Auto Hero is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics.

Appearance[]

In his regular look, Auto Hero is a medium sized Overlander with black, short, slicked back hair with a black beard. He wears a long sleeved green shirt, blue jeans, and light brown leather shoes.

In his hero costume, Auto Hero grey pants, blue spandex, blue boots, blue gloves, a red cape, a red shirt that has what resembles car windshields and car engine on it. He also wears a grey and blue superhero helmet.

History[]

When a Shadowbot carrying a message from Uncle Chuck attacked Knothole High School, Geoffrey St. John took it down before the message could be finished. Geoffrey then decided he would investigate this, and forbade Sonic from joining him, much to Sonic’s annoyance.

Later, Sonic was in his room reading the Auto Hero comic book. While doing so, he was reading through a part of the comic where Auto Hero put on his hero costume to hide his identity. This sparked an idea in Sonic and he was inspired to create his own alter ego, which he would call “The Sneak”, in order to leave Knothole and go to Robotropolis without getting in trouble with Geoffrey.^[1][2]

Trivia[]

• Auto Hero looks like a cross between Optimus Prime and Superman, as the character changes in a telephone booth.

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