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'''''Comix Zone''''' (コミックスゾーン) is a platform action game for the  [[Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]]. Play involves defeating enemies with punches, kicks, and holds, managing your inventory, and solving puzzles.

The game's most remarkable feature is that it is set within the "panels" of a comic book. Each level consists of two "pages", and secrets are discovered by shredding the "paper" and revealing items. Dialogue is rendered within talk bubbles with the typical comic font. [[Sprite]]s and backgrounds possess the bright colors and dynamic drawing style favored by superhero comics.

The plot concerns Sketch Turner, a cartoonist that during an unusual thunderstorm, becomes trapped in his own comic book while Mortus, the villain of his story, is flung out of it. Inside the comic book, he meets General Alissa Cyan, who believes he's a superhero that came to save their post-apocalyptic world from the evil. In the real world, Mortus would literally draw new villains on the pages of the comic book, trying to kill Sketch Turner, and so obtaining his "real" body to conquer the real world with. Sketch Turner would have to battle his way through the pages, his only help being his pet rat Roadkill, who got electrocuted during this thunderstorm, enabling him to zap enemies.

{{A}} punches and {{B}} jumps, with combinations of {{A}}, {{B}}, and the D-pad doing different moves.

The game is hidden within the Japanese version of ''[[Sonic Mega Collection]]'' and is locked part of all region versions of ''[[Sonic Mega Collection Plus]]'', which is unlockable with having a ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' gamesave, or is unlocked over time.

The original Genesis game came with a bonus music CD, which had vocal tracks of the 6 main tunes in the game. The music was performed by the band "Roadkill", which was lead by [[Howard Drossin]].

''Comix Zone'' was ported to the GBA and released in Europe in 2002.

==Production Credits==
===Mega Drive Version===
{{multicol|
'''Concept, Design & Art Direction:''' [[Peter Morawiec]]<br>
'''Technical Director & Programmer:''' [[Adrian Stephens]]<br>
'''Music & Sound Effects:''' [[Howard Drossin]]<br>
'''Backgrounds:''' [[Kunitake Aoki]], [[Christian G. Senn|Chris Senn]], Fei Cheng<br>
'''Animation:''' Tom Tobey, [[Christian G. Senn|Chris Senn]], [[Robert Steele|Bob Steele]], Ross Harris, [[Craig Stitt]], Dean Ruggles<br>
'''Conceptual Art:''' [[Tony De Zuniga|Tony Dezuniga]], Alex Nino<br>
'''A.I. Scripting:''' [[Adrian Stephens]], [[Peter Morawiec]], [[Robert Morgan]], Dean Lester<br>
'''Character Voices'''<br>
: [[Howard Drossin]] - Sketch, Mortus, Strigil, Kung-Fung
: Deborah Costa - General Alissa Cyan
: [[Peter Morawiec]] - Gravis
: Fei Cheng - Styx the Monk
: Sue Ortlip - Mongoria
'''Executive Producer:''' Dean Lester<br>
'''Associate Producer:''' [[Mike Wallis]]<br>
'''Lead Tester:''' [[Kim Rogers]]<br>
'''Testers:''' Sean Doidge, Fernando Valderrama, [[Stephen C. Wong|Steve Wong]], David Wood, Chris Colon, [[Marc Dawson|Mark Dawson]], [[Michael A. Williams|Mike Williams]], Arnold Feener, Aron Drayer, [[Abraham Navarro|Abe Navarro]], Roger Sommerville, [[Michael McCollum]], [[Rob Prideaux]], [[Joel Breton]], [[Tony Lynch]], [[Jeff B. Junio|Jeff Junio]], [[Janine Cook]], [[Rey Alferez]]<br>
'''Special Thanks:''' [[Shinobu Toyoda]], [[Roger Hector]], Sidd SN Systems, Sue Ortlip, [[Sheri Hockaday]], Deborah Costa, [[Terry Tang]], John Duggan, Tim Gedemer, Mrowa "The House" for the Best Lamb in Town!<br>
Copyright © 1995 [[Sega]]<br>
}}

==Promotional Material==
<gallery>
ComixZone MD US PrintAdvert.jpg|Mega Drive US print advert
ComixZone MD FR PrintAdvert.jpg|Mega Drive FR print advert
SegaPC PC US PrintAdvert.jpg|PC US print advert
SegaPC PC US PrintAdvert 2.jpg|PC US print advert 2
SegaPC PC ES PrintAdvert.jpg|PC ES print advert
</gallery>

==Digital manuals==
<gallery>
File:ComixZone Steam manual.pdf|Steam manual
</gallery>

==Physical Scans==
===Mega Drive Version===
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===PC Version===
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===Game Boy Advance Version===
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| region=EU
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==External Links==
*Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): [http://sega.jp/ps3/svc_comix/ PlayStation 3] (PlayStation Network version)
*SCEJ catalogue pages (Japanese): [http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/jp0177npjb00128_00svccomixzonexxxx.html PlayStation 3]
*''{{PAGENAME}}'' on Xbox Marketplace: [http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/Product/Comix-Zone/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584109a1 GB], [http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Comix-Zone/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584109a1 US], [http://marketplace.xbox.com/ja-JP/Product/Comix-Zone/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584109a1 JP], [http://marketplace.xbox.com/ko-KR/Product/Comix-Zone/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584109a1 KR]
* [http://vc.sega.jp/vc_comix/ Sega of Japan Virtual Console page (Japanese)]
* [http://store.steampowered.com/app/34272/ ''{{PAGENAME}}'' on Steam]

[[Category:Sega Channel games]]