Super Mario Adventures



Super Mario Adventures was a Super Mario comic that was published in the Nintendo Power magazine for quite a while, beginning in 1992. It featured many of the enemies and characters from the game Super Mario World, but had an original, quite humorous storyline. After its run in Nintendo Power, it was published in graphic novel form. In this form, a bonus comic, Mario Vs. Wario, was added.

Popping Pillars of Pipe?
Mario and Luigi arrive at the Princess's castle, where a party is scheduled to take place in the evening. Unfortunately, there is a huge mess in the plumbing! All the pipes are mixed up and disconnected! The Bros. quickly get to work, eventually clearing out the mess, leaving only one disconnected green pipe that they had not seen before. Suddenly, another green pipe, this one VERY large, pops out of the ground. Mario peeks inside and promptly is snapped on the nose by a Piranha Plant. At that moment, the Princess is playing Super Mario Bros. in the courtyard, accompanied by her faithful Toad courtiers. One of the Toad guards runs up with some very important news: Gigantic pipes are popping up everywhere! The Toad courtiers are dubious ("Popping pillars of pipe? Preposterous!!")

But, when they look out the window, they find it is true; not only are they pipes littering the palace yard, but at that moment, tons of monsters (all from Super Mario World, of course) including Monty Moles, Swoops, and Goombas, shoot out of the plumbing! Mario and Luigi come up with an unique idea. Mario sticks a pipe in his mouth, wedges a Goomba in, Luigi jumps on his back, and the Goomba goes flying, obliterating all the other monsters. But just as the Princess and the Toads think that the castle is safe, a gigantic pipe shoots out of the ground, which contains Bowser and his Koopa Clown Car. Bowser, after testing the mic in his hand, (and getting a gong bang from his kids) begins rapping. The message is that Bowser wants to rule the Mushroom Kingdom now, and he intends to do this by marriage to Peach!!! Of course, the Princess refuses ("IN YOUR DREAMS, and MY nightmares!" she shouts back),but the crafty King of Koopas, of course, won't take no for an answer. He announces he'll be back in two weeks for her final decision, and to make the deal go a little more his way, he proclaims that if the answer is no, all her people will be turned to stone, giving her a demo on the Toads nearest him! (Even their screams of terror become rock!) Peach becomes extremely upset at this, and tries reasoning with the Koopa King. But Bowser, seeing as he's got her "over a barrel", so to speak, chuckles at her and rockets back down his pipe with the Koopalings. Peach becomes enraged and, with some of her faithful Toad courtiers, goes down the pipe too, hoping to strike a compromise with the King. Meanwhile, the Toads are trying to find the Mario Bros. to warn them about the Princess's departure, but a calamity has struck! Mario has been turned into a statue too! Luigi, however, doesn't seem to notice the difference, only that Mario isn't talking and is extremely stiff. One of the Toads saves the day by calling up the Minister of Massage, a mystic Toad who works wonders on the stone Mario and, one week later, Mario is back to his old self.

Meeting Yoshi.. and Meeting Lakitu!
After hearing the news about Peach, the Bros. race down the huge pipe after her. The pipe is extremely long, and, unfortunately, dangles in the clouds high above the Koopa Kingdom!! After a rough landing, Luigi gets his head wedged into the ground. Mario pulls him up to reveal a giant, green egg! They are quite hungry, so they begin a cookout. But the heat has a strange affect upon the egg, and moments later, a little green dino pops out of it, happily screaming YOSHI!

At that same moment, in the Koopahari Desert, Peach and Co. are hootfooting it to Bowser's Castle. Unfortunately, their supply of water is gone, the troops are pooped, and everyone's dehydrated! The Toad leader tries to tell her that the search is ridiculous, and that there's not a cloud in the sky, but just then a cloud appears an the sizzling sky! The Toads rejoice ("Quick! Let's do a rain dance") but the clouds are soon revealed to be Lakitu hideouts! ("HEEEELP! We must have done the wrong dance! It's raining Spinies!!")

Meanwhile, Mario and Luigi have become terrified of the dinosaur, thinking that their lunch is hungry for them! After shooting off from the dino, Luigi collapses with Mario underneath a bush, which turns out to be a Wiggler's home! Mario tries to "save" (the Wiggler isn't attacking him) Luigi, but when stomped on, the king caterpillar gets all the more upset! Racing away, they find Yoshi blocking their exit, but the cute lil' dino slurps up half the Wiggler, stuns the other half, and has a delicious dinner. Then approaching the Bros., he motions for them to get on his back, and awaaaay they go!

