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Crow
1999 Image
10 appearances
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Crow/Razor: Kill the Pain
1998 London Night Studios
6 appearances
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Crow: Waking Nightmares
1997 Kitchen Sink
4 appearances
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Crow
1989 Caliber Comics
4 appearances
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Crow: City Of Angels
1996 Kitchen Sink
3 appearances
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Crow: Dead Time
1996 Kitchen Sink
3 appearances
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Crow
1992 Tundra
3 appearances
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Heavy Metal Magazine
1977 Heavy Metal
2 appearances
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Wizard: The Comics Magazine
1991 Wizard
2 appearances
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Crow
1998 Kitchen Sink
1 appearance
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Crow: Wild Justice
1996 Kitchen Sink
1 appearance
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Crow: Flesh & Blood
1996 Kitchen Sink
1 appearance
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Comic Book Who's Who
1994 Warrior Publications
1 appearance
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Crow/Razor: The Lost Chapter
1999 London Night Studios
1 appearance
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Crow/Razor Finale
1999 London Night Studios
1 appearance
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Caliber Presents
1989 Caliber Comics
1 appearance
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Crow
1994 Kitchen Sink
1 appearance
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Crow / Razor: Nocturnal Masque
1999 London Night Studios
1 appearance
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Art Fantastix Select
2001 mg/publishing
1 appearance
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Art Premiere
None mg/publishing
1 appearance
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Cracked
1958 Major Magazines
1 appearance
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Crow: Special Edition
2011 Simon And Schuster
1 appearance
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Caliber Christmas
1989 Caliber Comics
1 appearance
"People once believed that when you died, a crow took your soul to the land of the dead.....but sometimes, just sometimes, the crow could bring that soul back, to make the wrong things right..."
Origin
[Comics] Eric was a man in love who lost his fiancee and his life to a gang of rapists in a random act of violence. On their way back from a romantic get-away, Eric's car breaks down on a deserted road. A car full of gang members stops not to help but to take advantage of the couple's misfortune. One of the most striking and powerful scenes in the book is of Eric lying incapicitated on the road struggling to hang on to life only to see his fiancee get raped and killed before his own life is extinguished. One of the killers rapes his fiancee after she is dead. He returns to the living world as the Crow, collecting artifacts of his love such as his engagement ring and exacting vengeance on the gang who killed his fiancee. Each of the men that were responsible for the death of his fiancee are killed in a different fashion, and the crow shows varying amounts of sympathy.
[Movie] Eric Draven (played by Brandon Lee) was the lead guitar player and singer of a band named Hangman's Joke. He and his fiancé Shelly Webster were to be married on Halloween night. The night of Halloween eve (Devil’s night), thugs known as Fun Boy, T-Bird, Skank, and Tin-Tin came to Eric’s apartment to punish Shelly for overhearing too much information. Under the orders of the gangster Top Dollar. Eric walked in while they were raping her and tried to save her but got killed in the process when they threw him out of a sixteenth story window. A year later, the Crow brought Eric back to life to make things right.
This movie was made famous because of an immense misfortune. Brandon Lee, son of Kung-Fu master and martial art legend, was interpreting the role of Eric Draven (the Crow) and also was the fight choreographer. In his very short and rising career, this was Brandon’s big break. In a scene near the end, the character stands in front of an army of men firing repeatedly at him. One of the prop weapons was faulty. The cap of a blank accidentally got lodged in his spine after penetrating his abdomen. The next day at 1:04 PM, Brandon died. His body was flown to Seattle to be buried beside his father (who also died while filming) in Lake View Cemetery. It is suggested that the movie would have been far less popular if Brandon Lee lived, as a result of all the media attention.
Powers
The Crow is essentially a supernatural being and his powers are more closely related to that of vengeful ghosts. They include but are not limited to:
- Enhanced Physical Abilities - Cat-like reflexes. Superhuman agility (ability to jump from building to building or rooftop to ground), and occasional strength as needed or possibly fuelled by emotions (in one of the comics he is knocked down by a car and from underneath gets up to throw the car several meters!)
- Invulnerability - Because the Crow is a spirit wrapped in corporeal form, normal weapons do not affect him to any great degree. If he is affected by damage, the wounds will vanish in seconds. The one exception to this is self harm. If the Crow chooses to damage himself, it will last (seemingly permanently). In the original series, he cut a crown of thorns into his bare chest, and slashed his own wrist several times.
- Psychometry - He is able to feel and see past experiences by the touch of an object.
- Empathy - He is able to feel the pain and other sensations of other people.
- Clairvoyance - He is able to see through the eyes of his "guide", a crow.
- Vengeful Purpose - He essentially can have any abilities needed to accomplish his goal of vengeance. However, once those goals are met, the Crow will lose his powers and his existence in the real world.
