Prince of Persia is a media franchise that started with a series of video games created by Jordan Mechner, and has spawned a large number of games in different platforms, between ports, sequels and spin-offs.
The original Prince of Persia game, with its more than 20 platform ports, is one of the most ported games in videogame history[1][2] Notes Notes Jordan Mechner finished writing the story for a graphic novel in 2007.
Although it belongs to the franchise the plot is not related to any of the game continuities or that of the 2010 film.
[9] Before the Sandstorm is a 2010 one-shot comic book that serves as both a direct prequel and sequel to the feature film and explains the motives and backgrounds of some characters.
It was published by Disney press and written by Mechner with illustrations by Todd McFarlane, Niko Henrichon, David López and Bernard Chang.