History ComicBook / MortalKombatMalibuComics

This article is about the Malibu series. For the official comics based off of ''1'', ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatII II]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat4 4]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception Deception]]'', click [[ComicBook/MortalKombat here]].

** The Special Forces roster is also expanded: Lt. Mikka Stone, Cody Finnegan, a woman with steam[=/=]mist powers named Vapor, another woman named [[XtremeKoolLetterz S'''y'''lence]], a member named Torque with bionic arms;

** The Special Forces roster is also expanded: Lt. Mikka Stone, Cody Finnegan, a woman with steam[=/=]mist powers named Vapor, another woman named [[XtremeKoolLetterz S'''y'''lence]].

* CanonForeigner: Several, such as Bo, a bodyguard that Johnny Cage sends to protect Liu Kang after the latter becomes the Champion of Mortal Kombat, Hydro, Sub-Zero's Lin Kuei partner who ends up killed by Scorpion, and Sing and Sang, two Shaolin monks who were originally chosen to represent the Temple of Light in the tournament, who could fuse into a far more powerful warrior called Siang.

** Played utterly straight with Noob Saibot, who in the comics is not a corrupted resurrected Sub-Zero the older, but a separate being who appears in Baraka's oneshot issue, tells Baraka of the baby Nania's great destiny he has ahead of him and takes Nania away when the immediate danger (Scorpion) has passed.

* OffModel: Some issues were drawn by Kiki Santamone[=/=]Chansamone and they tend to look...rather bad, even by 90's standards. Squished faces, bad proportions and other such errors abound in his artwork.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Zaggot uses this trope to create the Kombatant, a huge malevolent construct of chaos that uses the entire ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' cast's powers.

This article is about the Malibu series. For the official comics based off of 1, ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat2 2]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat4 4]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception Deception]]'', click [[ComicBook/MortalKombat here]].

* AdaptationalHeroism: Well, ''Anti''-heroism, but in any case, Baraka. In the games he's Shao Kahn's (and sometimes Mileena's) loyal soldier and killer. In the comics, he's instead part of a rebel group consisting of himself, Kung Lao, Sub-Zero and Kitana. At the end of Battlewave, this leads to the completely paradoxical sight of ''Baraka'' being counted among the ''heroes''' roster. That said, his belligerent, anti-social nutbar nature put him at odds with the others more often than not. He even willingly protects a baby, if only so he has something to fight for. Eventually, Baraka snaps and goes off on his own.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Scorpion seems to be a far more evil character here, willingly becoming one of Shao Kahn's generals.

* CanonImmigrant: Jerrod, the late king of Outworld (later retconned to Edenia) before Shao Kahn's conquest, made his first physical appearance in the ''Kitana and Mileena'' one-shot, after being only mentioned by name in one ending in VideoGame/MortalKombat3 (which came out only months before the one-shot comic). The design from the comic made appearances in VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance concept art and in the [[https://twitter.com/4thSnake/status/1469569038665887748 current mobile game]].

* InUniverseNickname: Goro is usually nicknamed "The Prince of Pain."

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[[caption-width-right:220:So what's weirder to point out about this, Sonya about to marry Shao Kahn, or Kahn not wearing his famous skull helmet?]]

** Eventually played straight with Sub-Zero. Earlier issues have had Sub-Zero play at least a protagonist out for his own gain, but around the ''Kitana & Mileena'', it was revealed that the Lin Kuei once served Shao Kahn, and from thereon it was kept that Sub-Zero was antagonistic.

* HypnotizeThePrincess: Shao Kahn attempts to use one of these to conquer Earthrealm. When he learns a marriage between an Earthrealm human and an Outworlder such as him will be enough to weaken the dimensional barriers, he has Reptile brainwash Sonya. Thankfully the heroes foil this just in time. [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 This would later be revealed to not have been the first time he did something like this.]]

Malibu Comics' adaptation of the infamously violent FightingGame series by Midway, ''Mortal Kombat'' lasted surprisingly longer than their [[ComicBook/MalibuComicsStreetFighter previous adaptation attempt]] based off of ''StreetFighter'', most likely because the bar of controversy was set so high by Midway. In effect, the comics ended up being tamer than the games.

** Played straight with Jade and Smoke, who are Shao Kahn's assassins as well as a deadly duo. At the time, neither character had an official backstory, although a ninja with Smoke's color scheme does make an appearance as one of the younger Sub-Zero's Lin-Kuei comrades in the official Midway comic tie-in to ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII'', he's never really identified as Smoke.

* CanonImmigrant: Jerrod, the late king of Outworld (later retconned to Edenia) before Shao Kahn kills him and conquers his realm.

** King Gorbak, king of the Shokan and Goro's father, eventually appears in the ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' comics to declare war on Kotal Kahn [[spoiler:after the latter ripped off ALL of Goro's arms and didn't kill him]].

* UnfortunateNames: "Zaggot" is just one letter away from...