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** The early "Downunda" stories strongly hinted at Barby x Tails. This pairing had its fans... until it was established years later that Barby is 18 years old. (Ian Flynn found Barby/Tails so gross that when it came up on the old Bumbleking forum, he pumped the brakes on all discussion of it and vowed to "bury and kill it" in-comic.)
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** The early "Downunda" stories strongly hinted at Barby x Tails. This pairing had its fans... until it was established years later that Barby is 18 years old. (Ian an adult. (While an exact number wasn't given, she's a peer of Vector, who's in his early 20s.) Ian Flynn found Barby/Tails so gross that when it came up on the old Bumbleking forum, he pumped the brakes on all discussion of it and vowed to "bury and kill it" in-comic.)
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* FandomSpecificPlot: Restorations of the pre-Super Genesis Wave timeline and cast, whether by recreating the original timeline as part of a multiverse or [[LiteralSplitPersonality splitting the cast's memories of the old world into separate bodies]], are common to give the original cast and continuity less of an AccidentalDownerEnding. It's also used to avoid ShipToShipCombat, usually involving a resurrected pre-reboot Sonic and Knuckles ending up with Sally and Julie-Su while freeing up their post-reboot selves for other characters.
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** The early "Downunda" stories strongly hinted at Barby x Tails. This pairing had its fans... until it was established years later that Barby is 18 years old. (Ian Flynn found Barby/Tails so gross that when it came up on the old Bumbleking forum, he pumped the brakes on all discussion of it and vowed to "bury and kill it" in-comic.)
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** Here, Knuckles has an infamous subplot with his emotionally-abusive and abandoning father, who he ultimately forgave despite being horribly UnintentionallyUnsympathetic to fans. [[Series/{{Knuckles}} The Knuckles-focused series in the movie continuity]] has its human {{Deuteragonist}} Wade Whipple go through a subplot with his emotionally-abusive father who abandoned him as a child, and also seems to forgive him... before it's revealed said father [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk is still a horrible person]] and Wade ultimately humiliates and cuts ties with him. It almost feels like an unplanned TakeThat at Locke.
* OneTruePairing: Due to not being part of the convoluted shipping mess with Sonic, or other tangled romantic subplots, Bunnie/Antione became one of the more universally-accepted pairings in the comic's later years. Helping matters is not only did their marriage survive the ContinuityReboot despite Sega's mandates on romance, an artist snuck in a LawyerFriendlyCameo of an unnamed coyote and rabbit couple into the IDW comic.
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** Sonic "hooking up" with Fiona before she became evil. Said characters are 15 and 16 years old respectively. How did THIS make it past the censors?!
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** Sonic "hooking up" with Fiona before she became evil. Said characters are 15 and 16 years old respectively. How did THIS make it past the censors?!censors?! There's also the implication that Evil-Sonic pulled a BedTrick on Bunnie at one point.
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* CharacterPerceptionEvolution: A downplayed case with Tommy Turtle; he still has plenty of detractors, but some readers who started reading the book after his permanent death find they don't mind the character, or at worst can tolerate him. Some longtime fans noted when his stories were new, he'd often take the spotlight from fan favorites, with seemingly no end in sight for a while until he finally met his end, while newer readers who go through his stories have the benefit of knowing he's not going to last, which, if nothing else makes him an easier pill to swallow.
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* CharacterPerceptionEvolution: A downplayed case CharacterPerceptionEvolution:
** Penders' take on Knuckles was once well received by the fanbase, seen as good enough to star in his own miniseries and ongoing. In fact, it was once believed that Knuckles was more interesting than Sonic himself at that point, as the former was stuck in [[AudienceAlienatingEra rather underwhelming stories]]. However, around the same time as the backlash against the Echidnas fans went back and found Knuckles to be sorely lacking as a protagonist, finding him [[FlatCharacter boring]], a SpotlightStealingSquad for Sonic, and having [[KudzuPlot needlessly convoluted stories surrounding him]], in particular, an [[TangledFamilyTree incredibly large extended family tree]]. Reports that Penders himself bragged about being responsible for the character's popularity in the games did little to help, nor did the ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Adventure]]'' [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 games]] fleshing out the original version of Knuckles, which only made this version seem even more bland.
