History VideoGame / ComixZone

** Be careful with in last panel on the third page. Sketch hangs from a rope and has to break through a paper barrier, and and Creeps will take the first opportunity to attack. the Power Blast you get right around this time doesn't break the paper barrier.

* GameplayGrading: ''Comix Zone'' actually does track your heroism. Following each level, you see a picture of Sketch wearing a goofy superhero uniform (tights and all), your score for the level, and a progress meter for the game overall. You only get the last few percentage points if you get the good ending.

* HeroicBuild: Exaggerated in the Super Sketch sequences. But outside of his comic he's pretty buff. The guy knows the score.

* LogoJoke: Like many Genesis games, this game also has one ("Test, 1, 2. ''[[Music/ElvisPresley SEGA!]]''").

'''Sketch:''' (''thinking'') Oh, dear! \\

** Heck, just punching inanimate objects takes a sliver of Sketch's health with every blow. Noticeable in the first stage where you can encounter a stack of drumcans and need to punch them all out to proceed.
* DarkIsNotEvil: General Alissa Cyan is [[AmbiguouslyBrown olive skinned]], wears black military gear and black sunglasses. And she's arguably the BigGood.

* GameplayGrading: ''Comix Zone'' actually does track your heroism. Following each level, you see a picture of Sketch wearing a goofy superhero uniform (tights and all) and a representation of your score.

* InvulnerableKnuckles: Averted and played straight: punching destructible props causes you to lose about a pixel of health with every blow, but you're still fine with beating up enemies.

* LampshadeHanging: The first time Sketch takes his superhero form upon completing a stage, he immediately wonders what that was about.

'''Sketch:''' (''thinking'') Oh dear! \\

* PaperMaster: Sketch can tear part of the page off and make lethal paper airplanes out of it. Mortus's only means to kill his creator are to pull him into the page and draw monsters to attack him.
** The insane damage of the airplane is likely justified in that you are attacking the beings of the world with what equates to the undiluted fabric of their own reality. And as a consequence, making the paper plane [[CastFromHitPoints puts a big dent in Sketch's health bar]].
* PrecisionFStrike: Sketch has a few, which are of course censored by comic book typography. Most notably at the end of the first level, where he briefly turns into his superhero self:

* PinocchioSyndrome: Mortus wants to be Real so he can [[CardCarryingVillain take over the world]].

* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Mortus's plan to kill Sketch to become Real. Sketch then rages against his would-be killer by fighting through all the villains he can draw.

* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Roadkill the rat. He has the ability to zap enemies, since the lightning affected him also.

** Just punching inanimate objects takes a sliver of Sketch's health with every blow. Noticeable in the first stage where you can encounter a stack of drumcans and need to punch them all out to proceed.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Alissa Cyan is [[AmbiguouslyBrown olive skinned]], wears black military gear and black sunglasses. And she's arguably the BigGood.

* DownerEnding: The bad ending, if you take too long to defeat the boss.

* ExactTimeToFailure: The very second [[spoiler: the capsule Cyan is in fills up completely with water, she drowns]], and you fail to get the good ending of the game.

* GameBreakingBug: If you're going to use the Invincibility code, make sure you don't land in lava, as it will lock up the game.

* GoodOldFisticuffs: While you do get a few limited items, most of the fighting is done with your fists and feet.

* HereWeGoAgain: A rather dark take on it. [[spoiler:If you beat Mortus but fail to save the girl, Sketch will try to recreate the comic world so that he can enter it again to win the right way.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Kung Fung can be made to injure himself with his own exploding fingernails.]]
* {{Invocation}}: When using a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26nR2FJL8k4 Power Blast]]

* ItsAWonderfulFailure: Crossed with NonStandardGameOver and HaveANiceDeath; rather than any old game over screen, dying with no continues gives you the worst ending!

* LogoJoke: Like many Genesis games, this game also has one ("Test, 1, 2. ''[[Music/ElvisPresley SEGA!]]''")

