High-resolution scans of the elusive pink-haired female Link from 1986

Thanks to Ikhana's hawk eyes at auction I was finally able to get my hands on the May 1986 issue of Monthly Shonen Captain, that was first posted about on Twitter by KazzyKazy. There was an absurd bidding war but thankfully I was able to win it and I'm now happy to be able to being everyone 2400dpi scans. I have both the edited, patched up versions, as well as the un-touched raws, uploaded in the gallery starting here. In this issue there are 6 images total. 5 of Link, or Zelda as the protagonist, and one of a fairy. We do not know the original artist's name, we can't find anything that even implies it in the issue. If you would like the link to my original post on Twitter, you can find it here.

We know there are probably 2 more images because of this video, also thanks to KazzyKazy's research. Me and a few other people have been trying to track down where they can be found with no avail. They do not appear to be in any of the other regular monthly issues of Shonen Captain from that year. I know because I've bought most of them and other people have checked their issues for me and confirmed it. Someone I was talking to even asked the Youtuber if he remembered where the cut-outs were from and unfortunately the font from the magazine he thought it might be from (below) doesn't seem likely because the page number fonts don't match up. The only hints we have are that fairy and other drawing are overlaid on the last dungeon/room in a walkthrough and appear on page 33 and 36, they are color but not on glossy pages, and we are not finding issues with a Zelda feature on those pages either. If you find it, or have any thoughts, please let me know and I will spend the money to get it and then make good scans of it too. melorasworld@gmail.com

random113: この雑誌を覚えていますか?

hijiQuish channel: なんだっけなぁ😂ファミマガではない。ファミマガは、切り取らなかったから。 全くわからんなぁ。1986年ですよねぇ。 ハイスコアという雑誌かなぁ🤔

random113 : ありがとうございます。私はそれを探し続けます

The amount of fan art that this piece has generated has also been incredible. I think pretty much every single one of my favorite artists has made something inspired by it over on Twitter. It's been mind blowing. You may be able to find them searching under Linka (a new fan name for this one that really caught on) or Plink (though Plink has been used for male pink-haired LttP Link for ages.) They really took off when Aeyga_X made a post about it and you can find a lot of them, though not even close to all of them, linked to from there.