The battle for immortality continues with Bruce Dickinson’s The Mandrake Project #2 available at comic retailers and direct from Z2Comics.com on March 20, 2024. There is a limited edition bundle available exclusively on Z2Comics.com including One (1) The Mandrake Project #2 Foil Collector’s Card – SIGNED by BRUCE DICKINSON, One (1) Felt Trading Card Pouch, One (1) Bruce Dickinson’s The Mandrake Project #2, One (1) The Mandrake Project #2 1st Printing Certificate of Authenticity, and One (1) Bill Sienkiewicz illustrated The Mandrake Project Art Print.
The single issue The Mandrake Project #2 is a large-sized 9.35” x 9:35” 36-page single issue with cardstock cover priced at $10 and arrives in a sealed bag with a first-printing certificate of authenticity – this is the second installment 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:
- The Mandrake Project #1 – January 17, 2024
- The Mandrake Project #2 – March 20, 2024
- The Mandrake Project #3 – June 26, 2024
- The Mandrake Project #4 – September 25, 2024
- The Mandrake Project Annual Trade paperback #1 – November 6, 2024
- The Mandrake Project #5 – December 18, 2024
- The Mandrake Project #6 – March 19, 2025
- The Mandrake Project #7 – June 25, 2025
- The Mandrake Project #8 – September 24, 2025
- The Mandrake Project Annual Trade paperback #2 – November 5, 2025
Critics are already praising the first issue by saying the following:
“Bruce Dickinson, Tony Lee, and Staz Johnson have crafted a story that is both haunting and thrilling, with excellent characters, artwork, and themes. The comic book series is a great read for fans of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.” – Capes and Tights, 4/5 stars
“Visually, it straddles beauty and anarchy, the moody atmospheres of rain-sodden graveyards and dank occultist’s garrets giving way to trippy alternate dimensions where heavens are full of eyeballs gazing down.” – Metal Hammer, 4/5 Stars
Source: Press Release