* MookMaker: Mortus himself. For that reason, it's bad idea to go toe-to-toe with him. The screen quickly fills up with bats.

* NerdsAreSexy: Sketch can hardly be considered bad looking, He has [[BarbarianLongHair long hair]], a [[HeroicBuild nice physique]], and it's a creative guy (He writes, draws a comic book and is a rock musician!) [[ShownTheirWork And does it fairly well]]. Ohh, and he's {{Adorkable}}.

'''Kung Fung:''' Do you wish I use 'em-- dude? \\
'''Sketch:''' *thinking* Oh dear! \\
'''Kung Fung:''' *proceeds to attack rapidly*

* WittyBanter
* WorthyOpponent: How the game justifies your continues; apparently Mortus doesn't find it very sporting if Sketch dies after surviving long enough, and gives him another try.

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* ABoyAndHisX: A hipster and his rat.

* SchizoTech: Sketch's comic world vaguely resembles ThundarrTheBarbarian, a mishmash of science, sorcery and mutants.

* ArtShift: The final panel [[spoiler:is partly unfinished. It's all just pencil sketches.]]

* NerdsAreSexy: Sketch can hardly be considered bad looking, He has [[BarbarianLongHair long hair]], a [[HeroicBuild nice physique]], and it's a creative guy (He writes, draws a comic book and is a rock musician!) [[ShownTheirWork And does it fairly well]]. Ohh, and he's {{Adorkable}},

* EvilBrit: The London-accented Mooks.

* Invocation: When using a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26nR2FJL8k4 Power Blast]]

* Invocation: When using a Power Blast

* DownerEnding/ItsAWonderfulFailure: The bad ending, if you take too long to defeat the boss.

* DownerEnding: The bad ending, if you take too long to defeat the boss.

* RefusingParadise: ''Comix Zone'' takes place in a vague, ''Fallout''-type universe where humans have undergone severe mutations. Society is beginning to to pull itself together, but a renegade (Mortus) is rallying an army of robots, aliens, and other mutants to take over.

''Comix Zone'' came with a [[{{Defictionalization}} de-fictionalized]] issue of Turner's comic in the game manual. An actual comic book, produced by Sega, was also sold as a tie-in promotion.

Inside the comic book, Sketch meets General Alissa Cyan, who believes he is a superhero ("the chosen one") who has come to save their post-apocalyptic world from the evil of Mortus and the alien invaders. Ignoring Sketch's protests, Alissa sends him on his mission, [[MissionControl keeping in touch with instructions and hints via radio]].

* EyepatchOfPower: Mortus wears a steampunk eye patch (with lens) over his left eye.

* {{Main/Antepiece}}: On the final section of Episode #2, you encounter two panels, one with three punching bags and projectile-throwing Styx, and the other with spiked bag that damages you if you go straight into it. The former panel requires methodical jumping over projectiles, while the latter forces you to roll under the bag in the right time. Both well-timed jumping and rolling are necessary to beat the boss that comes next.

* SaveScumming: ''[[CompilationRerelease Sonic Mega Collection]]'' (''[[UpdatedRerelease Plus]]'' for those outside Japan) ''Sega Genesis Collection'' (or ''Sega Mega Drive Collection'' in Europe) and ''Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection'' (''Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection'' in Europe) all allow you to use save states. It helps ''a lot''.

** Your first introduction to these pits appears on the first page.

* ABoyAndHisX: A man and his rat.
* AfterTheEnd: In the comic, the "White Comet" is mentioned as having devastated Earth's civilization.
* AllThereInTheManual: The "comic strip" in the instruction manual. The main character is Alissa, who is being lectured on the history of the ''Comix Zone'' universe. The strip ends on a panel of Mortus, laughing (and scorched by a lightning bolt).

* DiabolusExNihilo: In spite the tie-in comic, which covers the origin of the N.W.E. in great detail, it's not made clear who Mortus is supposed to be.