So far, nothing has come of the book, though Penders' owning his stable of character certainly put a damper on Archie's otherwise popular Sonic comic. This would star the daughter of Sega-owned Knuckles the Echidna, though their species is now the alien Echyd'nya. Ken Penders' current plans with his ' Sonic' characters include a rather questionable-looking original graphic novel series called The Lara-Su Chronicles.

This erased any and all references or history involving Penders' characters, who were never used again for the remaining duration of Archie's possession of the Sonic comic book license. Instead of going for this option, Archie Comics instead took a page from the same DC Comics that Penders ripped off, enacting a line-wide continuity reboot. Sega and Archie could legally use the characters afterward, but only in a capacity approved by Penders, one in which he would also be paid royalties. Sonic's smart-mouthed characterization back in the day was likely a reason behind this, which is why so many otherwise questionable adults are written as being wise and deserving of reverence compared to the impetuous speedster. The role of the echidnas, namely Knuckles' dad and girlfriend/wife Julie-Su, was of far more importance to Ken Penders than anything actually involving Sonic. Knuckles was reimagined as a chosen one whose greatness had been told to his father years before in a dream, causing Knuckles' dad Locke to irradiate Knuckles' egg and give him superpowers of sorts. Instead of having Knuckles be the sole surviving echidna, Penders introduced an entire mythology behind his actually surviving people, which was very obviously based off of DC Comics' Superman and other Kryptonians.

He would also write the entirety of the spin-off Knuckles the Echidna comic book, which is where he would really make an impact on the books' continuity. From there, he introduced numerous elements and characters into the stories that were fairly removed from the Sonic the Hedgehog video games, namely because Penders hadn't really played them. started his run on the title, starting with issue #11. That would begin to change, however, once Kenneth Penders, Jr.

When the series first began in 1993, the Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog series was a fairly simplistic and silly book, not unlike the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon of the time.

Sonic the Hedgehog by Ken Penders