Seven Soldiers Timeline

(Aurakles is created in 40,000 BC. He throws his "spear" around this time ("42,000 years before"). he also fights with an adult Neh-Buh-Loh wielding Caliburn (notable as the Sheeda have not yet contacted his time. Earth-eroding "ages" later, a Neanderthal time machine expedition results in the Sheeda developing time travel and conducting the first Harrowing, imprisoning Aurakles and devouring the Neanderthal civilization.

~10000 years ago

Seven Soldiers 1's story

(Arthur journeys to Gorias and finds Excalibur and the flying horses.)

Shining Knight 4's flashback

(Sir Justin knighted by Galahad.)

Shining Knight 1

(The last stand of the Knights of the Broken Table.)

Frankenstein 2's background info

(Mister Melmoth is left behind, to go to the future the hard way.)

~9970 years ago

Shining Knight 3's flashback

(Dwarven smiths, at Camelot's instigation, split the atom.)

~500 years ago

Frankenstein 2's background info

(Mister Melmoth finds the Undry Cauldron in Slaughter Swamp and replaces his blood with its waters.)

~400 years ago

Klarion 3 and Klarion 4's background info

(The Puritan colony of Roanoke is attacked by Mister Melmoth and goes underground.)

~170 years ago

Frankenstein 2's background info

(Victor Von Frankenstein receives a sample of Mister Melmoth's blood, using it to create his immortal monster.)

~160 years ago (?)

The narrator of Seven Soldiers 1, flaunting the sigil of his masters, makes perhaps the weakest yet of many failed attempts to bind Zachary Zor in their company.

~147 years ago

Seven Soldiers 1

Aurakles spends "Seven score and seven" years "chained among the dead in the bone prisons of the Sheeda", but unless this refers to the Croatoan cavern under Manhattan, these 147 years were likely spent in Castle Revolving, during which 40 centuries (from the time of his original capture by the Sheeda) would likely have elapsed in this timeline.

~130 years ago

Frankenstein 1's flashback

(Frankenstein fights Mister Melmoth aboard a train.)

~100 years ago

Seven Soldiers 0 - Vigilante's story

(The appearance of the Monster of Miracle Mesa.)

~50 years ago

Guardian 4's flashback

(The Newsboy Army is cursed by the Terrible Time Tailor (aka Zor); Chop Suzi gives birth to blonde twins; Captain 7 murders Chop Suzi and the other kids toss him into Ali-Ka-Zoom's Cabinet.)

~30-40 years ago

The original Seven Soldiers of Victory

Bulleteer 2's flashback

(The Vigilante arrests the Hand, which keeps a grudge to this day.)

Not long ago

JLA:Classified 1-3 - Preliminary attack, defeated by the JLA

(The Ultra-Marines are sent into "the "infant universe of Qwewq", an infant Neh-Buh-Loh, who has yet to mature as the time-travelling huntsman of the Sheeda. The sacrifice of the Ultra-Marines seems to have given Neh-Buh-Loh the capacity to love which has made him spare Misty at some unspecified time in the past, and which Neh-Buh-Loh considers the flaw enabling his own destruction.)

Zatanna 3's background info

(possibly considerably earlier: Misty is brought to Earth by Neh-Buh-Loh.)

Today

Bulleteer 1 - before Seven Soldiers 0

(Alix Harrower suffers a terrible accident and becomes the Bulleteer.)

Zatanna 1 - before Seven Soldiers 0

(Zatanna attends a group therapy session with Gimmix, meets Misty.)

Zatanna 2 - one day after Zatanna 1, before Zatanna 3

(Zatanna and Misty face Gwydion. Misty has a mystical die that seems to help her magic.)

Seven Soldiers 0 - After Zatanna 1, before Shining Knight 2

(Gimmix joins Vigilante's group and meets her fate at Miracle Mesa. The Whip joins Vigilante's group and goes to meet her fate in Miracle Mesa.)

We're assuming here that the Sheeda reappear during Seven Soldiers 0: 
therefore, issues featuring living Sheeda happen after this.

Frankenstein 1 - Presumably after Seven Soldiers 0

(Frankenstein returns to the world of the living and faces a Sheeda invasion front.)

Guardian 1 and Klarion 1 happen at the same time, right before Mister Miracle 1
Guardian 2 and Klarion 2 happen at the same time; both continue from #1

(Klarion rises up to New York from Limbo Town via the Secret Subways; Jake Jordan descends into the Secret Subways in pursuit of the Subway Pirates and the Foundation Stone of New York. Klarion pockets (what could be) the Stone in the form of a mystical die. We see the broken chains of Croatan.)

