Board Thread:Sonic News and Updates/@comment-11463617-20150330012608/@comment-4682609-20150415225351

MetalSkulkBane PL wrote: Yeah, I'm really sorry to say it, but Elias, Finitevus, Mina, Geoffrey, Moggul, Lara-Su and everyone else is gone. Chances for their comeback are really slim.

1 Archie won't pay Penders. It would be really uncomfortable for them to have another guy (next to Sega) telling them what they can or can't do.

2 It's too late. Reebot happened, some characters took place of old ones. Making another reebot, keeping both casts, would be very hard to pull of.

3 Even if Penders gives him characters back, Bollers, Gallagher and the rest could sue Archie again. Too much risk.

4 Sega doesn't really gives a damn. Did they ever help Archie in any way (Ok, once. They didn't allowed Penders to kill Sally in issue 50).

5 Like some people pointed out, sales are better now (not 100% sure on this one. Also one can argue that second reebot five years from now could help sales again). You're wrong on all five counts. Those chances of their return aren't slim. Even if Archie dosen't pay Penders, there are alterative ways to get them back. It's never too late. The reboot would eventually be reversed with both casts in it. Archie will eventually take that risk of getting sued again if it means getting Penders' characters back. SEGA does care, they just don't want to admitt it. Some sales have not gotten better at all and I doubt another reboot five years later will help sales either.