LOCATION: YOSHI VILLAGE Yoshi and the Bros. arrive at a village filled with the little dinosaurs. At first, Mario and Luigi are extremely nervous ("I hope that they're not discussing ways to cook us!" gulps Luigi) but their fears fade when they see another human. He introduces himself as Friendly Floyd, the salesman who can sell anyone anything. Right now, he's selling the gullible Yoshis light bulbs. As it turns out, he can interpret the Yoshi dialect, and he tells the Bros. that the Yoshi they are riding is the Chairman of the Dino Chamber of Commerce. Why was the D.C. Chairman trapped in an egg? On account of Bowser's curse! When some villagers were yoshinapped, their friend went to rescue them, but he happened upon Bowser, who sealed him into the egg. The brothers are astonished, and decide that they need an interpreter. Folyd seems not to want to hang around, so he sells them an "Acme Yoshi Learner" instead for 3000 coins. "3000!!" scream the Bros. "What a rip-off!" Floyd hastily makes it 10 "since they're friends of Yoshi". After F.F. beats it, they open the book and find... Every word translates to "Yoshi"! Mario explodes, but suddenly, they realize that a Toad has stumbled into the village! It's the Princesses' guard, and through him, they soon learn that she is now Bowser's captive!

Meanwhile, On the Other Side of the Koopa Kingdom..
At the Koopa headquarters, the Koopalings are watching Ludwig von Koopa play what appears to be "Super Bowser Bros." Ludwig stomps a Mario, and sends it flying into a long line of others for a 1-Up. Suddenly, the TV screen bleeps out and the face of Bowser appears, yelling to "keep this video line OPEN!" He then tells them that he has, of all things, PROPOSED to Princess Peach! Just then, his chef shows him the colossal wedding cake model. He tells the Koopa King that it "will be twice as big, with chocolate". Bowser decides he'd rather have it 100 time bigger, and turns to tell the Koopalings that he wants them to keep an eye on his "bride-to-be", but realizes that they're playing again! "DO YOU HEAR ME!?!" he roars, somehow sticking his head, in classic cartoon form, through the monitor into their room. "Is he tense, or what?" ask Lemmy Koopa, pulling his his head out of the floor. "She's safely beyond bars!" Or is she? When Lemmy peeps in, she's GONE! They all pile in, wondering how she could possibly pulled it off. But meanwhile, dangling overhead, the Princess balances herself on the cell ceiling... "HEEEEE-YAAAAH!" she screams, preforming a surprise attack on the awestruck Koopa Kids. "Take that"! she cries, karate chopping them and knocking them out. She then races for the cell door, locking them in their own prison! She's safe! But at that moment, Wendy O. Koopa, Bowser's "favorite", runs in with her personal army of Koopa Troopas! Peach runs for cover, but soon finds herself cornered in Wendy's own room! She desperately throws some articles of clothing at the Koopas then threatens to shred Wendy's favorite sweater! She grabs a cape from the closet and impersonates a bullfighters, sending Roy Koopa caterwauling into the wall. With the cape, she steps onto a windowsill and bids them good-bye, but loses her balance and plummets to the ground! Fortunately, she is able to use her cape Super Mario World style, and begins to carefully float outside the moat.

'''LOCATION: OUTSIDE THE FORTRESS MOAT Meanwhile, Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and the Toad they met have arrived outside Wendy's castle. The Toad saw the Koopas take her in, but they need a way to get across the huge moat! Mario tries swimming, but, as he soon finds, much to his discomfort, the water is filed with ferocious Fishbones, Porcupuffers, and Urchins. The Bros. decide to move on to "Plan B"... ("Code name, Survival" Luigi adds nervously.) When they turn around, lo and behold, their old friend Floyd is here too, selling lipstick to a female Piranha Plant! The Bros. decide to "scram, before he pulls another scam!" After beating it, Luigi sits down on a black, cannon-like object. Mario yells for him to get off, but too late! The cannon is revealed as a Bill Blaster, who shoots a Bullet Bill toward the castle! Mario, who was trying to shove it back in, gets shot with it! On his wild way to the castle, Mario spots Peach shooting toward the ground with the cape! Mario shoots straight into the castle, where the Koopalings are more than happy to welcome him! The Princess shoots straight to the ground in a crash-landing, out cold.

