Notes:

Archie Comics once tried to pitch Nintendo a comic book series based on the Mario games, but Nintendo rejected it.

They even tried to pitch both a Kirby comic and a Metroid comic, but they both got rejected as well.

And considering how awesome both the Sonic comics and the Mega Man comics are, this is a huge missed opportunity, especially for Mario who desperately needs more stories outside of just the RPG games and the old Super Mario Adventure Nintendo Power comics from the 90s.

More info here
http://www.mariowiki.com/Archie_Mario_comic