the Archie Comics team took these disparate pieces and tried to give them one consistent throughline; when later games added characters like Knuckles, Shadow, or the Chaotix, the comic welcomed ...

The Archie comics have their own sprawling ... Sonic the Hedgehog 3 sets up a new threat for Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails by introducing Shadow the Hedgehog. Shadow presents such a big danger ...