The Best of the Super Mario Bros. #[nn] (1990) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Series: The Best of the Super Mario Bros. (Acclaim / Valiant, 1990 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: 1990
Key date: 1990
Indicia publisher: Valiant
Price: [none]
Pages: 196
Barcode: 716892160103
ISBN: 0-9626252-0-5

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various
1	Start	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	letters: typeset
2	-	illustration	1		Mario
3	The Legend	comic story	2	script: George Caragonne; pencils: Art Nichols; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Janet Jackson; letters: Jade	Mario; Luigi; Toad; Princess Toadstool; Bowser
4	Just Deserts	comic story	10	script: John Walker; pencils: John Costanza; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Kingman Huie; letters: Ken Lopez	Mario; Luigi
5	Piranha-Round Sue	comic story	10	script: Mark McClellan, Bill Vallely; pencils: George Wildman; inks: P. Zorito; colors: J. Jackson; letters: Jade	Mario; Toad
6	Koopa's Believe It or Else!	comic story	1	script: John Walker; colors: Barry Goldberg; letters: Ken Lopez	Bowser
7	Dear Princess Toadstool	text story	1	letters: typeset	Princess Toadstool
8	Magic Carpet Madness	comic story	10	script: John Walker; pencils: John Costanza; inks: P. Zorito; colors: The Gradations; letters: Jade	Mario; Luigi; Princess Toadstool
9	The Adventures of Dirk Drain-Head	comic story	10	script: Mark McClellan, Bill Vallely; pencils: Dan Danglo; inks: P. Zorito; colors: The Gradations; letters: Ken Lopez	Mario; Princess Toadstool
10	Throne Out	comic story	1	script: John Walker; pencils: Dan Danglo; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Andrea Brooks; letters: Jade	King Toadstool; Princess Toadstool
11	Mario Bros. Museum of Plumbing	comic story	1	script: John Walker; pencils: Gina Going; inks: Jacqueline Roettcher; colors: Karen Merbaum; letters: Jade	Luigi
12	The Kingdom Enquirer	comic story	10	script: Bill Vallely, Mark McClellan; pencils: John Costanza; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Andrea Brooks, The Gradations; letters: Pat Brosseau	Mario; Wooster; Toad
13	The Fish That Should've Gotten Away	comic story	4	script: Mark McClellan, Bill Vallely; pencils: Art Nichols; inks: P. Zorito; colors: J. Jackson; letters: Ken Lopez	Mario; Stanley
14	Cloud Burst	comic story	10	script: Bill Vallely, Mark McClellan; pencils: Dan Danglo; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Andrea Brooks; letters: Jade	Mario; Luigi; Lakitu; Princess Toadstool
15	Love Flounders	comic story	10	script: Bill Vallely, Mark McClellan; pencils: George Wildman; inks: P. Zorito; colors: The Gradations; letters: Ken Lopez	Mario; Stanley; Bertha; Luigi; Toad
16	Fryguy High Yearbook -- Activity Page!	comic story	1	script: Bill Vallely, Mark McClellan; pencils: Bill Wray; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Kingman Huie; letters: Ken Lopez
17	Summer Camp	comic story	1	script: John Walker; pencils: John Costanza; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Heather Eatman; letters: Jade	Mario; Luigi; campers; counselor
18	Duh Stoopid Bomb!	comic story	10	script: Bill Vallely, Mark McClellan; pencils: George Wildman; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Carol Smith, Ken Shooter; letters: Rod Ollerenshaw	Mario; Luigi; King; Princess; Wooster; King Koopa; Toad
19	You Again?	comic story	10	script: Bill Vallely, Mark McClellan; pencils: John Costanza; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Kingman Huie; letters: Karen Merbaum	Mario; Toad
20	Kitchen Kraziness	comic story	1	script: John Walker; pencils: Wansi; inks: Kathryn Bolinger; colors: Kathryn Bolinger; letters: Jade
21	Public Service Announcement	comic story	1	script: Bill Vallely, Mark McClellan; pencils: Art Nichols; inks: Jan Harpes; colors: J. Jackson; letters: Ken Lopez
22	Beauty and the Beach	comic story	10	script: Mark McClellan, Bill Vallely; pencils: John Costanza; inks: Jacqueline Roettcher; colors: Kingman Huie; letters: Jade
23	Koopa-Kola	cartoon	1	script: John Walker; pencils: Bill Wray; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Heather Eatman; letters: Jade	Bowser
24	Get Koop-ed Up with the Nicest People!	cartoon	1	script: John Walker; pencils: Bill Wray; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Heather Eatman; letters: Jade	Bowser
25	Fins and Roses	comic story	10	script: Bill Vallely, Mark McClellan; pencils: George Wildman; inks: P. Zorito; colors: The Gradations; letters: Jade
26	In the Swim! Fun and Sun Fashions	comic story	1	script: John Walker; pencils: Wansi; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Karen Merbaum
27	Koopatone	cartoon	1	script: John Walker; pencils: Bill Wray; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Heather Eatman; letters: Jade	Bowser
28	Bedtime for Drain-Head	comic story	10	script: Bill Vallely, Mark McClellan; pencils: George Wildman; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Kingman Huie; letters: Jade	Mario
29	Dear Princess Toadstool	text story	1	script: John Walker; colors: J. Jackson	Princess Toadstool
30	Koopa's High School Yearbook	comic story	1	script: Bill Vallely, Mark McClellan; pencils: Kelly Jarvis; inks: Rich Maurizio; colors: Karen Merbaum; letters: Ken Lopez
31	Cloud Nine	comic story	10	script: John Walker; pencils: George Wildman; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Andrea Brooks, The Gradations; letters: Jade	Mario
32	Betrayal Most Proper	comic story	10	script: Bill Vallely, Mark McClellan; pencils: George Wildman; inks: P. Zorito; colors: The Gradations; letters: Jade
33	The Mario Bros. Guide to Grooming Your Moustache	comic story	1	script: John Walker; pencils: Nate Butler; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Deirdre Leber; letters: Ken Lopez	Mario; Luigi
34	Mario Bros. Museum of Plumbing	comic story	1	script: John Walker; pencils: Gina Going; inks: Roberta Edelman; colors: Kingman Huie; letters: Ken Lopez	Luigi
35	The Buddy System	comic story	10	script: Bill Vallely, Mark McClellan; pencils: George Wildman; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Sikorski, Slinchak; letters: Jade	Mario; Luigi; Princess Toadstool
36	It's Always Fair Weather	comic story	10	script: John Walker; pencils: Dan Danglo; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Rainbowhead; letters: Jade
37	Weight Up	comic story	1	script: John Walker; pencils: Dan Danglo; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Heather Eatman; letters: Jade
38	The Early Years	comic story	1	script: John Walker; pencils: Dan Danglo; inks: P. Zorito; colors: Kingman Huie; letters: Ken Lopez

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Adventures of the Super Mario Bros. #5	1991	On eBay ›
Nintendo Comics System #2	1990	On eBay ›
Super Mario Bros. #4	1991	On eBay ›
Mario's Special Powers ISBN 0-307-21874-0;0-307-21874-6	1991	On eBay ›

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