Mister Miracle 1 - Just after Guardian 1

(Shilo Norman enters a black hole, encounters Metron. Days later, he encounters Black Racer on the streets of New York.)

Conclusion of Shining Knight 1

(Justin and Vanguard land in modern Los Angeles and are separated.)

Shining Knight 2 continues from #1

(Justin faces Guilt and meets Ali-Ka-Zoom. Vanguard is taken to Don Vincenzo's estate.)

Mister Miracle 2 continues from #1 (remember #1 lasts several days)

(Shilo Norman flees the Killer Cars of Apokolips and meets a strange group of vagrants.)

These issues reference one another and can be ordered without much speculation.

Klarion 3 - A couple of days after Klarion 2, same day as Shining Knight 3 and Mister Miracle 3

(Klarion encounters Mister Melmoth and adventures with the Deviant Boys; we get our first glimpse of Mars.)

Mister Miracle 3 - same day as Klarion 3 and Guardian 3's flashback

(Shiloh Norman faces Baron Bedlam and Dark Side.)

Shining Knight 3 - same day as Klarion #3

(Justin contacts the police, encounters Gloriana Tenebrae. I, Spyder is revealed to be alive and allied with her.)

Shining Knight 4 continues from #3

(Justin faces Galahad. Gloriana discovers Mister Melmoth is alive. The Sheeda raid the estate of Vincenzo, the Undying Don, and remove the Undry Cauldron.)

Zatanna 3 - two days after Shining Knight 2, immediately after Shining Knight 4

(Zatanna encounters the Tempter, then Ali-Ka-Zoom, who leads her to the estate of Vincenzo -- the former Newsboy Army member Kid Scarface. They chat with Vanguard.)

Klarion 4 - Shortly after Klarion 3

(Klarion returns to Limbo Town. Mister Melmoth is severely hurt, but escapes.)

Bulleteer 2 - the day after Shining Knight 3 and Klarion 3

(Bulleteer meets Agent Helligan and learns of what happened in Miracle Mesa.)

Zatanna 4

(Zatanna takes Vanguard and Misty to Slaughter Swamp and meets the Seven Unknown Men.)

Frankenstein 2 - Shortly after Klarion 4

(Frankenstein goes to Mars, and Mister Melmoth meets his fate.)

Bulleteer 3 - A day or two after Bulleteer 2, same day as Zatanna 3?

(Bulleteer serves as bodyguard in a superhero convention. Don Vincenzo's body is found. Spyder reappears.)

Frankenstein 3

(Frankenstein does battle in Salvation Valley and meets the agents of SHADE. Hurricane Gloria hits Philadelphia, presumably on its way to Manhattan.)

Mister Miracle 4 - Seven days after Mister Miracle 1

(Shiloh Norman fights the Life Trap/Omega Sanction.)

Guardian 3 - Several days after Guardian 2

(Jake Jordan's adventure at Century Hollow and flashbacks to his family crisis.)

Guardian 4 continues from #3

(Ed Stargard tells Jake about the Newsboy Army and the legend of the Seven Soldiers. The Sheeda attack Manhattan.)

Bulleteer 4 - Follows from Bulleteer 3

(Bulleteer fights Sally Sonic.)

Frankenstein 4

(Frankenstein faces Neh-Buh-Loh and Gloriana Tenebrae; Shining Knight's mission continues; 'All hell is loose' in Manhattan)

Seven Soldiers 1 - Right after Frankenstein / Bulleteer / Guardian / Zatanna #4

(All stories join and all is revealed.)

A week later

Infinite Crisis - According to Dan DiDio and Grant Morrison

(Mr. Miracle and Frankenstein rescue people from generic disasters. Klarion and Zatanna help summon the Spectre. The Manhattan Guardian and Bulleteer fight random DC criminals. Shining Knight 'seriously kicks Riddler's ass'.)

52 weeks

52 #24

(Bulleteer joins the 'new' Justice League along with Super-Chief, Flamebird, Firestorm and... Ambush Bug?!)

One year later

Justice League Of America #1 - DC Solicitations

(Guardian, Zatanna and Mister Miracle are on the cover roster.)

A billion years later

Frankenstein 4's time trip

(The true origin of the Sheeda is revealed. The invasion of 21st century Earth is prepared. Frankenstein faces Gloriana Tenebrae.)

Seven Soldiers #1 hits the stores

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