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The Legend of Zelda
Volume # 1, Issue # 1
May 1990
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Untitled - The Legend of Zelda prologue (2 pages)
MISSING IN ACTION (10 pages)
By George Caragonne, Sir Rodney Ramos, Ken Lopez, P. Zorito, the Gradations
The King informs Link that Zelda has run away to hide the Triforce of Wisdom
from Ganon. Link finds her and helps her on her journey by seeking out the
magic flute hidden in the fifth palace. Ironknuckle guards the palace but is
defeated by Link, who then retrieves the flute. Zelda decides that with Link
around to protect her and the Triforce, no one needs to hide.
THE COMPLEAT HERO (1 page)
By Bryan D. Leys, Richard Rockwell, Art Nichols, Ken Lopez, Kingman Huie
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TRUST ME (10 pages)
By George Caragonne, Richard Rockwell, Ken Lopez, Don Hudson, Andrea Brooks, The Gradations
Ganon deceives the village of Saria convincing them that Zelda and Link are
the enemies, not him. When they arrive in town, they are met with a rough
welcome, but decide to help the village by building a dam to water their
crops. Ganon shows up and tries to finish them off, but Link and a boy named
Rus are able to wash up Ganon's evil.
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The Legend of Zelda
Volume # 1, Issue # 2
June 1990
HE ALSO SERVES... (10 pages)
By George Caragonne, Ruddy Nebres, Ken Lopez, The Gradations
The story opens with Ganon and Moblins enslaving the people of Hyrule. Link
is dead, and Zelda is weeping over him. The inscription says: Hyrule's North
Palace Destroyed. Ganon Triumphant. Link Doomed. Zelda's People Enslaved. The
daydream is cut by Impa saying to Zelda and Link that all of that will come
to pass if Link leaves the North Palace today. The Triforce of Wisdom
predicted it to her that morning. However, Zelda is going on her Royal Tour
of the Northern Towns today, and Link pleads with Impa to let him go. Zelda
makes Link promise that he will not leave, so Impa and Zelda ride off -
without Link! Later, Link is practicing his sword techniques (Not that he
needs to practice), when Miff (a fairy who lives in the fountain of
the North Palace) asks him where Zelda is. Link tells her, and she bursts
into anger. Using her magic, she finds Zelda and Impa being attacked by Ganon
and two Moblins. However, since Link cannot leave, he sends Captain Krin
(Captain of the Hyrulian Guard) with four knights to help Zelda. Later still,
Captain Krin shows up. He is torn by injury. He tells Link that he must leave
to save Zelda, but Link respectfully declines. Angry, Krin slaps Link. Then a
telepathic message appears. It's Zelda! "Link! I hope this message reaches
you!" she says "Ganon has imprisoned me in Death Mountain! You are my only
hope! Come before - " And the message breaks up. Stubborn as he is, Link will
not go, so Krin goes alone. At sundown, Impa comes to the bridge. She pleads
with Link to save Zelda and says she is under the sleeping spell again.
However, if she is not waken up by midnight, she will sleep forever. Link
says he cannot, and Impa tells Link her prediction was wrong. Link sees
through it. The real Impa said that the prediction was from the Triforce, but
as Link remembers, "The Triforce is never wrong!". Link goes to attack the
impostor Impa, and she disappears in a puff of smoke. It turns out Impa was
Ganon, Prince of Darkness. Since he cannot teleport out of the North Palace,
Link orders Watchman Erol to shut the gate. No one gets in or out! Outside of
the castle, a wizrobe and a darknut are talking. It turns out that today is
the only day in a lifetime that all of evil could be harnessed to shoot Link
with one magic spell once he stepped out of the magic of the North Palace.
Then, Link tells Watchman Erol to open the gate immediately. He runs out. But
it's not Link; it's Ganon disguised as Link! The Wizrobe shoots "Link", who
falls into the moat. Later, Impa, Zelda, Krin, and the three knights return.
They find out that Ganon disguised himself as Miff, Krin, and even Impa. So,
Link says "I guess it's true - he also serves who only stands and waits! How
about a kiss to celebrate, Princess?" Which Zelda replies "Remember what you
said about standing and waiting? Keep up the good work!"
ZELDA'S CONSUMER TIPS (2 pages)
By George Caragonne, Art Nicholis, P. Zorito, Jade, Heather Eastman
IMPA'S INFO (1 page)
By George Caragonne, Don Hudson, P. Zorito, Jade, Meridee Mandio
THIEF IN THE NIGHT (10 pages)
By George Caragonne, Mark Pacella, Andy Mushynsky, Jade, The Gradations
One morning by the East Gate of the North Palace, Link is being thrown to the
ground by a huge bearded man. Zelda rushes to Link's aid. Link introduces
Zelda to his friend, Bagu, the strongest man in Hyrule who helped Link cross
a river once. Bagu says he is as "happy as a well-fed octorok to finally meet
my little buddy's girlfriend". Zelda gets mad, so Link and Bagu go to Link's
room. Later that night, Link and Bagu are talking rather loudly, and Zelda
yells at them to quiet down. Bagu tells Link how to sweep Zelda off her feet.
