Tails and the Nameless Zone

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1. 

   Issue 016 · 25 December 1993

   Sonic the Comic #16

   • The Nameless Zone, Part 1 Tails

   Tails returns to his home in the Nameless Zone. His letters have made the Enchanter Kings think he is a famous hero, so they ask him to stop Trogg's invasion.

2. 

   Issue 017 · 21 January 1994

   Sonic the Comic #17

   • The Nameless Zone, Part 2 Tails

   The Enchanter Kings arm Tails for a confrontation with Trogg. A chance sword stroke cuts the Dimension Bridge's rope, and Tails uses flight to turn the encounter in his favour.

3. 

   Issue 018 · 4 February 1994

   Sonic the Comic #18

   • The Land Beyond, Part 1 Tails

   Tails and Errol Blackthorn cross into the Land Beyond to recover the missing Enchanter King Shirob. Goblins meet them on the far side of the Dimension Bridge.

4. 

   Issue 019 · 18 February 1994

   Sonic the Comic #19

   • The Land Beyond, Part 2 Tails

   Errol and Tails fight through goblin territory toward Trogg's labyrinth. Tails admits his letters home exaggerated his heroics before the pair find the captive Shirob and a beast guarding him.

5. 

   Issue 020 · 4 March 1994

   Sonic the Comic #20

   • The Land Beyond, Part 3 Tails

   Tails and Errol free Shirob from a pit creature and push deeper into the labyrinth. The rescued king then reveals himself as Trogg.

6. 

   Issue 021 · 18 March 1994

   Sonic the Comic #21

   • The Land Beyond, Part 4 Tails

   Trogg reveals that he was once Shirob, the eldest Enchanter King, before contact with the Evil One changed him into the goblin now seeking revenge on Tails. Tails attacks, but Trogg easily overpowers him until a portal opens and gives Tails and Errol Blackthorn a narrow escape. Back with the Enchanter Kings, Errol calls Tails a true champion and Tails returns to Mobius, leaving Trogg's deception exposed.

7. 

   Issue 028 · 24 June 1994

   Sonic the Comic #28

   • The Morbidden Hunt, Part 1 Tails

   Tails returns to the Nameless Zone to find two kidnapped fox cubs. His trail leads toward Castle Morbidden, with a gryphon threatening to stop him first.

8. 

   Issue 029 · 8 July 1994

   Sonic the Comic #29

   • The Morbidden Hunt, Part 2 Tails

   Heading for Castle Morbidden, Tails is attacked by a gryphon and escapes when the beast crashes after chasing him off a cliff. Fox-centaurs Ginny and Neddy hail him at Portstable and lend a flying boat, but the landing strands him inland where Prince Catalus takes him.

9. 

   Issue 030 · 22 July 1994

   Sonic the Comic #30

   • The Morbidden Hunt, Part 3 Tails

   Prince Catalus presents Jimmy and Jilly to Tails; the cubs still treat lemonade and sword-play as fun rather than danger. Flown into Castle Morbidden, they learn Vulpecula's sport is a fox hunt, and her pursuit drives the three into a dead end.

10. 

    Issue 031 · 5 August 1994

    Sonic the Comic #31

    • The Morbidden Hunt, Part 4 Tails

    Queen Vulpecula lets the foxes go only to hunt them again; Prince Catalus then turns on them himself. Tails flies Jimmy and Jilly to a goblin ship, returns them home, and steps back through the portal to Mobius, where Sonic simply puts him back to work.

11. 

    Issue 059 · 1 September 1995

    Sonic the Comic #59

    • The Revenge of Trogg, Part 1 Knuckles and Tails

    A security alarm on the Floating Island sends Knuckles to Mushroom Hill, where he sees Tails and Shaman Warpull at a glowing portal and tackles them through it. They emerge in the Nameless Zone; Warpull mistook Knuckles for Sonic and explains that Trogg has seized the Enchanter Kings. Errol Blackthorn returns from the Land Beyond already changed into a monstrous troll.

12. 

    Issue 060 · 15 September 1995

    Sonic the Comic #60

    • The Revenge of Trogg, Part 2 Knuckles and Tails

    Monster-Errol attacks with a sword; Knuckles ignores Warpull's order to stand aside and knocks the beast out for the stocks. Posing as Sonic to spare Tails embarrassment, he announces that the fox has a plan to free the Enchanter Kings. In Enchanted Battle Armour, Tails joins Knuckles on the Dimension Bridge toward the Land Beyond, still far from sure this is wise.

13. 

    Issue 061 · 29 September 1995

    Sonic the Comic #61

    • The Revenge of Trogg, Part 3 Knuckles and Tails

    Knuckles and Tails cross into the Land Beyond and are joined by Morain, Errol Blackthorn's sword-wielding sister, who wants revenge on Trogg. Goblin warriors soon overwhelm the trio and they are forced to surrender when a fresh army arrives. Meanwhile Trogg, watching through a scrying crystal, prepares to turn the captive Enchanter Kings into monsters when the moon reaches its zenith.

14. 

    Issue 062 · 13 October 1995

    Sonic the Comic #62

    • The Revenge of Trogg, Part 4 Knuckles and Tails

    Knuckles, Tails and Morain are hauled before Trogg as moonlight through a roof-lens strikes a black orb and summons the goat-faced Dark One. While the goblins gape at the demon, the heroes cut the Kings free and attempt a quiet exit, but Trogg orders the Dark One to stop them and its magic pins the trio. Trogg postpones his revenge on Tails so he can first remake the Kings into dark forms like himself.

15. 

    Issue 063 · 27 October 1995

    Sonic the Comic #63

    • The Revenge of Trogg, Part 5 Knuckles and Tails

    Held in the Dark One's forcefield, Knuckles, Tails and Morain can only watch as the Enchanter Kings are twisted into Trogg-like monsters. The demon's full concentration on the change drops the barrier, so the heroes snatch the Dark Orb and flee to the Dimension Bridge, where they hurl it into non-existent space and the Dark One is pulled after it to its doom. The Kings begin to revert, but Trogg remains a monster and turns on them in a rage.

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    Issue 064 · 10 November 1995

    Sonic the Comic #64

    • The Revenge of Trogg, Part 6 Knuckles and Tails

    On the Dimension Bridge Knuckles duels the furious Trogg and punches him through the ropes into non-existent space, then the party returns to the Nameless Zone to a heroes' welcome from Shaman Warpull and a restored Errol Blackthorn. Trogg claws his way back for revenge, only to collapse as the Dark One's lingering enchantment finally wears off and he becomes Shirob, the third Enchanter King, once more. With all three Kings restored, Knuckles and Tails depart while Morain is still puzzled by the name Knuckles let slip.

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