Sonic: Across Mobius

Sonic: Across Mobius
Publisher	IDW Publishing; (under license from Sega)
Schedule	Bimonthly
Genre	Action-adventure; Science fiction
Publication date	April 7th, 2020-present
No. of issues	Ongoing
Main character(s)	Sonic the Hedgehog; Miles "Tails" Prower; Knuckles the Echidna; Amy Rose

Sonic: Across Mobius is an American action-adventure-science fiction comic book series based on Sonic the Hedgehog by Sega, being published by IDW Publishing since April 7th, 2020.

Synopsis

Set in Mobius, a blue hedgehog named Sonic deals with several threats to keep his homeland safe, counting with his friends' help and facing several challenges on his way.

Characters

Main

Sonic the Hedgehog - a speedy hedgehog who travels across Mobius to fight down evil and protect innocent lives from chaos and danger, especially the ones led by the Eggman Empire.
Miles "Tails" Prower - an extremely intelligent and resourceful twin-tailed fox who aids Sonic by providing gadgets to help him on his adventures, even if those sometimes don't work as he expected.
Knuckles the Echidna - a tough echidna who protects the Master Emerald and often helps Sonic and Tails to keep Mobius safe, even if his temper and gullibility puts him in odd situations.
Amy Rose - a calm and caring female hedgehog who has a longtime crush on Sonic and usually joins him to help him out, also holding an oversized hammer as her signature weapon to fight possible menaces.

Supporting

Cream the Rabbit - a friendly but rather naïve female long-eared rabbit who is very close to Amy and often helps her around, being also a close friend to Tails, often calling him by his real name.
- Cheese the Chao - Cream's pet chao who is extremely loyal to her.
Sally Acorn - a brave and playful female chipmunk who is a childhood friend of Amy as she often helps her and Sonic to battle any kind of evil while travelling around to find new challenges and new allies and dealing with the perils of evil.
- Nicole the A.I. Lynx - an artifficial intelligence assuming the shape of an intelligent but slightly immature female lynx who is Sally's closest friend and surrogate sister as she often assists her by hacking any type of technology and is often willing to show that she's not just a machine.
Tiara Boobowski - a tomboyish female manx who is an old friend of Sonic and occasionally joins him on his adventures, being willing to do anything TBD.
Sticks the Badger - a wild female badger who is known for often being paranoid and coming with conspiracy theories about the Government and aliens.
Longclaw the Owl - a mother figure to Sonic who is now running a book shop due to realizing Sonic is old enough to be on his own, even if he does not necessarily follow her advices, often getting him in trouble.
Princess Elise III - the kind and determined ruler of Soleanna who is a loyal ally to Sonic and often shows affection for the ones who protect Mobius from any type of threat.
Shadow the Hedgehog - a cold and calculating hedgehog/Black Arms hybrid who aims to get revenge on the ones who killed the ones he cared about as he wasn't initially aware the world changed since he was TBD for more than fifty years.
- Rouge the Bat - a sneaky and seductive jewel thief who lusts for any kind of gem she finds as she often clashes with Knuckles due to her usual goal to steal the Master Emerald from him.
- E-123 Omega - a TBD E-Series robot and the last surviving one who turned against Eggman and now teams up with Shadow to TBD.
Silver the Hedgehog - a noble and determined hedgehog from an alternate dimension who owns psychokinetic powers and uses them to battle any kind of evil in his dimension, occasionally travelling to Mobius to join forces with Sonic whenever he needs it.
- Blaze the Cat - a calm and level-headed cat from the same dimension as Silver who possesses pyrokinetic powers aside from being the ruler of such dimension, being also the guardian of the Sol Emeralds, as she often visits Mobius to help Sonic and his friends on some of their adventures.
- Marine the Raccoon - an andventurous and rather talkative raccoon who is Blaze's sidekick and surrogate sister as TBD.
The Chaotix, consisting of:
- Vector the Crocodile - TBD
- Espio the Chameleon - TBD
- Charmy Bee - TBD
Mighty the Armadillo - TBD
- Ray the Flying Squirrel - TBD
Tangle the Lemur - TBD
Whisper the Wolf - TBD
Jewel the Beetle - TBD
Belle the Tinkerer - a friendly Badnik made out of wood who is friends with Cream.
Com. Abraham Tower - TBD
- Agent Topaz - TBD
Tikal the Echidna - TBD
Shade the Echidna - TBD
Honey the Cat - TBD
Big the Cat - TBD
Vanilla the Rabbit - TBD
Bomb and Heavy - TBD
The Savage Crew, consisting of:
- Orion the Panda - the rather calculating and strong leader of the Savage Crew who usually TBD.
- Katrina the Panther - a speedy but reckless panther who often tries to show off her skills by putting herself in TBD.
- Blast the Condor - an intelligent but girly condor who is the youngest of the group, often wanting to have fun and adventure, also having a soft spot for Tails.
Seismic the Whale - a brutish but caring whale who is TBD.
The Arctic Squad, consisting of:
- Lorelei the Arctic Fox - a stern arctic fox who leads a small resistance crew against Sigmund, aiming for the freedom of the ones taken and enslaved by him, gaining some interest on Tails (despite being four years older than him) as well.
- Victor the Arctic Hare - a TBD arctic hare who TBD.
- Luna the Snowy Owl - a TBD snowy owl who TBD.
Light Gaia/Chip - TBD
Maria Robotnik - Eggman's deceased cousin who appears in flashbacks to remind Shadow about the reasons that made him what he is today, being one of the few people who he really cared about, bringing him to reason.

