Mike Arcade

Jeez, that's a little harsh don't you think? Well for me I've always been about Sonic and Everyone in the comics as a whole, I mean I like the SatAM cast as much as the next guy but this comic IS about Sonic. Natually Sonic should get the most screen time but for everyone else they should have equal screen time, nowadays 1 to 2 stories are in the comic per issue. With Sonic Universe however that allows other characters and factions to have screen time under a 4 issue story arc with no side stories. I think once the Archie Comic gets going again we'll see a Freedom Fighters Arc in Sonic Universe, I'm pretty sure about that. As for the redesigns I've had no problem with them as most of the characters look pretty much the same (with Sal having the most noticeable changes), what bugged me a tiny bit at first is that I thought Sally looked a little too younger and that her "snout" wasn't as visible. The younger part I can just write off as the Sega Style and as for her "snout" I think it'll be a little more visible once we get to see her more. The characters ARE the same characters we have seen since issue 1, it's just that they look a little different. But hey I can understand why someone would stop reading the comic, for me though it's not just the Sonic Comic that has the SatAM characters in, it's the ONLY Offical Sonic Comic that's still running! Now I LOVE a LOT of Fan Comics (Sea3on, STC-O, Other-M) but I do like it when game companies allow others to make comics out of them. Although for STC I would count it as still running because of STC-O, but when it comes to consistently published Sonic Comics Archie still stands.

This has me raising a question though for Sega, why not have another Sonic Comic running in other territories? I mean I KNOW that some issues of Archie Sonic get to other countries one way or another but why not commission a new Sonic Comic? Are they scared, would that cost too much money, just what is it? More puzzling is why there isn't a Sonic Manga, I mean a new and recurring Sonic Manga, I know Sonic isn't that popular over in Japan but it does have it's fans. The only Manga's Sonic got was during the earlier days when Sonic 1 and 2 were coming out and during 2003/2004. So why not have one in order to boost the character's popularity? Anyway, I'm still sticking with it, I've stated before but I like this writing team and they do a good job, they have had their missteps due to the lawsuit and a few things with the comic itself but other then that it's still good. I feel like if either Penders and/or Bollers (mainly Bollers) would have continued writing for the comic it would have been cancelled by now, so I'm happy that it's still running after all these years.
 

I'm liking what I'm seeing!  Cool artwork, it's drawn really well and the style is quite different but feels just right for the story. Taking notes from all of us I see? Hehehe, glad I could help.

I like how you put in the Overlanders, and you got the characters down spot on, keep it up!

I probably should have been here DAYS ago.
 

I never had a problem with the Mecha Sally Arc, it was a little too long BUT it changed the status quo and really put Sonic and the gang in the corner, even Ian admitted that it was too long. Silver's Story was really interesting, but the guy REALLY doesn't think things through (even more so then Sonic, or just about) and I hope it continues with the soft reset in some way.

But I will admit with his conclusion that Sally is the "Traitor" was just anti climatic to me, and I REALLY hoped Silver wasn't right about that. Honestly that's my only complaint about Silver really, he just can't catch a break and tries but is always jumping in too fast.

As for Sonic's Character throughout the story I pretty much agree with Logi here, as the guy has gone through A LOT in less then the span of two days up until he formed Team Fighters. My only gripe was when he didn't even show some sadness when Geoffrey told about how he lost Hershey, and was cheering when St. John was found guilty. Now I would expect that earlier into the comic or if Sally was still around but that was a really dickish thing. The guy lost his wife and has VERY OBVIOUSLY BEEN USED BY NAUGUS FOR YEARS and all he can do is cheer when he's found guilty? Oh granted they had a big rivalry in the past but damn Sonic that's cold, Sonic you JUST lost Sally, don't you think that you and St. John MIGHT have a few things in common here!?! BUT as much as I didn't like that part, you can justify it by saying how messed up Sonic was coming out of all that. I would have had Sonic show a sad look when he mentioned Hershey and then think "Sal...", I think that would have been much better but that's just me.

