Mortal Kombat: Issue 0
Writer: Charles Marshall
Penciller: Patrick Rolo
Inker: Bobby Rae

I had a different comic planned out that I was going to write about but then while at Half Price Books today I started browsing through the 25 cents stash. As you may be able to guess, HPB didn’t have anything good in stock, so that’s why I made my way to the clearance pile. Anyway, I found myself this little gem *cough* and strangely got so excited at the prospect of a Mortal Kombat comic that I read it immediately when I was home. I knew it was going to suck, but I still had some hope that it would give me some nostalgic enjoyment. Well, it didn’t; the book sucked, and I didn’t even finish it. But I would like to talk about one prized little frame I came across: Page 2, Kano decided to speak:

“Holy Spit,” he says.

This is were one would normally say “Holy Shit.” Now, is it just me or is it kind of odd that Mortal Kombat had to dumb it down to that level? For a minute, let’s ignore the fact that the writers chose “spit” instead of, well, anything that makes sense. Shouldn’t Mortal Kombat has been crossing boundaries and being offense? Granted, this was written in 1994, but we’re talking about a game where you could rip another character’s heart out. You’d think they’d at least have the balls to use the word “crap.” Regardless, this gave me a good moment of laughter. In fact, the only moment of laughter until the second to last page where I saw this:

Damn . . . I can’t find my usb cord for my camera. I’ll update you guys further in the week. Make sure to stay tuned; it’s worth hanging around for.