Why Archie Silver is the Best Silver

[@Lowart]

Hey there, folks! I hope you enjoyed the video! If you're interested, remember to check out War Thunder for free and get in-game bonuses using my link: 💥 wtplay.link/lowart Thanks for watching! More Archie Sonic videos will be on the way pretty soon :) For now though, I'm going back to playing Sonic x Shadow Generations, because that game SLAPS

[@IdkAnimates12]

Yippee

[@leonardodelimaferreira8509]

@@Lowart can not wait for more my man, btw, after all these character specific videos, do you plan on doing other hour long projects?

[@Lolbitdrangonmaster]

Can you do this style of video for tails?

[@LaffyTaffy04]

While Sonic stands for Freedom over Oppression and Shadow stands for Good over Evil, Silver stands for Hope over Despair. It's a shame that's rarely ever shown.

[@jamestolbert1856]

There was a post I read once about these three. Sonic is the hero of the present, Shadow is the hero of the past and Silver is the hero of the future.

[@ThatBOiAnthony]

Beautifully stated 👏

[@mudshrooze]

​@@jamestolbert1856well...that's cool and all but it's not entirelytrue. They are all heroes of the present future and past.

[@thelettucebarrel7784]

We love Trunks the Hedgehog.

[@jamestolbert1856]

@@mudshrooze i mean their aura in their current timelines

[@Pikatwig16]

A small thing that I loved from the post reboot era is that, in the arc Silver got in Universe, the iconic "it's no use!" kept getting thrown around. In the last issue, Silver remarked that he was tired of hearing that bit.

[@shadowclaw7210]

It comes back in idw too, in particular urban warfare arc. When he helps Shadow with crystals.

[@matthewketcher5804]

Anyone who says Ian Flynn doesn’t know how to write Silver needs to see this!

[@70Lu07]

Most of the bad aspects of his writing comes from Sega's rules over the characters, like sonic never being able to show strong emotions and shadow never being allowed to cry

[@jaden-leeforbes5009]

@@70Lu07 SHADOW CRIED IN THE ENDING OF SHADOW X SONIC GENERATIONS, AFTER MARIA AND GERALD TELEPORT BACK TO THIER ORIGINAL TIMELINE SHADOW SPEEDS OFF AND A SINGLE TEAR IS SEEN FLYING UNTILL IT HITS ROUGE'S FACE

[@Justadude780]

@@70Lu07even his bad writing is pretty good imo

[@TurtleDoodle1]

Yeah!!! Archie Silver! He's such an underrated version of Silver, Im so glad you gave him the spotlight

[@jcj268]

I miss the comics

[@elpizo1789]

Can't wait for the Sonic X Shadow X Silver Generations in the next few decades. Because it will happen for sure, right? RIGHT, FELLAS?!?!

[@daelen.cclark]

Maybe for the anniversary of ‘06 whenever that is.

[@MrKaiju-sr8wu]

I mean, unless they give Silver a lot more to do in that time, I don't know if there'd be enough content to justify that. Not to mention, Silvers main villain is Iblis, who as strong as he is, is a lot less dynamic than the likes of Black Doom.

[@EternalKHFan0]

​@@daelen.cclark 2026, I would guess.

[@BIGTHANKSHEESH]

You smoking outrageous amounts of copium bro Imma need you to pass me some of that so I can join you. They NEED to give my boy Silver some love

[@nicholassgobero]

i've seen this pitch before and i think it's really cool but i'd Love a game where Silver travels to different timelines in order to save them from ending up like his future, it could even tie back to generations

[@DragonStar524]

I literally geeked out every time Silver appeared on the pages. And the Silver Saga is one of the best stories Sonic Universe has to offer. And his search is admirable, and he has his flaws, but he keeps moving forward in search of a brighter tomorrow. And even in his search for the traitor, he still goes out of his way to help someone in need.

[@Door3234]

this is what made me love Silver, I love his kinda short fuse and how he can get fed up pretty quickly, I think it helps make him stand out, I also love how much it shows that he stands for breaking the odds, he doesn't give a shit if it's impossible if you don't give him any answers he's gonna make you do 500 360 spins in the air until you do or if you try to beat him down he's never gonna stop getting back up because it's no use isn't a phrase in his dialect, he always thinks there's a way and I love that

[@kingbash6466]

While I do enjoy seeing Silver be a bit of a dork in the recent games and IDW, I do kinda miss that aura of seriousness he had. During his first few appearances. He's sorta like a more level-headed Knuckles where he's quite gullible and often the butt of the joke because of how niave he is, but when he locks-in everyone remembers how dangerous and powerful he can truly be.

