Blip was a seven issue magazine about video games by Marvel. The first issue contains a comic strip about Donkey Kong, which was recently reviewed on Atop the Fourth Wall. Scans here.
From this strip alone, we learn many interesting things about the Marioverse, such as...
From this strip alone, we learn many interesting things about the Marioverse, such as...
- Mario uses a Tuff-As-Nails brand hammer.
- Donkey Kong isn't kidnapping Pauline in this particular comic, but presumably has in the past. Despite this, the girl still looks a lot like her, and she and Mario waste no time smooching upon her rescue.
- Mario can walk in midair, the secret being simply to "believe in yourself". Presumably, this is inspired by the advice Pac-Man gave Mario while he briefly attended Namco High.
- Mario is a Great American! TAKE THAT RUDNICKI.
- The first encounter between Mario and DK happened in Japan.
- Donkey Kong was a genetic experiment made to help with construction work (this is FRIGGIN' AWESOME)
- DK kidnaps damsels because they remind him of the mother he never knew.
- Mario feels sorry for DK, and only fights him because he's the only one who can.
- DK can be pacified if you scratch him behind the ears
- Once Mario's reached the top of the (ahem) "construction site", the idea of going back down seems to confuse him.
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