Sonic Chronology:
The Fight For Freedom
(Sonic the Hedgehog #s 0 – 50)

Note: Between the lack of references in the comic to what the current year is, and the confusing nature of the Sega Data Files, dating events after the beginning of the series is somewhat difficult, and the events of just before issue 0 to a week before issue 72 is particularly difficult. As such, there is more conjecture than usual in this section.

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*The Origin of the DownUnda Freedom Fighters.
--Sonic 103- "Myth Taken Identity" Part 1. Date is speculation.

*Antoine falls in love with a girl named Tatiana, but she ends up going out with Sonic. Soon after this, she moves away.
-- Sonic 137: “One Part Ooh-La-La, Two Parts Treachery”, flashback-within-a-flashback. Said to be early in the days of the Freedom Fighters, but it is obviously after Sonic has gotten old enough to be interested in girls. The main flashback and the outer framework of the story are full of anachronisms, but the inner flashback seems fine, and explains a comment Antoine made in SSS7: “Parallel Paradigm”.

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Note: A strict reading of the “Sega Data Files” would delay the change-over to 3234 until between issues 9 and 11.

*Charmy's origin
--Knuckles 14, sometime prior to the “Chaotix” special.

* Rotor and Sally devise a pair of boots for Sally to wear which would contain various sensors and might be able to prevent roboticization. Rotor begins working on them.
-- Months before mini-series issue 1.

* Rotor begins work on a bathysphere (a mini-sub).
-- Months before mini-series issue 1.

*Princess Sally falls in a vat of chemicals while on a mission in Robotropolis. Her hair turns blonde, and her fur orange.
--Knuckles 29, shortly before “Don't Cry For Me, Mobius”

*Robotnik bulldozes several acres of the Great Forest in an attempt to find Knothole Village.
--No more than a few weeks before “Don't Cry For Me, Mobius”

*Sonic ends up being chased by Robotnik, who is in his mini hover-ship.
--Just prior to the beginning of “Don't Cry For Me, Mobius”

*Sonic the Hedgehog (Mini-Series) #0:

“Don't Cry For Me, Mobius”
Sonic escapes Robotnik, and returns to Knothole. Antoine reveals that there is a leak in the roof of Freedom Fighter Headquarters. The Freedom Fighters investigate and learn that it is a result of the bulldozing Robotnik did recently. They are attacked by Robotnik, but Sonic defeats him with a Power Ring. The Freedom Fighters plant some saplings in the damage area.

“Oh no – Robo! No Mo' Mobo!” -- Listed elsewhere, and non-continuity to boot.
Non Continuity One-pagers: “The Royal Family Tree of Mobius”, “Sonic's Six Speed Settings”, “Robotnik's Badniks”, “Sneaker Peak”

* After washing Robotnik's chemicals out of her fur and hair, Sally's fur becomes pink and her hair black. Sally refuses to say what exactly caused this second color change.
-- Knuckles 29, sometime between issue 0 and mini-series issue 1. It is implied several times in the early comics that her hair color change was dye, but Sally refuses to discuss it. The second fur color change was shown in Knuckles 29, but not explained.

* Rotor finishes Sally's special boots.
--Not long before mini-series issue 1.

* Rotor finishes his bathysphere.
-- Not long before mini-series issue 1.

* Princess Sally arranges a meeting with Robotnik to negotiate the return of her father. She writes a Royal Proclamation to inform the Freedom Fighters of this. She then heads out to meet with a Buzzbomber who will take her to the arranged meeting site.
--Just before mini-series issue 1.

* Sonic the Hedgehog (Mini-Series) #1
    “Run, Sally, Run!”
    “Silent Running”
    “Something Fishy”
    “Equal Time”
    “Ground Rule Double”
    “Photo Album”

*Sonic the Hedgehog (Mini-Series) #2

Non Continuity: “A Crowning Achievement”
-- Note: This story features a different mystical crown of the Acorn family than the one seen in later issues, as well as the revelation of the location of Knothole to Robotnik. As such, it can only be considered non-continuity.

