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I've been reading Archie StH comics at a somewhat slow pace up to issue #32 (which btw has quite an unexpected cover design if you know what I mean).

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I have a few questions about Archie's main Sonic comics series I want to ask.

Archie's StH comic begins on a lighthearted tone, similar to AoStH cartoon as it was based off of early Satam designs and directions, before its actual production. After a while (~issue #15) it comes a bit closer to actual Satam, roughly coinciding with Ken Penders becoming its co-writer and sometimes artist. Albeit becoming more interesting to read, my impression is that Penders was quite dissatisfied with the characters and/or the story, so the storyline starts constantly shifting into various parallel universes, as we start seing "evil" and out-of-character versions of the cast and some imagerie clearly made for shock purpose. E.g. Sonic punching Sally in the face, Sonic beating up every Freedom Fighters member, Sally's reckless and useless willing short-term roboticisation, Sally being kissed by almost a stranger only to later that day be kissing him willingly herself (out of nowhere, mouth to mouth, not a friendly smooch on the cheek and in front of everyone, I should mention). Also constant mentioning that previously shown distant future of the series (with SonSal kids) is merely a one in a million outcome in endless possible universes, which is hardly ever expected to come to pass.

So I want to ask, how much more of this is to be expected as opposed to previously canon SonSal relationship and Freedom Fighters being the heroes and good guys (instead of "what-ifs")? I know there have been plans to kill off Sally in #50, then some major argument between Sonic and Sally, ending their relationship completely for a while, also this whole huge Sally roboticisation arc somewhere in ~#200-250,  and that in the latest comics both of them are kind of indifferent to each other. However I also heard that ~#40-50 issues are pretty good and that Ian Flynn has shifted the direction of the plot for some time in a good way. Which issues are considered to be better than the rest by the fans? Which did you like the most? When (if) have you stopped reading them and why exactly?

There was some kind of nomination ceremony going on yesterday in New York. Out of 15 finalists 6 games were chosen to enter The Strong museum's Video Game Hall of Fame.

http://www.museumofp...ctees-announced

One of the finalists was Sonic the Hedgehog, but he didn't make it. Instead Pong, Pac-Man, Tetris, Super Mario Bros., DOOM, and World of Warcraft have been selected.

As I see it, the game in question was 1991 Sonic the Hedgehog, the first iteration. Should they have considered the original trilogy of games, I'm sure Sonic would've been chosen. The 2nd and 3rd installments are sigificantly better. Tetris, SMB and WoW have left an impression on me indeed, but I was too young to notice Pong, never really liked Pac-Man and haven't even played Doom once. Sonic 1,2,3/&K on the other hand were a significant part of my childhood. Ii's just some kind of museum's random opinion I guess, but still a bit sad.

Hi, I'm new here! In case anyone's interested, here's a little background on me.

I'm 28 this saturday, but I've only recently discovered Sonic Satam. Sadly, the show wasn't aired in my country in the 90s, so I missed it completely. I loved Sonic games on Megadrive/Genesis back in the day, played them through and through. At the time I only saw a couple of episodes of "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog", which I thought was ok, but I wasn't impressed much. I didn't really care for Sonic content ever since - tried a couple of 3d games, but only really played Sonic Rivals on PSP. As for cartoon shows, I was alienated by the newer design styles, massive amount of new characters and Sega's obsession with making every character look supercool and edgy and stuff.

A couple of weeks ago Doug Walker (Nostalgia Critic, That guy with the glasses) released a video with him and his brother discussing both early 90s shows. He praised Satam so much, I just had to go and watch it. I'm at the beginning of 2nd season right now, but I have to say - that's one of the best shows I've ever seen in my life! It would have made such lovely childhood memories if only I could see it back then. I also read a short summary of Archie comics, which I plan to read, but, to be honest, I love Satam character designs and personalities (especially Sally) so much, that I'm not looking forward to Sonic rejecting the marriage with Sally, Sally almost marrying Antoine, attempts to kill Sally, her robotization, personality and design changes, etc...

TLDR: Just discovered Satam and fascinated by it. Absolutely love Sally, support Sonally.  Nice to meet you!