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== Comic strip ==

For many years, a [[comic strip]] loosely based upon ''Decap Attack'' appeared in the [[United Kingdom|U.K.]]'s ''[[Sonic the Comic]]'', written and drawn by [[Nigel Kitching]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://info.sonicretro.org/Nigel_Kitching_interview_by_Sonic_HQ_(July_22,_1999)|title = Nigel Kitching interview by Sonic HQ (July 22, 1999) - Sonic Retro}}</ref> (with [[Richard Piers Rayner]] co-writing some episodes, and [[Mike McMahon (comics)|Mike McMahon]] drawing a few of those)<ref>{{Cite web|urlname=http:"auto"//info.sonicretro.org/Nigel_Kitching_interview_by_Sonic_HQ_(July_22,_1999)|title = Nigel Kitching interview by Sonic HQ (July 22, 1999) - Sonic Retro}}</ref> and a firm fan favourite. The strip contained a very absurdist and manic sense of humour, dealing with the daily life of Chuck, Head (the talking skull who, to Head's annoyance, gets thrown at enemies), the evil-minded Igor (who is constantly trying to kill Chuck) and the stereotypical mad scientist Professor Frank N. Stein, who is actually faking his German accent and is really a former choirboy from [[Cardiff]].

Max D. Cap only appeared twice in the strip, in the first story and one where the characters went to [[Hell]], and was partnered both times with his accountant, who is constantly encouraging Max to be more stereotypically evil in his mannerisms. Max is described by the Professor as being one of the evilest beings alive, as he borrowed the Professor's lawnmower and never returned it.

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| rev1Score = 82%<ref>MegaTech rating, [[EMAP]], issue 5, page 78, May 1992</ref>

| rev2 = Mega Action

| rev2Score = 76%<ref>{{citeCite web|url=httpshttp://archive.org/details/mega-action-issue-1-1993-06/page/n63/mode/2up|title=Mega LibraryAction Issue 1 (1993-06)|date=May 20, 1993|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

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[[Mega (magazine)|Mega]] placed the game at #22 in their Top Mega Drive Games of All Time.<ref>Mega magazine issue 1, page 76, [[Future Publishing]], Oct 1992</ref> ''[[Sega Force]]'' praised the game's graphics, saying it was "big, bold, colourfully and beautifully animated" while criticizing the gameplay as unoriginal.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/sega-force-01/page/n77/mode/2up|title=Decapattack review|date=January 1992|publisher=[[Europress Impact]]|pages=78–79|issue=1}}</ref>