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Malibu MK Komics: Canon or not?
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posted03/03/2004 01:28 PM (UTC)by
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Most of you probably know what I'm referring to: the MK comics series that includes Goro: Prince of Pain, Raiden and Kano, Kitana and Mileena, Baraka, and several others. What I want to know is, are these comics official to the MK story? Because I just read the Baraka one, and in it he really seems like a good guy, in fact a lot of the characters' roles and affiliations (especially Scorpion and Noob) don't make much sense compared to their roles in the games.
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 •02/24/2004 06:55 PM (UTC) •
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I think they are.

At least many of the things there relate to the games story.

Baraka does seem like a good guy, poor him. But so does Mileena, poor she...a match made in hell.
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 •02/24/2004 09:03 PM (UTC) •
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Well obviously they relate to the storyline of the games, but then, so do the movies. And we KNOW they're not canon.

And in the Kitana and Mileena one, I think Mileena is in too little of it to come off as genuinely "good," but she is a very sympathetic character. But Kitana comes off as a real bitch, especially to Reptile.
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 •02/25/2004 01:31 AM (UTC) •
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No. The OFFICIAL MK Comics are the official ones.
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•02/25/2004 03:44 PM (UTC) •
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The Malibu Comics are NOT canon.
The Midway ones are.

All the stuff in the Malibu comics, like Goro getting kidnapped, the war between Abacus and Zaggot, Scorpion ruling an army of the dead for Shao Kahn - it never happened in the games.
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 •02/25/2004 05:57 PM (UTC) •
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Yea, figured they probably weren't, I just wasn't completely sure.

The only "official" MK comics are the MK1 and MK2 comics, right?

By the way, anyone know where I can find the full Goro comics online? The only site with whole MK comics that I know of doesn't have those...
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 •02/25/2004 09:42 PM (UTC) •
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There's also the MK4 comic, which I think is official.
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 •02/25/2004 11:16 PM (UTC) •
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Zentile Wrote:
There's also the MK4 comic, which I think is official.


It is. It actually explains how Goro returns, he turns good with Kitana and other stuff.
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 •02/26/2004 07:40 AM (UTC) •
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are y'all sure that MK2 comic was genuine? It seemed to have a lot of stuff that I don't think would go well with general MK story.
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 •02/26/2004 02:54 PM (UTC) •
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Tomas Wrote:
are y'all sure that MK2 comic was genuine? It seemed to have a lot of stuff that I don't think would go well with general MK story.

Such as...?
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 •02/26/2004 06:38 PM (UTC) •
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How many comics were made by Midway?
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The Malibu Comics are NOT canon.
The Midway ones are.

All the stuff in the Malibu comics, like Goro getting kidnapped, the war between Abacus and Zaggot, Scorpion ruling an army of the dead for Shao Kahn - it never happened in the games.

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•02/27/2004 01:37 PM (UTC) •
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Three.

The MK1 and MK2 comics you could order from the arcde, and the MK4 comic you could get for pre-ordering MK4 for any system, and it also came bundled with MK4 for the PC.

born-again-vampire Wrote:
How many comics were made by Midway?

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 •02/28/2004 06:38 PM (UTC) •
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xcarnagex Wrote:

Tomas Wrote:
are y'all sure that MK2 comic was genuine? It seemed to have a lot of stuff that I don't think would go well with general MK story.
Such as...?


Sonya, Johnny Cage and Kano fighting Goro at the same time, and winning.

Scorpion and Sub-Zero fighting together against Tsung guards.

The island explodes when Tsung is defeated and all the main warriors fall to the bottom of the Pit, but Rayden saved Johnny in the last minute, he went trough a portal (dramatic exit) and sent him to the ocean right when everything became fire.

Cage is found by Jax and the SF unit, "rescued" by them. Jax does not believe Cages story. He wants to find Sonya.

Sonya later comunicates to Jax, along side with Kano, both working together to stay alive. She informs him that Cage is in danger, Tsung (now younger thanks to Kahn) is going to attack him.

Sub-Zero arrives in a SPECIAL MILLIONARE JET dressed like a MOVIE STAR. He talks to Liu Kang and Kung Lao who are in the destroyed temples of the Order of light.

Tsung arrives along side Mileena, Kitana, Kintaro, Baraka, and other characters to fight Cage. At the end Rayden and the earth team (with Sub-Zero) arrive and help Cage and accept the challange of Mortal Kombat in Outworld.
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 •02/28/2004 08:24 PM (UTC) •
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queve Wrote:
Sonya, Johnny Cage and Kano fighting Goro at the same time, and winning.

Scorpion and Sub-Zero fighting together against Tsung guards.

The island explodes when Tsung is defeated and all the main warriors fall to the bottom of the Pit, but Rayden saved Johnny in the last minute, he went trough a portal (dramatic exit) and sent him to the ocean right when everything became fire.

