Captain N: The Game Master
Volume # 1, Issue # 1
May 1990
Cover - The cover is a cool group picture of Kevin, Lana, Kid Icarus, and
Duke. Lana looks evil. Heh, heh...
WELCOME TO VIDEOLAND
MONEY CHANGES EVERYTHING (10 pages)
Cover - The cover is an amazing drawing of Kevin beating on Mother Brain's glass jar with Lana's power scepter!
THE HAPPY ZONE (10 pages)
Cover - The cover is a cool drawing of Kevin firing his Zapper outward at an enemy.
NERVOUS MELTDOWN (10 pages)
THE FABULOUS POWERS OF CAPTAIN N (2 pages)
The Real Game Master (10 pages)
SECRETS OF THE WARP ZONES (2 pages)
VIDEOLAND GUIDEBOOK: PRISONWORLD (1 page)
BREAKOUT (10 pages)
Cover - The cover is a cool group picture of Kevin fifteen years older, sitting on his makeshift throne in Garbageworld. His clothes are torn, he's got beard stubble, and he looks pissed! Samus is sitting to his right, wearing her green outfit and looking really sexy. Awesome!!!
A King of Shreds and Patches (10 pages)
VIDEOLAND GUIDEBOOK: GARBAGEWORLD (1 page)
FROM THE WORLD OF METROID: SAMUS ARAN'S STARSHIP HUNTER IV (2 pages)
VIDEOLAND GUIDEBOOK: THE LOCKER (1 page)
WHEN FRIENDS FALL OUT (10 pages)
THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE WAR (10 pages)
By Bryan D. Leys, Mike Chen, P. Zorito, Jade, John Cebollero
Every Dog Has Its Day (2 pages)
By Bryan D. Leys, Rodney Ramos, Art Nichols, Don McKinnon, John Cebollero
A short story where Duke saves the Palace from an invasion of skeletons
By George Caragonne, Ross Andru, Bob Layton, Jade, J. Jackson, The Gradations
Captain N: The Game Master
Volume # 1, Issue # 2
June 1990
By George Caragonne, Don Hudson, Jose Marzan, Ken Lopez, John Cebollero, The Gradations
VILLAINS' DO'S AND DON'TS (2 pages)
By George Caragonne, Don Hudson, Jose Marzan, Jade, John Cebollero
THE ITEM (1 page)
By Bill Vallely, Mark McClellan, Bob Layton, Dan Panosian, Ken Lopez, Meridee Mandio
JUST A DOG (10 pages)
By Chris Henderson, Mike Chen, Bob Layton, Jade, The Gradations
Captain N: The Game Master
Volume # 1, Issue # 3
July 1990
By Mark McClellan, Bill Vallely, James Brock, Wansi, Jade, The Gradations
The story begins with Lana, Kid Icarus, and Kevin in the computer room of the
Palace. Every computer is freezing one after the other. Kid Icarus says that
the fusion reactor's control computers have shut down, and unless they put
back on, the reactor will blow up and destroy the Palace. It is, naturally,
King Hippo's and the Eggplant Wizard's fault; they shot a computer virus in
the Palace's computers. But it happens that the Eggplant Wizard still has
traces of the computer virus and contaminates Mother Brain. Her computers
shut down progressively, and she goes into a coma. Meanwhile, the N Team is
arriving in Metroid, because Kevin is sure it is Mother Brain's fault that
the computers are shutting down. They all wonder why it is so dark in
Metroid, when they see King Hippo and the Eggplant Wizard, who cry out for
help. They explain that they shot Mother Brain with the virus, and Kevin
finds out they will have to go inside Mother Brain's memory to find
the antidote. King Hippo and the Eggplant Wizard take the N Team to a room
where there is a shrinking machine. They use it on the N Team (that climbed
aboard a ship), so they can go inside Mother Brain, but they only have 20
minutes. The N Team makes it into Mother Brain's mind, and they see her
trying to escape the virus. Kevin manages to land the ship in some kind of
sea of muck. They see some people outside, ugly versions of themselves. This
is how Mother Brain remembers them. The N Team gets out of the ship and
starts fighting their ugly selves when they realize they are being helped by
a little girl. The girl hold the enemies back while the N Team goes to look
for the antidote. They eventually find it and hurry to get back before the
little girl cannot hold on longer. They come out of Mother Brain's tank
aboard the ship, but the shrinking effect is already reversing, and it
creates a hole on the tank's side. They tell the Eggplant Wizard that he is
sitting on the antidote (it was right there all along), and King Hippo tries
to smash them with a club because he does not need them anymore. The N Team
easily fights the two, and Kevin hurries to save Mother Brain. He realizes
there is still good in Mother Brain, and that little girl must not die, so
that Mother Brain can get a chance at turning her life around.
