Thread:Riley Heligo/@comment-31463683-20170317190520/@comment-809585-20170325231113

Like most of the existing media franchises, the Mortal Kombat universe has several incarnations due to licencing contracts with other companies. The Mortal Kombat Lore has 5 timelines:


 * The main Canon incarnation (wich was cannonically rebooted)


 * The Malibu Comics incarnation


 * The Film & TV incarnation


 * The web-series incarnation


 * The DC crossover incarnation


 * And some standalone stories.

Here is a list of all those different timelines and their respective media arranged in chronological order.

Canon
The official Mortal Kombat Storyline is composed by 11 videogames and 5 comics, all of them developed either by Midway or NetherRealm Studios. All the Mortal Kombat lore is originaly set-up in this incarnation.


 * Original Timeline (from the beggining of the universe to the Battle of Armageddon)


 * Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub Zero (action / adventure videogame )


 * Mortal Kombat: Special Forces ( action / adventure videogame )


 * Mortal Kombat 1: Collector’s Edition (comics)


 * Mortal Kombat (fighting videogame)


 * Mortal Kombat 2: Collector’s Edition (comics)


 * Mortal Kombat II (fighting videogame)


 * Mortal Kombat 3 + Ultimate 3 + Advance + Trilogy + Ultimate (fighting videogame)


 * Mortal Kombat 4: Limited Edition (comics)


 * Mortal Kombat 4 + Gold (fighting videogame)


 * Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance + Tournament Edition (fighting videogame)


 * Mortal Kombat Deception: Limited Edition (comics)


 * Mortal Kombat: Deception + Unchained (fighting videogame)


 * Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (fighting videogame)


 * Current Timeline (after Raiden's Visions)


 * Mortal Kombat + Komplete Edition (fighting videogame)


 * Mortal Kombat X Comics (36 chapters comics)


 * Mortal Kombat X + Mobile + XL (fighting videogame)

Malibu Comics
This continuity is composed of 6 comics mini series, and 4 oneshot comics.


 * Mini Series


 * Mortal Kombat: Battlewave (6 chapters comics)


 * Mortal Kombat: Blood & Thunder (6 chapters comics)


 * Mortal Kombat: Goro Prince of Pain (3 chapters comics)


 * Mortal Kombat: Raiden & Kano (3 chapters comics)


 * Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition (2 chapters comics)


 * Mortal Kombat: U.S. Special Forces (2 chapters comics)


 * One-shots


 * Mortal Kombat: Kitana & Mileena (oneshot comics)


 * Mortal Kombat: Kung Lao (oneshot comics)


 * Mortal Kombat: Baraka (oneshot comics)


 * Mortal Kombat 0 (oneshot comics)

Cinema & TV (1990s)
This continuity is composed of 2 live action feature films, 1 short animation, 2 series (1 live action and 1 animated).


 * Mortal Kombat: Conquest (22 episodes - live action series)


 * Mortal Kombat + Novelization (live action film)


 * Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins (animation short film)


 * Mortal Kombat: Annihilation + Novelization (live action film)


 * Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (13 episodes - animation series)

Crossover with DC Universe
This continuity has only 1 comic and 1 videogame and it is the result of a partnership between NetherRealm Studios and DC Comics, since both of them are companies owned by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (subsidiary of Warner Bros. and Time Warner).


 * Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe - Limited Edition (comics)


 * Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (fightinng videogame)

Web-Serie (2010s)

 * Mortal Kombat: Legacy (19 episodes - live action series)

Standalone Stories
Beside those 5 diferent continuities, there are also 6 other Mortal Kombat stand alone products that are cannonical disconnected from each other and from all the above timelines.


 * Mortal Kombat: Novel (book)


 * Mortal Kombat: Live Tour (stage performance)


 * Mortal Kombat: Rebirth (live action short film)


 * Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (action / adventue game)


 * Mortal Kombat Kard Game (card game)


 * Mortal Kombat: Epic Battles (card game)