Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4452849-20140209142518/@comment-24402827-20140221143700

STH235SilverLover wrote: What every writer---especially Ian Flynn---did was add to what Ken Penders began and make it even better. Yet, the more building was done, the more of the STH comics came to depend on Penders's works. By the time Penders finished copyrighting his works in 2013, so much of the Archieverse had been built upon what he started that the old continuity was effectively rendered impossible to work with, hence necessitating the reboot.
 * That second Genesis wave messed up the ending to this issue. I find it to be unnecessary to the series, but I think it was done as a result to Ken Pender's lawsuit which may explain why Sonic's world became altered.

On that topic, I noticed that, in STH #257, Dr. Eggman directly says that the Super Genesis Wave's effects cannot be undone, hence indicating that the reboot is permanent. We readers already knew that, of course, but IMO, that's gotta be the first time Archie Comics themselves have OPENLY admitted it instead of futily trying to dress it up like they have been. Actually, one of Blue's comments said the reboot was because of Pender's lawsuit..