Sonic Wiki Zone

Know something we don't about Sonic? Don't hesitate in signing up today! It's fast, free, and easy, and you will get a wealth of new abilities, and it also hides your IP address from public view. We are in need of content, and everyone has something to contribute!

If you have an account, please log in.

READ MORE

Sonic Wiki Zone
Register
Advertisement
Sonic Wiki Zone
Archie Comics Logo
This species exists primarily or exclusively within the Pre-Super Genesis Wave continuity.
Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.
Line 2020 21
This article or section lacks references or sources.
Please help improve the article by adding citations to reliable sources.

The Overlanders are creatures that appear in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. They were a slightly-mutated race of humans on Mobius, and a by-product of the Xorda's Gene Bombs following the aliens' attack on the planet. They tended to be aggressive in nature and had strong feelings of xenophobia towards Mobians. Overlanders were also known to exist in other Zones in the multiverse aside from the Prime Zone.

Description[]

Appearance[]

Overlanders shared almost the same anatomy as humans'. Unlike humans though, most Overlanders only had four fingers and toes.[1] However, Dr. Eggman, Snively, Gerald Robotnik, Maria RobotnikHope Kintobor, Abraham Tower, and the Iron Queen were the only Overlanders to have five instead of four. Another key difference is that overlanders have different hair colors such as: blue, red, yellow, pink, green, etc.

Characteristics and culture[]

Overlanders were most commonly confused as humans due to their physical similarities. However, the two species had many differences, both physically and mentally. Unlike humans, who were generally friendly and accepting of Mobians, Overlanders usually held grudges, and in some cases feelings of outright speciesism, towards them. There were, however, a few Overlanders who did not dislike Mobians, including Nate Morgan, Maria Robotnik, and Hope Kintobor.

The Overlanders did not share the Mobians' consideration for the environment. While the Kingdom of Acorn deliberately remained in a pre-industrial state to preserve the planet's environment and nature, the Overlanders pursued the use of fossil fuels, resulting in massive pollution in their cities.

History[]

Xorda Attack[]

Prior to becoming Mobius, the Earth's dominant inhabitants were humans. During the early 21st century however, the scientist Ivan Kintobor provoked the alien species known as the Xorda by capturing their ambassador and dissecting it. As a result, the Xorda bombarded the planet with Gene Bombs, which were supposed to wipe out the human race and maintain the rest of the planet's environment as it was at the time. However, the Gene Bombs instead mutated most of the human population, creating Overlanders.

Early History and Development[]

Some time after the Xorda attack, the Overlanders were still a barbaric species. The Mobian Alexander attempted to integrate them into his all-species society of Mobotropolis, but their aggressive tendencies made it too dangerous.

Unlike their Mobian counterparts, who wished to preserve the environment and therefore remained locked in the medieval age for centuries, the Overlanders hit the industrial age and later the atomic age, developing their capital city of Megapolis in the North-Western hemisphere.

War with the Mobians[]

Between 3220 and 3225, the Overlanders and the Mobians fought the Great War. While the Overlanders were initially defeating their medieval Mobian foes with relative ease, the tide turned when the Overlander scientist Julian Kintobor joined the Mobians and provided them with tactical information, battle strategies and technology. The Great War ultimately and abruptly ended after a sword duel between King Max and the Overlander's leader, the Overlord. An agreement was made by each side that they would surrender should they lose. When King Max defeated the Overlord, he honored his word, surrendering.

Trek Through the Stars[]

Filled with shame and guilt over their unexplainable loss, most of the Overlanders of Megapolis, led by Julian's brother Colin Kintobor, created two spaceships and fled the planet in search of their own world (this ultimately saved them, as Dr. Robotnik sent legions of SWATbots to conquer the city after he seized power in Mobotropolis). After nearly 11 years of searching, they were unable to locate a hospitable world, and were forced to return to Mobius.

Some Overlanders remained on Mobius, residing in Mega Central, unaware that Julian Kintobor was the evil Dr. Robotnik.

Betrayal and Move[]

Upon returning to Mobius, the Overlanders found themselves welcomed to the city of Robotropolis by Dr. Eggman, an alternative-dimensional version of the now-deceased Julian Kintobor (aka Dr. Robotnik). Unbeknownst to them, Robotropolis was filled with deadly radioactive poison, which Eggman was immune to due to his robotic body. Eggman planned to keep the Overlanders ignorant of this until they were forced to undergo roboticization in order to become cured. However, the citizens of Knothole became aware of the deadly radiation and warned the Overlanders, who decided to leave the city before it was too late.

Shortly after this, the Mobians relocated the surviving Overlanders to the human city of Station Square, as the physical and cultural differences between them would make it impossible to share Knothole with them. Since then, the Overlanders were cured of their radiation poisoning. The Overlanders had not shown any form of xenophobia towards the humans, maybe due to respect for them; for inviting them into their society and not noticing their differences.

After the second Genesis Wave, and following the Super Genesis Wave, the Overlanders were presumably erased from existence, with the remainder of them becoming humans instead.

References[]

  1. Sonic the Hedgehog #80, "If Wishes Were Acorns"

External links[]

Advertisement