Also non-continuity: “Top 10 Reasons to Buy Sonic Comics”
One-pagers: “Fin Fans”, “Photo Finish”

*Sonic goes into battle with a group of Crabmeats, who chase him to the edge of a cliff.
-- Just prior to mini-series issue 3.

*Sonic the Hedgehog (Mini-Series) #3

“Sonic Flashback”
Sonic falls off a cliff, and is knocked unconscious. He wakes up in time to defeat the Crabmeats after him.
-- The bulk of this story is Sonic's dream. The dream is portrayed as possibly a flashback, but in the post issue 15 continuity it is clearly just a product of Sonic's imagination.

“Why Ask Spy”
Sonic dons a robot costume to spy on Robotnik. While he's there, he discovers his Uncle Chuck and his dog Muttski, both roboticized. He manages to blow up a Buzzbomber factory before his cover is blown.
-- Sonic's robot costume consisted of... a toothed leg-trap, and a pair of red swirly contact lenses. But then, the only visible indication of Uncle Chuck's robotic nature was his own swirly eyes! ...However, if we assume that there was more to the costume, and that the art does not portray “reality”, the story can still be rectified with continuity.

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Note: Placement of the year change-over is arbitrary; it just has to be before issue 11 if “You Are What You Eat” is to be on Sonic's 15^th birthday. On the other hand, a strict reading of the “Sega Data Files” would have that be his 14^th birthday, and would delay the change-over to 3235 until 2 days before issue 50.

* Sonic goes “Super” for the first time.
--Sometime prior to Sonic 4. The circumstances of this first transformation are unknown. Date is arbitrary.

*Sonic the Hedgehog #1

“Meet Me At the Corner of Hedgehog and Vine”
R&D Swatbot #693 presents Robotnik with a mechanical “plant”, Krudzu. Robotnik seeds the Great Forest with it, hoping to either kill the Freedom Fighters or force them out into the open. However, the Krudzu turns out to not be water-proof, and is destroyed by a thunderstorm.
-- Battle Royal's “the Map” would suggest the Swatbot merely rediscovered Krudzu, rather than inventing it as portrayed in this story. However, as “the Map” left blatant loose-ends that should have been tied up long ago (such as when Antoine was reunited with his father), it is possible “the Map” is non-continuity.

“You Bet My Life!”
Sonic visits the Casino Night Zone, and battles Orbinaut for the first time.

One-pagers: “I'd Like to Thank”, “Keep Looking Up”, “Fast Food”

*Robotnik completes his latest Badniks: Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts. Scratch is appointed leader of the “Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad”.
-- Not long before Sonic issue 2.

*Sonic the Hedgehog #2

“Triple Trouble”
Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts attempt to defeat Sonic and Tails for the first time, but fail.

“In the Beginning”
When the Sega engineers got the signals that inspired the Sonic games, Mobius Prime wasn't the only Zone whose Sonic they observed...

“Vertigo A Go Go”
Sonic enters a bizarre Zone, and meets Horizont Al and Verti Cal.

One-pagers: “Foiled Again”, “Two-Timer”

“All the Mail's About Tails!”
Sonic and Tails read some Sonic Grams letters about Tails.

* Robotnik discovers his pantry infested with flying ants. Soon after this, he begins work on... “The Bomb”!
-- Prior to Sonic issue 3's “The Bomb Bugs Me”.

* Sonic the Hedgehog #3

“The Bomb Bugs Me”
Can the Freedom Fighters stop Robotnik from using... “The Bomb”? ...And when Rotor disguises himself as Robotnik, the question arises, is Rotor Robotnik, or is Robotnik Rotor?

One-pagers: “Tails' Fairy Tales”, “Double Speak”;
“Paper Trail”: An article in the Knothole Inquisitor criticizes Sally's change from blonde to brunette.

