History ComicBook / SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics

* DarkerAndEdgier: While it didn't ''originally'' start out this way, being far more similar in tone to the silly and lighthearted ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' cartoon, by the time CerebusSyndrome kicked in, the comic became this compared to the games ''full-stop''. To put it simply, this comic post-CerebusSyndrome features many shockingly dark themes and elements like mass murder, genocide, drug overdose, cults, ''concentration camps'', and characters dying of ''cancer'' all '''onscreen''' which is all something that the games, even at their darkest, would often avoid showing and instead be fairly lighthearted and kid-friendly adventures that would often shy away from any of these extreme themes. Not to mention that it takes cues from the already fairly dark ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatam SatAM]]'' cartoon and often goes even ''further'' in providing a rather dark, gloomy, and depressing version of Sonic's world where everything has been taken over by Robotnik/Eggman and the aftermath and constant destruction is often never downplayed. Not to mention that this comic features many of the most vile villains in the entire ''Sonic'' franchise including a [[AdaptationalVillainy much darker, viler, and eviler version of Dr. Eggman]] (both Robotnik Prime and the Robo-Robotnik variant that would go on to replace the former as the BigBad of the comic).

* FormerlySapientSpecies: Pre-Genesis Wave, the Tasmanian Devils used to be sapient alongside the other Mobian races but were subjected to genetic engineering by the [[HigherTechSpecies Echidnas]] in ancient times, turning them bestial. By the present day, [[MakeMeWannaShout Thrash]] [[AntiVillain the Devil]] is the [[LastOfHisKind last of the sapient tasmanians]] and seeks to make the Echidnas pay for what they did to his kind.

** Sonic Universe Issue #47 shows the Mercian Freedom Fighters liberating a person who strongly resembles "WesternAnimation/Animaniacs the eldest Warner brother" from some underground dungeon.

** Sonic Universe Issue #47 shows the Mercian Freedom Fighters liberating a person who strongly resembles [[WesternAnimation/Animaniacs the eldest Warner brother]] from some underground dungeon.

** Sonic Universe Issue #47 shows the Mercian Freedom Fighters liberating a person who strongly resembles {{WesternAnimation/Animaniacs the eldest Warner brother}} from some underground dungeon.

** Sonic Universe Issue #47 shows the Mercian Freedom Fighters liberating a person who strongly resembles [[ WesternAnimation/Animaniacs the eldest Warner brother ]] from some underground dungeon.

** Sonic Universe Issue #47 shows the Mercian Freedom Fighters liberating a person who strongly resembles [[WesternAnimation/Animaniacs the eldest Warner brother]] from some underground dungeon.

* DarkerAndEdgier: While it didn't ''originally'' start out this way, being far more similar in tone to the silly and lighthearted ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' cartoon, by the time CerebusSyndrome kicked in, the comic became this compared to the games ''full-stop''. To put it simply, this comic post-CerebusSyndrome features many shockingly dark themes and elements like mass murder, genocide, drug overdose, cults, ''concentration camps'', and characters dying of ''cancer'' all '''onscreen''' which is all something that the games, even at their darkest, would often avoid showing and instead be fairly lighthearted and kid-friendly adventures that would often shy away from any of these extreme themes. Not to mention that it takes cues from the already fairly dark ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatam SatAM]]'' cartoon and often goes even ''further'' in providing a rather dark, gloomy, and depressing version of Sonic's world where everything has been taken over by Robotnik/Eggman and the aftermath and constant destruction is often never downplayed. Not to mention that this comic features many of the most vile villains in the entire ''Sonic'' franchise including a [[AdaptationalVillainy much darker, viler, and evil version of Dr. Eggman]] (both Robotnik Prime and the Robo-Robotnik variant that would go on to replace the former as the BigBad of the comic).

* DarkerAndEdgier: While it didn't ''originally'' start out this way, being far more similar in tone to the silly and lighthearted ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' cartoon, by the time CerebusSyndrome kicked in, the comic became this compared to the games ''full-stop''. To put it simply, this comic post-CerebusSyndrome features many shockingly dark themes and elements like mass murder, genocide, drug overdose, cults, ''concentration camps'', and characters dying of ''cancer'' all '''onscreen''' which is all something that the games, even at their darkest, would often avoid showing and instead be fairly lighthearted and kid-friendly adventures that would often shy away from any of these extreme themes. Not to mention that it takes cues from the already fairly dark ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatam SatAM]]'' cartoon and often goes even ''further'' in providing a rather dark, gloomy, and depressing version of Sonic's world where everything has been taken over by Robotnik/Eggman and the aftermath and constant destruction is often never downplayed. Not to mention that this comic features many of the most vile villains in the entire ''Sonic'' franchise including a much darker, viler, and evil version of Dr. Eggman (both Robotnik Prime and the Robo-Robotnik variant that would go on to replace the former as the BigBad of the comic).