Antagonists

Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik - a mad scientist who is the leader of the Eggman Empire, aiming for the conquest of Mobius and eventually the world as well.
- Marie Slyder - Eggman's TBD secretary who often TBD.
- Orbot and Cubot - Eggman's idiotic henchbots who often become the reason of his constant failures, ending up in some situations due to their TBD.
- Metal Sonic - a robotic dopplegänger of Sonic who was designed by Eggman to outmatch him as the one and only, even if his real plans go further than just that as he claims for TBD domination.
- The Egg Commanders, consisting of:
  - Ophelia the Parrot - a greedy pirate parrot who is obsessed with gold and often gets TBD.
    - Christopher the Seal - TBD
    - Claudia the Otter - TBD
    - Jacques the Turtle - TBD
    - Priscilla the Jellyfish - TBD
  - Buckeye the Rabbit - a sarcastic cowboy rabbit who loves to fire his guns TBD.
  - Obsidian the Monkey - a ninja monkey who believes that anyone who are inferior to him should obey him and serve him as he tries to TBD.
  - Jasmine the Hyena - an Arabian dancer hyena who loves to dance and believes that she is the prettiest woman in Mobius, using her skills to TBD.
    - Ruby the Tahr - a TBD tahr who is Jasmine's TBD.
  - Steel the Bison - a steel-using bison who is obsessed with destruction and the evolution of Mobians by using steel to create powerful weapons and TBD.
    - Samuel the Warthog - TBD
    - Lana the Cheetah - TBD
  - Sigmund the Polar Bear - a viking polar bear who enslaved an arctic town, taking some brides, being referred to as a mad TBD.
    - Ada the Wolverine - one of Sigmund's brides who is TBD.
    - Ester the Arctic Wolf - TBD
    - Klara the Reindeer - TBD
  - Anna the Wild Dog - an overly energetic African wild dog who often tries to keep TBD.
  - Teal the Walrus - a mysterious feminine masked walrus who works for Eggman for mysterious reasons.
  - Shatter the Moose - a vicious moose who wears an armor made out of shard armor as she is loyal to Eggman.
- The Hard Boiled Heavies, consisting of:
  - The Heavy King - TBD
  - The Heavy Gunner - TBD
  - The Heavy Shinobi - TBD
  - The Heavy Magician - TBD
  - The Heavy Rider - TBD
- Death Egg Robot - a massive robot who TBD.
Infinite - a mysterious and heartless jackal who fused with the Phantom Ruby and is now out to TBD.
Fang the Sniper - TBD
- Bean the Dynamite - TBD
- Bark the Polar Bear - TBD
The Babylon Rogues, consisting of:
- Jet the Hawk - TBD
- Wave the Swallow - a handy but rude swallow who is the group's mechanic, often clashing with Tails due to him being as skilled and smart as her, despite being younger, being often regarded as his arch-nemesis.
- Storm the Albatross - TBD
The Deadly Six, consisting of:
- Zavok - TBD
- Zazz - TBD
- Zeena - TBD
- Zomom - TBD
- Zor - TBD
Sara the Skunk - a mad scientist skunk who TBD.
Monsieur Wolfspine - a cold and calculating wolf who TBD.
The Elementals, consisting of:
- Pyro the Salamander - TBD
- Flo the Orca - TBD
- Eartha the Faun - TBD
- Aither the Falcon - TBD
- Polyester the Elephant - TBD
- Electra the Sheep - TBD
Prism the Koala - a koala criminal who wields an off-shoot Chaos Emerald named the Chaos Prism as she uses it to cause chaos and discord, aside from being romantically obsessed with Sonic, much to Amy's dismay.