So, Link dresses as a minstrel and sings a song up to Zelda's balcony. Zelda
goes out on her balcony and tells Link what a horrible singer he is, when
they hear a crash from Link's room. Zelda and Link run to the room. Someone
burst the door open, and Zelda suspects Bagu. Link disagrees, and Zelda
decides to split the Triforce into three parts until they find the thief.
Link goes to talk to Bagu, and they come up with a plan to hide one third of
the Triforce in Bagu's room, and when the thief comes into Link's room, Link
would capture them. Later on, Link attacks the person coming into his room,
but it turns out to be Zelda. They run to the guest room and he is gone. Link
jumps out the window and runs after Bagu. Riding his horse, Catherine, Link
is wearing his handy glove which makes him super-strong. He beats Bagu to a
pulp. Bagu says he stole the Triforce because Ganon's holding Bagu's two
giant pet frogs, Langhorne and Calaveras, for ransom. So, reluctantly, Link
gives Bagu his glove to get the Triforce and his frogs. Link waits for Bagu
all night, and when he does not show, he goes back to the North Palace -
where Zelda, Bagu, the two frogs, and the Triforce are waiting for him.
The Legend of Zelda
Volume # 1, Issue # 3
July 1990
Cover - The cover is a very beautiful drawing of Link firing at a group of Moblins. Ganon, his face hidden by a cloak, is holding a Triforce in his hands, and Zelda's image is in the Triforce. Amazing!
THE POWER (10 pages)
By George Caragonne, Richard Rockwell, Don Hudson, Jade, The Gradations
SECRETS OF THE TRIFORCE (1 page)
By George Caragonne, Ken Penders, P. Zorito, Jade, Christiaan
The Adventurer LINK (1 page)
By George Caragonne, Ken Penders, P. Zorito, Jade, Christiaan
THE LEGENDARY ZELDA (1 page)
By George Caragonne, Ken Penders, P. Zorito, Kingman Huie
THE Price (10 pages)
By George Caragonne, Art Nicols, Don Hudson, Jade, The Gradations
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Volume # 1, Issue # 4
August 1990
Cover - Link's being attacked by monsters, so Zelda's fighting them all with
his sword - and her feet! Very cool drawing!
TO THE FIRST POWER (10 pages)
By George Caragonne, Mark Pacella, Andy Mushynsky, Jade, Kathryn Bolinger, and Shanna Layton
Wizzrobe and a few renegade members of Ganon's army have captured Link, and
only Zelda's bravery can free him. By using a magic bow, she sends Wizzrobe
back to Ganon.
HYRULE The Overworld (2 pages)
By ?
A map of the Hyrule Overworld as seen in the first two Nintendo games
THE NORTH PALACE (2 pages)
By ?
It's Good To Be The King (10 pages)
By ?
Impa tells Link that he must become King of Hyrule. He does and orders the
attack on Ganon's minions. He is attacked by one of Wizzrobe's spells, but
the Red Ring protects him from harm. The crown is then returned to King
Harkinian.
The Legend of Zelda
Volume # 1, Issue # 5
September 1990
The Day Of The Triforce (10 pages)
By George Caragonne, Dan Barry, Mike Manly, Jade, V-8's
Zelda runs into the Triforce room of the North Palace, where Impa is
kneeling. Impa tells Zelda that once a decade all the Triforces will
disappear for 24 hours, and with Link at Calatia they would be doomed. Zelda
reassures Impa and tells her Ganon's Triforce would also be gone because of
the Day of the Triforce. Then Zelda looks out the window and sees a woman
struggling against 2 guards. She goes to the woman and finds out she's
Cassiopa the Healer, and Lynels have burned her village. Zelda goes to help
Cassiopa's people and then goes to destroy Ganon because he doesn't have his
Triforce to protect him. Then Zelda aims a Silver Arrow at Ganon but hears
Miff screaming help. Zelda then saves Miff, and, instead of going to kill
Ganon, she goes to the village and has Miff cure Cassiopa's son, Rus, who had
been bitten by a poisonous snake, after she and the villagers destroy the
army of bad guys surrounding the entrance of Death Mountain.
Untitled (? pages)
By George Carragonne, Mickey Ritter, Rod Ollerenshaw, Jade, Giselle Sarli
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THE COMPLEAT HERO
Coming Home (10 pages)
By George Caragonne, Martin King, Don Hudson, Jade, V-8's
Link visits his parents, but his father shoves him out the door. Then he
yells out that he is home, but everyone runs away. Link wonders if it was
something he said or if it was his breath. He then goes to the castle and
finds someone that looks just like him there just before he is knocked
unconscious by a Daira. He awakes in a cell with Queen Seline. He is then
told he can fight for Queen Seline and his life. He fights on the Day of the
Triforce. After a while, Link and his "double" topple over the edge of the
battle area, which has flames at the bottom. The double grabs the edge, and
Link grabs him. The double loses his sword, and Link says he would let him
live if he surrenders. The double surrenders.