The Crow
Comic book series created by James O'Barr / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Crow is a supernatural superhero comic book series created by James O'Barr revolving around the titular character of the same name. The series, which was originally created by O'Barr as a means of dealing with the death of his fiancée at the hands of a drunk driver,[1] 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.
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 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 |
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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–) |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | Superhero, dark fantasy |
| 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 1998 (The Crow / Razor: Kill the Pain) Apr. – Sept. 1998 (The Crow (Image Comics)) Feb. – Nov. 1999 |
| Number of issues | 45+ |
| Main character(s) | Eric 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 | ISBN 978-1451627251 |
The Crow has been translated into almost a dozen languages and has sold around 750,000 copies worldwide.[2]