Crabmeat

Crabmeat is a crab-shaped Badnik robot created by the villainous Dr. Robotnik, serving as one of his mechanical foot soldiers in Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog universe. Debuting in issue #0, this enemy automaton exists to carry out Robotnik's schemes against Sonic and his allies.

Crabmeat scuttles onto the scene in Sonic the Hedgehog #0 (1993), a Copper Age creation from the team of Michael Gallagher and Scott Shaw that launched alongside Archie's beloved Sonic universe from the very beginning. This minor but memorable figure from the early days of Archie's hedgehog saga shares pages with some of the most iconic names in the franchise — Sonic, Tails, Princess Sally Acorn, and the dastardly Dr. Robotnik himself — making even a modest 12 appearances feel like a front-row seat to comics history. Two of those appearances carry key-issue status, which means collectors hunting the foundations of Archie's Sonic run will find Crabmeat popping up at genuinely significant moments across Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Super Special, and Sonic the Hedgehog Firsts. A small player in a big world, but one with real roots — and that's exactly the kind of character a true Archie Sonic devotee will want on their radar.