Results: Bat Out of Hell

Peter Pan?! The vision was a futuristic rock version of Peter Pan called 'Neverland' Steinman wrote for a 1974 music workshop. (Loaf describes him as "one weird dude" in his VH1 Storytellers CD). It got 'performed' at the Kennedy Center Music Theatre Lab with the premise and only three songs at that point. Ever known a person you felt a bit weird / strange, but brilliant in some way?

The album(s) - October 1977 saw the release of Bat Out of Hell, which has sold over 43 million copies worldwide. It was followed by Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006). Ever buy a copy of one or more of these?

The cover - The cover art is by Richard Corben, best known for his adult fantasy comic 'Den' featured in the magazine Heavy Metal and animated film based on it. Michael Whelan would do Bat II, whose paintings have appeared on the covers of more than 350 books and magazines. Julie Bell did Bat III, she's married to Boris Vallejo, and the pair put out a fantasy art calendar every year, though both do solo work as well. Do you like fantasy art?

The musical - Using mostly songs from the Bat trilogy, the stage version premiered at the Opera House in Manchester, England. Set in Obsidian, a post-apocalypse New York City, it concerns Strat (Peter), forever young leader of a gang called 'The Lost'. He falls in love with Raven (Wendy) daughter of Falco (Capt. Hook) who rules the city. Needless to say this does not bode well. As of 2002 it's on an international tour. All said and done, can you get the Peter Pan idea behind the song considering the background? Strat can't stay in Raven's world, will be gone when the morning comes, etc?