Don’t worry, this isn’t the end. Until we meet again.

Name: The Phantom

Aliases: The Ghost Who Walks, The Man Who Cannot Die, Mr. Walker

Style: Unknown

Weapon of choice: Unknown

Finishing Move: Unknown

Summary: In the jungles of the African country Bangalla, there is a myth about “The Ghost Who Walks”, “The Man Who Cannot Die”, The Phantom. It is rumoured that he has been around for generations, protecting the people from the evil in the world. It is yet to established whether the Phantom is an urban legend or a real person.

Name: Pai Mei

Aliases: None

Style: Eagle Claw Kung Fu

Weapon of choice: None

Finishing Move: Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique

Summary: Pai Mei was a White Lotus Priest who was famed to be one of the greatest martial artists. Once upon a time in China, head priest of the White Lotus Clan, Pai Mei was walking down the road, contemplating whatever it is that a man of Pai Mei’s infinite power contemplates – which is another way of saying “who knows” – when a Shaolin monk appeared, traveling in the opposite direction. As the monk and the priest crossed paths, Pai Mei, in a practically unfathomable display of generosity, gave the monk the slightest of nods. The nod was not returned. Now, was it the intention of the Shaolin monk to insult Pai Mei, or did he just fail to see the generous social gesture? The motives of the monk remain unknown. What is known are the consequences: The next morning Pai Mei appeared at the Shaolin Temple and demanded of the Temple’s head abbot that he offer Pai Mei his neck to repay the insult. The Abbot at first tried to console Pai Mei, only to find Pai Mei was…inconsolable. So began the massacre of the Shaolin Temple and all 60 of the monks inside at the fists of the White Lotus.

Name: Liu Kang

Aliases: None

Style: Jun Fan Gung Fu, Monkey Kung Fu, Dragon Kung Fu, Choy Lee Fut, Sān Huáng Pào Chuí, Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do

Weapon of choice: Dragon sword, Nunchaku

Finishing Move: None

Summary: Liu Kang is a Chinese Shaolin fighting monk, but his style and manners are more westernised. He moves quickly and possesses formidable fighting skills. Liu Kang follows the teachings of the shaolin White Lotus Society. He was sent by the Temple of Light to defeat Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat. He desired to defeat Shang Tsung and bring the tournament back to its Shaolin owners. Liu Kang was trained by Master Bo’ Rai Cho, who taught him the Flying Kick. As he made his way to the tournament, he met and became friends with Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade. At the time of Liu Kang’s entry, Outworld had won nine Mortal Kombat tournaments in a row. Eventually, Liu Kang earned the right to challenge Goro to Mortal Kombat. By exploiting the Shokan’s overconfidence, Liu Kang defeated Goro and became the new Champion of Mortal Kombat. Upon hearing of Goro’s defeat, Shang Tsung challenged Liu Kang. After an epic battle, Liu Kang defeated Shang Tsung with his Flying Kick, emerging as the new champion of Mortal Kombat.

Name: Sandra Wu-San

Aliases: Lady Shiva, The Paper Monkey, Jade Canary, Tengu

Style: Mixed Martial Arts

Weapon of choice: Bare hands

Finishing Move: Leopard Blow

Summary: As children, Detroit native Sandra Wu-San and her older sister Carolyn spent virtually every moment of every day practicing the martial arts. Because of the girls’ young age, talent, and unique bond as sisters, their practice evolved into a secret, perfected language that only they could share. Sandra loved her sister more than anything, and that love gave her the humility to hold back in her spars with Carolyn. An assassin named David Cain saw this spark in Sandra one day when he visited Detroit to see the amazing young women perform. Believing the spark he saw in Sandra was one he and she both shared, Cain decided to flame it by removing the restraint that held her back. One fateful day, Sandra found the bloody corpse of her sister, murdered in cold blood.

