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Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6 here. Here we are ladies and gentlemen, the conclusion of A Way Past Cool Retrospective. After the atrocity that was Mecha Sally, we can only go up from here, right? Sadly...no, no we're not. When it came to the reboot era, I tried to give it a chance, but it just didn't work out for me in the end. The old universe, the one I got into in the first place, was gone and the story I had been invested in was never getting a conclus

Written by The Wandering Fox Freddy: At last he’s doing a non Doctor Who essay. Teddy: Maybe he’s gonna get more views on this? Freddy: Well we’ll see once this goes up. That we shall guys. Hello it is me, The Wandering Fox. You can look at the title and assume instantly what I’m talking of but let me give you some extra context. Sonic the Hedgehog has been going for up to thirty five years (well next month) and in those years we’ve had hundreds of characters come along to th

This story takes place five years before the first book, Ruby Silverlock: Supernatural Explorer The Silverlock family was in for a big change. This big change came about when one day, Ruby Silverlock and her sisters Emerald and Sapphire came home from school. Annie had been home all day as usual while her husband Michael was at work. He wasn’t due home until about 5 o’clock, about an hour and a half later than when the girls came home from school. Annie had been quietly rea

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5 here. Welcome back to A Way Past Cool Retrospective everybody! It's been a wild ride so far, but now we're getting into the most infamous era of the comic. The era that ultimately killed Archie Sonic going forward. What do I mean by that? You'll see as in this part we cover the Mecha Sally saga, the Endangered Species Arc, and the infamous lawsuit that doomed the comic and led to the reboot era. (sighs heavily) This is going to be pa

Written by The Wandering Fox Teddy: I think McGann was right. Freddy: About what? Teddy: About Wandering Fox being a zealot! Freddy: Well he was joking. Teddy: I know that’s Paul’s humour, but I think he was right! This guy doesn’t stop banging on about the Eighth Doctor! I’m surprised the Media Man hadn’t stuck a clamp on his mouth! Freddy: Oh come on, if it’s something he loves he should get to say it. Besides, he hasn’t just got the Eighth Doctor to talk about! He’s gonna

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 here. Last time we saw the fall of Dr. Eggman, the rise of Snively, the formation of the Iron Dominion and the fall of said dominion. As of now, things are unsettled in New Mobotropolis thanks to Nicole being corrupted, Eggman's back in charge and Sonic and Sally are a couple again. So how does this next batch of issues turn out? Let's dive in, and I'm covering quite a lot of them today. We're going over issues which introduced more chapters

We've had quite a lot of Star Wars spin-off shows ever since Disney took over the franchise, haven't we? Even before Disney took over, we had at least two different shows that covered the Clone Wars and after Disney bought Star Wars, we've had shows of all kinds focusing on so many aspects of this enormous franchise and introducing all kinds of new characters while bringing back old favourites. From Rebels to The Mandalorian to The Book of Boba Fett to the Tales of series and

Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3 here. Now we're getting into some really big issues! This part will be the most interesting for me to cover of any part of this retrospective. Why? Because we're entering the period where we got the fall of Dr. Eggman and the rise of the Iron Dominion. During my days as a fan of Archie Sonic, the Iron Dominion saga was genuinely my favourite period of the comic. Yes really. This arc that is infamous for being padded out and full of characters catc

Hey everybody, it's that time of year again, another review of a new season of Pokémon Horizons. Hoo boy, what a ride it's been, am I right? It still feels like yesterday when me and many other fans were watching the very first episode and getting a taste on what a post-Ash Pokémon anime was going to be like. Too bad it was one of those shows that had such a strong start and then failed to live up to said strong start. As a recap on what I think of the series thus far, Season

Special thanks to Jake Gleason whose support on Patreon got him this post. Happy Star Wars Day everybody! It's that time of year again, and one of my Patrons had a great idea for how I could celebrate the occasion. What better way to celebrate Star Wars day than to do a list counting down ten of my favourite heroes from the franchise? Star Wars is known for its vast galaxy full of characters and as much as we love the villains, their heroes are equally as iconic and memorable

Part 1 and Part 2 here. Welcome back to A Way Past Cool Retrospective everybody! I hope you're enjoying it so far and are ready for more as we go into Part 3. For this part, I'm covering Enerjak Reborn, the Mammoth Mogul saga and the Bold New Moebius saga. That's a lot of issues to cover, so let's just get right into it! Oh and if you feel I've been too negative towards the comic so far, rest assured, I'm going to be a little more positive this time around as I feel these are