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Comix Zone FAQ (version 1.0)
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** Cheats for Sega Genesis: **
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     (Go to the JukeBox and press C on the following numbers. 
      You will hear Sketch say "OH YEAH" if you entered the numbers
      correctly.)

* Invincibility :  3,12,17,2,2,10,2,7,7,11

* Level Select :  14,15,18,5,13,1,3,18,15,6 (then hit C on the
        level you want to go to 1-6.  Each episode has 2 parts)


** Cheats for IBM PC :  **
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* Type CAMERON (all caps) to get the cheat menu. The cheat menu comes up in 
  the menubar.



** General Tips **
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1.) Listen to Stix, he tells you a good strategy.  A High-Low combo done
    quickly and repeatedly works very well.

2.) Grab hold of a mutant.  It will turn into either Strigil or Gravis, who
    are much more fun to fight than mutants.

3.) When you need to break an inadimate object, use the shoulder-butt, which
    is very powerful.  It is done by trying to grab that object, instead of
    grabbing it, you ram it!  =)

4.) When there are two or more enemies on the screen at the same time, sit
    back and watch them fight each other.  It's always a good idea to be on
    one side of BOTH your enemies, so one that enemy is hitting the other in 
    the back.



** Level Walkthroughs **
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   (On some levels you are given a choice of two ways to go, and I have mapped
    out every possible way to go.  The way I usually go took precedent in
    numbering the frames.  The "A" in the A-# stand for Alternate.  Without
    further ado, onto the walkthrough!)



* Episode 1 : "Night of The Mutants" part 1


   Frame 1                        Frame 2                    Frame 3
Grab the knife                Throw the knife            Gravis pushes a 
and the bomb         -->      at Gravis. He gets   -->   flaming barrel at
not much else                 redrawn.  Libery           you. Break the
to do here.                   Head is cool.              sewer cover                    is cool.     
                                     
                                     |                         |    
                                     V                         V
   Frame A-2                       Frame A-1                   Frame 4
Gravis and                      This level has 4             Break roadkill's
Roadkill are here.         <--  barrels.  Break them         cage, and pick 
break the sewer cover           without a bomb, cuz          him up. You drop
and roadkill's cage.            one has a Power-Fist.        Though the floor
You can throw Gravis            (the bomb will destroy       to frame 5.                              
into the cage to break it.      the fist.)                         
                                                                 |    
        |                                                        |
        V                                                        V
      Frame A-3                                             Frame 5                     
A long sewer with two                                There is a trap door                             
Strigils.  This is a                                 and a switch here.  
good place to use the                                Flip the switch or kick   
Power-Fist if have it!                               the door open. go down
                       \                      
                        _\|                                      | 
                                                                 V 
      Frame 8                   Frame 7                       Frame 6
Move the explosive          You face Strigil            A room with a few
box, and kick open          in the sewer.  The          barrels.  Use a
the trap door.  push  <--   pipe above you      <--     bomb if you have one,
the box through the         provides the best           because there is a 
hole, so it takes out       means of attacking          Kreep in one of the
the flaming barrels         him.                        barrels.
in Frame 9.

       |      
       V
   Frame 9                                     End-Stage Frame
There are two flaming                    First toss Gravis through the 2
barrels here (if you                     page rips, and down the pit to
didn't use the bomb           -->        his death.  Beat the two Kreeps, 
trick). break them, and                  run to the edge, and jump AT THE 
then break the gate. cool                VERY LAST SECOND across to the 
skull background.                        other side.


This will take you up to 15% on the progress chart.
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* Episode 1 : "Night of The Mutants" part 2 

    Frame 1                                Frame 2
                                 The boiler room with spinning fans.
                                 3 cocoons appear, beat them or they'll
 Break the steel                 drop scorpions.  Strigil appears.  It's
 door, plain and      -->        a lot of fun to back him into the moving 
 simple!                         fan and kill him.  Set roadkill free and
                                 he turns off the fan for you.  Break the
                                 now still fan and go down.