LOCATION: WENDY'S CASTLE (again) Bowser is boiling, fuming, and explosive over the newfound fact that his bride has escaped! He roars at his kids ("KOOPA BRATS!" he calls them) and they hurriedly make excuses, Lemmy Koopa telling him "She would've been a lousy wife anyway, Pop." "SILENCE!!" roars Bowser, blowing his top. His anger is so great, it smashes the entire room he is in! "Mellow out, Dad!" cries Wendy. "We may have lost the Princess, but we found someone even better!" Mario is in the prison cell, mumbling through his gag "You rotten Koopa brats!!"

LOCATION: OUTSIDE THE FORTRESS MOAT (again) While Luigi, the Toad and Yoshi try to revive th Princess, two Mechakoopas come up in a boat. They announce that Mario is being held a prisoner, and that if they fail to put the Princess into their boat, Luigi's brother will pay, giving them all a demo on the Mario doll they brought with them. The Toad announces that it's blackmail, but the stubborn robot turtles keep insisting. Suddenly, who should burst in on the scene but Friendly Floyd! "Howdy, howdy, howdy! How do you like the book?" he asks cheerfully, advertising the new makeup line that "could turn a frog into a prince!" Luigi announces that he needs a miracle, not a makeover! Floyd still persists with his tagline of "create a new you!" "NEW ME?!? I need a miracle!" Luigi shouts, but suddenly, a lightbulb flashes above his head. He asks the Mechakoopas to be excused for a moment, and he, the Princess, and Yoshi head into the bushes nearby. Luigi grabs Floyd too, needing his kit for some reason. A moment later, Peach comes out, fully conscious, and asks casually "How do I look?" Meanwhile, in the castle, Bowser's bratty offspring are examining the goings-on with a telescope. "She's on her way! IT WORKED!" they cry with glee, eager over their victory. But, when the Princess is brought in, she cries for some reason "FLOYD! YOU'D BETTER COME THROUGH THIS TIME!"

A Splendid Plan
Toads from all over are racing to a church for.. Mario and Peach's wedding! Floyd, as the pastor, does the ceremony, but just as they get close for the kiss.. Peach feels a shiver of air, and Mario is in a cage being carried off by Koopas and Ninjis! She turns around to find Bowser leaning toward her, lips puckered! Suddenly, Peach wakes up (the ceremony was all a dream) to find herself staring into Yoshi's face! Not knowing who he is, she "runs for her life", to come face-to-face with Friendly Floyd! She runs away again, screaming. ("WAIT! You haven't seen my new line of makeup!" Floyd shouts after her). Seeing her Toad bodyguard, she finally calms down and remembers how she saw Mario zooming past her when she was flying. She suddenly realizes that Mario is nowhere to be seen, and the Toad tells her that he is now a prisoner! She dashes toward the castle, but is held back by Toad, who yells the "You'll spoil Luigi's plan!" Suddenly, she realizes that she is wearing Luigi's overalls!!

LOCATION: WENDY'S CASTLE (once again) Bowser congratulates his kids on bringing back his bride, and tells them to take very good care of her. They all agree, but Ludwig tells his dad that it's not very likely that she'll say yes to the marriage. But then, a miracle happens! Peach tells Bowser that she will marry him, and that she really does love him!! Bowser's head almost implodes with his joy, and wonders why she has a cloth over her mouth. She tells them that she's sick, but this just makes the King want to give her a kiss. She hurriedly refuses, telling them that she doesn't want them all to get the "koopa croup", and simply asks to be untied. King Bowser grants her request, solemnly turns off the monitor, turns to the Koopa chef, and yells at the top of his lungs "SHE LOVES ME! IT'S THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE!! ALL RIGHT!!!", completely destroying the cake model behind him that the Koopas were trying to fix. Meanwhile, Mario is sitting in his cell, when suddenly Peach appears... With a mustache?! "HMF M HEFHUF! HIMF IF FU, FEE! (What a getup! Pink is you, Luigi!)" Mario mumbles through the cloth tied around his face. "I do think it flatters my complexion!" Luigi giggles, trying to unlock the cell door, when suddenly Wendy walks in, bellowing "Princess! Are you lost?" Luigi quickly whips around, covering his face in the process. "What are you going to do with him?" he asks casually. "The Piranhas are always hungry. He'll make a fine meal!" W. O. replies nonchalantly, while Mario turns purple with rage. Luigi quickly changes the subject, suggesting ordering pizza! Everybody is enthusiastic about this (they even begin calling him Mom!), and the Princess impersonator calls it in. But all is not as it seems, as the Toad outside (now wearing a fake afro) announces to Yoshi "We have a delivery to make!" The Koopalings spot the duo on their way, and open the drawbridge. They eagerly open the huge box... And out bursts Princess Peach in Luigi's overalls, and Friendly Floyd cowering alongside. "SPECIAL DELIVERY!" screams the Princess, as the Koopa Kid's eyeballs fairly bug out of their sockets.