By George Caragonne, Dennis Woodlyard, Jacqueline Roettcher, Ken Lopez, Meridee Mandio, Wansi
VIDEO-TOWN (1 page)
By George Caragonne, Joe Q., Joe Rubinstein, Jade, Christiaan
A DOG'S LIFE (10 pages)
By Bryan D. Leys, Bob Layton, Jade, The Gradations
Lana and Kid Icarus are waiting for Kevin and Duke on the sidewalk in
Video-town. The two finally arrive, but there seems to be something wrong
with Kevin. He sits there, looks stupid, and does not talk. On the contrary,
Duke keeps barking. Kid Icarus tells him to be quiet, because they are trying
to talk to Kevin, but at the same time we can see in Duke's thoughts. He says
that he is Kevin and wants to tell them that their minds have been
switched when they went through the warp zone. Duke had hit a button on the
Power Pad at the same time. Lana and Kid Icarus still think "Kevin" has
laryngitis, and the Princess says that it cannot stop them from looking for
Mother Brain's secret weapon, so she drags "Kevin" along. Kid Icarus tells
"Duke" to stay out of trouble, and "Kevin" starts growling at him. That
confuses the little winged creature. So they set out on their mission, "Duke"
leading the way, Kid Icarus brooding, and Lana still dragging "Kevin", who
looks at a fire hydrant with interest. Meanwhile in Videotown's city hall,
Mother Brain and King Hippo are testing the will-dulling device - Mother
Brain's secret weapon. It works, and she cannot wait to use it on the N Team.
As the N Team is walking in the streets (the real Kevin saying he cannot wait
until "Kevin" has to do something heroic), they are attacked by King Hippo's
mob. "Kevin" starts running after the mob's car and stops it with the help of
"Duke", who acts as a real dog. Then, the N Team goes to the town hall,
leaving "Duke" behind to guard the rest of the warp zone. The real Kevin
ponders if he should go with them or stay there, and decides to wait. The
rest of the team tries to fight Mother Brain, but are shot one by one by the
mind-dulling ray. Kevin, still outside, sees King Hippo and starts chasing
him. He traps him in a space ship which flies off, and at that moment the
rest of the N Team arrives. Lana has used Mother Brain's weapon on reverse to
cure the team, but Kevin and Duke are still in the wrong bodies. Kevin thinks
about it for a moment, then presses the 'reset' button on the power pad.
Everything is back to normal, and the story ends.
Captain N: The Game Master
Volume # 1, Issue # 4
August 1990
By Mark McClellan, Bill Vallely, James Brock, Bob Layton, Jade, Joe Q., Giselle Sarli.
