The Nintendo Comics System was a series of comic books published by Valiant Comics in 1990 and 1991. It was part of a licensing deal with Nintendo, featuring characters from their video games and the cartoons based on them. Due to poor sales the comics were cancelled near the end of 1991. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Valiant Comics is the comic book publishing company founded by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter and renowned writer/artists Bob Layton and Barry Windsor-Smith in 1989. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... This article is about computer and video games. ... Cartoons started in the 1930s and 40s. ...

The Comics

Valiant's Super Mario Bros. comic books were based on the three main Mario games on the Nintendo Entertainment System, as well as The Super Mario Bros. Super Show. It featured the five main characters from the games and cartoon - Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool (as Peach was known at the time), Toad, and Bowser. Wart (the main villain from Super Mario Bros. 2), the Koopalings, and the Viruses from Dr. Mario also made appearances infrequently. New characters were also made for these comics. One of these was Stanley the Talking Fish, an annoying fish who often pestered Mario about his dating problems. Also among the new characters in the comic was King Toadstool, the Princess' brainless father who did stupid things frequently. Then there was his advisor, Wooster, who knew the king's disposition. One particular character created for the comics was Dirk Drain-Head, a comic book superhero favored by Mario and all of Bowser's minions, and disliked by most other characters. Mario's line was renewed for 1991, when he had two different books - "Super Mario Bros." and "Adventures of the Super Mario Bros." NES redirects here. ... Various television shows based on Super Mario Bros. ... Mario ), originally called Jumpman, is a popular video game character created by the company Nintendo, and is also the titular hero of numerous successful video games, many of the platforming genre. ... Luigi ) is a video game character created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Toad ) is a humanoid mushroom in games of Nintendos Mario series. ... King Bowser Koopa, as seen in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door King Bowser Koopa, known in Japan as Koopa (Japanese: クッパ), a fictional turtle-like character from Nintendo video games, is Mario and Luigis arch-nemesis (although he has joined forces with them in a few games). ... Wart as he appeared in a strategy guide in the premiere issue of Nintendo Power. ... This article is about the version of Super Mario Bros. ... The original Koopalings make their debut appearance in Super Mario Bros. ... These three viruses were first seen in the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy puzzle game Dr. Mario. ... Box art of Dr. Mario for the NES. The Dr. Mario series is a series of puzzle video games made by Nintendo, starting with Dr. Mario. ... Hi! Im Stanley the Talking Fish! Stanley the Talking Fish is a fictional fish created for the comic books based off of the Mario video games. ... The term date can refer to: A day according to a calendar; see calendar date. ... King Toadstool, usually referred to as the King of the Mushroom Kingdom or the King of Mushroomland, is, as his name suggests, the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom, and the father of Princess Peach. ... Wooster is a fictional character created for the comic books based off of the Mario video games. ... Dirk Drain-Head, the Worlds First Two-Fisted Action Plumber! Dirk Drain-Head, the Worlds First Two-Fisted Action Plumber, is a fictional superhero created for the Super Mario comic books published by Valiant Comics. ... For the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode, see Super Hero (Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode). ...

The stand-alone Game Boy comic books, despite having that title, were based on just Super Mario Land, since it was the only Game Boy adventure game around at the time. It ended at four issues. The stories featured an exclusive character named Herman Smirch, who was a quasi-hero of the storyline. He was an ill-willed character whom Tatanga the Mysterious Spaceman, the villain of that game, could easily hypnotize into doing his bidding, due to the bitterness in the man's cynical soul. Herman Smirch Herman Smirch is a fictional character created for the Nintendo Comics System comic book line. ... Tatanga (the Mysterious Spaceman) is a fictional character, an evil villain made by Nintendo. ...

The Legend of Zelda was based on the two Zelda games released on the NES, as well as the animated segments featured on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show.