** Geoffrey St. John was once one of the more popular characters of Ken Penders' run, thanks to his badass skills as a spy, his introduction in the ''Princess Sally'' mini-series which saw him play off Robotnik for Sally Acorn's benefit, his {{love triangle}} withTommy Turtle; he still has plenty Sally and Sonic, and him appearing in several of detractors, but some readers who started reading the book comic's most notable stories, including [=EndGame=]. Conversely, his revisioning by Ian Flynn, in which he was {{Retcon}}ed into being an apprentice of [[EvilSorcerer Naugus]], and saw him openly side with the Ixis wizard after his permanent death wife's apparent death, proved to be [[BrokenBase divisive at best]], with many seeing it as an attempt to fix something that wasn't broken. However, he faced significant backlash in the wake of the legal issues surrounding Penders, with many retrospective readers coming to find they don't mind severe flaws with his character. This included his [[FlatCharacter relative lack of depth]] outside being a James Bond-like spy, the fact that he turned out to be more important to the ''Princess Sally'' mini-series than [[SpotlightStealingSquad Princess Sally herself]], him believing in Sonic's guilt during [=EndGame=] despite all evidence to the contrary, and, most infamously, his aforementioned relationship with Sally, despite later stories indicating [[{{Ephebophile}} he was 20 and she was 15]][[note]]This does not appear to have been Ken Penders' intention, but he has almost completely glossed it over when he secured the rights to him[[/note]]. This, in turn, caused a reappraisal of Flynn's take on Geoffrey, seen as him trying to breathe new life into an [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap otherwise unusable character]], helped by greater knowledge of his plans for the character had he been able to. These days, with Ken Penders continuing to flaunt his ownership of the character, almost all praise Geoffrey gets comes from [[MyRealDaddy how Ian Flynn wrote him]], with any discussion of how he was before either holding him up as an example of how bad Penders' characters could get, or just flat out [[OvershadowedByControversy overshadowed entirely]] by the extreme ValuesDissonance in his relationship with Sally.
** The comic's version of the Echidnas were once relatively popular, seen as expanding one of the more interesting bits of backstory in the games into a unique culture and piece of worldbuilding. By TheNewTens, their popularity diminished, thanks to ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' offering their own take on the Echidnas, and the general backlash against Penders and his run on the comic. This led to a far more critical look at his creations, with many viewing his version of the Echidnas as uninspired, both in writing and in [[OnlySixFaces design]], and that the comic focused way too much on the lore surrounding them [[PlotTumor at the expense of everything else]]. As a result, they're now one of the least popular elements of Penders' run, to the point where many praised Ian Flynn for heavily downplaying and ultimately removing them.
** Locke, Knuckles' father, was at one point viewed as [[ParentsAsPeople an imperfect but well-intentioned father]] motivated by making sure his son was ready for whatever crisis came his way. His HeroicSacrifice in the "Enerjak Unleashed" StoryArc, as well as Penders admitting to [[WriteWhoYouKnow basing him partially on his own father]], further cemented him as a tragic figure and a fairly popular character among fans. However, as greater knowledge of emotional abuse came about in later years, many fans found his actions towards Knuckles, ranging from [[HarmfulToMinors endangering his son's life]] over what most people would write off as just a nightmare, to flat out [[ParentalAbandonment abandoning him]] after making him believe that they were the last echidnas alive, to be much worse in hindsight, not helped by [[EasilyForgiven how easily Knuckles forgave him]]. He's now widely considered to be [[TheScrappy one of the worstcan tolerate him. Some longtime fans noted characters Ken Penders ever created for the comic]], if not '''the worst'''.