"Free Mario, or be blown to pieces!" Peach orders, as the Bowser's kids teeter in confusion. "TWO of them?! Am I seeing double?" asks Windy, "DOUBLE TROUBLE! Which is real?" yelps Lemmy. But their question is answered for them when they turn around to see Luigi has pulled off his mask! The Koopalings are, to say the very least, quite indignant, and race for the "real" Peach. But she threatens them with a bomb and a match, telling them to stay back, or bombs away! Wendy, though, calls her bluff, reminding her that she'll go down, or rather, UP, with the rest of them if she lights the fuse! While the Princess is distracted with the loudmouthed Wendy, Luigi sneaks up on Roy Koopa and makes off with his keys! "STEALTH ATTACK!" he cries, effectively giving away the stealth. Roy dives for Luigi, but the Princess Impersonator jumps out of the way... getting his own head stuck in the ceiling! "Low overhead!" he screams as the keys drop down, but at the last second, the faithful Toad snags them! "COME BACK HERE, shrimpy shroom!" scream the Koopalings as they chase after him, but at the last second, Toad tosses them to Yoshi, who stows them in his mouth and makes off, tripping Iggy, Morton and Roy, sending Wendy and Ludwig crashing into each other, squashing Larry, puts Lemmy in a wild spin, and the Toad into a victory dance! The kids, of course, give angry chase, but Yoshi goes behind a pillar and Luigi comes out... With the key! The Koopa Kids don't suspect a thing, though, and keep chasing after Yoshi. Luigi races for the cell, but has a bit of a trouble with the many, many keys... "STOP!" Scream the persistent Roy and Lemmy, still chasing the green dino. Yoshi swerves, sending the two headlong into a wall! Floyd, of course, can't resist this ripe opportunity, and begins selling them "Koopa Crisis Kits", while Peach screams at him to "save the sales pitch, Floyd!!" Wendy. though, is VERY bitter toward "that dippy dinosaur", tripping him and sending him into poor Peach, Floyd and Toad! She opens a trapdoor, letting six Thwomps freefall down! At the prison, Luigi has finally picked the door lock! But when inside, he realizes that Mario still has a ball and chain on his foot. "Even Houdini couldn't break out of all these locks..." he sighs. In the fray, Wendy has also released a horde of Chargin' Chucks into the battle. As the Chucks race toward our Thwomped heroes, Peach gets up and gives Wendy a heavy glare. "You blitz, and I'll BOMB! I MEAN it!" "And your princess pedestal will be koopa kindling!!" answers Wendy smugly. "It'll be a small price to pay to kick your KOOPA KEESTERS!" Peach replies, with smiling stars and sunshine in the background. "And, as always, GOOD will triumph over KOOPA-DOM!" "YOU'RE OFF YOUR ROYAL ROCKER!!" Wendy screams, but at that moment, Mario and Luigi "still in Princess clothing) burst in and break up the fight, stomping and plowing through the Chucks Wendy released. But Wendy has a back-up plan, as she and her siblings pull a rope and send Floyd, Yoshi, Toad, the Bros., and the Princess down a huge trapdoor! "Where are we?" Luigi asks dazedly as he kicks about. Suddenly, his expression freezes as he yells "Oh, NO!" "REZNORS!" everyone screams, dashing away. But a stray fireball from the castle guardians lights the bomb...KA-BOOOOOOM! goes the castle basement as everyone goes flying! They crash-land on the other side, all yelling "WE DID IT!" On a lower note, Mario grumbles "I can't believe they pulled it off without my direction." Peach asks for her gown back, but Luigi says he's beginning to like it.. Floyd, after giving them a sales pitch for more bombs (they all refuse) jogs off in search of more prospective customers. "KOOPA'S CONQUERED! The Mushroom Kingdom is safe at last!" the Bros. sing. "And we rescued Mario, to boot!" adds Peach. Mario, for once, acknowledges her with gratitude, and they all walk into the sunset, the credits rolling.

