According to SOL-740 of the TRMK forums, who scanned in the same screenshots at higher resolutions here:

http://www.trmk.org/forums/showthread.php/5842-And-now-for-something-completely-different

The issue with Nimbus Terrafaux was March of 1994, and there's also a fake pic of Ermac from October 1993. He also raises the question: Since the Nimbus Terrafaux pic was faked, what was the original source of the photo that was manipulated? Who was the actor/model etc. for Nimbus? The world may never know...!

All this classic stuff gets me nostalgic. I think I'll do a section on the Kombat Pavilion about these rumored characters.

Here are the complete scans of the Ermac hoax from EGM magazine,dont remember where i got em.

Ermac EGM

Ermac EGM2

Ermac EGM3

Ermac EGM4

Ermac EGM5

Okay, I have compiled together all the fake characters I could think of: http://tabmok99.mortalkombatonline.com/rumored_characters.html

I think that's a pretty comprehensive list, but any additional help would be very appreciated. Thanks to everyone who contributed!

Where's Scarlet?

If Scarlet ever made it to any magazines, I'm unaware of which titles and which issues. Any additional information would be appreciated and welcome (and of course, a credit with your name would appear on the site).

I updated the page to include Pedro (discussed on this forum a long time ago) and included the scans of him as well.

http://tabmok99.mortalkombatonline.com/rumored_characters.html