10 Weirdest Controversies Surrounding Comics

Tony Adams was an Irish producer with a vision for a smash hit: Spider-Man! The Musical. He wanted to merge together two of the most exciting fringe art forms, theatre and comics, in a way that had never been attempted before. He recruited a team of award-winning creatives, including Julie Taymor, director of The Lion King, the highest grossing Broadway production of all time. Bono and The Edge, the most famous half of U2, agreed to write the music, vowing to give Andrew Lloyd Webber "a little competition." What could possibly go wrong?

As it turns out, everything. On the day the creative team gathered at The Edge's house to sign their contracts, something tragic happened: Adams suffered an unexpected stroke and died. Whereas most people would have seen this as a bad omen, the team vowed to continue with the production, stating that they believed Adams would guide them from beyond.

If he did, he didn't exactly do a great job of it. A further six people were injured while working on Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, due to serious safety violations and a never-before-used web-swinging mechanism. The ambitious play went millions over budget, becoming the most expensive Broadway show in history. With all of these nightmares piling up, opening night had to be pushed back by seven months, making it the longest-running disaster to happen to Spider-Man since the Clone Saga.