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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.
1. Early comics (1987-1992)[]
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 |
2. The Adventurer comics (1990-1996)[]
- 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.
All the "Adventurer comics" doesn't have titles (Besides the first one from 1990), but I will try to show you the right placement of these comics:
- Sam & Max Meet Some Frightening Pirates (1990)
- S&M Nazi Attack (1991)
- S&M The Indiana Jones Atlantis Parody (1991)
- S&M Nice Tabelau (1992)
- S&M Star Wars Race (Parody) (1992)
- S&M Franken House (1993)
- S&M The Full Throttle (Parody) (1994)
- S&M Just another Star Wars Parody (1994)
- S&M The Animal Show (1995)
- S&M In heaven (1995)
- S&M Cowboys (1996)
- S&M The Pirate Adventure (1996)
3. Late comics (1997-1998)[]
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 | Totally Fox Kids Magazine | Fox Kids Worldwide |
| 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 | 1998 | Totally Fox Kids Magazine #31 | Fox Kids Worldwide |
4. The Big Sleep[]
- Main article: The Big Sleep
A webcomic that ran from 2005 through 2007.
5. The lost comic (2011)[]
Main article: Unfinished Comic Where Max Gets Shot
6. Sam & Max BossFightStudio box comic[]
A comic from the back side of the box with Sam / Max minifigures.
Article: Sam & Max BossFightStudio box comic
Colored versions of the comics you can find on this drive (+ Sam and Max sketchbooks as a bonus): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xRBcCLSyj8SapRs5QcYiG25uAOy69oef
And the bonus comics from the toy boxes etc.: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NafdqfLPHJ2cB63EQJv5s3W6V9q6K-u_?usp=sharing
Animations[]
1. The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police (1997-1998)[]
- 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.
Every episode is 10 minutes and 40 seconds length, only first and the last episode are 21 minutes long.
2. Our Bewildering Universe[]
- Main article: Our Bewildering Universe (flash short)
A flash short featuring alien surgery.
3. Season One machinima shorts[]
- Main article: Season One machinima shorts
A series of short machinima videos using the engine from Sam & Max Season One. During the season's initial run three were released between each episode and the next, keeping fans busy on a weekly basis.
4. 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[]
See also: List of Sam & Max Video Games
1. Sam & Max Hit the Road (1993)[]
- Main article: Sam & Max Hit the Road
A graphic adventure game published by LucasArts in 1993.
2. Sam & Max Plunge Through Space (CANCELED) (2001-2002)[]
- 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).
3. Sam & Max: Freelance Police (CANCELED)[]
- 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.
4. Sam & Max episodic series (2006-2010)[]
- 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. The original series lasted three seasons including Save the World, Beyond Time and Space, and The Devil's Playhouse from 2006-2010. Starting December 2020, former Telltale employees formed the company Skunkape Games which has started remastering the Telltale Games for Steam, the latest xBox systems, and the Nintendo Switch.
5. Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual (2021)[]
- Main article: Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual
The first new Sam & Max game since Poker Night 2. A VR game developed by HappyGiant Games where Sam and Max train a recruit to join the Freelance Police with a series of obstacles.