[@BIGTHANKSHEESH]

His character in Sonic 06 and Rivals will always be my favourite. He was a straight up menace if you did so much as breath in a way that got in his way

[@piotyrholbion]

But he got his butt wrecked when he lost the element of surprise

[@bomberhood7234]

This character has so much potential out of almost any other Sonic character.

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

I still will scream how insane a Kingdom Hearts type game with Silver would be am in love with the concept that he will meet expanded material characters like Thorndyke family and the Boom cartoon towns folk etc one artist draws Chris an Sage art an comics it make me a bit feral

[@2Tune2]

​@senritsujumpsuit6021 ong a kingdom hearts style game for sonic would be chef's kiss

[@bomberhood7234]

@@2Tune2 It would be.

[@_knucklehead]

Yes, yes, YES!! I will always stand by this, especially in comparison to IDW Silver. Don’t get me wrong, he’s fine, but Archie Silver is so strong he took down ENERJAK of all people. That’s IMMEASURABLE. All whilst Silver has that attitude to him, he knows what he’s capable of. GOD I love Archie Silver

[@Skankhunt1412]

Little correction: Silver didn't really took Enerjak down by himself. However he played a big role in it. Luring Enerjak to get physical at him, just for Enerjak to get in range of his cryptonide, the sword of acorns. But yeah, other than that, i agree.

[@josiahjohnj.firmalino2664]

Silver in games: TESTICULAR TORSION! Silver in comics: talk no jutsu

[@UltSaidai]

There are not much Silver videos on KZbin so I was so glad when I saw this. Thanks for the videos.

[@hattoripool1533]

I wish Silver using a time stone was bought into a games since we don’t know how game Silver goes back in time

[@jvts8916]

Love that the team took advantage of Silver being from the future to *also* flesh out Mogul

[@esteban8471]

Interesting how Archie and IDW expand on Silver's naivete. In IDW, he's as determined and empathetic as ever, but there's a sense of optimism because he's genuinely enjoying what the past had. Whereas in Archie, his heart was always in the right place but he tended to rush to theories while rarely stopping to double check the facts. Despite coming from a post apocalyptic future, he's almost pure with innocence. It helps him stand out from the snarky Sonic and stoic Shadow.

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

The ideal mix of these two parts is interesting to think of working next to Shads an Knucks since they all have had insane lives where they where meant to kick the world but it kicks back an now must simply live in it

[@StockeTepes]

Fantastic video. I had read all of Silvers arc up to the Enerjak fight, so I had no idea about the Secret Freedom Fighters. It makes so much sense for his character that he would constantly seek the humility in others even Geoffrey LOL. And I think his perspective makes him one of the easiest characters to connect to on a personal level. I always found his connection to Mammoth Mogul particularly interesting too, since it follows through on a promise he made to Sonic in an earlier issue. Something like "I don’t have to defeat you, I just have to OUTLIVE you." Turns out his immortality in that pursuit was a curse, and eventually him turn into a compelling character through Silver. This era of the comic was SOO GOOD with setup and payoff 😭

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Good ol’ Silver “IT’S NO USE” Hedgehog is here again.

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

I swear I will eat you shut it

[@MarcMagma]

Because he's an adorkable powerhouse you just can't help but love like a son (just me on that last part? okay..). Now let's hear the long version of the answer.

[@stevensmith1031]

Had the realization recently that Silver the Hedgehog has been around for nearly 20 years

[@MattAnd]

It’s bizarre to think that Silver has been around for more than half the series’ history at this point

[@pooplenepe59]

I still remember when 06 first came out, when he was still a brand new character so there was hardly any fic or art of him. How when I first saw the first preview image of him in some old forum, I thought he looked kind of like some weird OC, but then after learning more about him, my mind changed completely. How happy I was every time they posted a new preview page of the comic to the bumbleking forum and silver appeared in it. Man, those were the days.

[@stevensmith1031]

@@MattAnd I still think of him as a new character too lmao

[@lightyearpig12]

Silver has so much untapped potential in both story and gameplay. Unfortunately, he just had to debut in Sonic '06.

