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KOMIX X-TREME - MORTAL KOMBAT BLOOD AND THUNDER ISSUE 5

4/9/2015

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We take MORE looks at the 1994 Mortal Kombat comic from Malibu. Part 5.... Of 6.....

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Published by: Malibu Comics

October 1994 - April 1995

Bruce McCorkindale
- inker

Charles Marshall - writer

Dave Lanphear - letterer

John Tobias, Mark Paniccia- editor

Kiki Chansomone -  penciler

Scott Christian Sava / Janice Wismar / Violent Hues  -colourist
Issues: #1 Light and Darkness / A Slow Boat to China,
            #2 Test Your Might
            #3 The Art of War
            #4 Kombat Zones
            #5 Tao
             #6 Mortal Mayhem
ISSUE 5 - TAO


We kick off issue 5 with a unholy mess. Rayden (still not the correct spelling guys....) that gives you a little insight into the inner workings of Scorpion. Th issue flashes back to how the end of the last issue didn't happen (seriously, check out how Scorpion gets the book here compared to last issue. There was a dungeon involved instead of a forest.....sigh)
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Scorpy ponders the next riddle of the Tao Ze Zhan, and in doing so remembers his death at the hands of Sub Zero, which leads him neatly to the answer he needs to unlock the next part of the book, stepping closer to the power it holds. 

Rayden appears from the heavens to fry Scorpy like overcooked beef,  using his godly powers to best the spirit in God on Ghost combat. The book is launched from the cliffside and into the hands of Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade.  The pair spend the evening in a cave, attempting to work out the book, before Sonya inadvertently discovers the answer. Which would all be well and good if Sub Zero hadn't spent the last few hours awaiting for the best time to jump out to attack. Subby freezes the pair and leaves with the Plot Device.
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I mean book.

Ahem.
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Meanwhile, back at the Island of Shang Tsung, the natives are getting restless, and discover that Shang, whilst a old man, is far from helpless whilst Goro is missing. He destroys the interlopers, and vows that both Goro and the Tao Ze Zhan will be returned to him, and (sorcerer) supreme power will be his. 

(Is it wrong I really want to see Shang vs Dr Strange at this point?)

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What is happening here? A spasm?

Back in Outworld, at the Living forest, Liu Kang and Kano are forced to team up again when attacked by a motley crew of mutants (MK vs X-Men?). Neither are happy with the predicament, but, as Mr Narrator drones on about who these characters are (4 issues in....), they work in perfect unison and beat back the mutie scum (
© Marvel 1996)

Kano literally stabs Liu in the back (and apparently begins some odd transformation into a toad, judging by his warping face). Kano hops off to find the book, laving Liu dying in the dirt. Liu hs a flashback to his ancestor, the great Kung Lao who kept Earthrealm safe until receiving a spanking for Goro.



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A stranger arrives to help Liu, and takes him to be healed, and can you guess who this mysterious benefactor could be?


IT'S KUNG LAO!!!
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MUSINGS ON THE ISSUES

I am literally going to have to make a coffee to tackle this one....

Okay, I'm back....

This is awful.  The new pencils manage to detract the fun I've been having with the series so far, that I can barely muster enough energy to poke jokes at it.  At issue 5 of 6, we should be closer to the endgame, but other than the Tao Ze Zhan opening a few more pages, very little moves the plot (such as it is) forward.

However....
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These three are my favorite addition since The Pointy Hatted Ninjas...

All in all, this issue really is terrible. One more to go!
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Adam "Gruffy" Nicol is the High Lord Protector of the Old Oilhouse, and has screamed at things not working right with it since the day it was born. His knowledge and love of 90's tat and pop culture borders on the worryingly psychotic....
4 Comments
tabmok99 link
8/29/2016 02:40:01 am

Hey there!

The spelling "Rayden" might seem odd now, but it made sense at the time. The arcade games spelled it "Raiden" but on the consoles (SNES, Genesis/MegaDrive, etc.) Acclaim was required to change the spelling to "Rayden" for legal reasons.

Malibu reasoned that many players would be more familiar with this spelling and used it throughout their entire run!

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Gruffy
8/29/2016 08:05:41 am

Ah! That actually makes a load of sense! Many thanks for the info!

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tabmok99
8/29/2016 02:40:10 am

Hey there!

The spelling "Rayden" might seem odd now, but it made sense at the time. The arcade games spelled it "Raiden" but on the consoles (SNES, Genesis/MegaDrive, etc.) Acclaim was required to change the spelling to "Rayden" for legal reasons.

Malibu reasoned that many players would be more familiar with this spelling and used it throughout their entire run!

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tabmok99
8/29/2016 02:40:21 am

Hey there! The spelling "Rayden" might seem odd now, but it made sense at the time. The arcade games spelled it "Raiden" but on the consoles (SNES, Genesis/MegaDrive, etc.) Acclaim was required to change the spelling to "Rayden" for legal reasons.

Malibu reasoned that many players would be more familiar with this spelling and used it throughout their entire run!

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