“Rabbot Deployment”
When the Freedom Fighters learn that Robotnik is making inroads into Southern Mobius, Sonic and Rotor head down to stop him. Down south, Sonic rescues a rabbit just as she's being roboticized, leaving her a “Rabbot”. Bunnie Rabbot joins the Freedom Fighters.

“Robotnik's Rules”

* Sonic the Hedgehog #4

“Lizard of Odd”
When a robotization goes awry, Universalimander threatens Mobius. The planet's only hope is for Sonic to become Super Sonic again to stop him.
-- Sonic seems to know exactly how to become Super, so this could not have been his first time, even though it was the first time shown.

“Tails' Little Tale”
-- Explicitly states it is later on in the day of the issue's first adventure ("Lizard of Odd").

One-pagers: “Antoine's Vain Refrain”, “Horizont Al and Verti Cal”, “Badniks' Bazaar”, “Hare Styling”

*Sonic the Hedgehog #5

“Olympic Trials and Errors”
“Sonic's Ten Second Workout”
“Chomp on this, Chump!”
“Fast Food”

* Sonic the Hedgehog #6

“The Spin Doctor”
One pager: “Here Comes the Bribe!”
“Sonic's Christmas Carol!”

* Sonic returns to Robotnik's Veg-O Fortress and destroys it before he can use it to roboticize the planet.
-- Sometime after Sonic 6: “The Spin Doctor”.

*Sonic the Hedgehog #7

“Uncle Chuck's Treasure”
One Pagers: “The Shadow Nose”, “Details are Sketchy”
“Sorceress in Distress”
One Pager: “Princess Cruises”

*Sonic the Hedgehog #8

“Bot's All, Folks!”
“A Little Sonic Goes A Long Way”

*Sonic the Hedgehog #9

“Pseudo-Sonic”
One Pagers: “Tooth or Consequences”, “Quick Sketch”
“What's the Point?”
-- Note: a strict reading of the “Sega Data Files” would make this Sally's 13^th birthday, in 3233. I have chosen instead to interpret it as Sally's 15^th, in 3235, as I feel that makes more sense.

*Sonic the Hedgehog #10

“Revenge of the Nerbs”
“Twan With the Wind”

* Sonic battles Scratch and Grounder on the other side of Mobius.
-- Just prior to Sonic 11.

* Sonic the Hedgehog #11

“The Good, The Bad, and the Hedgehog”

* Coconuts captures Sally, Rotor, Tails, and Antoine. Sonic follows them to Coconut's hideout.
-- Just prior to “Beat the Clock”

“Beat the Clock”
Sonic rescues the captured Freedom Fighters from Coconut.

“Food For Thought” or “You Are What You Eat”
On the night before his birthday, Sonic eats too many chili-dogs, and has a bad dream.

* The Freedom Fighters celebrate Sonic's 15^th birthday.
-- Later in the day after “You Are What You Eat”. A strict reading of the “Sega Data Files” would make this Sonic's 14^th birthday, in 3234, but I feel having this be his 15^th birthday better fits all other evidence.

*Sonic the Hedgehog #12

“A Timely Arrival”
“The Bold-Headed Eagle”
“The Lynx is a Jinx”

Off Panel Universe: The Adventures of Scott and Paul

*Sonic the Hedgehog #13

“This Island Hedgehog”

“Space in Yo' Face!”
--Note: If this story is in-continuity, then Mobius gained 99 moons at some point prior to this...

Off Panel Universe: The Adventures of Scott and Paul, Part 2

*Sonic the Hedgehog #14

“Tails' Taste of Power”
“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”
-- Note: Robotnik has a poster of the FF in this story that shows Sally holding a pink "Nicole". Seeing as how Sally is still drawn and colored in the pre-SatAM style, this story is going to have anachronisms no matter when you place it, so I choose to ignore the image of Nicole, thus allowing this story to remain placed where it was published.

