The Unexpected Tenderness of Mario’s First Comic Book (Story Breakdown)

Long before he took on the Super Show or battled Dennis Hopper, Mario was the star of a 1983 Marvel comic one-off inspired by the construction site antics of the arcade game Donkey Kong. With today being Mario Day, I thought it might be fun to take a look back at Mario’s very first appearance in comic form. We’re going to dive into the history, the importance and, of course, the actual story, which gives us a glimpse into the world of Donkey Kong at a time before most of Mario’s lore was written. I sure hope you brought a hardhat, because you’re going to need one when we uncover the unexpected tenderness of Mario’s first comic book. 0:00 – Introduction 0:48 – History of Blip Magazine 2:30 – Donkey Kong Comic Book 9:01 – Question of the Day Join our brand-new Discord Server:   / discord   Defunct Games is on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/defunctgames... Defunct Games is on Facebook:   / defunctgames   Defunct Games is home to thousands of reviews, articles, comedy pieces, podcasts, features and more: www.defunctgames.com #MarioDay #DonkeyKong #MarvelComics