 Liu Kang was the hero of the comic book adaptation of the Mortal Kombat series Malibu Comics . In the first miniseries , Blood and Thunder , his backstory was mostly kept intact as a Shaolin monk out to restore the tournament to their righteous owners , with the only difference being that he was not the chosen one to defeat Goro , which instead fell on twin monk brothers named Sing and Sang , two original characters created specifically for the comics ; after they are killed by Goro in the third issue , Liu Kang becomes the Shaolin 's only hope in defeating Shang Tsung . The following miniseries , Battlewave , stated that Liu Kang won the first tournament after defeating Goro , which never appeared in the first miniseries . He returns to his normal life as an architect in Chicago , having left the Order of Light before the events of the first series . However , he suffers from constant attacks by an unknown force of ninjas and later receives help from Johnny Cage 's bodyguard Bo when Goro ambushes him in an office building . Eventually he decides to travel to Outworld , realizing that he cannot avoid Mortal Kombat . 
 Liu Kang was the hero of the comic book adaptation of the Mortal Kombat series Malibu Comics . In the first miniseries , Blood and Thunder , his backstory was mostly kept intact as a Shaolin monk out to restore the tournament to their righteous owners , with the only difference being that he <a href='negative_concord' title='1'><mark>was</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='2'><mark>not</mark></a>the chosen one to defeat Goro , which instead fell on twin monk brothers named Sing and Sang , two original characters created specifically for the comics ; after they are killed by Goro in the third issue , Liu Kang <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>becomes</mark></a> the Shaolin <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>only hope in defeating Shang Tsung . The following miniseries , Battlewave , stated that Liu Kang won the first tournament after defeating Goro , which never appeared in the first miniseries . He <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>returns</mark></a> to his normal life as an architect in Chicago , <a href='been_done' title='6'><mark>having</mark></a> left the Order of Light before the events of the first series . However , he <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>suffers</mark></a> from constant attacks by an unknown force of ninjas and later <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>receives</mark></a> help from Johnny Cage <a href='null_genetive' title='9'><mark>'s</mark></a>bodyguard Bo when Goro <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>ambushes</mark></a> him in an office building . Eventually he <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>decides</mark></a> to travel to Outworld , realizing that he cannot avoid Mortal Kombat . 
Liu Kang was da hero of tdacomic book adaptation of the Mortal Kombat series Malibu Comics . In the first miniseries , Blood and Thunder , his backstory was mostly kept intact as a Shaolin monk out to restore the tournament to their righteous owners , with the only difference being that he ain't the chosen one to defeat Goro , which instead fell on twin monk brothers named Sing and Sang , two original characters created specifically for thdaomics ; after they are killed by Goro in the third issue , Liu Kang become the Shaolin  only hope in defeating Shang Tsung . The following miniseries , Battlewave , stated dat Liu Kang won the first tournament after defeating Goro , which never appeared in the first miniseries . He return to his normal life as an architect in Chicago , done left the Order of Light before thedaents of the dast series . However , he suffer from constant attacks by an unknown force of ninjas and later receive help from Johnny Cage  bodyguard Bo when Goro ambush him in an office building . Eventually he decide to travel to Outworld , realizing that he cannot avoid Mortal Kombat .