The Mortal Kombat comic books series included three official game tie in comics by Midway and a licensed adaptation by Malibu Comics, published between October 1994 and August 1995.
There are two different lineups of Mortal Kombat comic books: one series were comic book tie-ins published by Midway that followed the storyline of the games and the other Malibu series, which adapted the storyline of the games, but also took a few liberties with the ...
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The Mortal Kombat comic books series included three official game tie in comics by Midway and a licensed adaptation by Malibu Comics, published between October 1994 and August 1995.
There are two different lineups of Mortal Kombat comic books: one series were comic book tie-ins published by Midway that followed the storyline of the games and the other Malibu series, which adapted the storyline of the games, but also took a few liberties with the source material
The Midway comics were tie-ins published to coincide with the launches of Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II and Mortal Kombat 4. They offered insight into the backstory to each of the games as well as providing exposition of events occurring before each game.
The Malibu comics were a sort of "re-imagining" of the Mortal Kombat franchise as numerous details were altered and characters with no particularly defined background at the time (Smoke, Jade and Noob Saibot being three ideal examples) were radically different in terms of...
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