                                                          |
                                                          V
   Frame 5                     Frame 4                    Frame 3
Beat the kreep,         There is a box and 2         More fans!  Push the
jump up on the          Kreeps here.  Beat the       explosive box into the
top pipe and get  <--   Kreeps.  If you break   <--  fan and get away while
the bomb.  Beat         the box for the grenade      the fan chews the box
the Gravis on the       inside, it forces you to     up.  then ......
very bottom of the      go the alternate route.           BOOM!!!
frame.                                 \
                                        _\|
      |                                Frame A-1
      |                      You kick cocoons as they drop
      |                      onto the pipe you're hanging on to.
      |                           (Yawn!  BORING!)
      |                                 
      |                                           |
      V                                           V
     Frame 6                                    Frame A-2
A room with a lock.                    Pipes and cocoons like above
Use the lever on the                   but there is a Gravis at the
wall to stop the lock        <--       end of this level.  Beat 
so it looks like this:                 Gravis, and he drops a Power
--[  ]-- and BOOM, it                  Fist!  That was pretty nice
explodes and unlocks.                  of him!  ;)

         |
         V
     Frame 7                                   End-Stage Frame
Beat the two scorpions                   There's a large dragon breathing
on the floor, and then                   breathing fire at you!  Use a bomb
the bubbles in the room                  or hit the dragon until he lifts up
will break, and ooze out        -->      his head.  Run underneath him, and
green goo that turns into                jump over the barrel.  He'll shoot
mutants.  For some real fun              fire at you which will catch the 
grab the mutants and they                barrel in front of you on fire.
turn into Strigil or Gravis.             Push the barrel underneath the dragon
                                         and enjoy your Bar-B-Q!



This will take you to 30% on the progress chart.
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* Episode 2 : "Welcome to the Temple" part 1


  Frame 1                    Frame 2                        Frame 3
Not much to do         Your first encounter          Three boxes are stacked
here.  It's      -->   with Stix.  He gets     -->   up.  The top box has
snowing.  pick         redrawn after you beat        a health bottle in it,
up Roadkill.           him the first time.           the other boxes explode!

                                                        |
                                                        V
              Frame A-1                               Frame 4
          Boring!  Break the                There's a hole in the gorund
          barrier (OUCH!) and               that kreeps keep coming out of.
          then go down.             _       Jump on the rock that isn't part
                                   |\       of a stack, and walk across the 
                |                     \     rock towards the left of the
                V                           screen.  The rock should slip to
              Frame A-2                     the right.  When it does, push it
      Another boring frame! beat            so it covers the Kreep's hole.
      the scorpion, and then go             Now beat the 2 Kreeps!
      down, ho-hum!     
                                                        |
                |                                       V
                |                                      Frame 5
                |                          Break the ice covering the rock
                |                          on the left hand side of the
                |                          screen.  Walk across the rock, and
                |                          then push the rock into the piston
                |                          spike barrier to break both.  Now
                |                          beat the Strigil that appears.
                |
                |                                        |
                V                                        V
         Frame 7                                     Frame 6
The Tournament!  First you                 A small room.  Grab the "?" and
fight 2 Strigils, then           <--       hope it gives you something that
Gravis, then Stix, and                     will be useful later.
FINALLY Morganna.

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          V
      Frame 8                                    End-Stage Frame
Strigil is pearched on                  Here you're hanging on to a rope
a rock and shooting fire                and you DON'T want to let go!  While
at you.  The best way to                the fire from Stix's stick is wearing
kill him is with a grenade.     -->     away the page divider, kick a few
Eventually you can jump kick            Kreeps to death.  When the divider
him enough to kill him, or              has been broken, press up so that
make him appear on the level            your legs don't get hit by Stix's
with you.  Just be careful of           fire.  Cross the rope with your legs
falling!                                up, and get off the rope on to the 
                                        ledge behind Stix.  Push him into the 
                                        abyss and then beat the remaining 
                                        Kreeps!


