The age of men is over. The time of Archie Sonic has come.
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TIME STAMPS
00:00:00 – What I Saw that Day
00:03:13 – Part 1.1: The Premise
00:05:55 – Part 1.2: Just Another Saturday Morning
00:13:21 – Part 1.3: Do-It-Yourself Sonic
00:15:59 – Part 1.4: Do It For the Fans
00:17:40 – Part 1.5: The Art
00:19:07 – Part 1.6: This Comic is Called Sonic the Hedgehog, Right?
00:24:18 – Part 1.7: Knock, Knock. It’s Knuckles.
00:29:28 – Part 1.8: Sally and Sonic
00:31:51 – Part 1.9: The Changed Coyote
00:37:22 – Part 1.10: Hop, Hop. It’s Bunnie.
00:38:07 – Part 1.11: The Michael Jordan of the Freedom Fighters
00:41:40 – Part 1.12: Exceptionally Versatile Evolvanoid (E.V.E.)
00:44:04 – Part 1.13: You Can Bot My Spot, Robotnik.
00:47:05 – Part 1.14: Mecha Madness
00:59:21 – Part 1.15: In Conclusion… Continue!
01:02:36 – Part 2.0: Saturday’s End
01:04:40 – Part 2.1: The Stench of Things to Come
01:13:06 – Part 2.2: You Killed the Woman I Loved!
01:15:02 – Part 2.3: Max – The King of Nothing
01:17:16 – Part 2.4: Drago – Nothing But a Simple Wiener
01:18:04 – Part 2.5: Ze Changed Coyote
01:21:56 – Part 2.6: Oh no! What’d they do to my son!?
01:24:10 – Part 2.7: A Low for the Art
01:27:08 – Part 2.8: Explain the Plot Already, Dummy!
01:30:29 – Part 2.9: As You Know, Dragons Cannot Tell Lies
01:33:37 – Part 2.10: This Comic IS Called SONIC the Hedgehog… RIGHT!?
01:35:36 – Part 2.11: We Were All Duped
01:37:25 – Part 2.12: The Potential of Endgame
01:38:42 – Part 2.13: The End of Endgame
01:40:36 – Part 2.14: Wait. Where’s Robotnik?
01:42:39 – Part 2.15: You Saved the Woman I Loved!
01:44:52 – Part 2.16: Sonic Quest
01:47:39 – Part 2.17: In Conclusion… Game over.
01:48:32 – Part 3.0: After the End
01:49:20 – Part 3.1: How do you continue?
01:53:53 – Part 3.2: Max – A King Who’s Nuts
01:55:11 – Part 3.3: Sonic – A Hero with No Villain
01:58:40 – Part 3.4: Ixis Naugus
02:01:12 – Part 3.5: Sonic – A Hero Again
02:02:23 – Part 3.6: Problems and Ambition
02:07:16 – Part 3.7: A New Beginning
02:09:18 – Part 3.8: The World Adventure
02:16:45 – Part 3.9: The World Adventure – B-side
02:20:45 – Part 3.10: Who is Nate Morgan?!?
02:24:18 – Part 3.11: The Final Fight (Seriously, WHO IS NATE MORGAN?!?)
02:27:22 – Part 3.12: The World Adventure is Over
02:31:11 – Part 4.1: Trying to Accept Archie “Sonic”
02:38:46 – Part 4.2: The Green Eyes Story
02:41:43 – Part 4.3: he’s… back?
02:49:35 – Part 4.4: As You Know, Lowarts Can Tell Lies
02:52:49 – Part 4.5: A New Beginning… Again
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I grew up reading the Archie comics from 2008 onwards and I was a small child, single digits, but as someone who is now an adult I can look back and see not only the flaws but the charm of the series. It means a lot to see someone cover something that was such a large part of my childhood with such depth and love for a series people often find insufferable! Plus, this video is an amazing recap and great listen! Thank you for this video! You just gained a subscriber 🙂
Man, when I realized Sally was replaced by a robo-doppelgänger (and the stink, let’s be real) in her own series, I knew Sally was heading for trouble. Early Sally was very endearing, thanks for reminding me of that. Boy did I hate Geoffrey for being stitched onto Sally, ugh. And Max, ooh boy. The exposition dialogue from the characters got grating, that was what initially put me off of reading it all until I came back years later. I actually did love Elias the most out of all side characters, felt like he was the only Acorn that was taken care of the most.
