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 under the brand.<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 8-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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