The Lost DOOM Comic! (Different from the 1996 one)

[Chip]

Hello again! It's me Chip (formerly known as LiT_Gam3r) and I'm here to share some great news! For the longest time, I always thought there existed 1 and only official DOOM Comic (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, Check out this link I also wrote a detailed article about the comic in one of the earlier issues of the Doom Master Wadazine, issue 5 if I remember correctly). After a tiny bit of research, I learned I was quite wrong. 

 

Let me bring you back to 2010. A year when the Burj Khalifa, the largest building on Earth was released to the public, the Vancouver Olympics took place and so many other things that come up when you search "2010" on Wikipedia. But, as some of you may remember, it was also the year that DOOM 2 RPG was released on the iPhone. This game was the sequel to the acclaimed DOOM RPG. It went mostly under the radar, with somewhat low ratings/downloads (I can't find a specific amount, but I'd say only a couple of thousand), and became almost impossible to get over the past few years. The DOOM Wiki page for the game is sort of a mess and on the discussion page, there is debate about what on the page is correct information and which isn't. It is also very rarely updated. 

 

Most people that played this game most likely played the Android or Blackberry version of the game (actually released before the iPhone version in 2009). But those lucky enough to Download it on iPhone were greeted with a pleasant surprise...

 

Another DOOM Comic. 

 

That's right! Another DOOM Comic! It was a digital version only and was written by Katherine Anna Kang and illustrated by Jonathan Lane. I'm not sure who Lane is, but Katherine Anna Kang was one of the lead creators of DOOM RPG and its sequel. There exist 38 panels to the comic, and a title card as well. 

 

Since the game was taken off the app store, it was hard to find the comic all in one piece, but thanks to Redditor r/fuckinwaluigi, The whole comic can be found through a series of posts on Imgur (I found it through a thread from a couple of years ago). And now, I will share it with all of you wonderful Forum spammers for your amusement!

 

Before I show it, there is some backstory I need to tell you. I never played DOOM 2 RPG, so all my information comes off of the DOOM 2 RPG Wiki page which is heavily disputed as being true. But from my understanding, DOOM 2 RPG may or may not take place in the same universe as DOOM RPG, and if it does, it wouldn't have to have been played to understand the game. Also, from what I've got from the article, there are 3 protagonists you can choose to play as in the game, one female and 2 males (a marine and a scientist). all of them are featured in the comic as protagonists. At the end of the comic, it says to be continued. This is not in reference to their being a sequel comic. Rather, It is a prologue to the game itself, with the last panel apparently showing a portal to hell (If you've read the comic, I can assume you can tell what comes next).

 

It might act as a nice interlude between the 2 RPG games, but to me, it's a piece of DOOM History. I've always had a fascination with the DOOM Comic. This little piece of literature is such a great discovery and so, I'm happy to share it with you!

 

Here is the Imgur link with the panels all in order.

I also made this google slide show although I'm not sure if it works. if it does, you should look at it in the present mode, since I provided transitions and the pictures are bigger

 

So there you have it. the lost DOOM Comic. No name to it, but there doesn't have to be one. it's great as is! hope you enjoy it!

Edited May 7, 2021 by Chip
Scientist is also a playable character

[DRM-MAN]

Wow, good job, this is really important doom history.

[xvertigox]

Woah, this is fantastic, it's not even on the Doomwiki. This needs to be compiled into a cbr (and pdf) so it can be read with comic readers but that shouldn't be too hard.

 

@Chip - can you link the redditor who found the comic? I can't find a user by the name you provided.

Edited May 6, 2021 by xvertigox

[Hawk of The Crystals]

It's amazing that you were able to find this, even better since doom rpg 2 was my favorite, archiving doom history like a champ!

[DownloadTheseSweetViruses]

IT LIVES!

[Cammy]

Wouldn't be true lost media if it wasn't ultimately found by someone with a name like "fuckinwaluigi". I love the internet.

[Chip]

@xvertigox R/fuckinwaluigi has an NSFW account, so I didn't open it. I'm not sure if he is inactive or not. the link to his account should be This, though. hope that helps a bit. 

[The Nate]

1 hour ago, xvertigox said:

Woah, this is fantastic, it's not even on the Doomwiki. This needs to be compiled into a cbr (and pdf) so it can be read with comic readers but that shouldn't be too hard.

...It wasn't?

 

https://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Doom_II_RPG&oldid=99719

[Chip]

10 minutes ago, The Nate said:

...It wasn't?

Well, I think xvertigox meant its own separate page. Also, as I said, this article is a bit messy. If you check out the discussion page, there is a bit of confusion. It seems like the Doomwiki wants it as well. in their "Doomwiki needs you" section on the entryway, near the end of the list they say "Write about Doom II RPG topics" so it seems like there isn't enough info about it, including the comic, hence the reason why it went under my radar for quite some time. 

[Walter confetti]

Awesome find, very good looking stuff, fells like a fan made / indipendentr comic more than a official release...

[Snark]

Nice one mate, totally different tone from the first comic, would be fun if the Doomguy showed up acting exactly like before... Nice artwork, too

[TheNoob_Gamer]

3 hours ago, xvertigox said:

Woah, this is fantastic, it's not even on the Doomwiki. This needs to be compiled into a cbr (and pdf) so it can be read with comic readers but that shouldn't be too hard.

 

@Chip - can you link the redditor who found the comic? I can't find a user by the name you provided.

He got it wrong - usernames should be /u/ rather than /r/.

Here's the link.

https://www.reddit.com/user/fuckinwaluigi

And here's evidence that this is the one. Personally I think it's pretty cool that another piece of Doom history has been discovered.

 

[xvertigox]

Oh sweet, I tried it with user/ but I must have copied a space in or something because it 404'd

[omx32x]

hey its a good comic though i guess that was to be expected seeing how good the game it came from is

it even explain why we can play as a cientist 

[Biodegradable]

A historic discovery to be sure. Excellent work, Chip.

[Boaby Kenobi]

10 hours ago, Chip said:

Katherine Anna Kang was one of the lead creators of DOOM RPG and its sequel

 

She also happens to be John Carmack's wife.

 

 

[Chip]

7 hours ago, Boaby Kenobi said:

She also happens to be John Carmack's wife.

of course, I managed to overlook something like that, even though it's one of the first things listed on her Wikipedia page. lol. 

[The BMFG]

my god. this is unbelievable to be honest. I guess this was just lost to time because doom rpg just really was not popular back then when this was created. such a cool thing lost to history just because what it was based off was not the most popular at the time. its sad honestly that its been gone for so long. at least we have it archived now. this thread will go down in doom history. with out @Chip & u/fuckinwaluigi this would be lost FOREVER I salute both of you for uncovering important doom history!

Edited May 7, 2021 by The BMFG

[Chip]

50 minutes ago, The BMFG said:

 with out @Chip & u/fuckinwaluigi this would be lost FOREVER I salute both of you for uncovering important doom history!

It's really all u/fuckinwaluigi, I just posted the link on here. still, thank you for that!

[ZeroTheEro]

Thought I read it before, and turns out I did, and it's on sadpanda of all places.

^{no I won't tell what sadpanda is}

[cybdmn]

On 5/6/2021 at 10:30 PM, xvertigox said:

Woah, this is fantastic, it's not even on the Doomwiki.

 

It is mentioned in the Wiki since 2010. You know, there exists some thing called copyright, which is a good reason not to upload it completely to the wiki?

 

https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Doom_II_RPG