As for the reboot, I wouldn't really call it a reboot more so then a soft reset of the comic, I have yet to see #252 right now but if you're favorite characters aren't seen right now don't freak out, I mean the lawsuit stuff has just been settled or is being settled as we speak (I'm not sure about the exact details) so it could be a little bit more before we see those old favorite characters OR if that's not the case and Archie doesn't want them to use the characters Ian and Co. can always make Proxy Characters that pretty much ARE those characters but not really, which I wouldn't really mind. Now as for the plot (well, minus Mecha Sally now) from before the 2nd Wave, either it will be retold in the comic, altered but basically the same, and Sonic with all his memories intact will try to stop some events like Thrash's Echidna Warp, OR we can get the Mecha Sally Arc Conclusion in a future Sonic Universe Arc that would tell what would have happened. 

I blame both Ken and Archie for all of this mess, Ken for obvious (and at the same time somewhat understandable) reasons and Archie for always having this shifty sort of relationship with it's writers (look up the creator of the Archie Character to understand what I mean). I am excited to see what will happen and follow, and I am just as curious as anyone to see what will happen next.


 

How does Eggman get all those wonderful toys? Well, the man IS a Genius, oh granted he can be a cruel, nearly insane, man child but he is a genius. He probably does gather his own recourse at times, but I think there are other ways Eggman has gained enough money and power in order to fund his mad plans. Obviously the man HAS corporate roots, not under his own name of course, but is able to manipulate the corporate world through several means (Bribery, hostile takeovers, loans, dummy companies, etc.). In one of the Sonic Riders games it's revealed that he owns this company that is sponsoring the Extreme Grand Prix, which helps prove my theory. I do find it curious though, why not just own the world through debt if that's the case? Maybe it's because the man wants to be KNOWN as the man that owns the world, and not rule it in the shadows through companies and owning the world by debt. 

Thanks ILOVEVHS, I feel that my theory is really the only way to explain the Source, also it's said that the 4th King Acorn was the first to discover it. The Acorns DID have a natural ability to lead and unify people all under one common goal (look at Sally and Elias for example), but it's clear to me that the Source MUST have taken control of the lineage in subtle ways. Not COMPLETE mind control (most of the time), but enough influence to effect the bloodline (which it did as it told the princes who they should marry). What the Acorn Kingdom would have been had the Source not influence the royal family (or even if it would have lasted as long) is unknown but the damage has been done. Maybe King Max would have been sharper and had a much better judge of character, hell look at the guy now! Without the Source now, Max is an ailing shell of his former self. Granted Naugus and The Void messed with him A LOT but the Source did no better.
 

I give Bollers (justly) a LOT of shit in the comic (and his plans for it) but the only thing I liked from what he had planned was this Source Story Arc with it trying to take control of Sally and then taking over Antoine, making him a bad guy for awhile, that actually would have been interesting to see. Although if it were me personally, I would have the "Source" pick someone that can use Chaos Energy as it looks like it gained strength from it and that it might be it's intention to absorb energy to return into whatever it's original form is. Someone that is inexperienced, someone that it can subtly teach and mold into a weapon of it's will, that could be easily corruptible under the right circumstances. A certain younger member of the Freedom Fighters perhaps? Hehehe...well, that's what I would do...  

 

How I would have handled Sally Acorn in the comic? CHALLENGED ACCEPTED.

