Nintendo Comic Systems

Nintendo Comics System

Cover of the first issue

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.

Valiant Comics's Nintendo Comics System series of comic books was published between 1990 and 1991. The comics are based upon Nintendo video game and television intellectual property from Super Mario Bros., Game Boy, The Legend of Zelda, Captain N: The Game Master, Metroid, and Punch-Out!!.

Valiant's Super Mario Bros. comic books are based on the three main Mario games on the Nintendo Entertainment System, as well as The Super Mario Bros. Super Show. It features the five main characters from the games and cartoon: Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool (as the name Peach was not known in America at the time), Toad, and Bowser as "King Koopa". Wart (the main villain from Super Mario Bros. 2), the Koopalings, and the viruses from Dr. Mario also make minor appearances. New characters are also featured for these comics, including: Stanley the Talking Fish, an annoying fish who often pesters Mario about his dating problems; King Toadstool, the Princess' father, who is not very intelligent; and Wooster, the king's much smarter and more sensible advisor. One particular character created for the comics is Dirk Drain-Head, a comic book superhero favored by Mario and all of Bowser's minion, and disliked by most other characters. Mario's line was renewed for 1991, in which he has two different books: Super Mario Bros. and Adventures of the Super Mario Bros.