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Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog: The Beginning trade paperback is on sale in comic shops starting today. It's a re-print of the original Sonic mini-series, Sonic #0-3, with a forward by Michael Gallagher. I don't have the original mini-series but it seems unlike Sonic Firsts, which changed the coloring of the characters to their "modern" forms, this is completely faithful to the original stories. Since this has been asked a few times on the message board, if you are a subscriber, you will not get this issue unless you buy it separately from a store (or when--going by their usual history--Archie offers it in the Sonic comic itself). It is not part of a subscription.

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Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog #125 is on sale today.

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IGNCube's review of SA:DX can be seen here. Gamespot's review of SA:DX can be seen here.

IGNPocket's review of Pinball Party can be seen here. Gamespot's review of Pinball Party can be seen here.

Sources: IGNCube, Gamespot, IGNPocket

Archie has re-released Sonic's Friendly Nemesis Knuckles #1, Sonic's Friendly Nemesis Knuckles #2, and Sonic's Friendly Nemesis Knuckles #3 today. Not all places order old comics, so you may not see it where you get comics.

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Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog #124 is on sale starting today.

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Back in May 1993, the UK's Sonic The Comic began it's run of 223 issues. So Happy 10th Anniversary for the fans of Sonic The Comic.

IGNPocket has some screens and a video of Sonic Pinball here.

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Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog #123 is out in stores today.

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Gamespot has Sonic Battle screens that you can see here.

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From Gamers.com:

In another surprising turn, Namco has withdrawn its offer to merge with Sega, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reports today. After Sega was unable to give a specific answer to its offer, Namco has dropped its proposal and Sega has announced that merger talks have concluded.

At the same time, of course, Sega officially announced that it had also broken off its merger negotiations with Sammy. It appears that Sega would have continued to consider Namco's offer, but Namco, which had asked for an answer by the end of the week, apparently considered that response unsatisfactory.

Namco said that it may consider a merger in the future at Sega's instigation, but Sega responded that it will not pursue such a course. Thus, it appears that Sega will no longer merge with anyone, at least in the near term. At a press conference announcing Sega's current course, president Hideki Sato declined to comment on any other potential future deals -- including a rumored capital investment by Electronic Arts.

Source: Gamers.com