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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

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

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

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

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

Part 1 here. Greetings Sonic fans! Welcome back to the Way Past Cool Retrospective! Last time, I covered Issues 160-170. They weren't very good. So hopefully this batch of issues will be an improvement. For this line-up, we're covering Issues 171-179. For these issues, we have Shadow's backstory being explored, Fiona turning traitor, the marriage of Bunnie and Antoine, Flynn's first milestone issue and a two-parter about Sonic and Tails fighting each other! ... Wait, what was

I'll never forget how for a period of my life, I was actually a fan of Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comic book. It was around the 2010's period when I first discovered this comic. Around 2010 or so, I got back into the Sonic franchise and just wanted to consume all things Sonic related (don't take that the wrong way). I began rewatching Sonic X , I played several games I'd never played before, including the infamous Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 game, I began regularly reading the

I have no new blog post for this week, but I DO have a sneak preview of what's to come available exclusively on my Patreon page. If you want to see my next blog post two weeks early, then make a pledge over on Patreon and get your first look at the second part of my Archie Sonic the Hedgehog retrospective! In this part, I cover Issues 170-179. Make a pledge today and get your first look at my next post before anyone else does! :D https://www.patreon.com/posts/media-essays-way

Written by The Wandering Fox Hey guys it’s me, the Wandering Fox. As you may have seen a few weeks ago I did an essay on Sonic and how he...