CAPTAIN N: THE GAME MASTER (Valiant Comics Pub; Nintendo Comics System)

#2 (1990; FIRST PRINTING;

$1.95 Original Cover Price ($2.50 in Canada);

** Cover features Kevin Keene aka CAPTAIN N and Mother Brain;

( A ) CAPTAIN N in The Happy Zone, 10 page story;

** Appearances by; Kevin Keene aka CAPTAIN N, Samus Aran, Duke, Eggplant Wizard, King Hippo, Kid Icarus, Mother Brain, Princess Lana, Urano;

George Caragonne story;

Don Hudson and José Marzán Jr. art;

 ( B ) CAPTAIN N in Villains' Do's and Don'ts, 2 page story;

** Appearances by; Kevin Keene aka CAPTAIN N, Samus Aran, Eggplant Wizard, Kid Icarus, Mother Brain, Princess Lana, Uranos;

George Caragonne story;

Don Hudson and José Marzán Jr. art

( C ) CAPTAIN N in The Item, 1 page story;

** Appearances by; MOTHER BRAIN;

Bill Vallely and Mark McClellan story;

Bob Layton and Dan Panosian art;

 ( D ) CAPTAIN N in Just a Dog, 10 page story;

** Appearances by; Kevin Keene aka CAPTAIN N, Duke, Eggplant Wizard, Kid Icarus;

Chris Henderson story;

Michael Chen and Bob Layton art;

Notes from Grand Comics Database and Wikipedia;

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** CAPTAIN N, THE GAME MASTER was an Animated TV Series from 1989-1991, it Lasted 3 season and 34 Episodes;

** Since the SUPER MARIO BROS Movies was a HUGE SUCCESS and the LEGEND OF ZELDA Movies is in the Works, Fans are Predicting FUTURE NINTENDO Game Movies Might Include;  SAMUS ARAN, KID ICARUS, METROID and CAPTAIN N, THE GAME MASTER!!! 

** Captain N: The Game Master is an animated television series that aired on television from 1989 to 1991, it Lasted 3 season and 34 Episodes. as part of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup on NBC. The show was produced by DIC Animation City and incorporated elements from many of the most popular video games of the time from the Japanese company Nintendo. There was also a comic book version by Valiant Comics, despite only featuring characters from games produced by Nintendo. The show is also part of an hour-long block in Season 2 with The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and with Super Mario World in Season 3 in a half-hour block.

** The TV Series Includes; CAPTAIN N, THE GAME MASTER (portrayed by Dorian Barag in the live-action sequences, voiced by Matt Hill in animated sequences), SAMUS ARAN (Young WOMAN, the main character in METROID; Upon completing Metroid in under five hours revealed Samus to be a young woman. Although Samus wears the Power Suit throughout most of the Metroid series, she traditionally removes it at the end of most games, often as a result of satisfying certain conditions such as completing the game quickly or with a high percentage of the game's items collected or even both. As a woman in a male-dominated role, Samus has been widely considered a breakthrough for female characters in video games, and is one of the most beloved video game characters of all time by critics and fans alike. Samus is one of the first major female protagonists in a video game games), KID ICARUS (voiced by Alessandro Juliani),   PRINCESS LANA (voiced by Venus Terzo), DUKE (voiced by  Tomm Wright),  MOTHER BRAIN from Metroid (VILLAIN; voiced by Levi Stubbs), KING HIPPO from PUNCH-OUT!! (VILLAIN; voiced by Garry Chalk), EGGPLANT WIZARD from KID ICARUS (VILLAIN; voiced by Michael Donovan), DONKEY KONG from Donkey Kong (voiced by Garry Chalk);

** The character Captain N first appeared in Nintendo Power magazine, created by Nintendo staff member and magazine editor Randy Studdard. The original concept involved Captain N (originally known as Captain Nintendo) as a Nintendo employee and the Mother Brain as a piece of programming from a Nintendo game pack that went rogue. Captain N had the power to temporarily give life to characters and items from Nintendo games.

** To fulfill an ancient prophecy, Kevin is destined to become the hero "Captain N: The Game Master" and save Videoland from evil forces led by Mother Brain from the floating world/fortress called Metroid. By the time Kevin arrives on the scene, Mother Brain has almost succeeded in capturing the Palace of Power and conquering all Videoland. Kevin (who in Videoland is armed with a Zapper and a belt buckle shaped like an NES controller) and Duke appear suddenly on the other side of the Ultimate Warp Zone before the N Team, which consists of Princess Lana (the acting ruler of Videoland as the first episode explains the absence of her father the King), Simon Belmont, Mega Man, and Kid Icarus, none of whom show any confidence in Kevin's ability in the beginning. However, after Lana is kidnapped by the enemy shortly after Kevin's arrival, the reluctant group puts their differences aside to go on a rescue mission where Kevin eventually gains the others' confidence. During season 2, Game Boy (a human-sized supercomputer shaped like the console) joins the N Team.