[@BIGTHANKSHEESH]

IDC what anyone says, Sonic Rivals, 06 AND Archie are best Silvers

[@blackhater_268]

Finally. A video on silver. Thanks for doing this

[@annika3401]

Cinematic intro goes hard

[@ZoomToMalware]

fun fact for today is that silver actually did try to kill the iblis trigger. it's been confirmed that a version of 06 happened before he started searching for a traitor. that's why soleanna was introduced and retconned to be the second hidden human city.

[@Tonberry2k]

This arc made Mogul one of my favorite Archie characters of all time. A shame he’s gone forever.

[@Damanwithdaplan05]

I remember getting the silver vs enerjak issue at a library when i was younger. I remember reading it all the time at school, while everyone was at recess having fun and building relationships or whatever like losers i stayed in the classroom alone and read the issue over and over along with my archie sonic speed of sound collection and my ultimate sonic guide book. I ended up losing all of them

[@nexar13]

I'm glad archie is getting love after all these years, archie has my fav versions of the game characters with original characters that my fav

[@BIGTHANKSHEESH]

Cant even try and hide my excitement when I read how badly Silver was looking to fade with Enerjak. Man heard he was a God and said "So what?"

[@hattoripool1533]

I wish Silver using a Time Stone was used in the games since we don’t know how Silver goes back in the games

[@sinnythefennec69]

I love how for Silver's Storyline within this comic is a Meta Narrative like Knuckles' was. He didn't care about the world he was tied to and learns to embrace it. Jeffery St. John getting some humanization was something he desperately needed.

[@daelen.cclark]

This is an excellent arc! I hope that if they ever do a Silver Generations game, then I feel this can be what they do with it! More people need to learn how communication is sometimes the best way to succeed.

[@ravsucks]

NEW LOWART ARCHIE VIDEO FINALLY

[@willbrgamer5137]

I wish characters like Gold The Tenrec and Professor Von were used in the games, Silver doesn't have his own trio like Shadow and Sonic, and since Von and Gold are from the post reboot era, sega owns them, so why not? Sonic, Knuckles and Tails: Team Heroes Shadow, Omega and Rouge: Team Dark Silver, Gold and Von: Team Hope

[@carlclo2988]

I haven’t watched the video yet so I’m unsure if he points it out, put Professor Von is actually from AoStH.

[@GenArt_Off]

Silver stays being a top tier sonic character for me!🙌

[@HordikaNate3821]

If I was introduced to Silver in 06 like most people, I probably wouldn't care for him as much as I do now, but the comics made him so badass and made me go "yeah this is my dude". His base form is literally then Super Sonic

[@Game_Hero]

Still wished the video talked about a good part of why he's so great is that he's such a lovable dork compared to his games counterpart, wish also there would have been more comparing to his game counterpart to see why he truly is the best Silver even if I already agree with you. "Did you really just hit me with an ISLAND?"-best line ever!

[@Bobbybobberton21]

Oh hell yeah. Been waiting on another Archie Sonic vid for a while. Been rewatching the 9 hour one a few times. Keep up the great work man!

[@zwart.]

I have been WAITING for this video

[@coyotix]

Silver is a character with so much potential in IDW to be great. If they would just take a leaf out of Archie's book, he'd surely become the favorite of many more- not to say he's not already popular, but his characterization is controversial nowadays.

[@volterkeg]

yes, driving a tank does sound like something scourge would do.

[@indiecrosser6121]

The one who actually killed Trunks

[@hattoripool1533]

I still wonder how Sonic 06 played out in the pre genesis wave continuity since it’s said that it also happened pre reboot as well as obviously post reboot

[@hugozabalzaburgos5149]

Awesome video as always. Very nice to revisit my favorite characters through your positive analysis.👍

[@Guidlinglight7828]

"ITS NO USE"

[@leonardodelimaferreira8509]

As always, perfect

[@Charlie-hv3dh]

I loved the archie silver story with the soul controlling villian guy, it had one or two of them and they were so fun and cool.

[@KJM87189]

Fantastic videos as always

[@kage1573]

This is a great analysis of Archie Silver who is one of my favorite characters in this continuity because of his fights, story, and development; even though it might have contradicted his development,I think Silver should have stood up for himself against Sonic while also accepting himself in the wrong because Sonic could only see from a limited perspective on why Silver was fighting for and if they could at least have a conversation and Silver getting the chance to discuss what his future is like and what his mission means to him, I feel like it would have been a satisfying interaction even if Sonic is still annoyed by him. I think it is great that in the IDW comics we get to see a Silver that is trying to find his identity and purpose without a crisis which feels like a contrast to Archie Silver but I would say both of them succeed in developing Silver in these situations.