Cage is found by Jax and the SF unit, "rescued" by them. Jax does not believe Cages story. He wants to find Sonya.

Sonya later comunicates to Jax, along side with Kano, both working together to stay alive. She informs him that Cage is in danger, Tsung (now younger thanks to Kahn) is going to attack him.

Sub-Zero arrives in a SPECIAL MILLIONARE JET dressed like a MOVIE STAR. He talks to Liu Kang and Kung Lao who are in the destroyed temples of the Order of light.

Tsung arrives along side Mileena, Kitana, Kintaro, Baraka, and other characters to fight Cage. At the end Rayden and the earth team (with Sub-Zero) arrive and help Cage and accept the challange of Mortal Kombat in Outworld.

But does any of that specifically contradict any of the MK2 bios or the MK2 story? It may not be as we imagined it, and perhaps not all of it was mentioned in the MK2 story, but I thought that was the purpose of the comic: to give a more specific depiction of what happened before the tournament.
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 •02/29/2004 01:11 AM (UTC) •
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xcarnagex Wrote:

queve Wrote:
Sonya, Johnny Cage and Kano fighting Goro at the same time, and winning.

Scorpion and Sub-Zero fighting together against Tsung guards.

The island explodes when Tsung is defeated and all the main warriors fall to the bottom of the Pit, but Rayden saved Johnny in the last minute, he went trough a portal (dramatic exit) and sent him to the ocean right when everything became fire.

Cage is found by Jax and the SF unit, "rescued" by them. Jax does not believe Cages story. He wants to find Sonya.

Sonya later comunicates to Jax, along side with Kano, both working together to stay alive. She informs him that Cage is in danger, Tsung (now younger thanks to Kahn) is going to attack him.

Sub-Zero arrives in a SPECIAL MILLIONARE JET dressed like a MOVIE STAR. He talks to Liu Kang and Kung Lao who are in the destroyed temples of the Order of light.

Tsung arrives along side Mileena, Kitana, Kintaro, Baraka, and other characters to fight Cage. At the end Rayden and the earth team (with Sub-Zero) arrive and help Cage and accept the challange of Mortal Kombat in Outworld.

But does any of that specifically contradict any of the MK2 bios or the MK2 story? It may not be as we imagined it, and perhaps not all of it was mentioned in the MK2 story, but I thought that was the purpose of the comic: to give a more specific depiction of what happened before the tournament.


Well, it actually does. Goro was defeated by Liu Kang (in games story) right? And Sub-Zero arriving in a jet?

But I do agree with what you say about the comics giving a more specific detailed story about the events of the tournament and all.

Actually, that was exactly what I was about to say, to point out that the Malibu comics are true to the games as much as the Midway comics, they show more specific events and stories to give you a “view” of what happened in the tournament, only adding new characters.
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 •02/29/2004 04:40 AM (UTC) •
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But the MK2 comic does acknowledge that Liu Kang defeated Goro; Cage said "Liu Kang had merely knocked the beast unconscious in their bout, but this was a fight to the death" or something along those lines. Just because Liu beat him doesn't mean he was dead, and the fact that Liu didn't kill him was proven when Goro returned in MK4.

And as for Sub Zero, it may seem out of character, but MK2 never said anything to contradict it.

Remember, there's a difference between omission and contradiction.
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 •02/29/2004 04:45 AM (UTC) •
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xcarnagex Wrote:
But the MK2 comic does acknowledge that Liu Kang defeated Goro; Cage said "Liu Kang had merely knocked the beast unconscious in their bout, but this was a fight to the death" or something along those lines. Just because Liu beat him doesn't mean he was dead, and the fact that Liu didn't kill him was proven when Goro returned in MK4.

And as for Sub Zero, it may seem out of character, but MK2 never said anything to contradict it.

Remember, there's a difference between omission and contradiction.


You know, I think you are right.

But seriously, I though the whole jet and movie star look Sub-Zero had was terrible! I hated it! He looked 100% like Cage! He even had glasses!!!
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 •03/01/2004 08:41 PM (UTC) •
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Not Malibu, those were cheesy and way out of focus, I hate it when video games are totally F***ed up by snobby directors and writers. In fact, the only decent game-movie I can think of that wasn't made by midway is the MK movie and that's probably due the fact that Boon was on the set throughout production.
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•03/03/2004 01:28 PM (UTC) •
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The Malibu comics have some things in them that contradict the games (Smoke/Jade/Noob Saibot's bios do not match); in the games and official MKII comic, Smoke was a Lin Kuei warrior. In the Malibu comics, Smoke was an Outworld warrior working for Shao Kahn, and was ALWAYS seen with Jade. Smoke and Jade always hung out, kinda like Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.

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