Z2 will produce a new graphic novel marking the 40th anniversary of the Iron Maiden album Somewhere in Time, with eight stories based on the album’s eight tracks and a prologue and epilogue by writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, with art by Andy MacDonald. Creators of the eight stories include Steve Niles, Goran Parlov, Benjamin Raab, Deric Hughes, Matt Haley, Dan Hernandez, Adam Markiewicz, David Dastmalchian, Stan Yak, Corin Hardy, Montos, Stefano Cardoselli, John Reppion, Leah Moore, Vincent Locke, Henry Sansom, and Davidé Fabbri. The book also includes an introduction by Bill Sienkiewicz and an interview with Iron Maiden guitarist and songwriter Adrian Smith.
Somewhere in Time: The Graphic Album will be released on March 2, 2027, with a retail-exclusive cover by Tony Harris, an EMP cover by Jay Geldhof, and a Rarewaves cover by Dan Mumford. The Deluxe and Platinum editions are contained in a metallic Time Machine slipcase, with a Green Acetate targeting lens, with art by Blake Armstrong. These two editions also include art prints of all four covers. The Deluxe Edition includes a 7-inch vinyl “Wasted Years” record, and the Platinum Edition includes all that plus a 7-inch vinyl of “Stranger in a Strange Land,” four framed “Eddie” Somewhere in Time cards by Fabbri, and a bookplate signed by Adrian Smith.
The 112-page, 9″ x 9″ hardcover Standard Edition will have an MSRP of $39.95. The Deluxe Edition is priced at $99.99 and the Platinum Edition at $249.99.
Z2 previously collaborated with Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson on The Mandrake Project (see “Comics by Iron Maiden Frontman Collected“).
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