Comic Broker Report – Collecting Sega
Sega has announced the eventual TV/Film? adaptations of some of its most popular properties. This is great news for fans of games from one of the most beloved console in the history of gaming! While I was hoping for an early announcement for Alex Kidd it looks like I’ll just have to make do with these:
Shinobi
Playing the game was pretty darn fun until the end. I remember trading it for Zillion 2 which was a huge mistake.
This is the first comic appearance.
First appearance of Shinobi:
Sonic the Comic 1 (uk )
Not only is this Shinobi’s first but you can add Golden Axe, Wonder Boy, Kid Chameleon( Preview ) and Streets of Rage (preview) to the list!
and the German Version
Sonic Der Comic reprints part of the first Shinobi appearance but I do not believe it contains any appearances of the other game characters mentioned above.
Shinobi and SOR also have early and rare appearances in The Sonic Poster Mags:
Shinobi – Dark Circle was printed in the 92 Yearbook
and SOR’s first full appearance is in Sonic the Comic 7
Sega has announced that Virtua Fighter may be in the works. Here is the earliest Virtua Fighter comic I can find:
Crazy Taxi, Altered Beast and Rise of nightmares have all been mentioned but I have yet to find comic appearances of any. Who knows what will be announced down the road but I hope Decap Attack, Kid Chameleon, Alex Kidd, Wonderboy, and
If there are any I missed or games you would like to see added you can find me @Larfleeze!
-Topher