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Revision as of 18:36, 3 December 2008
The following is a comprehensive list of all official stories in the Sam & Max franchise.
Comics
Sam & Max appeared in the comics before appearing anywhere else. Almost all of these have been reprinted in The collected Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway.
Early comics
The comics that started it all. Made in the late eighties and early nineties in black-and-white, though some were later reprinted in color. The early comics are generally more grimy and violent than later incarnations, as well as less stylized.
| Title | Year | First appeared in | Publisher |
| Monkeys Violating the Heavenly Temple | 1987 | Sam & Max: Freelance Police special edition | Fishwrap Productions |
| Night of the Gilded Heron-Shark | 1987 | Sam & Max: Freelance Police special edition | Fishwrap Productions |
| Night of the Cringing Wildebeest | 1987 | Critters #19 | Fantagraphics Books |
| Fair Wind to Java | 1988 | Grimjack #52 | First Comics |
| On the Road | 1989 | Sam & Max: Freelance Police special | Comico |
| Our Bewildering Universe | 1989 | Sam & Max: Freelance Police special | Comico |
| The Damned Don't Dance | 1990 | Critters #50 | Fantagraphics Books |
| Bad Day on the Moon | 1992 | Sam & Max: Freelance Police #1 | Epic Comics |
| Beast from the Cereal Aisle | 1992 | Sam & Max: Freelance Police Special Color Collection | Epic Comics |
| Terror on the Tanbark | 1992 | Sam & Max: Freelance Police Special Color Collection | Epic Comics |
| Ponderings of the Ages | 1992 | Sam & Max: Freelance Police Special Color Collection | Epic Comics |
The Adventurer comics
- Main article: The Adventurer comics
A series of full-color single-page comics made for LucasArts' promotional magazine The Adventurer, loosely related to its then-recent games. Appeared from 1990 through 1996.
Late comics
Several short comics made in the late nineties, some in connection with the animated series.
| Title | Year | First appeared in | Publisher |
| Belly of the Beast | 1997 | Wizard Magazine | WizardWorld Inc. |
| The Kids Take Over! | 1997 | ? | ? |
| Skeptical Investigators | 1998 | Oni Double Feature #10 | Oni Press |
| Something's Not Right Here | 1998 | Totally Fox Kids Magazine #10 | Fox Kids Worldwide |
| Action Figure Surgery | ? | ? | ? |
The Big Sleep
- Main article: The Big Sleep
A webcomic that ran from 2005 through 2007.
Animation
The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police
- Main article: The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police
An animated television series that ran from October 1997 to April 1998 for a total of 24 episodes.
Our Bewildering Universe
- Main article: Our Bewildering Universe (flash short)
A flash short featuring alien surgery.
Season One machinima shorts
- Main article: Season One machinima shorts
A series of short machinima videos using the engine from Sam & Max Season 1. During the season's initial run three were released between each episode and the next, keeping fans busy on a weekly basis.
Sam & Max Nearly Save Christmas
- Main article: Sam & Max Nearly Save Christmas
A 20-minute machinima video produced by Telltale Games to promote Ice Station Santa and their Sam & Max series in general, with largely the same plot as Ice Station Santa.
Video Games
Sam & Max Hit the Road
- Main article: Sam & Max Hit the Road
A graphic adventure game published by LucasArts in 1993.
Sam & Max Plunge Through Space
- Main article: Sam & Max Plunge Through Space
A canceled action-adventure for the Xbox worked on by Infinite Machine in 2001-2002. Only after Infinite Machine went bankrupt did LucasArts reacquire the Sam & Max rights and announce Freelance Police (below).
Sam & Max: Freelance Police
- Main article: Sam & Max: Freelance Police (Video Game)
A planned sequel to Hit the Road that was canceled in March 2004. The cancellation caused a big outcry among the public and eventually led to the creation of Telltale Games.
Sam & Max episodic series
- Main article: Sam & Max (video game series)
After the cancellation of Freelance Police, the Sam & Max video game rights eventually reverted to Steve Purcell. Soon after, Sam & Max Season One was announced by Telltale Games, a company founded by former LucasArts employees.