Super Metroid (Nintendo Power comic)

''This article is aboout the Nintendo power comic series. For the article about the Super Nintendo Game, go to Super Metroid. For the manga, go to Super Metroid (manga).''

Super Metroid was a 5-issue comic series that ran in the Nintendo Power magazine volumes 57-61. It is considered non-canon by most, due to its elements conflicting with canon sources.

Characters

 * Samus Aran
 * Armstrong Houston
 * Ridley
 * Chairman Keaton
 * Chief Hardy

Plot
Similir to the plot of the Super Nintendo game, the comic chronicled Samus Aran's mission to Zebes to retrieve the Metroid hatchling stolen by the Space Pirate general, Ridley. However, the plot of the comic varies in several different ways from the game. For one, she is accompinied with a "partner. Galactic Federation body hunter Houston. Also, the comic focuses much on the Federation elements, as it also chronicles the adventures of Galactic Federation Chairman Keaton and Federation Police Chief Hardy. Also, Samus visits a mysterious planet where she meets a Chozo Elder who heals wounds she recieves on Zebes. Also, Ridley escapes in the comic, the Metroid Hatchling is killed by Keaton and Hardy instead of the Mother Brain and Kraid is never mentioned.