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[[Image:Doom-comic.jpg|thumb|right|Front cover of the Doom comic.]]The '''Doom comic''' is a sixteen-page comic book, written in {{timeline|1996 }} by Steve Behling and Michael Stewart, with art and color design by Tom Grindberg and lettering by Edd Fear, all . All contributers were credited with purposely gory nicknames for to fit the theme of the occasionwork. It was initially produced by Dana Moreshead, for [[Wikipedia:Marvel Comics{{wp|Marvel Comics]], }} as a giveaway for a video game convention.

The story is based on that of [[Doom]], and revolves around a [[Doom's protagonist|space marine]] searching for powerful weaponry in order to defeat a [[cyberdemon]]. The strip includes many most of the well-known Doom [[monsters]], including [[zombie]]s, [[imp]]s, [[cacodemon]]s and [[spectre]]s. Several of the [[weapons]] from Doom the game are also featured, including the [[shotgun]], [[chainsaw]], [[chaingun]], [[plasma gun]] and [[BFG9000]].

The comic was not originally very well received, and was quietly forgotten for nearly five years after its release. However, it gained a large amount of significant attention in 2001 when [[wikipedia:Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka|Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka]] reviewed the comic on {{archived link|http://planetquake.com/articles/doomcomic.shtm|''PlanetQuake [''|http://web.archive.org/web/20010109180400/http://planetquake.com/articles/doomcomic.shtm], and |archive.org}}. It later received yet more exposure again in from the ''10 Years of Doom'' special at [[Doomworld]] in December of 2003, where it was published online. Original art from the project was put up for auction on [[Wikipedia:EBay{{wp|eBay]] }} in April of 2004. The over-the-top character of the Doom comic has made it rather notorious within the fan community.

There are two known printings of the comic. The first is the original giveaway printing , and the second is a set that was produced for the [[id Anthology]] collection. When compared to the better-known id Anthology version, the giveaway printing features the following differences:

* On the original edition, the issue number on the front cover is italiciseditalicized, while the warning text at the top is not. These are opposite on the reprint, with a normal issue number and italicized warning text.* The advertisements are different. In the original edition, there are ads for [[Hexen(Sony PlayStation)|Hexen for Sony PlayStation]] for PlayStation on the inside front cover, PlayStation Plus on the inside back cover , and [[Final Doom (PlayStation)|Final Doom for PlayStation]] on the back cover. The id Anthology reprint has ads for [[Final Doom ]] for PC, [[Hexen ]] for PC, and various {{wp|Windows 95}} versions of id Software games in the same respective locations.

[[ImageFile:Doomcomic.png|thumb|300px|Extract from the Doom comic]]* "''Who's a man and a half? I'm a man and a half! A [[Berserk Pack|berserker packin']] man and a half!''"

* The Doom comic was used by [[id Software]] as part of the swag given to participants in the [[Final Doom]] project. [[TeamTNT]] coordinator [[Ty Halderman]] referred to it as "rather lame." {{cite web|author=[[Doomworld]]Halderman, Ty|title=5 Years of Doom - Interview with Ty Halderman|publishdate=10 December 1998|url=https://5years.doomworld.com/interviews/tyhalderman/page2.shtml|retrievedate=11 November 2014}}

* The Doom comic was referenced as an inspiration by id Software during the aftermath of the [[Doom 4(2016)]] QuakeCon reveal in 2014.{{cite web|author=id Software|publishdate=24 July 2014|url=https://twitter.com/idsoftware/status/492359373063471104|retrievedate=25 July 2014}}