r/IDWSonic

Even if you would never read such a thing, think of this as a thought experiment for if there was an OFFICIAL sonic reboot that did this. I'm not yet too familiar with Archie or IDW sonic, only having read a stray issue or had a few plotlines told to me by friends. While I will be reading parts of both while working on this side project, (starting points welcome, I've seen much debate over how much of Archie is utterly unreadable) I would like to know what people find to be iconic and necessary.

For the record, this is more of a "writing practice" thing for me than a "passion for the franchise" thing, and so canon-compliance is not at all important. Not to say I have no such passion, just to say it's my take, not "how it should have been." As such I'm asking for pointers on what people would want to see, not your idea of what a better story would have been.

So I've been getting back into reading comics lately. Started with Marvel stuff but now I wanna get back into Sonic. Haven't read a Sonic book since like 2009 when Sonic Universe came out.

Should I try to read all 88 issues of the IDW book or is there a good jumping on point somewhere in the middle or more recent?

Edit: Looks like I'm reading 88 issues to catch up lol

The point of Shadow's character is that he is the one who brings serious stakes to the series. He should not serve as a comic relief foil aka Knuckles to Sonics carefree nature and jokes. I expect Sonic, whenever Shadow is around to, act more professional and prepared for a fight. It's a waste of Shadow's involvement and it treats him like another friend for Sonic to play off of that treats everything like it's a fun time.