Hmm, there isn't TOO much that I would do with Sally differently then in SatAM and in the Comic, but I would like it if her flaws were shown more often. Now that's not to say up until # 134 she was Mary Sue perfect, that's not the case. Sally is a good leader, smart, all that junk, but while she tries to keep a cool head she's really unsure of herself, can be really hard headed (she always wants to prove that she is right), and is easily frustrated (she kicked a few people out of knothole in the earlier issues). She does tend to rely more on her friends (emotionally) at times and can be prone to rare outbursts, I think if such traits were shown more often in the comic then such things like "the slap" would have happed MUCH differently. I'm basically going the Nigel Kitching style of writing Sally here, that is giving Sally both the good traits we have known her to have and then countering with flaws. Granted she DOES have those flaws in the Comic but they were not well defined enough. During Bollers run, Sally is more "emotional" and when it comes to her royal duties (such as the arranged marriage of Patch) she seems more submissive in a way, which is really disjointing when you read the comic up until that point, and that was only because Bollers was trying to make Amy into the new Sally which I have already stated in a previous post. I mean for some arranged marriage plot I could maybe buy it if she feels like she has no options, or if she's unconsciously still angry at Sonic and realizes it and is all confused...something, but other then that it was kind of a mess. Hell you guys have made a lot of good points on how Sally should be treated, and to be honest the way Ian brought her back into form was really good. Having that badass moment with the council made me say "YES, THAT's Sally Acorn!".  There's not much else I can say about her, I do like the character and it sucks when writers tried to downplay her because they don't know how to handle her. I hope my view on Sally Acorn can help writers of the comic in the future as a recommended guideline on how Sally should work (but I think Ian writes Sally just right). As for the romances and all that, to be honest if you want that go ahead but as long as it doesn't weaken the character (like in "the slap") go for it.

Speaking of Acorns...how about I finally talk about the Source of All...RIGHT NOW.

The Source of All is said to be "an omnipotent and sentient substance that created the universe and supplies all the cosmic matter necessary to create the base material for life and everything else. The Source, as a result, exists in everyone and everything in the universe". Wow, that's a lot to take in, such words can only lead me to say one thing, WHAT A LOAD OF SHIT. I mean according to my theories, wouldn't Chaos Energy be the substance that created everything? If that's the case then what...or who is the "Source of All"? The Source is powerful, it might be nearly omnipotent, and I'm pretty damn sure it's omnispective. But that doesn't mean we all have this gold milk (censoring myself here) in all of us. But the biggest damning evidence on this thing is one BIG plot hole in the comics, if the Source was so powerful that it literally shows a person's future why didn't Max ever know about Julian's Coup? Answer me that, for god's sake he had not only 1 but 3 DIFFERENT guys all out to betray him (Naugus and Kodos)!!! NOT ONLY THAT, but Max HAD to have had regular contact with the Source, it SHOULD have told him that...but it didn't...King Max didn't have 3 traitors...he had 4 and it tricked not only him but his ancestors for YEARS into worshiping it as a GOD. That's right, the "Source" was a corrupt being since the very beginning, it's not hard to image that it would have used Naugus the same way it used Max, Naugus THOUGHT that he corrupted it under his will but according to my theory he wasn't REALLY in control the whole time, and ANY time it wanted to it would make it the other way around. You know, come to think of it in our world we don't have any kind of recorded phrase of "Source of All", but there is only one thing that sounds similar to it...and that is "Root OF ALL Evil". This raises a lot of questions, but namely one, what is it? Is it some kind of being that was spawned from Chaos and is now trying to Absorb and become the only type of matter in the universe? Is it a fallen, dark deity that is in a weakened state and is now trying to resurrect itself? It could be all of those things, but one thing is for sure, IT IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED OR WORSHIPPED. After all "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.".

That's all I have for now sadly, thanks for posting another challenge Strange, I'm always ready for another! As for my Source Theory, I'm sticking with it. Yes, if this was true it would mean everything that was said about it was a great lie, and that's BRILLANT. That would be a HUGE twist that people will say they should have saw coming but overlooked it when they really thought about it. After all, it makes a lot more sense then having golden goo inside each and everyone of us now doesn't it?

 

Funny you should mention "the slap" Stranger, as I actually made a post on how I would have done it differently in the beginning of page 3, it was a quick after though but I'd recommend you check it out, also I'll have that Source of All theory down here in a little bit.

It's not known as of right now if any or all those certain characters are never coming back or not, personally I think all this panic is blown WAY out of proportion and I'm all for the changes. But I can understand why some people would want to have it like the old days, I just wish people would try out the Semi-New Canon before hating on it but that's just me.

