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The Crow

The Crow
Eric Draven
The Crow #1 (February 1989).
Publication information
Publisher Caliber Press, Kitchen Sink Press, Image Comics, IDW Publishing
First appearance Caliber Presents #1 (Jan. 1989)
Created by James O'Barr
In-story information
Alter ego Eric Draven
Abilities
The Crow
Series publication information
Publisher Caliber Press (1989–1990)
Kitchen Sink Press (1996–1998)
Image Comics (1999)
IDW Publishing (2012–2014)
Format Limited series
Genre Gothic fiction
Publication date (The Crow (Caliber Press))
Feb. – May 1989
(The Crow: Dead Time)
Jan. – Mar. 1996
(The Crow: Flesh & Blood)
May – July 1996
(The Crow: Wild Justice)
Oct. – Dec. 1996
(The Crow: Waking Nightmares)
Jan. 1997 – May 1988
(The Crow / Razor: Kill the Pain)
Apr. 1998 – Sept. 1988
(The Crow (Image Comics))
Feb. 1999 – Nov. 1989
Number of issues 45+
Main character(s) Eric Draven
Shelly
Creative team
Writer(s) James O'Barr, John Wagner, James Vance, Jerry Prosser, Christopher Golden, Everette Hartsoe, Jon J Muth, John Shirley, Frank Bill
Artist(s) James O'Barr, Alexander Maleev, Charlie Adlard, Jamie Tolagson, Paul Lee, Kevin Colden, Antoine Dodé, Drew Moss
Penciller(s) Philip Hester
Inker(s) Andé Parks
Collected editions
The Crow: Special Edition

The Crow is a comic book series created by James O'Barr. The series, which was originally created by O'Barr as a means of dealing with the death of his girlfriend at the hands of a drunk driver, was first published by Caliber Comics in 1989. It became an underground success, and was later adapted into a film of the same name in 1994. Three film sequels, a television series, and numerous books and comic books (published by numerous companies) have also been subsequently produced.

The Crow has been translated into almost a dozen languages and has sold around 750,000 copies worldwide.

The Crow first appeared on the back cover of Deadworld #10 (November 1988); James O'Barr provided a back cover to the first comic book Caliber Press published, which contained an advertisement for the upcoming The Crow appearance in Caliber Presents #1. (The ads shows The Crow standing with a smoking shotgun in one hand and a samurai sword in the other, with the statement, "For Some Things...There Is No Forgiveness". It mentions The Crow appearing in February 1989.)

The Crow's first in-story appearance was in Caliber Presents #1 (January 1989), in the story "Inertia", which serves as a prequel to the main series. O'Barr again provided a back cover for this issue.

The character's first limited series was The Crow #1-4 (Feb.–May 1989). Four issues, titled "Pain", "Fear", "Irony", and "Despair," take readers through a series of vengeance tales as The Crow cuts and shoots through Tin Tin, Tom Tom, Top Dollar, Funboy and T-Bird, the gang members that attacked and killed him and his lover Shelly.

In A Caliber Christmas (Dec. 1989), Eric reflects back on happier times with Shelly in the story "Atmosphere." (In The Crow graphic novel, this story is placed between issues #2 and 3.)

Caliber Presents #15 (Sept. 1990) contained a preview of the unpublished The Crow #5, titled "Death", that was meant to complete the original story arc. Tundra Publishing later reprinted the first four issues in two double-sized volumes and printed "Death" (also double-sized) as the third volume.

From 1996-1998, Kitchen Sink Press published five mini-series and a one-shot based on The Crow concept with a new avatar in each series.


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