Category Archives: Kid Icarus

O Captain N, My Captain N

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

Back in the early nineties, Valiant released a series of comic books based on Nintendo games. While the Mario ones were the most interesting to me, there were also Captain N comics. Unfortunately, Valiant only had the rights to use … Continue reading →

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The Name’s Mario. MARIO Mario.

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

In the earlier days of my Mario fandom, I’d occasionally hear someone suggest that the references to “Mario Bros.” mean “Mario” is their last name. I never bought into that at the time; there’s really no reason they couldn’t have … Continue reading →

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Recruitment Problems for the League of Darkness

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

We now follow up a post on the history of Islam with one on a Saturday morning cartoon show from the early nineties. This blog sure is wacky, huh? {g} We’re told that, in Captain N, Mother Brain basically has … Continue reading →

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Nintendo’s Mythtakes

Posted on July 29, 2010 by

Anyone who’s familiar with the game Kid Icarus probably realizes that a lot of the character names are based on Greek mythology. How well do these characters actually conform to their portrayals in mythology, though? In most cases, not so … Continue reading →

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