Judas Priest and Z2 Comics are teaming up to release a graphic novel based on Priest’s legendary album, Screaming For Vengeance set for release in July, 2022. The novel will be written by Rantz Hoseley (Comic Book Tattoo, the Heroin Diaries) and Neil Kleid(Savor). Christopher Mitten (Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.) will handle the artwork.
Five hundred years from now, a ring of cities orbit high above the surface of a dead world, controlled by a ruling elite that maintains power through manipulation and brutality. When a naïve engineer inadvertently threatens the status quo with his vital scientific discovery, a bloodstone, he is betrayed by those he trusted and cast out to the broken planet below. In the wreckage and desolation of a broken world where every day is a battle for survival, he must choose between accepting his new life in exile … or Screaming For Vengeance.
Rantz Hoseley states:
“I cannot overstate what an inspiration Judas Priest has been to me, personally. I was already a fan of the band, when Screaming for Vengeance was released, but no one was ready for the impact it had. That incredible cover art? Those songs? That album became my daily soundtrack and creative fuel, to the point where I wore the cassette out in my car. To be able to contribute to a project inspired by these songs that mean so much to me? Well, that is an honor and a responsibility I take very seriously.”
The novel will also include an extensive interview with original cover artist Doug Johnson in which he discusses the process of creating the award-winning album cover design, and the origin of the metallic bird of prey, now known as “The Hellion.”
“Judas Priest: Screaming for Vengeance” will be released in softcover and hardcover formats in bookstores, comic shops and record stores everywhere in July 2022, with special limited deluxe and super deluxe versions featuring an exclusive anniversary vinyl LP, prints, etc., available to preorder now through the Z2 website.
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