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The posters in the old Archie thread agreed we needed a new one, so here it is. This thread title was the one everyone liked the most. Personally, I would have gone with "No Copyright Infringement in the Universe Can Stop Him". From the ashes of the Archie Sonic comic's cancellation, a new series by IDW comics is here, with... well, most of the same people who have been making Sonic comics for the past decade, being written primarily by Ian Flynn and including such veteran artists as Adam Bryce Thomas, Tyson Hesse, Jennifer Hernandez, and many others. The comic does not follow the original Archie comics continuity OR the reboot that occurred later in the book's life, but instead is set primarily in a universe highly similar to (but not the same) as the one from the games. Set after the events of Sonic Forces, Sonic is wandering around, playing hero as he always has. Meanwhile, Dr. Eggman is mysteriously nowhere to be found and a new force is seemingly taking control of his badnik army... Important Details
The Who Heroes  Sonic the Hedgehog Fresh off the events of Forces, Sonic is eager to get back to his life of carefree adventure and free agent superheroics. But with Eggman's badniks seemingly becoming organized again, Sonic may find himself drawn back to working with the Resistance.  Miles "Tails" Prower Sonic's best friend and partner, Tails reunites with Sonic during a badnik attack. More involved in the action than the game that precedes this comic's events, Tails both worries for Sonic's safety and is determined that events like what occurred to him beforehand don't repeat. The Resistance A veritable group of "freedom fighters", the Resistance included a number of Sonic's friends, such as Amy Rose, Knuckles the Echidna, the Chaotix, and more. After helping free the world from Eggman's control, they're still active, fighting the remnants of Eggman's army, and are sure to get involved in Sonic's further adventures. I also don't have an easy picture to use for most of them, so they get this blanket description!  Sonic Forces may have forgotten her, but Ian Flynn hasn't!  Tangle the Lemur A new character created for the IDW comics, Tangle is a ring-tailed lemur who fights by using her tail as if it were a third arm. Described as "scrappy" and "loving to tangle with the bad guys". Villains  Dr. Eggman The man with the master plan. Sonic's greatest nemesis, Eggman disappeared mysteriously with the destruction of his war machine at the end of Sonic Forces. But wherever he may be now, one thing is for certain: you can't keep a good mad scientist down for long.  Rough and the Tumble Two skunk brothers created to be antagonists for the comics, who are "more bullies than masterminds". Tumble is apparently missing part of his tail. Out Now quote:Sonic the Hedgehog #1 Upcoming Issues quote:Sonic the Hedgehog #2 quote:Sonic the Hedgehog #3 quote:Sonic the Hedgehog #4 quote:Sonic the Hedgehog #5 quote:Sonic the Hedgehog #6
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Apr 4, 2018 12:42
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It's perfectly appropriate. Ian Flynn's stuff is always accessible and never gets heavier than a saturday morning cartoon.
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Apr 6, 2018 13:49
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Eh. It's nothing harder than stuff from Justice League Unlimited, which was still a kids' show at the end of the day.
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Apr 6, 2018 22:10
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JLU was very much not an exception - Teen Titans, the 4Kids TMNT show, all had similar content. And you need more than the basic premise of the Matrix to make something truly “messed up”. I mean hell Sonic Adventure 2 has a girl being gunned down off screen by a paramilitary organization. What’s messed up is stuff like Penders appropriating a Holocaust poem. For everything else, people need to stop acting like whenever the Sonic comic gets heavier than an episode of the Super Friends it’s suddenly gotten too weird.
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Apr 7, 2018 03:11
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Ken Penders stuff has no bearing on IDW. Let the guy fade away and leave him to his own terrible devices.
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Apr 12, 2018 02:37
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It's really jarring how a lot of the supporting cast of StC turned increasingly human-like. I don't think StC really got the anatomy of Sonic characters who weren't in the games either.
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Apr 13, 2018 10:08
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Like why is Porker twice the size of Knuckles when he started out as one of the tiny animals you freed from badniks?
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Apr 13, 2018 10:18
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Dammit Shadow, you never take Rouge anywhere nice. It's always "go here, murder this person." Never dancing.