[@leonardodelimaferreira8509]

HE'S BACK, PEAK MOMENT

[@Mangaka-Knight]

I'm so glad that you did this video. This comic book, which of course is an Enerjak story, so it automatically became my favorite story, as well as placing Dark Enerjak as my favorite Enerjak incarnation, but also made Silver one of my favorite characters in both the comics and the games. I love the lessons Silver learned and also learning to using his opponents power against them since he lacked the strength to do any true damage himself.

[@ceze2907]

THE most underrated character of all time I swear. Bro thank you SO much for this video!

[@SaddieMoon]

Did you know the Dark Freedom Fighters (Aside from Jani-ca) are based Ian Flynn’s fan comic, Other M. All of the members here appears in that comic as major characters.

[@maddiemiller7548]

I have never clicked on a video this fast. Silver is one of my favorite characters in the Sonic franchise and ARCHIE is why!!! So excited to see what you think!

[@MusuriMo]

another archie banger yes sir yes sir glory to post-retcon archie comics

[@RaiginAnimator]

I don’t know that much about Arichie silver so my current favourite is IDW I feel like 06 silver has too bland a personality and while Idw silver doesn’t have much of an ark he’s certainly fun to watch and genuinely has The traits I like about silver

[@Malikimusmaximus]

Silver was always the greatest to me

[@TwoTailedSponge]

You do a really good Silver impression.

[@cje499]

That moment Sonic loses it with Silver over accusing Antonie, never ceases to make me laugh

[@purehyper124]

Say any character is "God" is a gross overstatement.

[@KirbySonicTeam]

True but thats how the characters in universe describe it so thats the best way to keep it accurate to the stakes they are establishing.

[@MrSpeedLover]

Fire as always

[@SaddieMoon]

I recommend you watch HSquid Reviews’ latest video on Dark Mobius, as he reads extra bits of lore for Dark Mobius from an Archie Sonic blog by Ian Flynn. Without the Wayback machine, these extra bits of lore would’ve been lost media.

[@dan_shadowfire4268]

Did you just made me interested in the Archie comics?

[@eliasmullen1088]

This version of silver is my personal favorite.

[@spikebirdvs5678]

Awesome!!!

[@papermariottydfan1]

One of the first ever sonic comic's I got at least the American comics was actually the last part of silver's sonic universe story and the second part of scourge's story. It was in a small comic shop in England when we were visiting my mum and dad's friends who lived in Yorkshire. We had gone to a bike show in the middle of a old shopping market and found the shop while looking around and it started my collection of the Archie sonic comics to the point I was getting ever issue each month off of eBay and collecting as many of the sonic archive books as a teenager could get with limited pocket money.

[@lorenzh5513]

SILVER AND WARTHUNDER? BEST VIDEO EVER!

[@axelinedgelord4459]

he certainly has a lot to say about the archie sonic comics, maybe he actually kinda likes them?

[@Ice--Scream]

THE SILVER FAN SLEEPER AGENT IN MY JUST ACTIVATED, LETS FUCKING GO

[@themissingbits6375]

Archie Silver is indeed The best. I find his game counterpart lacking in personality & his story in 06 tried to do a thing, But failed horribly. Archie Silver is a lot more interisting & his story works. But that’s mainly because He is a diffrent character, really. He doesn’t really feel like an expansion of Silver to me. It feels like they took The idea of Silver and made whatever they wanted with it. But that’s okay. Archie is it’s own thing, and I like it as it’s own thing.

[@arivibin3318]

DAWG WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT REMIX OF DREAMS OF AN ABSOLUTION ITS SO FIRE ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@marthaelenabrenesorozco2953]

FIRST, EXCELLENT VIDEO, these videos made me interested in ARCHIE SONIC, it's a shame all the characters and stories we lost due to the cancellation, at least these videos are a way to keep them alive SECOND, is there any official information about SILVER's past, what is his origin, why does he have those powers, was he born that way or did he get his powers from an external source or should we believe that he is the same as Sonic (an anthropomorphic hedgehog who manifested powers out of nowhere)?

