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The '''''Super Mario''''' manga by Kazuki Motoyama, also known as '''''KC Mario''''', was serialized by {{wp|Kodansha}} in their manga anthology ''{{wp|Comic BomBom}}'' from December 1988 through September 1998, with side chapters published in the sister publication ''Deluxe BomBom'', spanning a total of 183 stories. The manga features original characters, the use of {{wp|Self-referential humor|self-referential humor}}, and occasional references to Japanese pop culture. The manga was never published under a single consistent title, instead changing its title to tie in with the latest ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' game being adapted at the time, starting from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' all the way up to ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', with the final two collected volumes in this series tying into ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. The manga ceased publication due to Kodansha losing the ''Super Mario'' license and has never been reprinted since then. The series includes a large amount of crude humor scattered throughout the series, such as nudity and sexual innuendos.

A total of 43 collected volumes, or ''tankōbon'', were published of this series.<ref>https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=14805.0</ref> The first volume, based on ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', was published as a manga strategy guide as part of Kodansha's ''Family Computer Hisshō Dōjō'' series under the "Comic BomBom Special" imprint. From ''Super Mario Land'' and onward, the volumes were published as regular manga collections under the "KC Deluxe" imprint. The first few pages of each volume contain a mini strategy guide featuring commentary on levels from the games the stories are based on. While the volumes contain most of the mainline chapters and side chapters, there were five chapters, including the finale, that were not featured in any of the collections.  

There were also two collections of {{wp|Yonkoma|4-koma}} comic strips released under this series, with the strips themselves being drawn by various artists in addition to Motoyama.

===KC Deluxe===

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!width=150px|Date of release

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|''[[Super Mario Land 2 (manga)|Super Mario Land 2]]

|''[[Tetris]]'' story arc: Mario and Peach discovers a map to the pyramid of the [[Tetris Ningen]]. The group overcomes the tribe's traps and trials, until they have a face off against [[King Tetris]], who is revealed to be a disguised Bowser. After Bowser steals the tribe's rocket ship, he begins an attack on Earth by dropping from the sky Tetris blocks and turning the Toads into blocks.

|[[File:Super mario bros. 2 issue 2.jpg|75px]]

|''[[Super Mario Land 3 (manga)|Super Mario Land 3]]

|A volume dedicated to Mario's sports entries: ''[[Golf (Game Boy)|Golf]]'', ''[[Baseball]]'' and ''[[List of references in Nintendo video games#Tennis (NES/Game Boy)|Tennis]]''.

|[[File:Super mario comics.jpg|75px]]

|''[[Super Mario Land 4]]

|''[[Qix]]'' story arc: Bowser kidnaps Daisy and forces Mario and Peach to save her by beating various ''Super Mario Land'' enemies to a ''Qix''-styled game.<br>''{{wp|Solar Striker}}'': Mario and Peach are contacted by their descendants from the future, where Bowser is wrecking havoc in the galaxy

|''[[Dr. Mario (manga)|Dr. Mario]]

|[[File:KC_Deluxe_Dr_Mario_cover.jpg|75px]]

|''[[Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 1]]

|First part of the ''[[Super Mario World]]'' story arc: while on vacation on [[Dinosaur Land]], Mario, Luigi and Peach find a dinosaur named [[Yoshi]]. He explains Bowser has taken over the Dinosaur Land and stole the [[Yoshi's Egg]]s. Right then, some [[Super Koopa (enemy)|Super Koopas]] capture Peach and take her to Bowser.

|[[File:Super mario world 1st issue.jpg|75px]]

|''[[Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 2]]

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|''[[Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 3]]

|[[File:KC Mario - Super Mario World (volume 3 cover).jpg|75px]]

|''[[Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 4]]

|[[File:KC Mario - Super Mario World (volume 4 cover).jpg|75px]]

|''[[Super Mario World! Mario Open Golf]]

|''[[Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 5]]

|[[File:Super mario world issue 6.jpg|75px]]

|''[[Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 7]]

|[[File:Super mario world comic issue7.jpg|75px]]

|''[[Super Mario World! Yoshi no Tamago]]

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|''[[Super Mario Kart 1]]

|[[File:KC_Deluxe_SMK_1_cover.jpg|75px]]

|''[[Super Mario USA (manga)|Super Mario USA]]

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|''[[Super Mario Kart 2]]

|[[File:KC_Deluxe_SMK_2_cover.jpg|75px]]

|''[[Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1]]

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|''[[Super Mario Kart 3]]

|November 6, 1993

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|''[[Super Mario: Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 2]]

|[[File:Super mario land 2 issue 2.JPG|75px]]

|''[[Super Mario: Yoshi no Road Hunting 1]]

|''[[Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 3]]

