Introduced in 1981 as the D12, updated to D112 in 1995 and D112 MkII in 2009, this egg-shaped dynamic mic is on more kick drums than any other microphone in history. ~$200, basically indestructible.
The D112 has a built-in low-frequency boost (around 100 Hz) and a presence peak at 4 kHz — together they give kick drums their characteristic “thump and click”. The egg shape lets it slide inside the kick drum through the front head’s sound hole.
Without EQ, the D112 already sounds like a recorded kick drum. That’s its trick: AKG built the EQ into the mic. Most engineers point one at a kick drum and get a usable sound in five seconds.