The 3 Comic Books that Bruce Dickinson said he likes

Besides being the legendary Iron Maiden vocalist, Bruce Dickinson is also an airplane pilot, a book writer and competed at fencing internationally. More recently, the musician released a new solo album called “The Mandrake Project” and besides the record, a comic book series was also published with the story written by him.

So the musician always liked comic books, especially when he was growing up and he once revealed which were some of his favorite ones.

The 3 Comic Books that Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson said he likes

Commando

The first comic book mentioned by Dickinson in an interview with The Guardian in 2017 was “Commando“. “Yes I did (read a lot of comic books). I read a lot of Commando comics which were very uncharitable to the Germans.”

Created in 1961, the British comic book primarily showed themes and backdrops from the various stories related to the first and second World Wars. The comic is still printed to this day and remains as one of the most popular ones in the United Kingdom. More than 5000 issues were published during past six decades.

Usually, each book showed a different story but more recently a series of books following the same character have been released.

Silver Surfer

“I quite liked the Silver Surfer and Dr Strange. I liked the artwork – the Silver Surfer looked really cool, although I never really got the stories. He was always just pissed off,” Bruce Dickinson told The Guardian.

Created by Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the Fantastic Four #48 (March, 1966). It was the first of a three-issue arc which Marvel fans call “The Galactus Trilogy”. He is a humanoid alien with metallic skin who can travel through space using a surfboard craft. Curiously, the character was “the theme” of Joe Satriani’s most famous song “Surfing With the Alien”. The praised guitarist released that song in the album of the same name in 1987, which has the character on the cover. However, Satriani said at the time that he was unfamiliar with the character. Also that he wrote the track without him in mind.

Dr. Strange

“Being a permanent adolescent is a bit of a dead end in terms of a story. Dr Strange was always more interesting – just the fact that back in the 70s the whole idea of an occult superhero was kinda cool,” Bruce Dickinson told The Guardian.

Created by Steve Ditko, Dr. Strange first appeared in “Strange Tales” in 1963. The character is considered the Sorcerer Supreme, the main protector of Earth against magical and mystical evil. During the past years many movie adaptations were released with the actor Benedict Cumberbatch as the superhero.

“Strange Tales” was a horror anthology from Marvel’s 1950 precursor, Atlas Comics. Besides Dr. Strange, other characters also made their debut in the anthology. Some of them were Nick Fury and Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.