Hi there. I thought I’d post up this reading order for the comics, since we don’t have one already. It’s been designed to help newcomers around the comic section, and what order to read everything. But it’ll hopefully be useful to longer term readers to.

This is a guide I came up with myself, just by looking at the comics. As such there could be mistakes or error in it. Please let me know if you find any and I’ll correct them. And, of course, I’ll try and keep it updated.

Hopefully at least one person will find this useful.


Comics In the different Folders:

Sonic the Hedgehog: The main series. Referred to as StH in the Reading Order.

**Important Note** The main series has a major and controversial reboot beginning in issue #252, caused by events in the Mega Man crossover. Therefore, it is possible to begin reading the comics from there should you wish, and be as familiar as most regular readers.

Mini-Series: Short series of comics (normally 3 or 4 per mini-series) that run additional stories during the early comics.

Specials: Bonus issues that contain extra stories during the early issues. Most are stand alone, but some tie-in/are continuations of main series stories.

Sonic Super Specials: A continuation of the Specials, just with a unified name and issue numbers. Two are missing from the Reading Order. One because it only contains reprints of earlier stories. The other because it is a horrible, horrible cross-over issue!

Knuckles the Echidna: A spin-off comic series that sometimes interconnected with the main one. Referred to as KtH in the Reading order. Runs alongside the main series from around 52 to 78

Sonic Universe: A spin-off series similar to both KyE and the Mini-series. Like KtE these sometimes interconnect with the main series. Referred to as SU in the Reading Order. Starts around main series 197.

Free Comic Book Day Specials: Occasional Bonus Issues. Most are reprints of main comics, those that are original stories are included in the reading order.

Super Sonic Digest: A collection of story arc's from the comics. Issue 8 is the only included one, as it contains a background story for the reboot.

Mega-Man: A different comic series based on the Mega Man games. Included because there is a crossover with Sonic at around 247 to 252, and a second starting just after SU #75. Plus they’re fun comics as well. Note, only the cross-over issues are included in the Reading Order. The cross over is also the reason In-universe for the re-boot.

Sonic X: A comic series based on the Sonic X show. Only one comic intersects with the main series, and it is not required reading. (Though if you want to get some of the off-panel jokes you may need to read the series!)

Graphic Novels: Collections of comics printed together. As they are reprints they are not included in the Reading Order.   Sonic Boom: A short lived serise based on the Sonic Boom TV show.  Included during the second Cross-Over.



A note on game adaptions, spoiled so as to not clutter the order.




Reading Order

Mini-Series: Sonic

StH: #1 - #18

Special: Sonic In Your Face

StH: #19 - #20

Mini-Series: Sally

StH: #21 - #23

Special: Sonic and Knuckles

StH: #24 - #26

Special: Sonic Triple Trouble

StH: #27 - #29

Mini-Series: Tails

StH: #30

Special: Knuckles Chaotix (Also, the first story in the Super-Sonic Vs Hyper-Knuckles special should take place in the middle of these stories)

StH: #31 - #33

Special: Super-Sonic Vs Hyper-Knuckles

StH: #34 - #36

Mini-Series: Knuckles

StH: #37 - #39

Special: Sonic and Knuckles: Mecha Madness

StH: #40 - #41

Mini-Series: Sonic Quest

StH: #42 - #43

Special: Sonic Live

StH: #44 - #45

Special: Sonic Blast

StH: #46

Sonic Super Special: Issue 1

StH: #47 - #49

StH: #50 OR Sonic Super Special: Issue 6 (The SSS is a ‘director’s cut of StH 50)

StH: #51 - #52

KtE: #1 - #6

Sonic Super Special: Issue 2

StH: #53 - #55

KtE: #7 - #9

StH: #56

Sonic Super Special: Issue 4

StH: #57

KtE: #10 - #11

StH: #58

KtE: #12

StH: #59 - #63 and KtE: #13 - #18 and Sonic Super Special: Issue 5

StH: #64 - #67 and KtE: #19 - #21 and Sonic Super Special: Issue 8

StH: #68 - #72 and KtE: #22 - #25 and Sonic Super Special: Issue 9

Sonic Super Special: Issue 10

StH: #73-77 and KtE: #26-#28

KtE: #29 - #32 and Sonic Super Special: Issue 11 and 12

StH: #78 - #82

Sonic Super Special: Issue 13

StH: #83 - #87

Sonic Super Special: Issue 14

StH: #88 - #97 and Sonic Super Special: Issue 15

StH: #98 (Incomplete adaption of the Sonic Adventure 2 game. The story is covered more later in the series in SU #2, though badly. If you don’t know the story, reading a wiki on the game’s story, or playing the game, or watching the Sonic X adaption will cover most of what’s going on. And… is kinda necessary given it is Shadow’s introduction.)

StH: #99 - #174 (That was easy ;-p )

Free Comic Day Special: 2007 Issue

StH: #175 - #197

Sonic X: #40

SU: #1

StH: #198

SU: #2

StH: #199 - #209 and SU: #3 - #12

SU: #13 - #16

StH: #210 - #212

Free Comic Day Special: 2010 Issue

StH: #213 - #216 and SU: #17 – #20

StH: #217

StH: #218 - #224 and SU: #21 – #28

Free Comic Day Special: 2011 Issue

StH: #225 - #232 and SU: #29 – #32

SU: #33 - #36

StH: #233 - #234

SU: #37 - #40

StH: #235 - #240

SU: #41 – 44

StH: #241 - #246 and SU: #45 – 50

StH: #247

Mega Man: #24

SU: #51

StH: #248

Mega Man: #25

SU: #52

StH: #249

Mega Man: #26

SU: #53

StH: #250

Mega Man: #27

SU: #54

StH: #251

StH: #252 (This is where the reboot begins due to the crossover events.)

StH:253 - #255 and SU: #55 - #58

Free Comic Day Special: 2014 Issue and Super Sonic Digest: #8

StH: #256 – #267 and SU: #59 - #70   StH: #268 - #271   SU: #71 - #74   StH: #272   SU: #75   SU: #76   Sonic Boom: #8   StH: #273   Special: Worlds Unite Battles #1   Mega Man: #50