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

A part of me misses silver being a god but i also understand, giving him a future he can't have the best of himself

[@marky.prosonicgamer9999]

This is why silver the Hedgehog is my son😊 I'm so proud of him, and anyone else who claims silver to be their son is either wrong or my spouse

[@darkreflection9087]

I really hope Silver gets his moment to shine again have you seen Silver in games and IDW comics he’s not that impressive I hope he appears in a Future Sonic movie and gets shown the respect he deserves

[@heathfamilyphone1273]

0:23 oh my God

[@2kSlumPTZ]

BROOO hear me out This video made it so clear that we need a year of silver And what better game to remaster than Sonic 06 his debut game And i feel like no one is better to re-write 06 and silvers backstory than Ian Flynn Bro they can take a game that was filled with bugs and ACTUALLY finish the game this time

[@rodan9773]

It's a good thing Silver didn't come back in time to Kill Sonic with Shadows attitude. Sonic ( Im Sonic whats your Power ). Silver ( Glock ). Lol have you do a video on The Best Metal Sonic ?. Respect and keep up the epic work.

[@supersonicstyleatsonicspeed]

Ultra Sonic > Enerjak. Sonic in this timeline was holding back against him.

[@lightyoshiman]

Funny enough the silver vs enerjack fight was the first time I read any sonic comic

[@ThatBOiAnthony]

Silver NEEDS his own game he deserves it so much

[@Yuti640]

Ironically, despite being from the future, he saw the world in Black and White

[@soulsearchinp]

this video felt like dying and going to heaven I love silver Especially archie silver so much Thank you

[@justinmyers7587]

I like archie silver but this hedgehog was running around accusing everyone as the traitor to the point in was satisfying seeing sonic yell at him.

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

when was it not supposed to be satisfying you make it sound like that scene we where supposed to pitchfork bluey over here

[@SoranotRoxas]

*Peak Silver!* 🐐💯👌

[@jayceallen6530]

Again I’d love for silver to get a game I just have no clue how the hell they’d do it

[@Motocross-u3z]

Archie Silver is def the coolest version of silver

[@shadowclaw7210]

I love this Silver. It given me what games couldn`t at the time. It introduced to me idea that Silver ture power was his emphaty, his belive i hope. Probably one of biggest problems I have with him. His relationship with Mogul, which I want more of, how they meet. How much that wooly sach of potatoes chenaged. Did Silve had hand in him turning out for better? So many question, yet somy little amount of answers.

[@TheLocalScrub-m]

Finally early for one of these videos 😂

[@DoctorGrimmothy]

We need a year of Silver we really do

[@strardustaly]

Silver it's my favorite character I love how he is a cute goofy ball in idw But he totally it's better in idw

[@windindi2834]

You forgot the best Archie Silver thing of all... He whooped Xeno Trunks on Death Battle!

[@JDxY-2]

Archie Silver goated fr

[@erikc.1087]

Ayo, banger alert

[@changsiah2]

I remember hearing about this version of silver because they were when they were fighting Zeno version of trunks and death battle normally Main or compact versions for fair fight reasons) yeah the other Archie version for Death Battle they were also using was Sonic himself when he's fighting Wally West Flash ( also I was kind of expecting it would just use I was expecting main or compact Sonic for fair fight reasons since I usually tend to see the flash is a Legacy character rather than a specific version of The Flash although after I did enjoy the episode but I wonder if it was a different outcome if it was just regular Sonic or compact version) I think an outside Archie example would be SpongeBob vs Super Friends Aquaman ( I still don't get why you could just use regular or compact version for fair fights and not use a joke version) yeah, I prefer using I prefer regular or compact over using a specific version of that character for usually fair fight reasons ( although I will make exceptions in the two versions are specific also ask why)

[@endosaurus1404]

The people who say IDW Silver is the best, I wonder if they even know these stories exsist? I feel they only see that one part where he gets Sonic really angry. Either way, this is my peak Silver.

[@jamesclapham9776]

It doesn't matter how right you think you are; you cannot account for everything. Take the time to consider how your actions affect the people around you, or you may harm the people you are trying to help.

[@crotch_goblin722]

silver needs a game bros

[@SeanOMichael-z6m]

Maybe we can get a episode silver see what he was doing in generations

[@Donatas-rp5yf]

ARCHIE SILVER😊

[@gooeybob_drawing3692]

It’s sad that Silver has gotten a bad wrap because of his debut