This will take you to 45% on the progess chart.
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* Episode 2 : "Welcome to the Temple" part 2 (Temple at the Gates)


       Frame 1                                       Frame 2
There is a post you can                     There's a cool looking 
jump up to grab to help                     hut in the background.  Beat
you beat the two Kreeps.         -->        Stix, and he'll drop a health
Then break the stationary                   bottle.  Not too useful in
spike barrier.                              god mode!   =(

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                                                        V
     Frame A-1                                        Frame 3
Death by fire!  Don't                    3 Morgana's and 4 page dividers
go this way!  The page                   are here.  The game slows severly
catches fire at the top        <--       on this frame on my Genesis.  Sick
and eventually, no matter                Roadkill on The Morgana's and 
HOW low you drop the fire                sometimes the sight of him is enough
WILL kill you, even in god               to make her jump right off the
mode.                                    screen!  =)  GO DOWN!!!!

                                        /
                                     |/_
                           Frame 4                        Frame 5
                 Strigil is up on a well.           A narrow well that
                 Use a grenade, a bomb, or          you descend down.  
                 just jump up there and kick  -->   Worms pop out at you
                 his teeth in.  The box in          on alternating sides
                 left corner has a bomb for         as you go down.  So give
                 you if you break it.               them a quick five kicks
                                                    each.  At the bottom
                                                    there is steel trap
                                                    that looks like a jaw.
                                                    It's kinda cool in god
                       Frame 6            <---      mode to jump into it
               There are 3 punching bags            and watch its fury!
               between you and Stix.  His
               fire will eventually break
               the bags, or you can break
               them if you're impatient.
               Now you can have fun breaking
               Stix!   =)
                  
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                    V
                 Frame 7                           End-Stage Frame
     As you approach the box, a            You're in a sewer with the Kung
     a spiked punching bag falls    -->    Fu Master with the long finger-
     from the ceiling.  The switch         nails.  He trows fireballs into
     only lifts the bag for a split        the water which are easy to jump
     second.  The box contains a bottle.   over.  When he decides to face 
     break the spiked bag, walk through    you, use whatever bombs, grenades,
     it, or stand next to it and release   etc. you have on him.  Keep your
     Roadkill in the direction of the      distance from him and jump kick
     lever.                                him a lot.  If you attack from
                                           too close, he says "Your Kung Fu
                                           is Good" and you have to wait for
                                           him to face you again.  If any of
                                           his nails get lodged in the wall,
                                           try to attack him so he lands 
                                           against the wall on his own nails.
                                           This does lots of damage!


This will take you to 60% on the progress chart.
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* Episode 3 : "Curse of the Dead Ships" part 1


        Frame 1                                        Frame 2
Get Roadkill.  Nice                         There is a large head here, with
Arizona looking background.                 large teeth!  One mutant will
Mutants will drop out of the                appear.  Push him (or what you
two anthills.  Don't chicken     -->        tansformed him into) into the
out, grab them and transform                jaws of the beast for some fun.
them!                                       To beat the beast, let him try
                                            to eat Roadkill.  Roadkill is
                                            to small to eat, and while the
                                            monster is chomping him, punch
                                            him until he explodes and leaves
                                            you with a bomb

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                                                         V
       Frame 4                                          Frame 3
Jump up to the top level,                  There are several mines here, and
and push the explsove box                  a Kreep that tries to knock you
down one level.  Pull the                  into the mines.  Beat the Kreep.
swich on the level and get        <--      If you can set every mine off with
knife and the grenade. (You                a bomb, (including the last two  
NEED the knife later on!) Push             on the left) without taking any 
the box down to the bottom level           damage (even in god mode) a Power
so it destroys the spikes.  Fight          Fist will appear.  Otherwise, 
any remaining scorpions on the             Morganna will appear, and you have
bottom level.                              to beat her to advance.

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           V
        Frame 5                                        Frame 6
This level is a lava pit.                  Another lava pit!  The Octopus
There is a health bottle                   guy on the ceiling attacks you
and a Kreep here.  After                   with these spring looking things.
five hits the Kreep dies         -->       Jump kick him until he's dead. 
and a panel will rise from                 NOW you need the knife from Frame
the right of the screen.                   4!  There is a switch on the
jump on it before it disappears!           opposite side that only the knife
                                           can activate.  When the lever is
                                           tripped, a panel will rise in the
                                           center of the lava, but only 
                                           BRIEFLY!  This jump is hard!  If
                                           you hit the lava in god mode you
                                           get stuck in it, and you have to
                                           reset the game, so be careful,
                                           and practice this one!

