Marvel’s first ‘DOOM’ comic since 2000 pays tribute to MF DOOM

Marvel has paid tribute to the late MF DOOM in its newest DOOM comic book.

Earlier this week (May 15), Marvel Comics published its first DOOM comic since 2000, which focuses on the lead character Doctor Doom. The newly released comic book pays tribute to late rapper MF DOOM, who was a fan of the character and famously work Doctor Doom’s mask onstage.

The opening page of the DOOM issue includes the first line of lyrics to MF DOOM’s and Madlib’s ‘Accordion’: “Living on borrowed time / the clock ticks faster…”

In July last year, his widow Jasmine Dumile has confirmed that the rapper passed away from a condition known as angioedema — a rare and severe reaction he had to his blood pressure medication.

In the time since his death, various figures from across the music industry have come together to keep the rapper’s legacy alive. This includes a posthumous feature on ‘Cheat Codes’ – an album made by Danger Mouse and Black Thought – and plans for a biography, called The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast, written by veteran music journalist S. H. Fernando Jr.

Thom Yorke also shared a remix of MF DOOM‘s ‘Gazzillion Ear’ in tribute to the late musician, and a street block in Long Beach, New York was officially renamed in his memory.