had a trend of giving him several variations for his spin moves which he called out anytime he used them.
26	* ShowWithinAShow: The first volume has Eggman playing the actual video game as practice for defeating Sonic.
27	* SlasherSmile: Sonic sure looks a bit more threatening with fangs on. Like in the first volume when he jumps at Eggman's face with a mischievous DeathGlare and peels his Eggmobile off like an orange.
28	* SlidingScaleOfAdaptationModification: Falls on Type 2. Aside from some embellishments like having humans besides Eggman present[[note]]Humans did exist in the classic games but they were offscreen. They didn't become relevant until ''Adventure''.[[/note]] and fourth wall jokes, it's pretty much in line with the surreal nature of the original ''Sonic'' games and has an identical plot.

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