* DarkerAndEdgier: While it didn't ''originally'' start out this way, being far more similar in tone to the silly and lighthearted ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' cartoon, by the time CerebusSyndrome kicked in, the comic became this compared to the games ''full-stop''. To put it simply, this comic post-CerebusSyndrome features many shockingly dark themes and elements like mass murder, genocide, drug overdose, cults, ''concentration camps'', and characters dying of ''cancer'' all '''onscreen''' which is all something that the games, even at their darkest, would often avoid showing and instead be fairly lighthearted and kid-friendly adventures that would often shy away from any of these extreme themes. Not to mention that it takes cues from the already fairly dark ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatam SatAM]]'' cartoon and often goes even ''further'' in providing a rather dark, gloomy, and depressing version of Sonic's world where everything has been taken over by Robotnik/Eggman and the aftermath and constant destruction is often never downplayed. Not to mention that this comic features many of the most vile villains in the entire ''Sonic'' franchise including a much darker, viler, and evil version of Dr. Eggman (both the original Julian Kintobor and the Robo-Robotnik variant that would go on to replace the former as the BigBad of the comic).

* DarkerAndEdgier: While it didn't ''originally'' start out this way, being far more similar in tone to the silly and lighthearted ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' cartoon, by the time CerebusSyndrome kicked in, the comic became this compared to the games ''full-stop''. To put it simply, this comic post-CerebusSyndrome features many shockingly dark themes and elements like mass murder, genocide, cults, ''concentration camps'', and characters dying of ''cancer'' all '''onscreen''' which is all something that the games, even at their darkest, would often avoid showing and instead be fairly lighthearted and kid-friendly adventures that would often shy away from any of these extreme themes. Not to mention that it takes cues from the already fairly dark ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatam SatAM]]'' cartoon and often goes even ''further'' in providing a rather dark, gloomy, and depressing version of Sonic's world where everything has been taken over by Robotnik/Eggman and the aftermath and constant destruction is often never downplayed. Not to mention that this comic features many of the most vile villains in the entire ''Sonic'' franchise including a much darker, viler, and evil version of Dr. Eggman (both the original Julian Kintobor and the Robo-Robotnik variant that would go on to replace the former as the BigBad of the comic).

* CerebusSyndrome: Although based on the more serious ''SatAM'' cartoon, the earlier comics were much more similar to ''Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog'' in tone, with little continuity. The series got more serious and interconnected as it went on. The ''Endgame'' arc is pretty much the point where things have fully shifted, and it remained that way through the beginning of Ian Flynn's run on issue 160. Subtly pointed out by Horizont-Al and Verti-Cal; when they first appeared in #2, they were wacky and whimsical characters, always playing around and [[RealityWarper changing the laws of physics of their dimension for kicks]]. When we run into them in #59, it turns out the Ultimate Annihilator destroyed their home, they blamed each other during the rebuild, and they turned into giant robots in a never-ending war against each other.

* DarkerAndEdgier: While it didn't ''originally'' start out this way, being far more similar in tone to the silly and lighthearted ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' cartoon, by the time CerebusSyndrome kicked in, the comic became this compared to the games ''full-stop''. To put it simply, this comic post-CerebusSyndrome features many shockingly dark themes and elements like mass murder, genocide, cults, ''concentration camps'', and characters dying of ''cancer'' all '''onscreen''' which is all something that the games, even at their darkest, would often avoid showing and instead be fairly lighthearted and kid-friendly adventures that would often shy away from any of these extreme themes. Not to mention that it takes cues from the already fairly dark ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatam SatAM]]'' cartoon and often goes even ''further'' in providing a rather dark, gloomy, and depressing version of Sonic's world where everything has been taken over by Robotnik/Eggman and the aftermath and constant destruction is often never downplayed. Not to mention that this comic features many of the most vile villains in the entire ''Sonic'' franchise including a much darker, more vile, and evil version of Dr. Eggman (both the original Julian Kintobor and the Robo-Robotnik variant that would go on to replace the former as the BigBad of the comic).
** Oh yeah, and another thing, the original Dr. Robotnik dies and is KilledOffForReal in this comic in a sharp contrast to the insane JokerImmunity that the Eggman from the games has.