Mario 4Koma Manga

MARIO 4KOMA MANGA

Today, we'll be covering three separate manga series that all fall under the same basic banner. These are 4Koma Manga Kingdom, which ran from 1991 to 2002 and was published by Futabasha; Super Mario 4Koma Manga Theatre, 1991 to 1997 under a company I was unable to find the name of; and 4-Koma Gag Battle, 1995 to 2004 under Kobunsha. All of these are a style of manga called yonkoma, which means a series of four-panel comics used to tell a single joke with little continuity between them. So . . . think newspaper comics. Basically these comics would take the characters and settings from various games released during this time period and told little jokes and sight gags with them. Not much to it really. And definitely not a whole lot of new characters to pull from. Moving on!

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

Mario-Kun: golf clubs, explosions, cap, star, fire flower, mushrooms, Moon power-up, clones, Mushroom Sword, mixed power ups, rolled around, fly swatter, bunny ears, drilled, balloon, statue, armor of Bowser's troops, giant syringe, pipe bazooka, chef, egg shell armor, caps from Super Mario 64, lightning bolt, friction gloves, time machine, star gun, flattened, ice spring

Wario: jetpack, charge

Mona: scooter, boomerang, pets

Mechakuribo: grab, laser eyes, large fist, x-ray vision, propellers, throw head, gun, submarine

Jimmy T.: super dash

Ashley & Red: broom, spells, bombs

9-Volt: skateboard, yo-yo

18-Volt: head ring, used as grappling hook

5-Volt: evil side teleport

Kat & Ana: bounce

Dribble & Spitz: taxi, bazookas

Young Cricket: super jump

Master Mantis: walk on ceiling

Dr. Crygor: jetpack

Penny Crygor: Jet Tank 1

Mike: music notes

Orbulon: flying saucer, tractor beam

Lulu: fly with bow, ground pound

Pyoro: tongue, fly, boss battle, eyeballs, everything from before

Stages:

Wario Ware

Diamond City

Inside of Game

Mona's Mansion

Diamond City Castle

Penny's Lab

Manga Page

4Koma Panels

Thanks for reading! Now, let's cover Otenba Peach-hime!