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Silver practically lives in a tent in this continuity, but the lad still stays positive in this dystopian future. He’s such a dork, I love him xD

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OH, it’s that Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon character! Previously just a mad scientist who helps Sonic and co, in the Archie Comics continuity he is a silly scientist of the Onyx City Council with a snazzy uniform and one hell of a glow up. He’s much more handsome here than in the source material. xD

He’s a bit too much of a doofy, funny German accent archetype, but he makes for a good supporting character, and he’s always there to whisk Silver in the direction of the plot! Plus, his friendly and positive demeanour quickly grew on me. xD Doesn’t anybody else think of his voice as the Medic’s from Team Fortress 2?

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The Onyx City Council is a cool, if sadly underutilized bunch. As the main villains and instigators of the plot, they are steadily built up and appear very creepy and off-putting. Their habit of uttering “Yes.“ to everything and how they almost always slink together as a unit also puts them in the Creepy Cool category, though I’d be lying if I said they weren’t underdeveloped throughout this arc, the only one which they appear in.

Though appropriately a shadowy organization, we sadly never learn of their motives and why they wish to experiment with Genesis Portals, nor anything about their individual personalities or what they look like (though judging how most of them are taller than Gold, a Mobian, I’m guessing they might be humans under there). They’re very aesthetically interesting and I love their design and dotted masks, especially when put in Yardley’s signature silhouette, but their personalities and motivations stay static from here to #82.

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Pffft, nice Decap Attack reference 😂😂

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You know, barring the post-apocalyptic hell world in Sonic 06, I don’t think we ever got to see so clearly into Silver’s future. Visually, I think its rather impressive! We got Mobians and humans living alongside each other like in the present in Archie Sonic, the cities are all high-tech-looking and got glowing lines etched on them (the same with some costume design if you look closely) and the settlement is called “Onyx City“, which would imply it takes place on Onyx Island, that future version of Angel Island in Sonic Rivals.

I appreciate all the neat design choices and callbacks, though I’m certain this praise isn’t universal. I’m sure a lot of fans felt the mystery in Silver’s timeline is entirely the point and that this ruins the ambiguity of it, and it couldn’t be set in stone ‘cause the pre-reboot established that every time Silver goes to the present-day it changes the future just a little every time. However, I feel the artistic vision of this future timeline still holds up! They even establish that those bearing Silver’s gloves and boots are “teal-class workers“, which would explain why our future boi finds himself on the run quite a lot even in his hometown.

This wouldn’t be a Silver future timeline without a Sonic 06 reference though. The “Civil Protection Robots“ are almost a dead ringer for the sleek Egg Gunners, though at least they’re more dangerous than the typical SWATbot.

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Looks like we’re getting into Evan Stanley’s first forray into writing Silver the Hedgehog in Archie Sonic! For those who didn’t know, she’s well known for writing for the character in her fan comic Ghosts of the Future, and her providing an awesome as heck cover of future boy showcasing his powers must have been the most exciting thing for a 2010s Sonic comic fan to see!

But is “The Silver Age” arc still good? Well, the story might not be the best but I’ll be sure to give an in depth look at each of these Silver’s future-centric stories hold up!

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Now THIS! This raised a lot of inspiring theories back in the day. It's the level select gates from Sonic Generations, released not too long before this issue came out! It cleverly hints towards future threats that Silver and co. will face, but looking back, they don’t hit quite the same impressive beats as this cliffhanger would imply.

It’s more of a prop than a plot point.

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This issue feels very much like an introduction story in every sense of the word, which is not necessarily a bad thing. I think I’m just so used to the brilliant pacing of Ian Flynn’s stories at this point. xD

The main conflict of the entire issue revolves around a Genesis Portal opening up and Silver getting himself and the Professor out of danger, closing it with his telekinesis powers. It's basically a precursor to his job of closing Genesis portals in issue #75.