Though he didn't come onboard until around halfway through Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics)'s lifespan, writer Ian Flynn is considered to have been the best writer for the series, taking characters and concepts from the previous Audience-Alienating Era and reworking them to much greater acclaim (before legal issues ended up gutting them from continuity). Ian is even considered to be the best writer for the Sonic franchise as a whole (even including the games), in part due to his handling of characters largely ignored by Sonic Team since around 2010, and though the sentiment is far from universal, his return for IDW's comic was largely well-received. Many Sonic fans across different media also rejoiced when he was announced to make his debut as a writer for the games themselves, starting with the Compilation Re-release Sonic Origins and the following mainline game Sonic Frontiers.