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Product: Knee Deep in the Dead Comic

Manufacturer: GT Interactive

Game / IP: Doom

Developer: id Software

Released: 1996

Series: 1

Edition: Promotional

Description:

1996’s DOOM #1: “Knee Deep in the Dead!” is a 16-page comic book starring DOOMGuy as he slaughters waves of demons in search of the biggest gun. Yeah, it’s straight to the point but hey, so is DOOM. Written by Steve 'Body Bag' Behling and Michael 'Splatter' Stewart (the creative team all had grisly nicknames in the credits) and illustrated by Tom ‘Gallows’ Grindberg, the DOOM comic has earned a bit of reputation for its bizarre writing and hogwild pacing.

On top of being an unusual read, the comic is also a notable DOOM relic for its scarcity. Only two print runs of this comic were ever produced – one as a promo item for a gaming convention and the other as a pack-in with the id Anthology, a four-disc collection of id Software games also released in 1996.

Notes:

The original version compared to reprints can primarily be distinguished by the "italicized" #1 on the cover.