I'm back saying what I would do differently, sorry I went off at a tangent there with STC, it just happened out of nowhere. As for Red talking about Older Sonic Fans, I can say I'm a true old school fan but I haven't actually gotten into the community until about a year or two ago for, well obvious reasons. I like the comics myself but around after 100 and until 160 most of it sucked, not all of it but we all know why. As for the games I love Generations and as for Episode 1 and 2 it's okay, EP2 is a lot better though. I would not agree with Red that the classic Sonic games are as buggy as say EP2 but there are minor flaws and I've never ran into any bad glitches myself. Anyway back to the real purpose of this topic...

What about the mechanics of the Master Emerald, Chaos Emeralds, Magic, and/or "going super"? What would you guys change about that?

There really isn't much I'd change with the Mechanics of our favorite artifacts. I would have a consistent name for the Super forms (Super Sonic, Super Tails, Super Knuckles, etc.) rather then Super, Hyper, Turbo whatever. They do sound good but when you introduce another level of power (Ultra Sonic and Hyper Tails) THEN the names get convoluted. For Super Forms I'd have only 2 or 3, The Super Form that requires using 7 Chaos Emeralds or by getting a Million Rings (if that whole Billion Rings thing for Ultra Sonic is in effect why not turn Super with a Millionth Ring or something?), The Hyper Form that uses 1 or 7 Super Emeralds or by getting a Billion Rings, and finally as some kind of extra form should they end the series or something with an Ultra Form that requires all 7 Super Emeralds (and maybe the Master Emerald) or by getting a Trillion Rings. That's how I'd do it for the Super Forms, I never really got the Ultra Form Sonic has in the comic, personally I'd rather have them use Hyper Sonic if anything else, if they wanted to give that form elemental control too I wouldn't have minded since in S3&K there is a Fire, Water, and Lightning Shield, I always thought that Ultra Sonic's elemental control was a call back to Hyper and the Element Shields anyway.

I don't have a problem with how the emeralds worked in the Archie Comic either, nothing at all really. It would have been cool for there to always be a Master Emerald like in the games but as S&K didn't come out yet at the time I understand why they had 1 Chaos Emerald keeping the island floating, hell they did the same thing in STC too and that was cool. I would have had the Emeralds Multicolored like in the Games (and most of STC's run) though, that's just me but later during Tossed In Space and ADAM's attack we got to see all the other colored emeralds. The way I would have worked the Multicolored Emeralds is that there are multiple emeralds all over the Zone (Mobius and Space), they may be in a different shape then normal and possibly change there appearance after they are used (to explain why the emeralds looked differently during SA1 and Over). Collecting all 7 different emeralds allows you access to their true power, as each emerald are equally powerful their wavelengths (or something) are different, therefore if you collected the emeralds but had one that is the same color or ALL of them the same color there would be disastrous side effects, this also applies if you try to unlock the full power of the emeralds without collecting 7, if you miss even one and try to use them to go super it would not end well (think Tossed In Space with the 6 Red Emeralds or STC for example, hell Enerjak could work too as an example). You CAN use one or more emeralds for like stronger attacks or something but NOT to tap into their full power, you understand what I mean right? Now the Super Emeralds can be a little tricky, I have two ways they can work. The first is the Archie Sonic way where you can turn Hyper by using 1 Super Emerald, and with each S.E. the form becomes stronger, collecting all 7 will make you invincible OR if you want to work a 3rd form in, by getting them all it would allow you to ascend in an Ultra Form. The Second way is the Sega Sonic way, use 7 C.E. equals Super Sonic, use 7 S.E. equals Hyper Sonic, that's about it. But if you want to work in another form add the M.E. into the mix. Also none of that 7 Server Chao equals 7 Super Emeralds as that's just too convoluted, I'd have it like in S3&K where the M.E. turns the Chaos Emeralds into Super Emeralds. And right now I've had enough of Emeralds for awhile.

