The Fifth Beatle

Brian Epstein was gay, Jewish, and from Liverpool—none of which, in 1961, made him the ideal candidate to turn a group of four teenage rabble-rousers into an international sensation. But he did, and with the release of The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story (Dark Horse), a new graphic novel constructed from interviews with his friends and associates, the Beatles’ late manager is front and center for the first time.

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