Valiant 2005 Internet Archive

[Silke Kawaiaea]

Ihave been slowly learning about and collecting every released item from the early 90's Nintendo comics created by Valiant Comics. I think I have a pretty good understanding of what does and doesn't actually exists, variants, volumes etc. However, one thing that I find suspect is the Trade paperbacks. They released two compilation trade paperbacks, commonly referred to as Nintendo Comics System 1 and Nintendo Comics System 2. Each one has a variant, #1 has a no price variant, and #2 suppodesly has a completely different cover. I have seen images with this cover, but have not seen one photo of the actual book anywhere on the internet. Here is the cover:

My question is, does anyone here own this? Can anyone here confirm this exists? There are comic stores online with a picture of Captain N $6 listed in their possible inventories, but it was proven that this cover was shown as a preview image, but never actually released. I am thinking this variant cover is the same thing, but would love to be proven wrong.

- The Best of the Nintendo Comics System

- The Best of the Super Mario Bros.

Neither are complete clearly given they're best of, but are done on some nice quality hardback paper, ink, and thick book binding and backing so they hold up a lot better than the rest. The Mario one tends to be the most expensive of the two, or at least it was 5-10 years ago as I've had them for awhile. Mario was roughly about twice the price, guess it was lesser printed and both came out in 1990.

I would love to own the old comics again as I had a full sup to the Super Mario Adventures one and the Zelda comics system, never did game boy or generic comic system ones. Last I looked the issues of that get pretty nasty, some on their own, but on the whole for a set it's prime scalper Nintendo greed territory.

i have the full run of NCS, Captain N, Zelda, and Game Boy individual issues (skipped the Mario issues). i ran into the same issue as you a couple years ago, where i kept running into that "cover" but couldn't find an actual issue with that cover. I will admit that it looks like you've already done more digging than me, as i didn't even catch the "no price variant" of the first issue.

After my research and buying, I have all but 7 of the above listed items. Of the 7 I need, I know 6 items exist, but still unsure about the Vol 2 TPB alternate cover. I feel like it may have been advertised like Capt N #6 but never actually released. I would love to see an actual photo or get confirmation from anyone here that this exists.

I just tried something I haven't done before: I googled the ISBN number on the front of that image. There were almost no results. There were places the same image appeared, but almost nothing. No amazon listings, etc.

Yea, so the TPB (Trade Paperbacks), aka the collected books, do have ISBNs, since they are released as actual books not comics, as @twiztor mentioned. So I'm still skeptical, but checking around some other resources.

Wow, I cannot believe you found that! That is the proof I've needed. That is the first photo I've ever seen of one of those. It totally exists. I've had active ebay searches for quite some time so... that means it is going to be extremely difficult to complete this collection now... .lol

From a Nintendo comic standpoint almost seems worth having this topic stickied and editing posts as needed to just get a collection of what does, assumed does, and does not exist if someone rolls by again looking to repeat the madness.

I went with the hardbacks 5+ years ago or so now because the comics have had some fairly toxic prices on them at least going back a decade just because they didn't run long, and largely to get them were mail order as Valiant wasn't exactly rack ready outside of some specialty shops unless a few random ones ended up at some grocery store that also likely carried Nintendo Power. I got all mine mailed to me until they bailed and canceled them all. I wish they still were with my stuff as i can't see dropping $15-100+ on a comic or some insane amount on those collected bits.

Maybe it might be worth making it's own special website, scan the covers, cover the details, all the research, a nice guide for anyone who cares, maybe even scan the entire books and throw them on the archive and link back since they seem takedown proof largely. It would be a hell of a site. Obscure stuff gets treats like that, such as the the Watara Supervision has a full site online made by the owner of Super Fighter Team for example.

I think it would be most appropriate to put the list in the OP and add a link to this thread in to the List of Lists thread, and that should definitely be stickied somewhere. And the pictures from the Valiant forum co-opted and posted ITT so they will still be somewhere when Photobucket inevitably disappears them over there.

So I definitely have a list and images of every cover already. I'm not sure how to format it as a post here though. Also I think there are bandwidth issues with posting images in posts. But this is something I could easily do with little extra work that I haven't already done.

Quick note: I found an instagram user who also sent me photos of his Nintendo Comics System Vol 2 Variant cover trade paperback, so that's two copies I've seen now. I was already convinced but it was interesting to see photos and he gave me some other information that I didn't have as well.

The WayBack Machine is an archive of the internet. Not everything is available, but many websites from even the nineties can still be accessed. That got me thinking; what were the websites of defunct Detroit automakers like Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Mercury, and others like right before they went out of business?

I drive a 15 yr. old Mercury Milan V-6, bought used in 2006. Have maintained it according to its maintenance schedule. At the time it was rated the most reliable sedan of all and it sure has been. I was sadly surprised when Ford folded up Mercury. All of the fantastic

American auto engineers and designers; pushing the envelope, GONE. Sedans, disappearing. Do it yourself mechnics, vaporized.

Eaten up by next gen corps. and spit out.

Early Saturn was a fantastic company. They managed to build an amazing following in a very short time. Within a couple of years they were having Saturn homecoming gatherings at the Spring Hill plant that attracted hundreds, if not thousands, of owners. This is from a slightly above average economy car. Imagine Toyota holding a Corolla homecoming.

I think it was mostly because they decided to treat people differently. They had to recall the first batch of cars made due to the wrong antifreeze being used. They could have flushed the system and added to the warranty, but instead they replaced every car. They had other recalls and would throw recall parties with free food to get people to come in and get their cars fixed.

What about Saab? Technically not American, but was owned by GM until sold and lived longer than Pontiac, Saturn, or Hummer. It actually shared more than one Detroit platform SUV. Defunct in 2012. -dual-sport-motorcycle-helmets/

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