** Drago Wolf was always a hated character, but the reasons for ''why'' have changed considerably. At his debut around the "[=EndGame=]" arc, Drago was viewed as one of the most [[HateSink despicable]] characters in the entire comic, thanks to [[TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil selling out his comrades]] in the Freedom Fighters and the Wolf Pack, getting Princess Sally [[OnlyMostlyDead nearly killed]] and Sonic [[FrameUp framed for it]], using Hershey the Cat, his own girlfriend, as a pawn in his scheme and then [[DomesticAbuse hitting her when she starts to suspect him]], and generally being a greedy, arrogant {{Jerkass}}. As such, many enjoyed seeing him [[LaserGuidedKarma getting hisstories were new, he'd often take comeuppance]] at the spotlight hands of [[TheDogBitesBack Hershey]]. By TheNewTens, a combination of fatigue from fan favorites, with seemingly no end in sight for a while until he finally met his end, while newer readers who go through continued appearances as a member of the Destructix, most of which gave him little to actually do[[note]]Ian Flynn did try to address this by making him one of the Grandmasters of the Dark Egg Legion in Soumerca, but this is seen as too little, too late in light of the [[CosmicRetcon Super Genesis Wave]][[/note]], and the more [[CondemnedByHistory negative reappraisal]] of "[=EndGame=]" as a whole, caused the fanbase's reception of him to shift to a ''[[TheScrappy poorly written]]'' villain. Many soon found his stories have reveal as the benefit of knowing traitor to be lacking in actual impact, as he's not going only introduced in the issue immediately prior to last, which, if nothing else makes him an easier pill the story arc, [[ObviousJudas acts immediately suspicious when he shows up]], and is given little development or fleshing out. In addition, his means of taking out Sally, convincing Hershey to swallow.wear a lifelike Sonic suit that, unknown to her, has eyepieces that cause her to see Sally as Snively, was also heavily criticized, being viewed as [[ComplexityAddiction needlessly complicated]] and utterly ridiculous. To sum up, Drago went from being seen as a truly heinous villain who furthered the story to a mishandled nuisance who actively dragged it down.
** Penders' take on Knuckles was once well received by the fanbase, seen as good enough to star in his own miniseries and ongoing. In fact, it was once believed that Knuckles was more interesting than Sonic himself at that point, as the former was stuck in [[AudienceAlienatingEra rather underwhelming stories]]. However, around the same time as the backlash against the Echidnas fans went back and found Knuckles to be sorely lacking as a protagonist, finding him [[FlatCharacter boring]], a SpotlightStealingSquad for Sonic, and having [[KudzuPlot needlessly convoluted stories surrounding him]], in particular, an [[TangledFamilyTree incredibly large extended family tree]]. Reports that Penders himself bragged about being responsible for the character's popularity in the games did little to help, nor did the ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Adventure]]'' [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 games]] fleshing out the original version of Knuckles, which only made this version seem even more bland.
** Geoffrey St. John was once one of the more popular characters of Ken Penders' run, thanks to his badass skills as a spy, his introduction in the ''Princess Sally'' mini-series which saw him play off Robotnik for Sally Acorn's benefit, his {{love triangle}} with
** The comic's version of the Echidnas were once relatively popular, seen as expanding one of the more interesting bits of backstory in the games into a unique culture and piece of worldbuilding. By TheNewTens, their popularity diminished, thanks to ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' offering their own take on the Echidnas, and the general backlash against Penders and his run on the comic. This led to a far more critical look at his creations, with many viewing his version of the Echidnas as uninspired, both in writing and in [[OnlySixFaces design]], and that the comic focused way too much on the lore surrounding them [[PlotTumor at the expense of everything else]]. As a result, they're now one of the least popular elements of Penders' run, to the point where many praised Ian Flynn for heavily downplaying and ultimately removing them.
** Locke, Knuckles' father, was at one point viewed as [[ParentsAsPeople an imperfect but well-intentioned father]] motivated by making sure his son was ready for whatever crisis came his way. His HeroicSacrifice in the "Enerjak Unleashed" StoryArc, as well as Penders admitting to [[WriteWhoYouKnow basing him partially on his own father]], further cemented him as a tragic figure and a fairly popular character among fans. However, as greater knowledge of emotional abuse came about in later years, many fans found his actions towards Knuckles, ranging from [[HarmfulToMinors endangering his son's life]] over what most people would write off as just a nightmare, to flat out [[ParentalAbandonment abandoning him]] after making him believe that they were the last echidnas alive, to be much worse in hindsight, not helped by [[EasilyForgiven how easily Knuckles forgave him]]. He's now widely considered to be [[TheScrappy one of the worst
** Drago Wolf was always a hated character, but the reasons for ''why'' have changed considerably. At his debut around the "[=EndGame=]" arc, Drago was viewed as one of the most [[HateSink despicable]] characters in the entire comic, thanks to [[TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil selling out his comrades]] in the Freedom Fighters and the Wolf Pack, getting Princess Sally [[OnlyMostlyDead nearly killed]] and Sonic [[FrameUp framed for it]], using Hershey the Cat, his own girlfriend, as a pawn in his scheme and then [[DomesticAbuse hitting her when she starts to suspect him]], and generally being a greedy, arrogant {{Jerkass}}. As such, many enjoyed seeing him [[LaserGuidedKarma getting his
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** Hope Kintobor, the WhiteSheep of the Robotnik family and eventually Shadow's living human friend, debuted on Issue 92, just 3 months before the NA release of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' which introduced Maria Robotnik. Given how comic production works, she was effectively conceptualised before or around the same time as Maria.