Now Magic and Ixis Magic on the other hand is something fans are completely confused with, and I can't blame them. But I do have a theory that possibly explains how it works. All energy and life comes from Chaos Energy, Humans, Mobians, whatever. Now Magic is related to Chaos BUT is different in a few ways, for one it uses the energy of the user, planet, just about everything. Now while Chaos Energy is the Source of everything, that doesn't mean it stays that way, it turns and changes so that the energy becomes a life of it's own and does not need Chaos Energy to survive anymore. That's why other beings and gods (such as Solaris for example) exist. Magic uses this Mana Energy (as we'll call it) to do pretty much anything the user wants as long as it follows the laws of physics in the Zone they are on, some are able to bend those laws but only a very few are powerful enough to do so. Ixis Magic pretty much works the same way, as it seems that Mogul (by taping into his Emerald) was able to find Mana Energy and master it more or less. This is why he was able to teach others how to use his own brand of Magic, the only difference between Ixis Magic and other Magic users is the way they use it. Ixis Magic is from Mogul's teachings while other kinds of Magic are from other teachings and sources. But it IS possible that Ixis Magic also scarcely taps into Chaos Energy and thus uses BOTH Chaos and Mana Energy, but I'll just leave that up to you to decide, I hope my theory makes much more sense of things in the comic.
 

One more thing I can point out is how Knuckles Chaos Form might work, as that form ALSO raises questions. This form (as we know) results from a natural connection to Chaos Energy itself, pure and from the source with no need of any Emeralds. Thankfully for Mobius, Knuckles was (and possibly still is) the only one that can reach this state. It's obvious that it's the most powerful first form in the comic, no questions there, but it could be possible that a Hyper form could match it in power, who knows. I do have a theory though, Knux Chaos form (Green Knuckles) was only the 1st phase of this Pure Chaos form, with each phase the user looks more like a Chaos Creature (like Chaos) until the user BECOMES a Chaos Creature (my guess is that it's a 3 to 4 phase process). That doesn't mean the newly formed being would be made out of water, knowing Knuckles he could be made out of Earth/Magma or Lightning for all we know, but that's just my assumption. But if that's the case shouldn't Chaos (from SA) be more powerful then Chaos Knuckles you ask? Well no, I mean considering Chaos was once a chao that ended up as a Chaos Creature, it might be possible that his form without Chaos Emeralds is what happens after the user reaches his Final Phase and then uses up nearly all of it's internal Chaos Energy it was given, thus ending up in a form similar to Chaos 0. Since that's the case, if a user keeps evolving in the Pure Chaos State past the 2nd Phase THEY CANNOT GO BACK TO NORMAL, they end up like Chaos 0, but considering this has never happened to any other form of life other then a chao it's all speculation.

I hope you guys enjoyed my theories and what I would have done differently with the Emeralds, Forms, and Magic. I DO have an idea of a hierarchy of Super Forms and how the Source of All works but I'll save that for later, let me know what you guys think and tell me if you're interested in my Super Form Hierarchy and Source of All theories!

 

Oh man, all of this hate on the redesigns...I get it, really I do, but I don't see a reason to complain about them. Most of them aren't THAT big of a change but for most (pretty much everyone) they are, I do have my own views on them but nothing really negative.
 

Rotor: This one technically doesn't have the biggest changes for the guy, rather his change of appearance is a style change more then anything else. He looks more like he could be a power character in the Sonic Games and I'm all for it, at the same time he also looks more like how he did when SatAM and the comic started, if anything his design is more of a throwback. Pretty obvious looking that his back is okay now, it's cool with me, the Iron Suit was okay but really it's not like Team Freedom is gonna be missed.

Bunnie: Other then a ponytail and some purple paint on her robot limbs, like Rotor she's about as close to her original design as possible, especially her color scheme which looks more like her SatAM look, I'm not sure if anyone has complained about her new design but I see no point to it as she pretty much looks like she did during the old days. I do like those purple touches, they're nice.
 

