However, since the early stories in the Archie comics were mostly one-parters with simple plots where nothing was gained or lost (similar to the stories in the very first Fleetway issues), Archie started late with establishing a real continuity. And unlike Fleetway, where things were laid out early (namely in issue #8, "The Origin Of Sonic"), Archie spread Sonic's history over many issues, explaining everything in 'flashbacks', only revealing small bits at a time (similar to how it was done in the movie "Highlander"). Although not everything has been revealed yet, the final result obviously turned out a little different than the one shown in the cartoon.