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* CatharsisFactor: [[MamaBear Sally]] [[TalkToTheFist slugging Fiona Fox in the stomach]] for trying to manipulate Tails' feelings (and for her [[KickTheDog sadistic and cruel rejection]] of Tails some time before that).
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* CatharsisFactor: Some modern readers of the ''Return to Angel Island'' arc view the echidnas having had their home destroyed and being [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped by Eggman]] to be this, since among other issues, they refused to do anything about him despite having taken over a good chunk of Mobius, treating him as beneath them. Needless to say, this story showed that mindset biting them in the ass ''hard''.
** [[MamaBear Sally]] [[TalkToTheFist slugging Fiona Fox in the stomach]] for trying to manipulate Tails' feelings (and for her [[KickTheDog sadistic and cruel rejection]] of Tails some time before that).
** [[MamaBear Sally]] [[TalkToTheFist slugging Fiona Fox in the stomach]] for trying to manipulate Tails' feelings (and for her [[KickTheDog sadistic and cruel rejection]] of Tails some time before that).
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** Prior to Ian Flynn, Archie Comics never had anyone who worked on the comic sign a contract which explicitly states that the company owned any new characters they created. This is likely why Ken Penders was able to file for copyright protection on his characters. For the record, Archie ''claimed'' that they made Penders sign a contract back in the day, but the company was unable to a produce a valid copy of said contract. They claimed that the original was "lost in a fire", while Penders claimed that there was never any contract to begin with. Even if we might not ever know which side is right about the contract, the bottom line is that it was Archie's own fault for not checking their policies regarding a creator's ownership rights. Karl Bollers has stated that he technically owns the characters which he created while working on the comic, and that he could file for copyright protection on them just like Penders. This most likely contributed to the characters not created by Penders to get the axe as well for the reboot, as Archie wanted to prevent a repeat scenario with their other older writers.
** To make matters worse, it eventually revealed that even during the early days, [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/erutcarf-sonic-the-hedgehog-all-continuities.1073135/page-65?post=94050211#post-94050211 Archie actually had to inform SEGA about any new characters created which had to go though their red-tape for approval]]. Archie ignored that and just let any new writer until Ian Flynn come up with all sorts of characters willy-nilly as if they are writing fanfics. With this in mind, the fallout and subsequent cancellation is no longer a matter of “if” but “when”.
** To make matters worse, it eventually revealed that even during the early days, [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/erutcarf-sonic-the-hedgehog-all-continuities.1073135/page-65?post=94050211#post-94050211 Archie actually had to inform SEGA about any new characters created which had to go though their red-tape for approval]]. Archie ignored that and just let any new writer until Ian Flynn come up with all sorts of characters willy-nilly as if they are writing fanfics. With this in mind, the fallout and subsequent cancellation is no longer a matter of “if” but “when”.
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** Prior to Ian Flynn, Archie Comics never had anyone who worked on the comic sign a contract which explicitly states that the company owned any new characters they created. This is likely why Ken Penders was able to file for copyright protection on his characters. For the record, Archie ''claimed'' that they made Penders sign a contract back in the day, but the company was unable to a produce a valid copy of said contract. They claimed that the original was "lost in a fire", while Penders claimed that there was never any contract to begin with. Even if we might not ever know which side is right about the contract, the bottom line is that it was Archie's own fault for not checking their policies regarding a creator's ownership rights. Karl Bollers has stated that he technically owns the characters which he created while working on the comic, and that he could file for copyright protection on them just like Penders. This most likely contributed to the older characters not created by Penders to get the axe as well for the reboot, reboot except for Ian's, as Archie wanted to prevent a repeat scenario with their other older writers.
