Preview: ‘The Fifth Beatle’ Graphic Novel

November 5, 2013

“If anyone was the fifth Beatle, it was Brian Epstein.”

That’s what Paul McCartney said about the man who took the Beatles from Liverpool skiffle to worldwide superstardom. One of the last untold stories about the Fab Four is about their unofficial fifth member, their manager Brian Epstein, is the focus of the Vivek J. Tiwary/Andrew C. Robinson project The Fifth Beatle, due out on November 19th from Dark Horse Comics. There is also a feature film in the works that actually managed to secure the rights to Beatles music, which is extremely rare.

Crave Online will have an exclusive interview with Tiwary coming soon about both of those projects, but for now, have a look at this cool new preview of The Fifth Beatle.

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