Super Mario Adventures is an anthology of comics that ran in "Nintendo Power" throughout 1992, featuring the characters from Nintendo's "Mario" series and based loosely on "Super Mario World". In 1993, the series was also serialized in "CoroCoro Comic" in Japanese, under the title . Charlie Nozawa, the artist who created the comics, is also known by the pen name Tamakichi Sakura. Kentaro Takekuma was responsible for the story, which follows Mario and Luigi as they attempt to rescue Princess Toadstool after she is kidnapped by Bowser with intent to marry her.