Viz: The Soft Floppy One

Released: 1991 Formats: Amiga, Atari ST, Spectrum, Amstrad, Commodore 64, PC When Viz was in its prime it sold a million copies per issue – the only publication that outsold it was the Radio Times. It’s a fact that often amazes, but more amazing is the comic’s incredibly humble beginning – long before the likes …

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Stereotyped Italian plumber tomfoolery

Viz – Britain’s 3rd or 4th (or possibly 5th) funniest magazine – has a full page cartoon this month entitled Super Mario Curie. A combination of Marie Curie (the Polish chemist who discovered Radium) and Super Mario, Curie would rather wallop barrels with a hammer and find blocks to smash then work in her science …

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