 Reptile appears as a minor character in several of Malibu Comics'Mortal Kombat comic book series released in 1995, debuting in the Goro: Prince of Pain miniseries as a member of a team led by Kitana to find the missing Goro, later appearing in the Battlewave miniseries hypnotizing Sonya Blade into wanting to marry Shao Kahn, and in several one-shots, such as Kitana and Mileena. He also appears in comics published by Midway for Mortal Kombat II and Mortal Kombat 4, based on his role in each title. In the comics, Reptile speaks in the same hissing tone as he does in the games. A paperback novel written by C. Dean Anderson entitled Mortal Kombat: Reptile's World was released in 1996. Written for junior readers, the book described the past of Reptile's fictional race through the eyes of other series characters.
