Nintendo power comic compilation

[Kguillemette 1,164]

Are there any other nintendo power comic compilations like this one? I know they ran a metroid and a star fox story, but is there a compilation of the story in printed form?

https://www.amazon.com/Super-Mario-Adventures-Kentaro-Takemura/dp/1421588641/ref=asc_df_1421588641/?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=&hvpos=&hvnetw=o&hvrand=&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584001418800902&psc=1

[CMR 467]

That is honestly one of the best comics I've ever read.  The whole thing is just fun.  It's not complete though.  There was one more comic that was left out, maybe because it came out later.  It was Wario and Mario fighting over a Samus Aran doll to give to peach for her birthday.  Sadly, this is the only NP comic compilation I know of.  I got my original release with a subscription renewal BITD.  Anybody that likes comics should go buy this.  It's great.

Edited August 10, 2020 by CMR

[Kguillemette 1,164]

30 minutes ago, CMR said:

That is honestly one of the best comics I've ever read.  The whole thing is just fun.  It's not complete though.  There was one more comic that was left out, maybe because it came out later.  It was Wario and Mario fighting over a Samus Aran doll to give to peach for her birthday.  Sadly, this is the only NP comic compilation I know of.  I got my original release with a subscription renewal BITD.  Anybody that likes comics should go buy this.  It's great.

True, it really is a very fun read. I can just hear Captain Lou albano coming off the pages! I only wish there were more like this!

[fcgamer 3,925]

Is this a reprint? Does it contain other comics besides the Mario one? I remember having a book with this comic as a child, really great read.

[Tanooki 4,524]

On 8/9/2020 at 8:12 PM, Kguillemette said:

Are there any other nintendo power comic compilations like this one? I know they ran a metroid and a star fox story, but is there a compilation of the story in printed form?

https://www.amazon.com/Super-Mario-Adventures-Kentaro-Takemura/dp/1421588641/ref=asc_df_1421588641/?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=&hvpos=&hvnetw=o&hvrand=&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584001418800902&psc=1

Yeah, they also re-printed the one that Zelda a Link to the Past had as well.  I've still got my original from the 90s, but it was re-issued fairly recently.

https://www.amazon.com/Legend-Zelda-Link-Past/dp/1421575418

 

Also, if you were a fan of the old Nintendo Comics System valiant comic books, they did a pair of 'best of' hardbacks of which one is the Best of Nintendo Comics System.

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Nintendo-Comics-System/dp/0792455290

And then there's the Best of Super Mario Bros.

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Super-Mario-Brothers/dp/0792455304

 

I actually own originals of all these except for the Mario re-print.  Obviously the last two werent NP but ran in tandem at comic book shops so I included them.  There was within NP a Starfox and Metroid comic but they never did get reprinted annoyingly.

[arch_8ngel 1,597]

The Link to the Past compilation was great to have in that format, though the binding quality is a bit poor, and Amazon shipped it in a big open box with no constraints, so my cover was dog-eared as a result.

Wished they'd done the same for Super Metroid

Definitely going to order Super Mario World now that I know it exists, though.

[arch_8ngel 1,597]

On 8/9/2020 at 9:25 PM, CMR said:

  Sadly, this is the only NP comic compilation I know of. 

The Link to the Past NP comic compilation had a big fanfare release a few years back, supposedly limited pressing. (at the time)

[Tanooki 4,524]

I was poking around a bit more, didn't mention it earlier, but I did remember that within 1 or 2 months of NP they had a Killer Instinct comic too and I think there was one for Turok 1 or 2 as well.