won by the human champion Liu Kang, Scorpion kills Sub-Zero. After the release of the first Mortal Kombat game, players were able to order a special tie-in comic book written and illustrated by MK co-creator John Tobias, published by Midway. The comic explained more of the backstory of the tournament and its characters, though it does not fully fit into the canon of later games in the franchise. In a one-page scene, two years after his death, Scorpion attacks Sub-Zero, who recognizes him and is shocked. Scorpion declares "demons" have allowed him to return and avenge his own demise. Wishing to gain his vengeance through an honorable fight rather than a surprise attack, Scorpion leaves, promising Sub-Zero they will meet again in the tournament. Later games make it unclear how much time passes between Scorpion's death and the tenth Mortal Kombat tournament. The game Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (1997) shows Sub-Zero joining Mortal Kombat days or weeks after he kills Scorpion, but does not clarify whether he is joining the tenth tournament or one of the tournaments that occurred years earlier, surviving and later deciding to return for the tenth. In Mortal Kombat II (1993), some time after the tenth tournament, a rematch Mortal Kombat tournament held in the dimension of Outworld, now hosted by Emperor Shao Kahn. Another Lin Kuei warrior with ice abilities called Sub-Zero joins this tournament, with the game's introduction leaving it deliberately vague whether this is a new fighter or the original warrior back from the dead. Scorpion enters the new tournament to investigate this warrior. When Scorpion sees the new Sub-Zero spare the life of an opponent, he realizes this is not the cruel, cold-hearted man who killed him but the man's younger brother. Scorpion decides to be the younger Sub-Zero's guardian in atonement for killing his older brother. The elder Sub-Zero and younger Sub-Zero are later given the birth names of Bi-Han and Kuai Liang, respectively, in the Mortal Kombat reboot game. Mortal Kombat II also introduces the character Noob Saibot, an undead warrior who will later be revealed to be the resurrected Bi-Han. Scorpion and the game's similar palette-swapped ninja characters were not playable characters in Mortal Kombat 3. Scorpion returned as a playable character in the 1995 upgrade Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. In the story of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Emperor Shao Kahn enlists Scorpion's aid. Scorpion's allegiance to the emperor