** *** To make matters worse, it eventually revealed that even during the early days, [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/erutcarf-sonic-the-hedgehog-all-continuities.1073135/page-65?post=94050211#post-94050211 Archie actually had to inform SEGA about any new characters created which had to go though their red-tape for approval]]. approval, which will make them under the latter's ownership]]. Archie ignored '''ignored''' that and just let any new writer until Ian Flynn come up with all sorts of characters willy-nilly as if they are writing fanfics. With this in mind, the fallout and subsequent cancellation is no longer a matter of “if” "if" but “when”."when". Ian Flynn even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH1vU43RoRY&t=727s stated that the lawsuits just made the cancellation come faster]] in a [=BumbleKast=].
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* MagnificentBastard: [[CruelElephant Mammoth Mogul]] is a [[WickedCultured cultured]], ancient wizard with a persistent desire to TakeOverTheWorld. It is he who founded the Order of Ixis as one of many attempts in gathering an army to serve him in his conquests. A mammoth with powerful rhetoric, Mogul is not above convincing people to his side through words alone while simultaneously planning on how to use them for his own ends. This is best displayed when Mogul led Mighty, Tails, and Mina to suicidal situations to make Sonic submit and become part of his new Fearsome Foursome. Even so, Mogul is all too willing to make the universe bow to his will, shown when he becomes the all-powerful Master Mogul and tried to take over alternate universes. After one too many defeats despite his variety of schemes, Mammoth Mogul contents himself with living the life of a businessman, [[LongGame patiently waiting until Sonic and his allies grow too old to oppose an immortal wizard like himself]].
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** ''Pre-Genesis Timeline'': [[CruelElephant Mammoth Mogul]] is a [[WickedCultured cultured]], ancient wizard with a persistent desire to TakeOverTheWorld. It is he who founded the Order of Ixis as one of many attempts in gathering an army to serve him in his conquests. A mammoth with powerful rhetoric, Mogul is not above convincing people to his side through words alone while simultaneously planning on how to use them for his own ends. This is best displayed when Mogul led Mighty, Tails, and Mina to suicidal situations to make Sonic submit and become part of his new Fearsome Foursome. Even so, Mogul is all too willing to make the universe bow to his will, shown when he becomes the all-powerful Master Mogul and tried to take over alternate universes. After one too many defeats despite his variety of schemes, Mammoth Mogul contents himself with living the life of a businessman, [[LongGame patiently waiting until Sonic and his allies grow too old to oppose an immortal wizard likehimself]].himself]].
** ''Post-Genesis Timeline'': [[FemmeFatale Breezie the Hedgehog]] is the flirtatious yet cunning former apprentice of Dr. Eggman. Originally, she pretended to be a helpless hostage of Eggman for Sonic, using her situation to feed intel to Eggman to launch surprise Bandik attacks on Sonic. She then left Eggman to build a global entertainment industry and secret criminal empire, along with taking in forgotten Bandiks and [[BenevolentBoss caring for them as her employees]]. After finding a Chaos Emerald needed to save the shattered planet, she devises a scheme to take advantage of the broken state of the world. She creates a fighting tournament for ownership of the Emerald, [[ManipulativeBastard taking advantage of Sonic and Eggman’s desires for the Emerald to make them part of the show]]. She manipulates the brackets of the tournament, taking advantage of Espio adding Knuckles to the roster to make him Sonic's last opponent, along with turning Eggman’s bounty hunters against each other. Anticipating Eggman’s attempt to have Metal Sonic steal the Emerald, she uses lackluster security to force the heroes to fight Metal and create a grand finale to the tournament that would put the eyes of the whole world on her, and increase her wealth and influence to the point of making her “worth half a planet”. At the end of the day, Breezie does not take sides, but will do whatever it takes to profit herself.
