It featured reprints of four stories from the UK's regular Sonic publication Sonic the Comic, which was published by Fleetway Editions. Sonic the Hedgehog Spin Attack was released in April 1994, shortly before the release of Sonic the Comic #23. The first collection, Sonic the Hedgehog Beats the Badniks, was released on the same day. In Sonic the Comic #23, Ravette and Fleetway held a promotion in which 25 copies of Sonic the Hedgehog Spin Attack (and 25 of Beats the Badniks) were given away free to Sonic the Comic readers.