
Most of these truly inane corporate mandates would rear their head following the reboot but a few went in to affect right before. However, following the Frightful Pendering, Sega realized they should probably pay more attention to what this comic book was doing. As long as the book published the promotional tie-ins they demanded or didn’t turn Sonic into a blubbering weakling, Sega more or less left the creative staff alone. This allowed the writers to get away with almost anything.

The general impression I’ve always gotten is that, for years, Sega barely paid any attention to the comic books.

However, we are now in a new era of corporate meddling. None of the various Archie Sonic spinoffs have ever reached that goal before.

“Sonic Universe” reaching its fiftieth issue should be a cause for celebration.
