Metal Gear Online is a short comic included in the instruction manual for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. It covers a short narrative focusing on elements from the second iteration of Metal Gear Online. It should not be confused with the Metal Gear Solid 4 Instruction Manga, which is also included in the Metal Gear Solid 4 instruction manual, or the Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence Instruction Manga, which covered the online component for Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence.