User blog comment:MeltingMan234/List of Banned Characters in the comic/@comment-5487126-20131124062004

I gotta admit, DeathBloodBass & MeltingMan234 are right about the "dead characters" topic; Hershey actually might've survived---Ian Flynn was apparently going to bring her back, only to be thwarted by both Ken Penders and SEGA (yes, I said BOTH)---but all the others dead ones are...well, dead.

To me, the most bitter losses are Julie-Su, Elias, Rob 'O the Hedge, Geoffrey, Hershey, Leeta & Lyco (the only GOOD Wolf Pack members, aside from Lupe), Sonic's parents, and Lien-Da. The rest I don't really care about. At least Scourge, Fiona, and the Destructix are still in the comics; Mighty and Ray probably are, too, despite artist Tyson Hesse's recent claims that they're no longer part of the Chaotix in the new reality (see their profiles on this wiki for info on that).

True, the original continuity may very well be gone for good. Nevertheless, I'd strongly advise against overdoing it with the character removals (particularly Mighty and Ray; they've been part of the Chaotix longer than Julie-Su ever was!), or Archie Comics may face A LOT of angry fans.