Off Panel Universe: The Adventures of Scott and Paul, Part 3

* Sonic the Hedgehog #15

“Rockin' the Bot”

* Rotor locks himself in his lab to work on his latest invention.
-- One week prior to “What's the Big Idea?”

“What's the Big Idea?”
“Animal Magnetism”

* The color changes produced by Robotnik's chemicals finally wash out of Sally's fur and hair. The color of her hair after this may be the result of re-dyeing her hair.
-- Prior to Sonic 16. In Sonic 24, Sally and Anti-Sally both claimed the other was dyeing her hair, and while this was clearly meant as an insult, it still may have been true.

* The Freedom Fighters receive an advertisement that mentions free chili-dogs. Sonic drags Sally, Tails, Rotor, and Antoine to Sleepy Hollow, where the event is to take place. However, there is nothing there. While they're waiting around to see if this changes, they all mysteriously fall asleep. When they wake up and there is still no sign of anyone, they head back to Knothole.
-- Prior to Sonic 16. The Freedom Fighters were put to sleep by gas Robotnik pumped into the clearing. Robotnik then brought them to Robotropolis, where he plugged them into a Virtual Reality machine. When they woke up, they were in fact in the Virtual Reality, but did not realize this.

* “January, 3235”: The Freedom Fighters defeat Robotnik – or so they think.
-- Just prior to Sonic 16. The Freedom Fighters are unaware they are in Virtual Reality, and it was not the real Robotnik they defeated. The Wedding seen in the story was said to be in June, “six months” after the defeat of “Robotnik”, so the Freedom Fighters must have thought it to be January. It is likely, however, that some time had already passed in VR, so we can't assume it to be January in the outside world.

* Sonic the Hedgehog #16

“Sonic Under Glass”
The Freedom Fighters celebrate their victory over Robotnik. Six months later, Sonic and Sally prepare to get married, when suddenly Antoine replaces Sonic at the altar. As things continue to get stranger, Sonic meets with what appears to be Uncle Chuck, and learns that the Freedom Fighters (except Bunnie) are in a Virtual Reality program concocted by Robotnik. Sonic takes control of the simulation, and frees everyone.

“The Man From the HEDGEHOG”

Off Panel Universe: The Adventures of Scott and Paul, Part 4

* Robotnik heads to Skoal Island to track down a wayward creation of his, King Gong. The Freedom Fighters are puzzled when several weeks pass without any sign of Robotnik.
-- Robotnik leaves Robotropolis “several weeks” prior to Sonic 17: “Gorilla Warfare”.

* Sonic the Hedgehog #17: “Gorilla Warfare” or “The Apes of Wrath”

* The “Knothole Village Players” (A group of actors from Knothole Village, including several Freedom Fighters) decide to stage a production of the play “Our Wedding”. Planning for it begins, including casting and eventually rehearsals.
-- Some time prior to Sonic 18: “Wedding Bell Blues!”; probably several weeks or more.

*Princess Sally's Crusade
    “First Star I See Tonight” (Sonic 17) / “In the Still of the Night” (Sonic 18) / "The Quest" (In Your Face)

* Sonic the Hedgehog #18

"Wedding Bell Blues"
Sally wears her vest in this story, so it must be after “Princess Sally's Crusade”.

“In The Still of the Night” listed above as part of “Princess Sally's Crusade”.

*Sonic: In Your Face

“The Quest” listed above as part of “Princess Sally's Crusade”.

“The Mirror Zone”

* Sonic receives an invitation to “The Sonic Convention”, but turns it down, claiming a prior commitment. Tails decides to attend in his place.
-- Prior to “Tails' Tallest Tale”

*Sonic the Hedgehog #19: “Night of 1000 Sonics”

*Sonic the Hedgehog #20: “That's the Spirit”

*Sonic the Hedgehog #21: “3 Phases of EVE”

* Sonic the Hedgehog #22

“The Return”

“Tails' Knighttime Story”

* Sonic the Hedgehog #23

“Ivo Robotnik, Freedom Fighter!”

