The “Bradbury Hotels International” sign – is this possibly a reference to the popular futuristic author Ray Bradbury (author of such classics as “The Martian Chronicles”, “Ice Nine”, etc.)?
• If you look closely, you can see the shadow of the reaper on the back cover in front of the pyramids. • The pyramids refer to the sleeve of “Powerslave”. • All the Japanese around the covers could be connected to “Maiden Japan” and IRON MAIDEN’s other performances there. • “Maggies revenge” on the back cover refers to Margaret Thatcher. She and the British government had a dispute with IRON MAIDEN back in 1980/1981 with the “Sanctuary” and “Women In Uniform” singles, depicting her as dead on the ground (killed by Eddie, of course) and hiding behind a wall observing Eddie picking up chicks, respectively. • The street Eddie is standing on is Acacia Avenue, a reference of course to “Charlotte the Harlot” and “22 Acacia Avenue”, the Charlotte series. (You can see this above the IRON MAIDEN poster on the extreme right side). • In one of the windows on Acacia Avenue, you can see a girl (supposedly Charlotte the Harlot herself) sitting in a chair. • Bruce Dickinson is holding a brain, ala P
