Doom (comic)

The Doom comic is a comic strip with a story loosely based around that of the Doom story. The comic is included in the Id anthology collection. It was written in 1996 by Steven "Body bag" Dehling and Michael "Splatter" Stewart, with art and color design by Tom "Gallows" Grindberg.

The story revolves around a marine searching for powerful weaponry in order to defeat a Cyberdemon. The strip includes many well-known Doom monsters, including zombies, imps, cacodemons and spectres. Several of the weapons from Doom are featured, including the shotgun, chainsaw, chaingun, plasma rifle and BFG 9000.

The comic has been criticised (though less than the Doom movie) by many in the Doom community for its content. Most of the criticism stems from the marine protagonist of the comic. In contrast with the game, where the marine is mostly silent, the character in the comic makes a running commentary of clichéd phrases. Examples include, "You're stupid! And you're going to be stupid and dead!", "You are huge! That means you have huge guts! Rip and tear!", "Who's a man and a half? I'm a man and a half! A berserker-packing man and a half!". At one point, the marine launches into a tirade concerning the polluting effects of radioactive slime, though this preaching is cut short when he realizes his weapon is out of ammo.

Another point of criticism is the way certain weapons are portrayed in the comic. The plasma rifle is shown shooting out large jets of fire, and the BFG 9000 shoots bullets.

The comic first got fame when Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka reviewed the comic on PlanetQuake.

The perceived bad quality of the Doom comic has turned it into something of a meme within the Doom community.