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                                                         V
        Frame 8                                       Frame 7
There are spikes on the                    A lava pit with two Octopus guys
floor and the cieling! You                 and a pipe to hang on to.  Fairly
can break the floor spikes        <--      easy.  Kick the octopi to death,
by kicking them. Kill the 2                and don't let go of the pipe!
scorpions, and roll under the              A real no-brainer  =)
ceiling spikes.

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            V
        Frame 9                                    End-Stage Frame                                  
An Octopus overhead drops                  There are two wooden barriers 
springs that turn into mines.              that are spiked at the top.
There is a grenade you can grab    -->     The first one is shorter than the
here.  Two Strigils also appear,           second one.  Kick them both to the
this level is fun, but a lot of            ground, or let Roadkill pull the
work!                                      lever that lowers the second one.



This will take you to 75% on the progress chart.
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* Episode 3 : "Curse of the Dead Ships" part 2 (Grave Shipyard)

       Frame 1                                   Frame A-1
A rope chain above you               More water to walk through!  Break
and water below you. 3               the door to the ship, and fight the
mines are well hidden in      -->    two scorpions.  Then you have to fight
the water.  There are 2              Strigil and Stix simultaneously!  Lucky
"?"'s and one usually sets           you!
off the mines.
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                          V                                  V
 Frame A-1                 Frame 2                          Frame 3
Drop down the         The top box in this             4 cocoons drop from
hole at the end  <--  cargo hull contains     -->     the ceiling.  Try to
to your death!        a health bottle.  The           uppercut them for a
no thanks!            others go BOOM! =)              change of pace!
                                                                 
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                                                            V
                 Frame 5                                   Frame 4
       There are 2 bombs a ball                  There is a ball attached to
       and a magnet.  Use the lever to           a magnet on the ceiling, and
       pick up the ball with the magnet          a lever on the right hand
       that moves across the ceiling.     <--    wall that will drop the ball.
       In god mode it's fun to break the         Gravis is here too.  If you
       ball and blow everything up! =)           catch him near the door, 
                                                 drop the ball near him, and 
                     |                           with luck it will kill him,
                     V                           AND blow open the door.  If
                   Frame 6                       not, you need to bust down
       A room with 4 bombs hanging on            the door, no biggie.
       pipes, and 2 Strigils.  Shoulder-
       butt the first bomb, and it will
       silde into the second bomb, and
       both will detonate.  Do the same
       thing for the second set of bombs.                                                     
       Once that's taken care of, have
       fun beating those 2 Strigils!

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            V
          Frame 7                                        Frame 8
In this room there is a piston                A very small room with a Kreep,
barrier and a Gravis that get's               a box on the upper level, and
redrawn twice!  To avoid these        -->     an out of the way lever that
tough opponents, back each one                opens the door.  I prefer to
into the piston.  Once the last               just BASH the door down!  =)
Gravis is killed, break the piston            Beat the Kreep, check what's in
if it's not already broken.                   the box, and get ready for the
                                              final battle in the next Frame!


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|                          *** End-Game Frame ***                         |
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|  Mortous kidnaps Alica and tries to drown her in a machine that is half |
|  drawn.  Power-Fists, Grenades, Bombs, Knives, and Roadkill are not     |
|  very effective againt him.  Neither are any attack combinations!  The  |
|  key to beating Mortous is simple!  The switch on the right side of the |
|  frame makes part of the machine explode.  You can pull this switch     |
|  over and over again, and make as many BOOMS as you want.  The trick is |
|  to lure Mortus down there.  Stand by the engine that explodes and      |
|  Mortous will jump down near you.  Quickly jump to the ledge with the   |
|  lever and pull it as many times as you can until he vanishes.  When he |
|  vanishes jump back down near the engine, and repeat the above process  |
|  until you've finally killed Mortous.  Now you must kill the remaining  |
|  Kreeps on the level.  After you've finished them off, a switch will    |
|  appear to the left of where Alica is being held captive.  You should   |
|  be able to flip the switch and release her before she dorwns if you    |
|  followed my strategy.  The rest as they is history!                    |
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