New discovery about the Comics in the Fortress of Doom

[Chip]

Hey, I just found something about Doom Eternal. I haven't played Eternal, but I'm somewhat familiar with the game. I am familiar with the several comics the Doom slayer has lying around in his Fortress of Doom. In the past, people have tried to figure out who this guy was at the top of all the comics next to the comic number and price- 

 

 

Well, I think I figured out who it was. 

Despite appearing on every comic, no matter what the series (Hellwalker, The Guantlet, Kadingir Hunter, The Living End, and The Abomination), I believe that this character is the Kadingir Hunter. 

 

The two Kadingir Hunter comics do not have the same person on their covers

 

The first one has the title, The Vault of Urgmok, and that is an issue in the Golden God Saga. Considering that this guy is golden, he is likely the God they are talking about. The Kadingir Hunter, based on the name, protects the Tower of Babel, and demons from entering it. It is unlikely that the Hunter is a god, therefore ruling out this man from being the Hunter. Also, The guy is obviously in a vault, and the title is The Vault of Urgmok. 

 

The second picture shows a freaky dude standing in a doorway. this book is titled Enter: The Warlord. it is possible that this dude is the Hunter, but I do not believe he is. He looks incredibly similar to The Marauder from the same game. if that isn't enough for you, he has goat-like legs, which always symbolizes a demon. since the Hunter protects Heaven, he wouldn't be from hell. 

 

This makes the guy in the top right corner one of several choices, (though not the abomination, since he does not look like a freak), Somebody from The Living End, Somebody from The Gauntlet, Hellwalker, or Kadingir Hunter. I will rule out somebody from either The Living End and The Guantlet, since a comic book company mascot would have it's own self-titled book, not be part of an oddly named on-going series. The Amazing Spiderman wasn't just in Amazing Fantasy, he had his own title. 

 

 

That leaves it to just Hellwalker or the Kadingir Hunter. The guy on the cover of Hellwalker might not be Hellwalker, though I think it is. the title of Hellwalker is The Seventh Circle. With a bit of help from my friend Wikipedia, the Seventh Circle of Hell is violence. Based on comics I've read in the past, covers usually show either villains as really strong or the heroes as weak, as a way to make the buyer/reader think Will the hero finally fail this time? Usually on a cover a Hero is not happy. I think that Hellwalker is the protagonist who is a rogue Demon. The horn and name make me think so. He is the same race as the Marauder, but has a destroyed horn. I think that other demons destroyed it. He is still in hell (I know that because the 7th circle of Hell is in Hell, so he would have to be in hell to get to the seventh circle), and only demons are in hell (the Doom Slayer wouldn't be there, he probably doesn't exist in the comics he reads). Another reason why I think the person on the cover of Hellwalker is the Hellwalker is because of the name. Hellwalker reminds me of the name Daywalker, notably from the Blade films and comics (likely what gave inspiration to these comics, due to similar themes of killing all the bad guys you can find). Blade fights vampires, but he himself is a half vampire. his mother gave birth to him on a day she was bitten, so he didn't suffer the full effects of being a vampire. now he has all the powers of vampires, but not the weaknesses. I think that the Hellwalker is inspired by that. So, I believe that the person on the cover of the Hellwalker comic is in fact Hellwalker. 

 

That leaves this guy

With every other comic character ruled out, he has to be the Kadingir Hunter. 

 

That's what I found out about the comics in the Fortress of Doom! Would you like to see these comics actually adapted into a real on-going series? What else do you think, do you think that the mascot of Taggart Comics Group is not the Kadingir Hunter? Which of the covers is your favorite?

[whatup876]

I'd like to see bosses/enemies/levels inspired by all that art, like the floating skull bases with chains on space. (which i believe was related to Cultist Base)

Maybe some of these could be a "boss squad" and in a game, you're given a chance to select which bosses to encounter in a certain order.

[Chip]

36 minutes ago, whatup876 said:

Maybe some of these could be a "boss squad" and in a game, you're given a chance to select which bosses to encounter in a certain order.

Reminds me of the Wolfenstein 2 DLC where you read a novel and it turned into you actually being the main character from that novel. that was cool.

 

I think it would be cool if somebody took an idea from one of these comics and made a Total Conversion WAD for the Original DOOM games. 

[whatup876]

On 8/21/2021 at 6:25 PM, Chip said:

Reminds me of the Wolfenstein 2 DLC where you read a novel and it turned into you actually being the main character from that novel. that was cool.

 

I think it would be cool if somebody took an idea from one of these comics and made a Total Conversion WAD for the Original DOOM games. 

You just reminded me that someone was making sprites based off fanmade Eternal monsters.

It's interesting because there's people conceptualizing ideas for Eternal monsters but the modding so far is still very limited.

I assume it could be a bit easier with a Quake mod like Slayer's Testaments if some of these concepts require something taking true 3D into account.

Because there's some things that would be awkward even in the most advanced GZDoom iteration.