The Crow
| The Crow | |
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The Crow #1 (February 1989).
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| 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 |
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| 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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