Z2 Comics announces The Mandrake Project

Z2 Comics has teamed with Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson for The Mandrake Project, a 12-issue series where opposing forces battle to gain control of immortality through the use of science and magic.

Joining DIckinson are writer Tony Lee and artist Statz Johnson, as well as Bill Sienkiewicz, who will provide the covers for the series.

“Early in the process of writing my new album, the idea of a companion comic book began to take shape in my mind.” says Bruce Dickinson in a press release. “So I approached Z2 who were recommended to me by Kurt Sutter (Sons of Anarchy, The Shield) and Sacha Gervasi (My Dinner with Hervé, Anvil). I then found out that my management were already working with on the POM Maiden graphic novel which I contributed the Revelations story to! I then pitched them with a fully formed concept and written storyline which they immediately understood and enthusiastically started fleshing out plans and ideas with me! I knew right then,” Dickinson continues, “that they would be the perfect creative team to help bring my own ideas to fruition…and here they are!”

The battle for immortality begins with Bruce Dickinson’s The Mandrake Project #1 available at comic retailers and direct from Z2Comics.com on January 17, 2024. The large-sized 9.35” x 9:35” 36-page single issue with cardstock cover is priced at $10 and arrives in a sealed bag with a first-printing certificate of authenticity – the first of a 12-issue run arriving quarterly over the course of the next three years, including annual trade paperbacks every fall. Release dates for 2024 and 2025 as follows: