Super Mario: Verloren in der Zeit

Super Mario: Verloren in der Zeit (English translation: Super Mario: Lost in time) is the name of a 16-page comic in four parts, the first one being published in the 5/1993 issue of the German Club Nintendo magazine, the others in the following issues.

Part One (5/1993)
The comic begins with Mario getting a package by his mailman. He finds an alarm clock inside, donated to him by his most loyal fan, as the note inside reads. However, it turns out that the mailman was Dr. Wily, Mega Man's main antagonist, who plans to rule over the whole city. Unsuspectingly, Mario tries to set the alarm but immediately is gripped by a time slip, making him land right on the back of a dinosaur. The plumber doesn't believe his eyes and drops his alarm clock. When the dinosaur disappears, Mario spots some cave men. He tries to make his confusion known to them, but they don't understand him and instead smack his head with their mace.

After this encounter, Mario is hungry and enters DinoBurgers, a stone-age fast food restaurant. Asking for a "huge burger", he is given the Tyrannoburger. Instead of asking for money, the salesclerk just takes his hat in exchange. Outside, and obviously fatter in appearance, Mario meets a Yoshi wearing a hat which reads "Taxi". The Yoshi offers his services to him but Mario declines. Instead he leaves all his clothes in a shop and buys a cave man outfit made of coat. Soon after he spots some cave women running right towards him. Mario, thinking they were zealous of his new outfit, is glad to see them. However, it turns out that the girls were fleeing from a Tyrannosaurus rex which now is about to attack Mario. Luckily for him, he spots a Fire Flower nearby and eats it. Turned into Fire Mario, he throws Fireballs at the dinosaur that falls to the ground and spits out Mario's alarm clock. Thinking that the clock will bring him back to the future, he tries to set it again.

Part Two (6/1993)
However, Mario is teleported into Viking age. His alarm clock falls right in front of some Vikings' feet who, not knowing how to use it, unintentionally activate its effect. They are teleported into the present-day New York City. Mario, in the meantime, flees from the Vikings' wives, who are angry with the plumber, considering him responsible for the disappearance of their husbands.

In New York, the Vikings are highly confused about all the cars, and the inhabitants are very scared of the strangers, even resulting in some cars crashing. Some policemen think the Vikings are holding an illegal demonstration and arrest them. Meanwhile, Mario was forced by the Viking women to work for them, he can be seen doing the dishes, chopping wood and looking after their children. At the same time, the Vikings are told by a judge that their alarm clock would get confiscated. Knowing that the clock is responsible for their time travel, however, they grab the alarm clock and activate it.

Meanwhile, another Viking tribe is attacking the village where Mario is working. The plumber gets the idea to use a Super Mushroom. He grows to an enormous size and thus defeats the men. He gets celebrated for it by the Viking women, but in this moment, their husbands are returning. Angry at Mario, they throw the alarm clock at his head. Trying to finally return to the future, he activates the clock again.

Trivia

 * Mario is breaking the Fourth Wall in the first part of the comic. After the cave men hit his head, he's referring to the illustrator, asking why he is so flat in appearance.
 * Part two of the comic introduces a new illustrator of the Club Nintendo comics.