Blood Brothers (musical) 1991. The revival ran for more than 24 years in the West End, and played more than 10,000 performances, becoming the third longest-running musical production in West End history. It finally closed in November 2012. The musical has been produced with success on tour, on Broadway and elsewhere, and it has developed a cult following. Willy Russell originally wrote and presented "Blood Brothers" as a school play first performed at Fazakerley Comprehensive School, Liverpool, in November 1981, in conjunction with Merseyside Young People's Theatre (MYPT; now operating as Fuse: New Theatre For Young People). He then wrote a score and
Blood Brothers (comics) Blood Brothers (comics) The Blood Brothers are fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Blood Brothers first appeared in "Iron Man" #55 (Feb. 1973) and were created by Jim Starlin. Following their debut, the Blood Brothers returned in a Starlin/Friedrich story in "Marvel Feature" #12 (Nov. 1973), again fighting the superhero Iron Man, here teamed with Fantastic Four member The Thing. The Blood Brothers continued as Iron Man antagonists in "Iron Man" #88-89 (Aug.-Oct. 1976), then disappeared from publication for several years before resurfacing to battle the titular superhero team in "The Avengers" #252-253 (Feb.