Super Mario Bros.

Published by Acclaim and Valiant from 1991, this five-issue series adapts the colorful world of the Super Mario Bros. video games into comic form. Writers George Caragonne, Bill Vallely, and Bryan D. Leys, alongside artists Art Nichols, Dennis Woodyard, and John Costanza, bring Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, Bowser, and the Mushroom Kingdom to life with energetic, kid-friendly adventures. A charming artifact of early-'90s licensed comics, it captures the playful spirit of the games before the franchise expanded further into other media.