This was amazing! You've made a spectacular video! I'd love to see you cover more archie or just sonic comic stuff in general. This is an instant subscribe for me! Stay cool.
56:12 this story sucks. Some friends Sonic has. They all believe Sonic is guilty, except Amy. And O thought Antoine WAS annoying. He’s such a jerk, trying to get Sonic arrested just because he’s jealous of him. And Sonic isn’t a bully to him.
I would’ve loved to see Sonic get back at Antoine for all the crap he pulled in Mecha Madness, calling him all those insults and trying to get him arrested. What an ass.
Do an video On every Archie sonic writer
58:46 he DESERVED an apology. And it’s stupid that he just immediately forgives her after she called him a traitor.
Watching this as someone who has already read the entire thing was a roller coaster
Man, I really liked that old thumbnail…
You should totally check out the IDW comics!
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Archie Sonic is my favorite Sonic continuity, pre-reboot especially, massive warts and all. It was so incredible as a kid, sometime in 2008, to find a comic doing what I'd always done in my head, blend all these characters and concepts from across Sonic media together. It's really refreshing to hear someone talk about it, to talk about the Gallagher era, surprisingly, with such thoroughness and sincerity for what you loved and hated. I feel that discussion about Archie Sonic in the larger fandom has deteriorated almost entirely in recent years, particularly for anything pre-Ian.
The series gets treated like it's some bizarre footnote in Sonic's history, one that's only really brought up through tired Penders memes and misinformation. There's a huge barrier to entry, and a lot of people are more interested in a Sonic that's more on-brand to what's current nowadays, but I'm glad there are still some folks out there taking The Ride and finding stuff to enjoy.
Fleetway sonic is better and insaner
This is good stuff, but complaining about Robotnik being dead for two years is … well.
Bringing people back to life in comics is a cancer, in my opinion, so two years is really nothing.
From a conceptual standpoint at least.
So I just finished the video, and I gotta say…this is the best retrospective on Archie Sonic I’ve seen in a long time.
It feels like any discussion or video about Archie Sonic gets overshadowed by nothing but Ken Penders’ contributions and the bad that it’s basically all anyone ever talks about anymore. It makes me really happy that you gave it a fair chance, and ESPECIALLY listing off artist/writer’s names to show that it wasn’t just one guy. My only complaint is that I wish you talked about Karl Bollers, but still.
Really can’t wait for your other videos on Archie Sonic!
I first came across you through your videos about Promised Neverland, and I've only seen a few others since then. This video finally maked me realize that I have yet to find one I didn't thoroughly enjoy, and that I should catch up with what I've missed so far. I'll start recommending your channel instead of the videos to my friends from now on. Thank you for making great content!!
I Think there are some misunderstanding about Sonic’s characther. The 90s tude was an localation change that they did in America and Europe, Japanease Sonic is nothing like that. He has an attitude but that not the entire picture of the characther. Instead of making an extremly Long comment on Japanease Sonic’s characther bio, I Can say This, If you ever seen Sonic X, That Japanease Sonic.
I'm glad in the last year Archie has gotten the respect it deserves. People like Odd-Eyes Von, The SilverAce01, and you. This comic isn't a meme like it's been treated as. The early, stuff was funny, Ken Penders was awful, but Ian Flynn's pre-reboot work was the best Sonic ever. Much better than IDW.
I'm so glad someone is finally dissecting the entirety of Archie Sonic this way! Please continue making these!
I only discovered these as a kid RIGHT at the issue that Robotnik was revived (robo robotnik), and couldn't find issues after 97 to 99 or so (i think Mina was just introduced). I loved them, didn't realize it was so troubleded before that stretch.
Now I want to go back and read them.
part 1