Kintaro

Kintaro is a fearsome Shokan warrior from the Mortal Kombat video game universe, a four-armed half-dragon, half-tiger subspecies loyal to Shao Kahn. He appeared in Malibu's comics adaptation as a powerful enforcer amid the brutal tournament conflicts.

Stepping out of the brutal arena of one of gaming's most iconic franchises, Kintaro made his comics debut in Malibu's Mortal Kombat: Battlewave #3 in 1995, brought to the page by Charles Marshall and Patrick Rolo during the height of the Copper/Modern Age's video-game comics boom. A rare presence in the catalog with just five appearances spread across Battlewave and Mortal Kombat Tournament Edition II, he's a collector's curiosity — a formidable figure sharing the chaos with heavy hitters like Sub-Zero, Sonya Blade, Jax, Johnny Cage, and Reptile. For fans of the MK universe who want to see how Malibu translated the tournament's most fearsome combatants into four-color mayhem, tracking down Kintaro's handful of appearances is a rewarding hunt.