Spike is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. He was a G.U.N. trooper and member of Paladin Team Sigma-Alpha 2. He and the rest of the team were responsible for the capture of Sonic the Hedgehog who had been framed for the theft of a Chaos Emerald that had actually been stolen by Shadow the Hedgehog, although Sonic escaped their custody while flying in a helicopter. He would later meet Sonic again as an ally during their mission to defeat the evil Dragon, Zan. Unfortunately, he would later be subject to Legionization and be brainwashed into becoming a member of the Eurish Dark Egg Legion.