The N Team is being attacked by King Hippo, the Eggplant Wizard, and an army
of giant grasshoppers in front of the Palace. They barely make it inside, and
Lana tells Kevin he's supposed to be the Game Master and beat the enemies
without problems. Kevin tells her they are new creatures he never fought
before and starts thinking he's losing his touch. King Hippo and the Eggplant
Wizard hear this and say that Mother Brain's new holographic machine works
perfectly. They report to Mother Brain, and she wonders how she could use the
machine to break up the N Team. So, she creates a new Game Master, a
variation of Kevin himself but bigger, brawnier, improved. Back at the
Palace, Kevin assures Lana he will get Mother Brain next time, but at that
moment, they hear a loud noise from outside. It's a storm from which the new
Game Master appears. Kevin and Lana are confused about it, and when the
newcomer says he is going to free them from Mother Brain, Kevin tells him to
go tell his fairy tales somewhere else and calls him a fake. The giant
grasshoppers conveniently happen to return to the Palace at that moment, and
the new Game Master chases them off. Kevin accepts the newcomer for what he
is, but it was not part of Mother Brain's plan. She has to reprogram the
hologram so it lures Kevin to Metroid. The new Game Master tells Kevin they
have to go fight Mother Brain, just the two of them. They go, despite Lana's
and Kid Icarus' protestations. The two warp to Metroid, where they are
greeted by more grasshoppers. They fight the grasshoppers off and arrive to
Mother Brain's room. Kevin says he has never seen the machine in the back of
the room, and that makes him start to doubt. Mother Brain threatens to use
the Doomsday machine if they do not give up, and the new Game Master tells
Kevin he needs his Zapper. Kevin grows even more suspicious. He trusts his
instincts and shoots the machine. The new Game Master disappears as the
holographic machine is destroyed and more variations of Kevin appear,
fighting King Hippo and the Eggplant Wizard. In the confusion, Kevin
disappears in a warp zone before the machine blows up. He returns to the
Palace, where he explains that the new Game Master and the grasshoppers were
holograms. The fact that he knew the game so well and did not remember the
machine helped him figure it out, and proved he was the real Game Master.
By George Caragonne, Laura Spofford, Rod Ollerenshaw, Jade, Kingman Huie, Rainbowhead
Kevin explains about warp zones, that all the worlds in Videoland are
connected by warp zones in the Palace. He says that before the League of
Darkness, warp zones were very precise, but now they didn't take you always
where you want to go. The example of this is given by Pluton, the robbing
ogre, who ends up in Kongoland, with Donkey Kong looking at him in the
background.
By George Caragonne, Mickey Ritter, Don Hudson, Jade, Kingman Huie, Rainbowhead
Describes a new land, Prisonworld, introduced in the next story.
By George Caragone, Dennis Woodyard, Wansi, Jade, Heather Eatman
Captain N: the Game Master
Volume # 1, Issue # 5
September 1990
By Bryan Leys, Don Hudson, Jan harpes, Jade, Rainbowhead
Kevin gets knocked into a garbage chute warp to Garbageworld while fighting
some creatures attacking the Palace during a party Lana is having. Samus
tries to use a portable space-time warp to go into Garbageworld and find
Kevin just after he arrives there. She arrives and is attacked by creatures.
Kevin arrives and destroys them. The time warp has malfunctioned, though, and
it's 15 years later. Kevin is the King of Garbageworld, and immediately
becomes romantic with Samus and wants to make her his queen. Kid Icarus
confronts Samus that she could go back in time and prevent everything that
happened: Lana was kidnapped and the Palace destroyed, Mother Brain has taken
over all of Videoland (except Garbageland), Kevin blames himself, and stays
in Garbageland as a sort of self-imposed exile. Samus has the Kevin she's
always wanted, but sends him back anyway, knowing that by doing so, none of
this will have ever happened. They hold each other, sadly, and go back in
time. Samus walks off into the distance, while Lana and Kevin dance.
By Brian Leys, Mickey Ritter, Jade, Rod Ollerenshaw, J. Jackson
Describes a new land, Garbageworld
By George Caragonne, Mark McClellan, Dennis Woodyard, Bob Layton, Jade, John Cebollero
This is a picture of the Hunter IV, and all its components.
By Brian Leys, Mickey Ritter, Rod Ollerenshaw, Jade, J. Jackson
Describes a new land, the Locker, introduced in the next story
By Bryan Leys, Don Hudson, Jeff Albrecht, Jade, The V-8's