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Jun 1, 2018 21:19
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That was pretty great. I always enjoy when Metal Sonic gets to be an actual character. And yeah, everyone's angry that they can't use Metal, Ray, Bean, Bark, and Nack. Which, is, yanno, Sega's prerogative. If they're gonna treat Classic Sonic as his own sub franchise then it makes sense to give him his own cast of characters. This isn't even ruling them getting a chance to appear in the comics. What if Sega gives permission to do a Classic story later down the line? Just wait and things will be worth it, I say. Nodosaur fucked around with this message at 08:11 on Jul 25, 2018 |
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Jul 25, 2018 08:09
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Huh? Oh, no. Sorry. That was a typo. I meant Mighty. Metal is obviously fine.
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Jul 25, 2018 14:13
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Aug 15, 2018 18:30
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Wheat Loaf posted:Fun fact: Finitevus was not the first example of a villainous white-furred echidna scientist. the fancy threads, tiny glasses, and choice in jewelry are more Finitevus than Zachary. Also Starline being a monotreme is pretty good evidence it's intentional.
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Nov 29, 2018 00:04
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This is the IDW Sonic thread, not one for The Lara-su Chronicles or the Archie comic.
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Apr 9, 2019 01:41
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Guys. Come on, take it to the Sonic general in the game’s forum. This isn’t about the Archie comic or Penders.
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Apr 9, 2019 16:22
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It was cool finally seeing the Babylon Rogues, and that they have more scruples than they did in Archie.
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May 1, 2019 22:29
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The Penders stuff always eclipses actual discussion of the comic. I don't think it's unreasonable to want to avoid that.
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May 2, 2019 06:53
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No ones telling you you can’t. But there’s places where it’s more relevant and doesn’t derail or overshadow the actual subject of the topic. IDW isn’t the comic Penders worked for. Take it elsewhere.
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May 2, 2019 19:07
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I can tell when the overall opinion is against me, so I'll drop it. But I am a bit disappointed.
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May 2, 2019 21:25
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Penders was also going to have Eggman out Rotor in the present day, and Sonic would reject him as a friend, which is so out of character it makes my teeth hurt.
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May 4, 2019 00:39
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drrockso20 posted:Notably Charmy got stuck in one and came out literally retarded, in a really hamfisted way to reconcile their version(who was a teenager) with Sega's version(who is like 6), at least until they retconned everything after the second Mega Man crossover come on, please don't use that word. But regardless, Ian said he shouldn't have done it that way and that what he had happen to Charmy was a mistake.
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May 25, 2019 20:10
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Starline is the Frank Grimes of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Jul 10, 2022 04:26
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Im using this as a sign to take all of IDW as Sega canon in general.
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Nov 8, 2022 19:47
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Lanolin is getting a lot of hate lately, which I find unfortunate
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May 30, 2024 16:47
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Blockhouse posted:the Darkseid version of a Death Egg being called the Ragna Rock is a pun so on the nose Jack Kirby would totally have done it that's cuz he did. Ian didn't invent it.
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Mar 24, 2025 03:11
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Rainbow Canyon, huh? The evidence is really mounting up, Whisper.
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May 11, 2025 16:21
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DC x Sonic continues to be amazingly fun. What’s NOT fun is Flash fanboys not getting that Sonic’s speed doesn’t adhere to the bullshit made up rules that DC speedsters are bound to and them freaking out every single time Sonic’s shown to be an equal or better to one of them.
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May 21, 2025 14:11
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And thank god for that
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May 21, 2025 15:38
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The Bee posted:To be fair, the answer here apparently included Chaos Control. No it doesn’t. Reverse Flash guesses it did, but Sonic says “that’s my secret.” The truth about Sonic’s speed is that its limits are whatever the stories need them to be. It’s no fun if Flash and Reverse Flash outmatch him so he’s at their level. The end.
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May 22, 2025 13:10
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Uh. Why would that be canon? Given Sage is ALIVE I would presume this follows the ending where she’s, yknow, alive
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Jul 23, 2025 19:09
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That still doesn’t indicate which ending is canon, because Sage is blue and white no matter which ending she goes through, I thought?
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