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|''[[Super Mario Yoshi no Road Hunting 2]]

|June 6, 1994

|''[[Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land 1]]

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|''[[Mario & Wario]]'' story arc: Wario invites Mario, Luigi, Peach to a picnic, with the real intention of kidnapping Mario by placing a bucket on his head, but due to a hat switch, he instead takes Luigi, so Mario, Peach, and Yoshi go after him. During their chase, the realm of the fairies gets shocked by Wario's evildoing, causing a fairy named [[Wanda]] to join and aid the heroes.

|''[[Super Mario: Wario no Mori]]

|''[[Wario's Woods (Nintendo Entertainment System)|Wario's Woods]]'' story arc: young Mario and young Peach are fantasizing on how their life will be when they will grow up. Meanwhile, a young Wario, jealous of Mario, finds in the middle of the forest a seal, releasing the demon [[Fauster]] after breaking it. The demon gifts to him his army of monsters to satisfy any desires of his in exchange for setting him free to take over the [[Peaceful Woods]] and then the world.

|''[[Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land 2]]

|Second part of the ''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'' story arc: the statue arrives to [[Captain Syrup]], who immediately fuses the statue into one of herself. The group them faces against Syrup and her [[Genie (Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3)|Genie]] and wins, but losing all the treasure collected in their journey.

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|''[[Super Mario: Donkey Kong 1]]

|''[[Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land 3]]

|Post-story of the ''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'' story arc: with the Black Sugar Gang disbanded, Syrup has lost everything and search for the Genie's lamp, who Wario tossed away after getting a bird house as his new "castle". While Syrup convinces herself that Mario had got the lamp stuffed in his pants, the Black Sugar Gang remaining members enter in possession of the lamp, with the intent of ruling over the world and getting revenge on their former captain for losing the loot.

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|''[[Super Donkey Kong with Mario 1]]

|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' story arc: Mario is taken to [[Donkey Kong Island]] where he is asked by his former and aged rival to help his [[Donkey Kong|nephew]] fight back the invading [[Kremling Krew]], who just welcomed in their ranks [[Manky Kong]], an exiled Kong member that wants to make they pay for chasing him out of the island. Mario helps them and the Kremlings are defeated, while [[King K. Rool]] is stuffed into a [[Steel Keg]] and tossed into the sea.

|''[[Super Donkey Kong with Mario 2]]

|''[[Mario's Picross]]'' story arc (post-story of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' story arc): Mario cannot leave the island with [[Funky Kong]]'s [[Jumbo Barrel]] broken. Meanwhile, King K. Rool drifts off the Mushroom Kingdom coast, where he is freed by the Toads, who are immediately conquered by him. He then returns to DK Island to challenge Mario and the Kongs to a Picross tournament, if they win, the Mushroom Kingdom will be released by his clutches and he will leave DK Island in peace, otherwise they will both fall under his regime.

|''[[Super Mario 64 1]]

|''[[Super Mario 64 2 (manga)|Super Mario 64 2]]

|''[[Super Mario Sōryoku Tokushū-gō]]

|A compilation that includes chapters from ''Super Mario Kart 1''; ''Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1''; ''Super Mario USA''; ''GO! GO! Mario Paint''; ''Super Mario Bros. 3 Kanzen Kōryakuhon''; ''Dr. Mario''; ''Super Mario Land''; and ''Yoshi no Tamago''

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|''[[Super Mario 4-koma Daikōshin]]

|[[File:KC Mario 4-koma vol 1.png|75px]]

|''[[Super Mario 4-koma Daikōshin 2]]

|Second collection of 4-komas by Kazuki Motoyama and other artists, including [[Risa Motoyama]], the author's sister

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==Notes==

*This is one of few instances of ''Mario'' media where a main character dies. In this case, volume 26 shows that [[Princess Daisy]] sacrifices herself to save the people of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] from a fatal disease, turning into spores. However, Daisy is later revived, as the spores touch down and bloom into flowers, which then grow into a horde of small versions of Daisy. Daisy subsequently appears in several gag strips, having returned to normal size.

*In 2019, ''Super Mario'' author Kazuki Motoyama started publishing a series of ''doujin'' books titled ''Kinoppe-chan Forever'' (キノッペちゃんForever), starring the manga's original character [[Kinoppe]]. Due to their self-published nature, these are not considered official ''Super Mario'' material.  

*According to the author's note in the 2nd installment of ''Kinoppe-chan Forever'', a former editor of Kazuki Motoyama had pitched him a spin-off manga starring Kinoppe. These plans were halted when Nintendo unexpectedly pulled ComicBonBon's ''Super Mario'' manga license in 1997.

==References==

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.geocities.jp/kazzuki2005/ Author's website]

{{Kazuki Motoyama's manga}}