Antoine: Is it just me or is anyone else getting some Other M vibes here? Not that I don't mind that is, though here is where we get to some more noticeable design changes, Ant got some new gloves and boots, they look nice and fit that gentleman look he's always had, I'd say he looks even more badass then ever before! But that's not what people are talking about, nope everyone misses the jacket. Look, as iconic as the jacket is it does not make the character, actions make the character. Something tells me Antoine is going to be a pretty damn cool character in this new Prime Zone.

Nicole: Her design change is more noticeable then the other characters (next to Sally in fact) but to me is not that big of a change, if anything her new look has a more battle ready feel then her dress ever did, nothing much else to note really, it's a nice design that has more of a virtual reality feel to it.

Sally: Finally we end with Princess Acorn herself, and I will say this her design is the biggest change out of all the Freedom Fighters. Not only does she have an outfit, but the Sega Style makes her look more different then any of the other characters. At the same time though she still looks like Sally, she has her color scheme and you can still tell it's the same character. But that's not what fans are complaining about the most, the main thing fans are complaining about are her cheeks and vest. I can understand the vest, but complaining about a characters cheeks is ever more stupid then the whole "green eyes" thing that happened a year ago! In fact, Sally's cheeks didn't start off fuzzy to begin with, if anything it sticks more to the earliest designs of the character from the show and comic, she didn't have those! Now the vest I completely get, she didn't start out with it, but it's the most well known thing about her, but is it just me or is Sally in this new design wearing some sort of vest there just zipped up? It seems like that to me, if that's the case then technically she DOES have her vest! I like the design personally, I have no real problem with it and while I can understand why some fans don't like she does still look like Sally to me. She looks new and old at the same time, which is not easy to pull off. It's not like Sally had a set in stone design when she started out anyway, anyone remember all those different color schemes? To me it's a welcome change that while she looks pretty different you can still tell it's her.

So to top off this post here, when looking at all the designs in depth...most of the characters don't look all that different! Rotor and Bunnie look more like their SatAM counterparts, Antoine minus the jacket and a new color scheme (sorta) still looks the same, with Nicole's outfit and Sally herself the only radical design changes that are noticeable. I know fans will still complain about them but I don't see why to hate, hell I don't know if anyone complained about Sonic's new design back in 98/99, my reaction to his SA was AWESOME. It's change, but it doesn't change who the characters really are, so I'm all for it and I can't wait to see what's gonna happen in the future. Besides, maybe one day we can get a Sonic Universe Story Arc where we see what would have happed had Eggman not fired that missile that changed everything. That could happen, you just never know.

Oh god don't remind me of those "green eyes" idiots!

As for the comic as it is now, I've actually been fine with it and like the current run of the comic, minus the missteps due to those legal issues and some flaws, not to mention that Sega and Archie have Ian and the writers in a vice nearly 24/7. I did like all those issues from when Fiona turned, Eggman's fall and rise, the Iron Queen, and so on and so forth, granted some of the stuff was not perfect but it was really enjoyable to me. Yes I did like Genesis and the fall of the Freedom Fighters, it REALLY shook things up and while it DID last a little too long it was pretty good, loved Worlds Collide too! If Sega and Archie after this Legal crap loosen up and let the writers do most of the stuff they want to do I can safely say that the book could be amazing and better then ever before.

But I digress, I mean I can think of a number of things that can improve the book, as well as changing things from the time Bollers and Penders worked together on the book that has (and is) the lowest point of the book, for example.

I can understand why Ben doesn't like Fiona as a bad guy, BUT I disagree that she should be good again, at least so soon that is. The problem I can see though is that we haven't seen her enough to show that she can be one of that bads, at the same time she is also one of the most sympathetic villains in the book considering her backstory. She should end up in the middle ground I believe, she can be ruthless but reasonable, I'd call her one of the more saner characters despite the damage. She's the girl that got into the wrong crowd, one of Sonic's biggest mistakes, and she wants payback. Personally I do want this sort of rivalry with Tails, as he realizes that he'll have to fight her, but that he also wants to help and save her, there can be this GREAT back and forth going on between these characters and I can only imagine what could happen. Now I'm not saying that she should be with the kid because that's stupid and he's way too young, but I want them to understand each other, so maybe Fi can learn to finally trust and see Tails as a little brother and friend, well if they weren't enemies that is. I don't know if I would want her to be good again, maybe she can find a middle ground and go solo, or work with a team and be this bounty hunter that at times works with Sonic and co, there really is a LOT you can do with Fiona and I hope we can see what happens.

