Spider-Man fans know all about the lore of the musicalSpider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.
But have you wanted to know what it was like from behind the scenes?
Now is your chance with a brand newgraphic novel fromBrian Michael Bendis!
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Which does includeworking withJulie Taymoron bringing the musical to life.
In a new graphic novel calledFortune and Glory: The Musical, Bendis recountsmeetings for the doomed musical.
We here at Collider are excited to share an exclusive excerpt fromFortune and Glory: The Musical!
In the excerpt, Bendis shares a phone call he had with Taymor prior to meeting about the show.
The two are talkingabout Peter Parker’s origins and disagree on what is and is not outdated about them.
Or at least the problems that Spidey fans had with it.
The show, which also hadmusic fromBonoandThe Edgefromthe rock bandU2,also suffered from a lack of songs.
Not to say that there weren’t songs.
But the issues with it were most definitely linked to the lack of care for Spider-Man’s lore.
Arachne was, technically, pulled from the comics.
Bendis' ownUltimate Spider-Mancomic.
But it has always been that Peter is bitten by a spider and turned into Spider-Man.
Bendis' graphic novel,Fortune and Glory: The Musical,is available on January 21.
You canlisten to the Broadway cast recordingofSpider-Man: Turn Off the Darknow, if you dare.
Pre-Order Fortune & Glory: The Musical
