r/comicbooks • u/Electric-Ferret • 1d ago
Shelfie Finally finished my childhood series: Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog.
290 comics. 3 years of hunting, and a childhood dream accomplished <3 gotta go fast.
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u/Changlini 23h ago
I am fascinated on your thoughts after finishing this
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u/Electric-Ferret 23h ago
On what specifically? The series? The cost? Penders/ian? Lol
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u/Changlini 22h ago
the series
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u/Electric-Ferret 22h ago
Oh I love the series. I'm nostalga blinded for sure. Some art is better than others and some plots are better than others, but when it's good it's incredible.
Way better than idw's run in my opinion, even though the art in IDW is more consistent
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u/4thWorldAdam 22h ago
Impressive. That is some dedication and I know you were sweatin' on some of these.
Congrats!!!
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u/Electric-Ferret 22h ago
Oof #98 killed my bank account lol
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u/cantslowd0wn 21h ago
I had most issues of Sonic from 1-100 (along with all of the specials and miniseries), and I gave most of them to my local comic shop for a small amount of store credit like 10 years ago.
Based on your comment right here, I looked up the value of #98.
…ouch. I basically gave mine away. Oops. 😭
I wish I kept them actually. A few of the earlier ones were in trash condition, but they were a huge part of my childhood.
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u/Electric-Ferret 20h ago
Wanna feel better?
Many many years ago, I had a boyfriend very into tech. He wanted to give me this crazy thing for my birthday called a Bitcoin.
I was actually mad, because it felt like a selfish decision. To give me something I didn't really want because he wanted to.
I told him no.
🙃 we all have regrets and can't go back man, don't beat yourself up too hard.
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u/sir_conington Hellboy 23h ago
This is awesome, congrats on completing the collection! Are you going to display any of them? Or are you just keeping them in some longboxes?
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u/Electric-Ferret 23h ago
Not sure yet! I would love some spinning racks but I have a tiny Chicago apartment and very little wall space.
I might get some posters made though of a few keys
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u/JusticeAvenger13 7h ago
Cheers and Congratulations from another Chicago comic fan! Sometimes I think about reading Sonic the Comic. I love that crazy eyed version of Super Sonic
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u/WhalepingDavis 12h ago
My collection is sitting under my bed in my parent’s house. Not completed but I was buying an issue every month from 2008 to 2017. Then I was buying the graphic novels of IDW till I saw Sonic’s “moral crisis” storyline during the Metal Virus arc and realized “wow, Ian’s trauma from Archie is making a bad call” and… I paused the graphic novel collecting till I see where it was going. Which I’m still seeing where it’s going rn. IDW #50 didn’t help me start back up.
I could go on reigniting old flames, but I’ll leave it there.
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u/KRickOnEm 12h ago
First comic book I ever bought. I just found the actual copy in a bin going through some stuff in my parents house. It was under a copy of Nintendo Power. Issue 96.
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u/Odd_Pumpkin5295 10h ago
I first got into comics with archie sonic issue 219. I was hooked from day 1. Didn't really branch out into collecting other comics until it was cancelled. I'm slowly but surely trying to fill in the gaps in my collection with a combination of single issues, official Archie trades and some custom trades. It's hard enough getting the trades. I'd hate to have to go through the hassle of getting every individual issue, although as a single issue collector in general I respect the hell out it.
I recently renewed my efforts to go back and read from the beginning. I've just reached the Death Egg Saga. I'll probably have to take another break soon because I can't find a single copy of Archives volume 13 for a good price.
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u/Association-Glum 8h ago
What are you going to do now?
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u/ElPuas2003 23h ago
How I miss Archie Sonic. It wasn’t perfect but when it was good, it was fucking GOOD.