query: instance_of knuckles the echidna 
supports: Development of "Sonic 3" began shortly after the release of "Sonic 2" in November 1992. It was developed simultaneously with "Sonic & Knuckles"; as the games were originally developed as a single title until time constraints and cartridge costs later forced the team to split them in two projects. The "Sonic & Knuckles" cartridge features "lock-on" technology that allows it to be physically attached to the "Sonic 3" cartridge, creating a combined game, "Sonic 3 & Knuckles". Archie Andrews, created in 1941 by publisher John L. Goldwater and artist Bob Montana in collaboration with writer Vic Bloom, is the main character in an American comic book series published by Archie Comics, as well as the long-running "Archie Andrews" radio series, a syndicated comic strip, "The Archie Show", and "Archie's Weird Mysteries". Veronica Lodge (first appearance Pep Comics #26, April 1942) is one of the main characters in the Archie Comics books series. Archie Comic Publications, Inc. is an American comic book publisher headquartered in Pelham, New York. The company is known for its many titles featuring fictional teenagers including Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Sabrina Spellman, and Josie and the Pussycats. Knuckles the Echidna is a 32 - issue series of American comic books published by Archie Comics that ran from 1997 to 2000 , featuring Knuckles the Echidna , one of Sega 's mascot video game characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog series . The series was a spin - off of Sonic the Hedgehog and shared continuity with that title . The series continued the ongoing story of Knuckles 's search for answers about his heritage and true nature , which had previously been featured in the Sonic the Hedgehog series as well as several specials and miniseries . After the series ' cancellation in 2000 , Knuckles 's stories were continued as a regular feature in issues of Sonic the Hegehog until 2003 . After this , Knuckles and several of his supporting cast members became a semi-regular feature of Sonic 's stories , ultimately crossing over both storylines in a usual manner . Archie Comics made a surprise announcement that they will re-release some of the series first issues in February 2009 , along with the new side - series Sonic Universe . Archie have stated that they plan to eventually reprint the Knuckles series in graphic novel form , just like Sonic Archives . In main line of video games, Dr. Eggman is a rotund mad scientist who plans to conquer the world in order to build his own Eggman Empire. While he has gone through several major and minor appearance changes throughout the series, his in-game designs retain several basic characteristics, such as his egg-shaped body, red-black-yellow clothing, pince-nez sunglasses, and large mustache. Eggman possesses ability of creating machines and robots (including wide variety of Badniks), as notably in early games, he has served as a recurring boss in almost every level for piloting one of his created vehicles. Sabrina Spellman is the title character of the Archie Comics comic book "Sabrina the Teenage Witch." Sabrina was created by writer George Gladir and designed by artist Dan DeCarlo, and she first appeared in "Archie's Mad House" #22 in October 1962. Knuckles debuted as an antagonist in "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" in 1994; Doctor Eggman tricks him into opposing Sonic and Tails. He first became playable in "Sonic & Knuckles" later that year; he learns of Eggman's trickery and teams up with Sonic during that game's events. Since then he has appeared in dozens of playable and non-playable roles, as well as in several series of comic books, Western animated television, and Japanese anime. He is one of the series' most popular and recognizable characters. Jughead Jones is one of the main characters created by Bob Montana in Archie Comics who first appeared in the first Archie story, from Pep Comics 22, December 1941. He is the son of Forsythe Jones II; in one of the early Archie newspaper comic strips, he himself is identified as Forsythe Pendleton Jones III (and in one strip, likely due to continuity error, as Forsythe Van Jones). He has a white sheepdog named Hot Dog and a younger sister, Forsythia "Jellybean" Jones. The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917, and production of anime works in Japan has since continued to increase steadily. The characteristic anime art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of Osamu Tezuka and spread internationally in the late twentieth century, developing a large domestic and international audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, by television broadcasts, directly to home media, and over the Internet. It is classified into numerous genres targeting diverse broad and niche audiences. A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comic art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by brief descriptive prose and written narrative, usually dialog contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form. Although some origins in 18th century Japan and 1830s Europe, comic books were first popularized in the United States during the 1930s. The first modern comic book, "Famous Funnies", was released in the United States in 1933 and was a reprinting of earlier newspaper humor comic strips, which had established many of the story-telling devices used in comics. The term "comic book" derives from American comic books once being a compilation of comic strips of a humorous tone; however, this practice was replaced by featuring stories of all genres, usually not humorous in tone. Elizabeth "Betty" Cooper is one of the main characters appearing in American comic books published by Archie Comics. The character was created by Bob Montana, and first appeared in Pep Comics #22 (cover-dated Dec. 1941), on the first page of the first "Archie" story, serving as a love interest to Archie Andrews. Betty's infatuation with Archie making her strive for his attention using whatever means possible has been one of the longest running themes in the comics. In 2011, Betty Cooper was ranked 66th in "Comics Buyer's Guide's" "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list.
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answer: comic book series