>>129993891As ironic and heated as this will sound from yours truly another Archie fan of all adequate people, I agree with you. The ideal is, yes, Eggman must succumb to his sins through the chair of death for closing on the book for heroes and their efforts being paid-off and marking a new status quo's sake, but for as long SEGA keeps intervening, that won't ever be a reality, sadly. Same for Joker
though I only consumed BTAS, Justice League and Beyond so I might be quite out the line here. In that case, I'm forced to pick the second choice, which is permanent Mr. Tinker. I'm
>>129993642 for the record.
In a related note, it's for that precisely that I don't at all feel anything of Ian's Eggman, as all the atrocities he commits are vapid on nature, when he won't be ever punished for them. That could be better reserved for secondary villains, whom can be freely punished in proportion of the their committed crimes. That's why I personally find Eggman best as a childish ego-maniac doctor and just that. He should be multi-faceted just as any other, just as long you don't abuse him for appetizing your sadomasochism interests. Robotnik from AOSTH, early Archie and Boom, are the best modal examples in my eyes.
It has a bit to do with why I loved Endgame too: Robotnik was defeated (even in the most cumbersome way), and that wasn't ever retconned in Archie Sonic 'till soft-boot.