** In most episodes, the N Team's enemy is a group of video game villains, usually led by the boisterous and loud Mother Brain who is accompanied by her minions, the Eggplant Wizard from Kid Icarus, the thuggish King Hippo from Punch-Out!!, and the scheming Dr. Wily from Mega Man. A "villain of the week" is featured in some episodes when a particular video game becomes the setting (such as Malkil of Wizards & Warriors). Several other characters make recurring appearances, including Donkey Kong, The Count from Castlevania and Dr. Light from Mega Man. The cast of the Legend of Zelda cartoon reprise their respective roles for several guest appearances during the series.

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METROID is an action-adventure game franchise created by Nintendo.

The player controls the bounty hunter SAMUS ARAN, who protects the galaxy from Space Pirates and other malevolent forces and their attempts to harness the power of the parasitic METROID creatures.

METROID combines the platforming of Super Mario Bros. and the exploration of The Legend of Zelda with a science fiction setting and an emphasis on nonlinear gameplay.

Most METROID games are side-scrolling, while the 3D games use a first-person perspective.

Players battle hostile alien enemies and obtain power-ups as they progress through the game world. The series is known for its isolated atmosphere, featuring few non-player characters.

The first METROID was developed by Nintendo R&D1 and released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986.

METROID II: Return of SAMUS was released for the handheld Game Boy in 1991.

Super SAMUS (1994), released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, received acclaim and is considered one of the best games on the console.

METROID Fusion (2002) and METROID: Zero Mission (2004) were released for the Game Boy Advance.

The first 3D Metroid game, METROID Prime (2002), was developed by Retro Studios for the GameCube and received acclaim. It was followed by METROID Prime 2: Echoes (2004) and the Wii game METROID Prime 3: Corruption (2007). METROID: Other M (2010)

Mercury Steam developed a new 2D METROID, METROID: SAMUS Returns (2017) for the handheld Nintendo 3DS, followed by METROID Dread (2021) for the Nintendo Switch.

As of September 2012, the METROID series had sold over 17.44 million copies.

It has been represented in other Nintendo media, including the Super Smash Bros. series. Additional media includes soundtracks, comic books, and manga. Along with the 1997 Konami game Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, the early METROID games defined the Metroidvania subgenre, inspiring other games with continuous, explorable side-scrolling levels.

SAMUS was one of the first prominent female video game characters.

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** TELEVISION: A Metroid animated series was considered for the Super Mario Bros. Power Hour, a cancelled animation block that would have aired in the 1980s. Concept art was produced for the series, which notably featured a male incarnation of Samus. Power Hour never moved forward in the intended format, instead being replaced by The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! which aired in 1989. Mother Brain was the primary villain in the Captain N: The Game Master TV show.

** MANGA; Comics and manga have been made for various magazines based on Metroid, Super Metroid, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and Metroid: Zero Mission in both the United States and Japan. Samus Aran and other Metroid characters also featured in the Captain N: The Game Master comic books by Valiant Comics

*** Proposed MOVIE; In 2003, two producers optioned the rights to create a live-action film based on Metroid, but the rights expired. The director JOHN WOO acquired the rights a few years later, and his studio Lion Rock Productions was to produce and release the film before 2006. The writers included David Greenwalt, who had worked on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Grimm. According to the producer Brad Froxhoven, the film would have explored SAMUS' origin story; she would be an exceptionally talented, but also flawed character who was looking for redemption ... We wanted to see her struggle, to be humbled, and to be forced to rise up against crazy odds. And of course we wanted to see the cool weapons in all of their glory.

** According to Foxhoven, Nintendo was protective due to the failure of the 1993 Super Mario Bros. film. Nintendo had no answers to the team's questions about Samus' personal life, relationships, and other personal characteristics, and was uncomfortable with the film team being the ones to propose those answers. Foxhoven said Nintendo left the discussions appreciating that they needed to develop the franchise further if it were to become a Hollywood film. In 2013, Sakamoto said he could support a film directed by Ryuji Kitaura, the director of the CG scenes in Other M, if the concept and methodologies were good enough.

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** CGC; NEAR MINT, 9.4, with WHITE Pages = $99.00;