Scourge is a bastard, no doubt about that. He kinda reminds me of Vile from Maverick Hunter X and Bass from Megaman, he just wants to be the best and damn all anyone and anything that gets in his way, the problem with him is that he overlooks a lot of things similar to Sonic. In a way he is sympathetic and at the same time kinda crazy, he goes from showing this sort of respect to his father and at the same time gladly yelling out that he's dead. I gotta know just what the hell happened during Scourge's early days, we NEED to see that because there is a lot they can do with the character. I want to see the guy rise again and fall harder then ever before, almost like the end of Scarface but without him dying. As much as the back and forth between Sonic is pretty good, I think he could use another rival. Call me a broken record and crazy, but the only one I can see filling this role is Tails. You read that right, while Tails does fight to save people and bring freedom he also does it to be like his hero and best friend Sonic, but at the same time to become a hero in his own right. They are polar opposites, but in a way they have this eerily common goal, they BOTH want to be better then Sonic. That and Tails has a good reason to hate Scourge and become his enemy, do I really have to say why because it's pretty damn obvious. If Tails could beat Scourge once, it could be like this rite of passage for the kid in a way and finally be one of the main heroes like Sonic and Knuckles, if Scourge ever lost to him then that could signify the beginning of the end and his biggest downfall to date. I do like the character, I doubt we would ever see him be an anti hero, at least for a LONG time but you never know.

Something that I never got was all the hate for Tommy Turtle, the only think I can think of is that he was introduced WAY too late into the run of the book and that (kinda like most of the Penders/Bollers run) he didn't have much of a personality, if at all. I would have had Tommy as a recurring Freedom Fighter that joined in and was found around the beginning to the middle of the comics run, give him the ability to smash stuff like a Koopa or something, and have him more well rounded. Give him a few interesting things about him like a friendly rivalry to Rotor, wanting to prove himself as a Fighter and be best friends with Antoine, something like that. THEN I would kill him off, probably the same way by taking ADAM with him and all that jazz. So...I guess he would be the Johnny Lightfoot of the group then. *shot*

I got one more thing here, and this is a big one, I'd like there to be consequences in the book. As much as Sonic is a hero of sorts, and while he does try and work hard he doesn't do that enough so to speak. I mean he's the reason WHY Fiona is who she is, though he didn't mean for her to end up that way well, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Also anyone remember EVE and how she killed BILLIONS, Robotnik did create her but it was Sonic that told her to live her life the way she wanted to or something, technically Sonic is responsible for the deaths of BILLIONS. I'm serious, he even SEES a planet die right in front of him! He's always the hero that keeps on running and never looks back, but no one wonders why, and could you look back on the trail of dead in you're wake? The keywords here that I'd like to see in Sonic's Personal Story Arc is responsibility and consequences. Come to think of it does Tails know WHY Fiona hates Sonic? I don't think so but if he did find out the truth well, I'd say it wouldn't end well, and people say STC Sonic is a jerk. While STC Sonic is a flawed character by design, and a good one at that, unknowingly Archie Sonic is even MORE flawed then his STC counterpart. I want to see Sonic finally stop (metaphorically) and someday come to terms with his actions (and possible mental problems, but that's a theory for another time) and take control, so that in the future Sonic can finally be the Hero of Mobius he was always meant to be.
 

That's all the stuff that I would recommend for the comic and how I would do it, I probably got a lot more but can't think of anything else right now. As flawed as the comic can be I still like it, and while I can understand the complaints over Ian's run, it could have been a LOT worse. Have any of you read Bollers plans for the future of the Sonic Comic at the time, it is some of the stupidest stuff I have ever read, especially his idea for a Sonic Heroes adaption.