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Mike Gilbert wrote: It still seems confusing to me. And was it necessary for Sally to be a slapping hypocrite back in the day? It's occurred to me that in the comics, the characters tend to get more emotional and reactive over the silliest of things. In the games and some of the TV shows, characters get angry and argue, but some of the things in the comics appear to me as uncalled for.

The writing for Archie Sonic was significantly bad years ago. Hence the popular term used for Issues prior to #160 "The Dark Ages".

Others have already pointed out that the comics have significantly improved since then, so I won't repeat any of them. I'm not exactly sure how updated you are, but if you're looking for a good starting point for reading the comics once more, I'd recommend Issue #175 and onward. Plenty of loose ends are tied up. Give it another chance, maybe you'll warm up to it.