Imperator Ix - TBD
Great Battle Kukku - a crazy bird armada leader who plans on taking TBD.
- Battle Kukku XVI/Speedy - TBD
- Dr. Fukurokov - TBD
Wendy Witchcart - TBD
- Falke Wulf - TBD
- Carrotia the Rabbit - TBD
- Bearenger the Grizzly - TBD
King Boom Boo - a TBD ghost who TBD.
The Chaos Riders - a gang of criminals who all are infused with prototype chaos emeralds.
Gold the Hedgehog - a powerful female hedgehog supposedly from a far future who is revealed to be an imposter as she uses technology to control her "powers" and aims to destroy the entire TBD.
Explodo - a crazy chimp who has been blowing various buildings up.
Chaos - TBD
Dark Gaia - TBD
Solaris - TBD
- Mephiles the Dark - TBD
- Iblis - TBD

Issues

Day in the Life of Sonic the Hedgehog - 4/7/2020 - Sonic fights Eggman once more while trying to find out what he's planning for his long-awaited conquest of Mobius.
Something Hard This Way Comes - 4/21/2020 - Tired of being constantly thwarted by Sonic, Eggman resorts to a highly experimental gem known as the Phantom Ruby to create a squadron of extremely powerful robots aiming for the death of Sonic and the conquest of Mobius.
Kukku Attack - 5/5/2020 - TBD
Rise of the Witch - 5/19/2020 - TBD
The Hyena - 6/9/2020 - Sonic encounters an Arabian dancer hyena who both works for Eggman and somewhat has the ability of magic through dancing. As a result, he has to find some way to stop her.
Pirate Attack! - 6/23/2020 - While chilling with the Chaotix, the gang discovers that a pirate crew has been pillaging TBD.
Arctic Vacay - 7/7/2020 - The Freedom Fighters arrive to an Arctic region where one of the Egg Commanders uses collars to corrupt young women into being his "brides". As a result, the gang has to join forces with a small resistance group led by a feisty arctic fox who Tails quickly becomes enamored with.
Showdown - 7/21/2020 - The gang arrives to a western town where TBD.
Super Ninja - 8/4/2020 - TBD
[Steel] - 8/18/2020 - TBD
[Anna] - 9/8/2020 - TBD
Enter the Savage Lands - 9/22/2020 - TBD
Treasure Hunt - 10/6/2020 - TBD
Possession - 10/20/2020 - Amy is possessed by a rather menacing force known as King Boom Boo, leading to Sonic to try to free her from his control. Unfortunely, things go worse after the TBD.
Shadow's Return - 11/10/2020 - TBD
Hungry Like a Wolf - 11/24/2020 - TBD
The Elementals - 12/8/2020 - The Freedom Fighters are the target of the Elementals, a group of Mobians known for controlling elements, as they start to TBD.
Winter Battle - 12/22/2020 - Christmas has arrived and Eggman isn't satisfied as he creates winter-themed Badniks to kill Sonic.
She's From the Future - 1/5/2021 - Silver and Blaze return to Mobius to warn Sonic about an impostor who claims to be from the future as TBD.
Fighting Sonic - 1/19/2021 - After Eggman achieved to hack into the entire TBD, the Freedom Fighters end up finding a group of human fighters who face their own threat TBD.
Change of Sidekick - As a way to boost the team's morale, Amy and Sally decide to change sidekicks for a day as Cream follows Sally while Nicole helps Amy, leading to them to explore TBD.
Monkey Hunt - Sonic hunts after a crazy chimp with an explosive obsession.
Egg Radio - Eggman creates a radio station that turns people into servants.