** ''Pre-Genesis Timeline'': [[CruelElephant Mammoth Mogul]] is a [[WickedCultured cultured]], ancient wizard with a persistent desire to TakeOverTheWorld. It is he who founded the Order of Ixis as one of many attempts in gathering an army to serve him in his conquests. A mammoth with powerful rhetoric, Mogul is not above convincing people to his side through words alone while simultaneously planning on how to use them for his own ends. This is best displayed when Mogul led Mighty, Tails, and Mina to suicidal situations to make Sonic submit and become part of his new Fearsome Foursome. Even so, Mogul is all too willing to make the universe bow to his will, shown when he becomes the all-powerful Master Mogul and tried to take over alternate universes. After one too many defeats despite his variety of schemes, Mammoth Mogul contents himself with living the life of a businessman, [[LongGame patiently waiting until Sonic and his allies grow too old to oppose an immortal wizard like
** ''Post-Genesis Timeline'': [[FemmeFatale Breezie the Hedgehog]] is the flirtatious yet cunning former apprentice of Dr. Eggman. Originally, she pretended to be a helpless hostage of Eggman for Sonic, using her situation to feed intel to Eggman to launch surprise Bandik attacks on Sonic. She then left Eggman to build a global entertainment industry and secret criminal empire, along with taking in forgotten Bandiks and [[BenevolentBoss caring for them as her employees]]. After finding a Chaos Emerald needed to save the shattered planet, she devises a scheme to take advantage of the broken state of the world. She creates a fighting tournament for ownership of the Emerald, [[ManipulativeBastard taking advantage of Sonic and Eggman’s desires for the Emerald to make them part of the show]]. She manipulates the brackets of the tournament, taking advantage of Espio adding Knuckles to the roster to make him Sonic's last opponent, along with turning Eggman’s bounty hunters against each other. Anticipating Eggman’s attempt to have Metal Sonic steal the Emerald, she uses lackluster security to force the heroes to fight Metal and create a grand finale to the tournament that would put the eyes of the whole world on her, and increase her wealth and influence to the point of making her “worth half a planet”. At the end of the day, Breezie does not take sides, but will do whatever it takes to profit herself.
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** Prior to Ian Flynn, Archie Comics never had anyone who worked on the comic sign a contract which explicitly states that the company owned any new characters they created. This is likely why Ken Penders was able to file for copyright protection on his characters. For the record, Archie ''claimed'' that they made Penders sign a contract back in the day, but the company was unable to a produce a valid copy of said contract. They claimed that the original was "lost in a fire", while Penders claimed that there was never any contract to begin with. Even if we might not ever know which side is right about the contract, the bottom line is that it was Archie's own fault for not checking their policies regarding a creator's ownership rights. Karl Bollers has stated that he technically owns the characters which he created while working on the comic, and that he could file for copyright protection on them just like Penders.
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** Prior to Ian Flynn, Archie Comics never had anyone who worked on the comic sign a contract which explicitly states that the company owned any new characters they created. This is likely why Ken Penders was able to file for copyright protection on his characters. For the record, Archie ''claimed'' that they made Penders sign a contract back in the day, but the company was unable to a produce a valid copy of said contract. They claimed that the original was "lost in a fire", while Penders claimed that there was never any contract to begin with. Even if we might not ever know which side is right about the contract, the bottom line is that it was Archie's own fault for not checking their policies regarding a creator's ownership rights. Karl Bollers has stated that he technically owns the characters which he created while working on the comic, and that he could file for copyright protection on them just like Penders. This most likely contributed to the characters not created by Penders to get the axe as well for the reboot, as Archie wanted to prevent a repeat scenario with their other older writers.
** To make matters worse, it eventually revealed that even during the early days, [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/erutcarf-sonic-the-hedgehog-all-continuities.1073135/page-65?post=94050211#post-94050211 Archie actually had to inform SEGA about any new characters created which had to go though their red-tape for approval]]. Archie ignored that and just let any new writer until Ian Flynn come up with all sorts of characters willy-nilly as if they are writing fanfics. With this in mind, the fallout and subsequent cancellation is no longer a matter of “if” but “when”.
** To make matters worse, it eventually revealed that even during the early days, [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/erutcarf-sonic-the-hedgehog-all-continuities.1073135/page-65?post=94050211#post-94050211 Archie actually had to inform SEGA about any new characters created which had to go though their red-tape for approval]]. Archie ignored that and just let any new writer until Ian Flynn come up with all sorts of characters willy-nilly as if they are writing fanfics. With this in mind, the fallout and subsequent cancellation is no longer a matter of “if” but “when”.
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** Elias Acorn, Sally's PrettyBoy brother and literal prince has an enormous collection of fanart.
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** Elias Acorn, Sally's PrettyBoy brother and literal prince prince, has an enormous collection of fanart.
