Editing Nintendo Comics System

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|image=[[File:Nintendo Comics System No 1.jpg|200px]]<br>The first issue of the ''Nintendo Comics System''
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{{quote|'''Comics for Nintendo players!'''<br> Now there's an idea! They'd have to be fast-paced. Intelligent. Sophisticated. Literate. Intriguing. Involving. Funny. <br> Why? <br> Because Nintendo players are smart, discerning, tasteful people with a sense of humor.<br> Lots of companies would have loved to have published comics for Nintendo players. But the nice people at Nintendo picked us-VALIANT. They thought we'd do the best job. We will.|Introduction to ''[[Nintendo Comics System No. 1]]''}}
The '''''Nintendo Comics System''''' is the umbrella brand for [[Valiant Comics]]' line of licensed comics based on [[Nintendo]] properties. Running from 1990 to 1991,<ref>[https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/12/comic-video-game-crossover-history/#page-4 Drawn together: The love affair between comics and games]</ref> the comics include stories based on ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'', ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda|The Legend of Zelda]]'' (with some inspirations from  [[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (TV Series)|the cartoon]]), {{wp|Punch-Out!!|''Punch-Out!!''}}, ''[[metroidwiki:Metroid (series)|Metroid]]'' (one story), and ''[[Captain N: The Game Master|Captain N]]''.  Issues featured comics based on multiple properties or focused on a single one. Of the properties featured, ''Super Mario'' was the most prolific and longest-running.

==Publication history==
According to an info page in ''[[Nintendo Comics System No. 1]]'', Valiant's deal with Nintendo was announced at a January 1989 conference in New York. Artists drew the story "[[The Fish That Should've Gotten Away]]" live for the press, making it the first comic produced for the line.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/NintendoComicsSystemBookCollection/Nintendo%20Comics%20System%2001%20%281990%29/page/n39/mode/2up Nintendo Comics System Book Collection]</ref>

In January 1990, an [[Nintendo Comics System: Sneak Preview!|eight-page sneak preview]] featuring various pages from the upcoming comics and ultimately unused art was published. This was the first comic issue published by Valiant, predating the company's wrestling and self-owned superhero titles.{{ref needed}}

==List of ''Super Mario'' media==
*''[[Super Mario Bros. (Valiant Comics)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' (1990–1991)
*''[[Game Boy (comic)|Game Boy]]'' (1990)

===Non–''Super Mario'' comics with cameos===
*''[[Crossovers with Punch-Out!!|Punch-Out!!]]''
**"Outsiders" ([[Mario]] cameo)
*''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]''
**"Welcome to Videoland" (''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and [[Donkey Kong]] cameo)
**"All's Well That Ends Swell" (Donkey Kong cameo)
**"Video-Town" (Donkey Kong cameo)
**"Secrets of the Warp Zones" (Donkey Kong appearance)

==Gallery==
{{main-gallery|Super Mario Bros. (Valiant Comics)}}
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ValiantComics-KingToadstool.JPG|[[Mushroom King|King Toadstool]]
DirkDrain-Head.jpg|[[Dirk Drain-Head]]
Adventures of the Super Mario Bros No 1.png|''[[Adventures of the Super Mario Bros. No. 1]]''
Dear Princess Toadstool issue 1.jpg|"[[Dear Princess Toadstool]]," first issue
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==Naming==
The ''Nintendo Comics System''{{'}}s title follows the naming scheme of the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] video game console.

==References==
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==External links==
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*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20220407185406/http://catfish.it.cx/trsrockin/trsrockin.com/ncs.html Nintendo Comics System]'' at TRS Rockin
*[https://valiant.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Nintendo Nintendo category at the Valiant Comics Wiki]

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