Spin-off

See Silver + Blaze.

Trivia

This series is mainly set in the Rebirth continuity, although new concepts will be introduced as well.
- As a result, characters like Silver and Blaze don't appear until their games are released.
Despite not featuring characters from Sonic SatAM and its Archie Comics spin-off, the comic adopts some concepts introduced by them, including the use of the name Mobius for the comic's setting, Sonic's crew being named Freedom Fighters, Bean and Bark being part of Fang's gang and Honey's backstory as a fashion designer.
- However, both Sally and Nicole, both originating from SatAM and both prominent characters in the Archie Comics continuity, are the only exceptions for now and, much like the Post-SGW comics, Sonic and Sally are just friends, even if it didn't stop fans from shipping Sonic/Sally once more alongside Tails/Nicole.
- While not planning to add other SatAM/Archie characters for now, the writers expressed interest on reintroducing Antoine D'Coolette, Bunnie Rabbot and Rotor the Walrus into it.
The comic also includes characters introduced in the IDW Publishing continuity as well.
Longclaw, then an exclusive the movie continuity, was included as well, while adapted to the video games design, due to the developers believing Sonic needed a mentor to become what he is today.
Marie is inspired by Madonna, the franchise's original idea for Sonic's love interest before it was ditched due to implications of zoophilia, with the difference of having a different name to distinguish from the pop singer with the same name and serving as Eggman's secretary.
During the comic's run, there's hints for several possible pairings, although some of them platonic, including Sonic/Amy, Sonic/Sally, Sonic/Tiara, Tails/Cream, Tails/Nicole, Tails/Marine, Tails/Honey, Knuckles/Tikal, Knuckles/Shade, Shadow/Rouge and Silver/Blaze, with Sonic/Ophelia, Sonic/Prism, Tails/Anna, Tails/Wave, Tails/Carrotia, Knuckles/Rouge, Knuckles/Jasmine, Knuckles/Zeena, Amy/Buckeye and Sally/Obsidian being mainly played for laughs.
- Depending of the point of view of the reader, some moments can be interpreted as yaoi subtext, mainly between Sonic and Tails, Sonic and Knuckles, Sonic and Shadow, Sonic and Jet, Knuckles and Vector, Shadow and Silver and Orbot and Cubot, and some as yuri subtext, mainly between Amy and Sally, Amy and Tiara, Amy and Rouge, Amy and Blaze, Amy and Honey, Sally and Tiara, Cream and Nicole, Cream and Marine, Rouge and Topaz and Tangle and Whisper.
Wendy is notably younger, being aged down to her twenties.
Jasmine is based on both Jasmine from Aladdin and Shantae from her titular game series.
It is theorized that the Sonic universe is part of a larger multiverse that connects to most of Sega's own video games universes.