Captain N: The Game Master was based on the animated series of the same name, but with some major differences. All third-party characters were dropped, but the characters made for the show (Kevin Keene, Princess Lana, Duke, and King Charles), as well as Pit, remained. Simon Belmont and Mega Man were appropriately replaced by Samus Aran, the Metroid heroine who had not appeared in the cartoon, and Mother Brain's second-in-command became Uranos, the demigod from Kid Icarus. For unexplained reasons, Pit's toga was bleached yellow, and in most of the stories, Lana's dress was purple. However, she has a weapon - the scepter she had in concept art, but never featured on the show. However, some of the game-relation mistakes on the show (i.e. Metroid being a place, King Hippo being blue) remained in the comics. Captain N: The Game Master is a cartoon series that aired on U.S. and United Kingdom television from 1989 to 1992. ... Kid Icarus , Myth of Light: The Mirror of Palutena) is a platforming video game developed by what is now known as Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Famicom Disk System in 1986 and the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. ... Simon Belmont ) is a prominent protagonist in the Castlevania video game series. ... Mega Man, known as Rockman ) in Japan, is a video game character created by Keiji Inafune and is the title character of what has been referred to as the Classic Mega Man series developed by Capcom since 1987. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... This article is about the first game in the series. ... Image of Mother Brain from a Metroid: Zero Mission cut scene. ... Kid Icarus , Myth of Light: The Mirror of Palutena) is a platforming video game developed by what is now known as Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Famicom Disk System in 1986 and the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. ...

Metroid and Punch-Out!! appeared as stories in the graphic novel-like issues, and never had their own books.

Story Lists

Note: Short stories are one or two pages. Long stories are four pages or longer.

Super Mario Bros.

Short Stories

• The Legend
• Koopa's Health & Beauty Tips
• Dear Princess Toadstool (A)
• Public Service Announcement
• The Mario Bros. Guide To Grooming Your Moustache
• Dear Princess Toadstool (B)
• Koopa's Believe It Or Else!
• Dear Princess Toadstool (C)
• Mario Bros. Museum Of Plumbing (A)
• Koopa's High School Yearbook
• Fryguy High Yearbook - Activity Page!
• Mario Bros. Museum Of Plumbing (B)
• Family Album: The Early Years
• Advertisement: Koopa Kola
• In The Swim! Fun And Sun Fashions
• Advertisement: Klub Koopa
• Advertisement: Koopatone
• Family Album: Summer Camp
• Throne Out
• Weight Up
• Kitchen Kraziness
• Toad's House

Long Stories

• The Fish That Should've Gotten Away
• Mutiny on the Fungi
• A Mouser in the Houser
• Just Deserts
• The Adventures of Dirk Drain-Head
• You Again?
• Piranha Round-Sue
• Cloud Nine
• Magic Carpet Madness
• The Kingdom Enquirer
• Bedtime For Drain-Head
• Love Flounders
• Betrayal Most Proper
• Beauty and the Beach
• Fins and Roses
• Duh Stoopid Bomb!
• Cloud Burst
• The Buddy System
• It's Always Fair Weather
• Elect Mario For Man of the Year
• The Revenge of Pipe Ooze!
• Minor Defects
• The Doctor Is In... Over His Head
• Bowser Knows Best!
• Tanooki Suits Me

Game Boy

Short Stories

• International Enquisitor (A)
• International Enquisitor (B)
• International Enquisitor (C)

Long Stories

• In the Palm of Your Hand...
• It's A Small World After All
• Team Play
• Pipes Is Pipes

The Legend of Zelda

Short Stories

• [Prologue]
• Map of Hyrule
• Map of North Castle
• Zelda's Consumer Tips
• Secrets of the Triforce
• The Perfect Date
• Impa's Info
• The Adventurer Link
• The Compleat Hero
• The Legendary Zelda

Long Stories

• Assault / Choices
• Missing in Action
• Trust Me
• He Also Serves
• Thief in the Night
• The Power / The Price
• To the First Power
• Queen of Hearts

Captain N: The Game Master

Short Stories

• Welcome to VideoLand
• Every Dog Has His Day
• Villains' Do's And Don'ts
• The Item
• The Fabulous Powers of Captain N
• Video-Town
• Secrets of the Warp Zones
• VideoLand Guidebook: Prisonworld

Long Stories

• All's Well That Ends Swell
• The Fruit and Vegetable War
• Money Changes Everything
• The Happy Zone
• Just a Dog
• The Master Machine
• Nervous Meltdown
• A Dog's Life
• The Real Game Master
• Breakout
• A King of Shreds and Patches
• When Friends Fall Out

Metroid

Short Stories

• The Coming of a Hero
• Metroid

Long Stories

• Deciet Du Jour

Punch-Out!!

Short Stories

• The First Fight

Long Stories

• Outsiders
• Fox and Hounds

Nintendo Comics After Valiant

The cancellation of the Nintendo Comics System was not the end of Nintendo comics in general, as Nintendo's characters would appear in several more comics in the coming years.