“The Vol-Ant-teer!”

*Deadliest of the Species
    Prologue (Sonic 20) / Princess Sally Mini-Series: “Deadliest of the Species” One-Three

* Shortly after Sally returns from her mission, Sonic borrows Nicole from her.
-- Between “Deadliest of the Species” and Sonic 24

*Sonic the Hedgehog #24

“When Hedgehogs Collide”
-- Shortly after “Deadliest of the Species”

* Sonic & Knuckles

“Panic in the Sky”
“Lord of the Floating Island” -- Shortly before or after “Panic In the Sky”, as they are feeling the effects of the Island being out of its' normal orbit.
“Fire Drill”

* Sonic #25

“Go Ahead... Mecha My Day!”

Off Panel Universe: “The Return of the Adventures of Scott and Paul”

* Sonic 26

“Way, Way Past Cool”

* Sonic convinces the Freedom Fighters to go explore a mountain with him. However, on the mountain, Sonic sprains his ankle.
-- Shortly before “Fortified”

“Fortified”

Off Panel: Adventures of Scott, Paul, and Freddy

* Jaws the Piranha Bot reports to Robotnik the destruction of his underwater roboticizer. Robotnik builds another one, this one protected by Octobot.
-- Sonic m-s 1 and the Triple Trouble Special. Prior to Triple Trouble. Robotnik may have discovered the destruction of the roboticizer and had it rebuilt at any point between m-s 1 and TT, but Jaws estimated it would take him a year to report in to Robotnik in his damaged state after m-s 1.

*Sonic Triple Trouble

“Tttriple Tttrouble!!!”
“Submersible Rehearsal”
“First Contact”

*Dulcy ventures out of the dragon caves, risking banishment. She discovers Sonic and Sally under attack from Swatbots, and rescues them. At their invitation, she joins the Freedom Fighters.
--Sonic 155: “Price of Flame” Part 1. Sometime before Sonic 29- "Steel Belted Sally" & Sonic 113 - “Cry of the Wolf”

* The Freedom Fighters add several security systems in the tunnels leading to Freedom Fighter Headquarters.
-- The security systems are “new” in Sonic 27: “A Scrambled Hedgehog”.

*Archie-Sonic's “No Brainer”:
    Sonic 27: “A Scrambled Hedgehog” / Sonic 28: “Saturday Night's Alright For a Fight”

* The Adventures of Tails & “Cry of the Wolf”
    “Growing Pains” (Part One: Sonic 28 / Part Two: Sonic 29) / Sonic 113 – “Cry of the Wolf” / Tail Mini-Series: “Southern Crossover” One-Three.
--“Cry of the Wolf” occurs after Dulcy joined the team, meaning it can't be long before issue 29, and it must be prior to issue 46. As meeting other Freedom Fighter groups was seen as a big thing in both “Cry of the Wolf” and the Tails mini-series, I feel they should be around the same time; and since Tails was not in “Cry of the Wolf”, that story could have even taken place during Tails' adventures away from Knothole during “Growing Pains” or the Tails Mini-Series. I have arbitrarily decided to place the bulk of “Cry of the Wolf” during “Growing Pains”, and have the “important meeting” Sally mentioned she and Sonic would be going to at the beginning of the Tails Mini-Series be the meeting seen at the very end of “Cry of the Wolf”.

*Sonic 29

“Steel Belted Sally”
-- As “Growing Pains” continues directly from the main story of issues 27-28, and there doesn't seem to be much time between “Growing Pains” and the Tails Mini-Series, I have chosen to place “Steel Belted Sally” after the Tails Mini-Series.

