I’ve been sitting on this for a while, because I’ve been trying to gradually track down the final Nester comic that was missing. But thanks to a generous Retro Mags member, the colleciton is complete! And so I present to you, the Internet, the ultimate Howard & Nester collection!

This is the only place where you can find the entire Howard & Nester run, the Nester’s Adventure run, and the special mini-comics from other sections of the magazine in one place. The otherwise excellent Howard & Nester Archive at hn.iodized.net/main.htm lacks the Nester solo comics, as well as a few particulars and the most recent anniversary comics.

I decided to take this concept and ramp it up to its final conclusion: putting together these main comics with any and all appearances of the characters elsewhere in the pages of Nintendo Power, along with coverage of Nester’s appearances in Pilotwings 64 and Nester’s Funky Bowling, and Howard’s more recent revelations and projects. That makes this collection the best source currently on anything textually relevant to the characters of Howard and Nester. I don’t have quite the personal experience to go into detail on the context, but that’s beyond the scope of this project.

For example, within this collection you’ll find out all about Howard and Nester’s adventures together, their parting, and their solo projects afterwards. You’ll meet Nester’s whole family: his mother, father, twin sister, and even his son eventually. You’ll also see their association with the magazine itself and something of their roles at Nintendo.

I’m sure what’s in here will be far more than most people will care to know about, but that’s me. I love to see things to completion, find every scrap and collect it. If you just want to read the main comics, they’re here. But if you’re bored and want to see a few further shenanigans with the public faces of Nintendo of old, you can go deeper.

Please enjoy this, whether you remember the 80s, or 90s, or just want to know what your weirdo elders were exposed to. Share it around. And keep playing those games!

Download the collection here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/m40oys4fpc8gljc