It's interesting to know that the pictures used for the NP16 magazine are taken from
the prototype version of the game that was sent in to Nintendo's censors. For more info
on the subject read Douglas Crockford's
article, the interesting tidbits section of Chris Pepin's FAQ,
and this page of |tsr's site.
Also, Nintendo Power issue #18 featured a Maniac Mansion comic starring "Howard & Nester":