Off Panel: Adventures of Scott, Paul, and Freddy

* Dulcy is discovered by the dragons. For her leaving the caves, her black ring is replaced with a power ring, inhibiting her fire-power; and she is exiled.
-- Sonic 155: “Price of Flame”. Some time after Sonic 29. One editor's note implies it's right after 29, another claims it's sometime after “Brave New World” - but that contradicts the implied length of time she's been exiled. It is also uncertain whether she was returning to the mountain occasionally, or whether dragons actually left the mountain to track her down.

*Sonic 30

“The Return of Uncle Chuck”
Sir Charles regains his free will. Robotnik and Sonic are temporarily trapped in “the Void”, and Snivley threatens to destroy the world accidentally when he takes over for Robotnik.

“Who Keeps Stealing My Chaos Emeralds?”
When some of Robotnik's Chaos Emeralds are stolen by an “Anteater”, Robotnik leave Coconuts in charge of protecting the rest. However, Coconuts' elaborate traps don't quite perform as expected.
It seems unlikely Robotnik would store Chaos Emeralds rather than using them, or that Bunnie would use them as jewelry. As such, this story is likely non-continuity.

Off Panel: Adventures of Scott, Paul, and Freddy.

*Sir Charles begins freeing Roboticized Mobians.
--Sonic 79- "Tales of the Great War" Part 7. Not long after Sonic 30.

*Knuckles Chaotix: “The Chaos Effect”

* Rotor rebuilds the Freedom Fighters' plane.
-- Prior to Sonic 31: “A Robot Rides the Rails”.

*Sonic 31

“A Robot Rides the Rails”
“Lost” and “Tundra Road” listed below.
Off Panel: Adventures of Scott, Paul, and Freddy

* “Tundra Road”
    (Part One: Sonic 31 / Part Two: Sonic 32)
Rotor receives a distress call from his mother, and travels to the Arctic Sea to save his family. Instead, he finds himself teaming up with the Arctic Freedom Fighters to stop a plot of Robotnik's to freeze the planet.

* Sonic 32

“Blast From the Past”

“Prisoners” listed below; “Tundra Road” listed above.

Off Panel: Adventures of Scott, Paul, and Freddy

*Sonic 33

“Let's Get Small!”

“Big Picture” listed below.

“Sonic Shot”

*Super Sonic Vs Hyper Knuckles: “Crash of the Titans”

*Robotnik secludes himself to work on a new project.
--Prior to Sonic 34

* Knuckles: Lost and Found
    Knuckles Chaotix: “Tag! You're It!”
    Knuckles Chaotix: “The Hunt is On”
    Sonic 31: “Lost... And Found”
    Sonic 32: “Prisoners”
    Sonic 33: “The Big Picture”
    Super Sonic Vs Hyper Knuckles: “Fathers and Sons”

*Sonic 34

“To 'Bot or Not to 'Bot!”
Robotnik develops an unstoppable mini-army, composed of his latest battle-bots, the Combots. Their threat is neutralized when Uncle Chuck reprograms them. Chuck is also able to trick Robotnik into thinking Chuck has lost his free will, and thus is able to begin spying on Robotnik.

“A Sense of History” listed below.

Off Panel: Adventures of Scott, Paul, and Freddy

*Sonic 35

“Ring of Truth”
“Sense of History” listed below
Off Panel: Adventures of Scott, Paul, and Freddy – Finale

*Sonic 36

“Heart of Darkness”
“Sense of History” listed below
Off Panel: The Adventures of Freddy

*Knuckles: Rites of Passage
    “A Sense of History” (Part One: Sonic 34 / Part Two: Sonic 35 / Part Three: Sonic 36)
    Knuckles Mini-Series: “Rites of Passage” One-Three

*Sonic Super Special #8: “Running On Empty”
--Story happens sometime between “In Your Face” and “Endgame”. I have arbitrarily chosen the last point before the "loose continuity" leading to Endgame begins.

