Son of Batrock

Hurok of the Stone Age by Lin Carter, cover by Josh Kirby (1981)

Officially licensed 1989 Super Mario Bros. 2 greeting cards that depict Wart as (at least partially) friendly, directly at odds with his characterization in the game, where he is depicted as a purely malevolent entity.

Interestingly, in 1993, Wart would return in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (under his original Japanese name, Mamu, but officially recognized as the same character) and actually be friendly there, making these cards inadvertently appear prescient of the future of the character.

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Vintage Paperback - Castle Ugly by Mary Ellen Barrett

Art by Sandy Kossin

POWER BLAZER Taito Famicom 1990

Mimitch ‘64 de Hakken!! Tamagotchi: Minna de Tamagotchi World’ Nintendo 64

Crowd from Waluigi Stadium in Mario Kart: Double Dash.

LJN’s toy line, made to accompany the 1984 movie, Dune. At the time, every movie was a potential merchandise hit after Star Wars.

1984

"I'm on the moon!" 1969 Snoopy button

POPEYE magazine, No.147(1983)

Ditto -- Yuka Morii

MOST BASS ARE JUST FISH BUT LEROY BROWN WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL

1999 postcard by Keiko Fukuyama

Hirō Isono - Untitled, n.d.

Sony HB-101 “HITBIT MEZZO”, 1984