The Best of the Nintendo Comics System

A single-issue compilation from Mallard Press, The Best of the Nintendo Comics System (1990) collects highlights from the short-lived but fondly remembered line of video-game-inspired comics. Writer Bryan D. Leys and artist Don Hudson are the creative team most associated with this volume, which serves as a nostalgic snapshot of the era's playful, kid-oriented licensed storytelling. It matters as a concise artifact of a unique crossover between Nintendo's early gaming empire and the comic book medium.