*Sonic Super Special #8: “Ghost Busted”
--The same logic applies to this story as “Running on Empty”.

3936-- Sonic's Quest
A calender in issue 39 is turned to January. It's admittedly thin evidence, but lacking other comprehensible information, I have chosen to place the year change-over just before the start of the “loose continuity” that contains it.

*The Fall and Rise of Robotropolis
Sonic 37: “Bunnie's Worst Nightmare” -- Occurs either before “The Day Robotropolis Fell”, or after “Rise of Robotropolis”.

Sonic 37: “The Day Robotropolis Fell”

Sonic 38: “The Rise of Robotropolis... The Fall of Sonic!” -- Within a few days after “Day Robotropolis Fell”, but long enough after it for Sally's injuries to heal.

Sonic 38: “Bedtime Tails!”

Off Panel Universe - Sonic 37 & 38: The Adventures of Freddy

*Mecha Madness
    Sonic 39: “Rage Against the Machine”
    Mecha Madness: “Mecha Madness”
    Mecha Madness: “Don't Let the Island Hit You On the Way Down”
    Mecha Madness: “Eel of Fortune”
    Sonic 40: “Court-Martial”

Off Panel Universe - “Adventures of Sonic” (Sonic 39) / “The Spaz Trial” (Sonic 40)

*Sonic 41:

“...And One Shall Save Him”
Off Panel Universe: The Adventures of Sonic

*Sonic Quest: The Death Egg Saga
    Sonic Quest 1: “Scrambled”
    Sonic Quest 2: “Poached”
    Sonic Quest 3: “Over Easy”

*Sonic 42:

“In Every Kingdom There Must Exist A Little Chaos!”
“Knuckles' Quest!” Part 1
Off Panel Universe: The Adventures of Sonic

*Sonic 43:

“The Dream Zone”
-- It is uncertain whether this issue or “Sonic Live” was meant to take place first. This story placed first because it seems to continue better from 42 than “Sonic Live” does.
Off Panel Universe: “The Adventures of Sonic”

*Sonic Live

“The Substitute Freedom Fighters” and “The Last Game Cartridge Hero”
-- “Substitute FF” starts before LGCH, and ends after it, with several scenes showing up in both stories.
“Knuckles Quest 2”

*Sonic 44: “Black and Blue and Red All Over”

*Sonic Blast

“Sonic Blast”
“Bugged Bunnie”
“The TUFF Awards”

*Sonic 45

“Guerrilla Thriller”
“Knuckles Quest 3: A Land of Dark, a Knight of Virtue!”

*Sonic Vs Knuckles: Battle Royale: “The Map”
-- Before issue 46. As this story leaves loose ends that should have been cleared up by now (when Antoine was reunited with his father, at the latest) and haven't been, it is possible this story is non-continuity.

*A strict reading of “Sega Data Files” would place Sonic's 15^th birthday on 162/3235: two days before “Endgame”.

*Sonic 46

“Knuckles Quest 4: A Goat, A Raven, and a Swan Song!”
-- Takes place shortly before “Countdown”, unless the “Pow-Wow” in “Countdown” continued for some time after the story ended.

“Countdown to Armageddon”

*Sonic Vs Knuckles: Battle Royale: “Battle Royale!”
-- Begins shortly after the end of “Countdown” and “Knuckles Quest 4”

*Endgame
    Sonic 47: “Taking the Fall!” -- The day after Sonic 46 and Battle Royale.
    Sonic 48: “Sonic the Fugitive”
    Sonic 49: “Escape to the Floating Island”
    Sonic Super Special #6: “For Whom the Bell Tolls” (replaces Sonic 50: “The Big Goodbye”)
--Date given in Sonic 108- "Data File 9" as 164/ 3235: two days after Sonic's 15^th birthday. As I think issue 11 works best for Sonic's 15^th birthday, I have chosen to ignore the day number for Endgame.

The Victory Celebration begins in the next section!