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Iron Maiden, the first artwork featuring Eddie, originally created for a possible punk record, based on an American's head allegedly stuck to a Vietnamese tank. • "
Sanctuary" shows Eddie wielding a knife above Margaret Thatcher's corpse. According to Riggs, the band's management censored the image themselves to gain publicity. •
Killers features Eddie with an axe and his victim clawing at his shirt. Based on a block of flats in which Riggs lived at the time, it contains several references to the band, such as "Ruskin Arms" and "Charlotte the Harlot". • "
Twilight Zone" features Eddie's spirit reaching toward a woman through a mirror. According to Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood, the band was criticized because Eddie appeared to be attacking the woman. • "
Purgatory" depicts the devil's face crumbling away to reveal Eddie. •
Maiden Japan shows Eddie with a samurai sword. The cover was painted at short notice as the original, featuring Eddie decapitating
Paul Di'Anno, was withdrawn because the band was considering replacing him. •
The Number of the Beast depicts Eddie controlling the devil like a puppet, who, in turn, also controls a puppet Eddie, causing controversy with American evangelists. • "
The Number of the Beast" single cover shows Eddie holding the devil's severed head, which Riggs claims was meant to look like
Salvador Dalí. •
Piece of Mind depicts a lobotomized Eddie in a
straitjacket chained at the neck to a padded cell. • "
Flight of Icarus" shows a metal-winged Eddie torching
Icarus with a
Flamethrower, which Riggs states was meant to look like
Led Zeppelin's
Swan Song logo. The painting also contains a small box meant to be Eddie's
Piece of Mind padded cell. • "
The Trooper" depicts Eddie in a
red coat uniform during the
Charge of the Light Brigade. •
Powerslave features a statue of Eddie as an Egyptian pharaoh. • "
Aces High" depicts Eddie in a
Spitfire cockpit. •
Live After Death shows Eddie rising from the grave. • "
Run to the Hills (live)" contains live versions of "Run to the Hills" and "
Phantom of the Opera" and so featured Eddie as
the phantom in a hilly landscape. •
Somewhere in Time depicts Eddie as a
cyborg in a
Blade Runner-inspired future. The cover is notable for containing dozens of Easter eggs relating to the band and pop culture references. • "
Wasted Years" shows a partial reflection of Eddie in a time machine's monitor because the single came out before the album, and the band did not want to reveal Eddie's new cyborg guise. • "
Stranger in a Strange Land" depicts a
Clint Eastwood-like Eddie in a
Star Wars-esque bar. •
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son depicts a surreal Eddie with most of his body removed, which Riggs claims was because he was "sick of painting him" and this would mean there would not be as much of him to draw. Riggs also comments that he set it in a "polar landscape" after seeing a documentary on the North Pole, and that Eddie's head on fire was inspired by
Arthur Brown. • "
Can I Play with Madness" shows a corkscrew that is attached to a forearm and hand piercing through Eddie's head. • "
The Evil That Men Do" artwork was drawn in a single night, according to Riggs. In it, Eddie's face is formed from smoke, with a man held in a prison cell in his mouth, and a devil holding a contract rising from the top of his head. • "
The Clairvoyant" depicts Eddie with three faces, indicating the ability to see the past, present and future. • "
Infinite Dreams"/
Maiden England features Eddie riding a motorcycle. •
No Prayer for the Dying shows Eddie bursting out of another grave. The cover originally had Eddie strangling a gravedigger while bursting from the grave. The gravedigger was removed from the cover for the 1998 remastered release. Unlike the band's previous artwork in which he would retain the same features gained with each release (such as the
Piece of Mind lobotomy), Eddie returned to how he appeared in the first few albums. • "
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" featured several different covers, such as one in which Eddie is standing outside
The Paradise Club (a British TV series which Bruce Dickinson featured in) with
Jessica Rabbit, and one in which Eddie appears as the Grim Reaper in a graveyard. •
Fear of the Dark is the first cover not created by Derek Riggs and features Melvyn Grant's design of Eddie as a tree monster. • "
Be Quick or Be Dead" shows Eddie attacking
Robert Maxwell. According to Riggs, Eddie was drawn directly onto a photo of Maxwell. •
A Real Live One depicts Eddie biting through an electrical cord. • "
Fear of the Dark (live)" has Eddie as
Steve Harris. The artwork was also used for the
Raising Hell video. •
A Real Dead One features Eddie as a radio DJ. • "
Hallowed Be Thy Name (live)" depicts lead vocalist
Bruce Dickinson being skewered with a trident by Eddie, who appears as the devil. This artwork was chosen because Dickinson was leaving the band. •
Live at Donington, a re-release, depicts Eddie with a pair of wings, originally created by Mark Wilkinson for the
Monsters of Rock 1992 poster. • "
Man on the Edge" is a close-up of the model's head. • "
Lord of the Flies", also by Syme, has Eddie in an electric chair surrounded by two giant flies. •
Best of the Beast features a selection of Riggs' past Eddies. • "
Virus" features two covers, one by Syme and one by Riggs featuring Eddie on a
printed circuit board. •
Virtual XI, created by Melvin Grant, shows Eddie reaching toward a child wearing a virtual reality headset. • "
Futureal", also by Riggs, depicts Eddie as a statue head with his brain exposed. Alternate covers for these two singles are renders of Eddie as he would appear in
Ed Hunter. •
Ed Hunter features the version of Eddie used in the game. •
Brave New World originally showed Eddie in a cloud of smoke coming from a burning "
Wicker Man" Eddie, artwork created by Derek Riggs, but this design was removed and placed into the album art, wherein his cloud form looms over a futuristic version of London. • "
The Wicker Man" shows Eddie as a Wicker Man, created by Mark Wilkinson. •
BBC Archives, created by Derek Riggs for
Billboard, originally depicted Eddie destroying
Capitol Records (with whom they had just signed) with the pole of a British flag, but the building was changed for the album cover to show him destroying the
Broadcasting House instead. •
Beast over Hammersmith shows Eddie planting a British flag in the earth, adapted from
The Beast on the Road tour program from 1982, drawn by Derek Riggs. • '''''
Best of the 'B' Sides depicts Eddie mooning from behind the wheel of a truck with the words "Up the Irons" written across his rear end, illustrated by Mark Wilkinson. Wilkinson also designed the Eddie's Archive''''' embossed metal case. •
Dance of Death features Eddie as the Grim Reaper, created by David Patchett. •
The Final Frontier, drawn by Melvyn Grant, shows Eddie as an
Extraterrestrial retrieving a key from a destroyed spaceship full of dead astronauts. Melvyn Grant himself has distanced this new monster from previous Eddie incarnations, stating that it "is not Eddie, as such," although the band members state that it is. •
From Fear to Eternity, created by Melvyn Grant, shows three different incarnations: the Wicker Man Eddie from the "Wicker Man" single, the tank-riding Eddie from the
A Matter of Life and Death album cover and a cross between the
Dance of Death, Fear of the Dark and
The Final Frontier Eddies. •
The Book of Souls was created by Mark Wilkinson. This Eddie draws inspiration from
Maya civilisation, wearing facepaint and
earspools similar to those of the Mesoamerican people. •
Senjutsu, also created by Mark Wilkinson, depicts Eddie as a samurai from feudal Japan based on an idea from Steve Harris. Senjutsu Eddie made his first appearance in the animated video for the first single from the album, "
The Writing on the Wall," released four days prior to the announcement of
Senjutsu on 15 July 2021. == See also ==