WAIT! IT'S NOT OVER YET!
Suddenly, the credits freeze, the sunset clears, and Mario screams "WAIT! This adventure is far from a done deal yet!" They realize that they still need to get home through that huge Warp Pipe... hanging high in the sky! Mario thinks about an alternate route while everyone else screams "Oh, NOOO! WE'RE STUCK HERE FOREVER!" But Toad comes up with an idea of genius! Using the cape, he flies up the pipe, promising he'll send back a rescue party. As the gang relaxes, a rope ladder suddenly falls from on high, and Toads paratroop down! (Hmmm.. They seem to have strangely pointed noses... What could that mean?!) A big, bushy eyebrowed Toad ushers them up, letting Peach go first, then him, then the Bros. Suddenly, the Toad kicks Mario in the nose! "Something weirds going down!" Mario remarks to Luigi, and he's right! The "Toad" slices the ladder, sending Mario and Luigi plummeting! "What's going on!?" Peach exclaims. The "Toad" suddenly turns into who else but BOWSER! "Bwa ha ha! My sinister plan WORKED! You didn't really think I'd let you go so easily, did you?" he asks as the Princess screams and the rope is sucked up the pipe. The clouds dissipate to reveal that the pipe really is a Koopa flying machine! As the Kopas take off their fake caps, the captured Toad tells her that they've already taken control of their home kingdom! "Ha ha ha! You'll have to excuse me.. I have a WEDDING waiting! Ciao!" Bowser yells through his intercom. He then orders his toadies to attack "those bungling Bros.". Interestingly, when the Paratroopas drop, Luigi cries that "it's raining Mechakoopas" when the Koopa falling are clearly Koopa Paratroopas. Mario bops, hops on and stuns them, while Yoshi hungrily and happily slurps them all up! (He's a bottomless pit! Lucky for us!" Luigi comments.) In true Super Mario World style, when Yoshi eats a blue shell, he sprouts wings! The Bros. hop aboard, but in the fray, they lost Bowser's rocket's trail! When Mario and Luigi start arguing, Mario asks Yoshi. Bad idea. When Yoshi tries to tell them, he spits out the precious shell! Yoshi sputters and spiral down! After a rough landing, they see a strange, gloomy house up ahead. Hmmmm... What could possibly be inside?!?

Boo-Mania
The brothers decide to peek inside a take a rest.. but little do they know they are being watched.. By the royal Koopa family! As they watch, Luigi bursts inside, but Mario cautiosly holds him back. The Koopas are worried.. But Bowser announces "They're tired, hungry and, best of all, lost, which makes this bungalow just too tempting!" Mario tells Luigi, at the same time, that "We may be tired, lost and, worst of all, HUNGRY, but I feels that it's a trap!" As they turn to go, Bowser, panicing, presses a button that activates.. The smell of cheese?! Luigi, entranced, races inside. Mario on Yoshi follows, but the ceiling is too low and Mario is knocked off into the house as the door slams, shutting Yoshi out. Bowser, oh-so-happy and gloatful, skips off to "his perfect wedding". As Mario wanders the halls, calling Luigi.. a strange creature appears behind him. Egg-shaped.. nasty face.. butt-chomping teeth.. IT'S A Boo! Mario turns around, and the little spirit blushes and hides its eyes. Mario is inspecting it when another appears.. and succesfully bites Mario's hiney! Mario turns to face it, but the first dives in! Mario races away with the Boos giggling behind him.

Luigi trods the halls to find.. a huge piece of perfectly aged Provolone cheese being aired by a huge fan! As he gobbles dairy, a gigantic horde of Boos appears and make their way toward him. At the last second, Mario leaps in a warns him! Luigi turns around.. and freaks out. The Boos corner the Bros. against a wall, but the Mario Brothers arent beat! They sidle along the wall, keeping their eyes on the ghosts... which is a bad idea, considering there's a big, big, BIG Big Boo in the hallway behind them, that Luigi finds first after falling to the ground. As Mario turns to look at what scared Luigi off, he sees this Big Boo behaves just like the smaller Boos ("Is he scary or just scared?"), but they forget about the swarm of Boos that attacks them from behind. To keep all the ghosts away from them, Mario and Luigi decide to stand back-to-back with each other, staring at them (Mario: "It's a face-off!").

Meanwhile, Bowser's wedding ceremony is being set with a large troop of Yoshis bringing forth the massive wedding cake. Bowser is pleased to see the ease with which Yoshis can be tamed, and it is explained they all are under hypnotic effect. Bowser warns the Magikoopa to keep an eye open for the Yoshis, though, as they are still enemies of Koopas, even hypnotized. Then he asks of Peach, and is informed that her dress is being fitted. Unable to hold his anxiousness, Bowser decides to rush to her room and take a look, knocking down a Goomba in his way, and oblivious to the fact that watching the bride before the ceremony brings bad luck.