Midway's comic book prologue to "Mortal Kombat II" was published by mail order during the release of the arcade version, much like with the original game's comic. Likewise, the second comic book reflects the events that were raised in the game and was also written, penciled, and colored by John Tobias. Scorpion's role in the comic is contradictory to both his character ending in the "MKII" video game and to his role in '. In addition, "Shaolin Monks intro sequence and first level are in contradiction to the opening few pages of the comic (wherein Johnny Cage offers up a largely different scenario).