Discovering that David Cain had been the one to kill her sister, Sandra Wu-San hunted for the murderer, only to be lured into an ambush by Ra’s al Ghul’s League of Assassins, of which Cain was a member. Although she lost the battle, in the heat of the moment Sandra realized how much she had held back when fighting Carolyn and got a taste for just what heights she could attain with more experience–her life now had purpose. However, Cain exacted a price for sparing Sandra’s life after the battle with the League. In order to be reborn as something new and terrible, Sandra agreed to bear Cain’s child and leave that child for him alone to raise. The child, Cassandra Cain, was to be Ra’s al Ghul’s “One Who Is All,” a perfected bodyguard whose only native tongue was an instinct for hand to hand combat and the ability to read people’s intentions simply by observing their slightest muscle movements. With Carolyn gone, Cassandra and Sandra were the only two humans known to share this gift. The day of Cassandra’s birth, Sandra also set out for her own rebirth, as the Lady Shiva: creator and destroyer. Currently, she is regarded as one of the best martial artists in the world.

Feats: Some of her notable victories are:

• Defeating and killing the Armless Master
• Defeating and killing Richard Dragon
• Defeating Connor Hawke
• Defeating Batman
• Defeating Nightwing with a single kick

Name: Frank Castle

Aliases: The Punisher

Style: Nash Ryu Jiu Jutsu, Ninjutsu, Shorin-Ryu, Hwarangdo, Chin Na, MCMAP (Marine Corps Martial Arts Program), Tai Chi, as well as unarmed combat training received in the military

Weapon of choice:KA-BAR

Finishing Move: Many

Summary: The Punisher is a savage and ruthless vigilante who considers killing, kidnapping, extortion, coercion, threats of violence and torture as acceptable crime-fighting tactics. Driven by the deaths of his wife and children, who were killed by the mob when they witnessed a Mafia gangland execution in New York City’s Central Park, Frank Castle wages a one-man war on the mob by using all manner of weaponry. A war veteran, Castle is a master of martial arts, stealth tactics, hand-to-hand combat, strategic planning and a wide variety of weapons.

Name: Bruce Wayne

Aliases: Batman, Matches Malone

Style: Mixed Martial Arts

Weapon of choice: Batarang (Modified Shuriken)

Finishing Move: None

Summary: Batman is the alter-ego of Bruce Wayne, a wealthy playboy, industrialist and philanthropist who is driven to fight crime in Gotham City after his parents, the physician Dr. Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha Wayne, are murdered by a mugger. After witnessing the brutal murder of his parents at the young age of eight, he swore an oath to rid the city of the evil that had taken his parents’ lives. He engaged in intense intellectual and physical training and studied a variety of areas which would aid him in his endeavors, including chemistry, criminology, forensics, martial arts and gymnastics, as well as theatrical skills like disguise, escapology, and ventriloquism.

Batman is one of the world’s greatest scientists, criminologists, and tacticians, as well as a master of disguise. Rather than simply out-fighting his opponents, Batman often uses cunning and planning to outwit them.

Name: Bruce Lee

Aliases: Dragon

Style: Mixed Martial Arts

Weapon of choice: Nunchaku

Finishing Move: None

Summary: An American-born Chinese martial artist, instructor, actor, father of the philosophy known as Jeet Kune Do and originator of the martial art called Jun Fan Kick boxing. Bruce Lee is widely regarded as one of the most influential and famous martial artists of all time. Many see Lee as a model blueprint for acquiring a strong and efficient body as well as developing a mastery of martial arts and hand to hand combat skills. Lee is the father of the only martial art created in the United States, Jun Fan Kick boxing. It resulted from the direct application of his philosophy, Jeet Kune Do. Bruce Lee’s evaluation of traditional martial arts doctrines is nowadays seen as one of the first steps into the modern style of mixed martial arts.

Feats: Bruce Lee’s feats include:

• Bruce Lee’s striking speed from 60cm (24 inches) away, from a relaxed position, is five hundredths of a second (50 milliseconds).
• Bruce’s famous “One Inch Punch” was able to knock back and off balance a 200lb man into a chair, using only 1 inch of striking distance.
• The weight training program that Lee used during a stay in Hong Kong in 1965 indicated biceps curls of 36kg (79 lbs) and eight repetitions for endurance. This translates to an estimated one repetition maximum of 50kg, (110 lbs) placing Lee in approximately the 100th percentile for the 55 to 64 kilogram weight class (121-141 Lbs).
• Bruce was able to hold a 57 kg (125 lb) barbell at arms length in front of him (with elbows locked) for several seconds.