Other Media
TV Show
 | The Crow: Stairway to HeavenFurther Details: The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (Screened)This television series had a one season run that lasted a total of 22 episodes, it starred Mark Dacascos as Eric Draven/The Crow and basically retold the events of the movie in it's first episode but rather then returning to his grave Eric stayed on Earth and became a crime fighter. The series also gave Shelly a much larger role, and featured other Crow characters such as Skull Cowboy and Talon as well as an episode based on The Crow Dead Time, depicting Eric and Shelly as reincarnations of Joshua and his wife from that graphic novel and Top Dollar and T-Bird's gang as reincarnations of the confederate soldiers who killed them. The series also expanded on Eric's past, revealing that he was an adopted Vietnam war orphan, and had a brother named Chris Draven. The series also offered the new concept of evil versions of a Crow called Snakes, who had Pythons as avatars rather then Crows. The series ended on a cliffhanger with Shelly jumping through a Crow shaped portal in the land of the dead at the close of it's final episode. |
Novels
The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams
 The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams HC by Various Writers  The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams SC by Various Writers | With this chilling collection of stories and poems, J.O'Barr-- the creator of The Crow-- and Ed Kramer host an ominous array of interpretations of the gothic phenomenon by acclaimed writers well acquainted with the dark side. Here a resurrected gunslinger gets a final showdown with his archenemy... A tormented rogue cop literally fights fire with fire... A serial killer turned government assassin takes three abused children under his savage wing... A wise talking crow guides the vengeful hand of a murdered girl's lover... and much more.Featuring illustrations by Rob Alexander, Rick Berry, Tim Bradstreet, Dan Brereton, Thomas Cantry, Bob Eggleton, Phil Hale, Scott Hampton, Valena Lakey Lindahn, Don Maitz, Jeff Pittarelli, Rick Popham, Rob Prior, Lisa Snellings, Charles Vess, Ron Walotsky, Kent Williams, and James O'Barr.A darkly sensual collection, The Crow: Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams evokes a modern night-world and its tormented denizens ensnared by unspeakable evil, engulfed by the thirst for revenge, and enfolded by the enigmatic, eternal wings of The Crow.Stories and Poems By A.A. Attanasio - Ed Bryant - Ramsey Campbell - Nancy A. Collins - Storm Constantine - Christine Crow - Jack Dann - Charles de Lint - James S. Dorr - Alan Dean Foster - Christopher Golden - Alexander Elizabeth Honigsberg - K. Ken Johnston - Caitlin R. Kiernan - Lisa Lepovetsky - Rex Miller - J.O' Barr - Iggy Pop - Rick R. Reed - Henry Rollins - John Shirley - S.P. Somtow - Chet Williamson - Douglas E. Winter - Gene Wolfe - Janny Wurts - Jane Yolen & Robert Harris.
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The Crow: A Lazarus Heart
 The Crow: A Lazarus Heart by Poppy Z. Brite | The Eternal One At our human limits, when we've gone as far as flesh and imagination can take us, we meet the Eternal One. The Crow Immemorially old, and inconsolable, he is there only for those who seek both revenge and love, and are willing to go all the way -- and beyond. The Lazarus Heart Five, four, three, two... Jared Poe counts the days on Louisiana's Death Row. The controversial S&M photographer has been condemned to die for killing his lover. He doesn't know who did it. Only that he didn't. |
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The Crow: Clash by Night
 The Crow: Clash by Night by Chet WIlliamson | The Eternal One At our human limits, when we've gone as far as flesh and imagination can take us, we meet the Eternal One. The Crow Immemorially old, and inconsolable, he is there only for those who seek both revenge and love, and are willing to go all the way - and beyond. Clash By Night A crazed militia has planted a bomb in a day-care center, and a dedicated teacher discovers it just in time to get herself and the children to safety.Almost. For we are in the dark universe of the crow, where the innocent must die so that justice can triumph.Where a woman devoted to peace must don camouflage as she prowls with her black-winged familiar through the tangled underworld of hate on a search-and-destroy mission that leads her from gun shows to the rubble of the disaster.A rubble that is stirring with new and hideous life... |
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The Crow: Quoth The Crow
 The Crow: Quoth The Crow by David Bischoff | William Blessing is obsessed with Edgar Allen Poe. Like Poe, he is a writer of dark fantasy. And like Poe, he has powerful enemies. One of them pretends to be a friend, even as he plots to murder William and steal his wife. Blessing's only hope is to learn the truth about his "friend" before...But this is the realm of the Crow, where the grave is the doorway to the truth. William must walk through it to discover Poe's final secret. Then, and only then, with the help of a dark-winged "Raven," can he return to feed on the human carrion who raped his wife and slaughtered his soul.
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The Crow: Temple of Night
 The Crow: Temple of Night by S.P. Somtow | The Eternal One At our human limits, when we've gone as for as flesh and imagination can take us, we meet the Eternal One. The Crow His alabaster delicate features tell of his ivory goddess ancestry. Immemorially old, and inconsolable, he is there only for those who seek both revenge and love, and are willing to go all the way-and beyond. Temple of Night Turn-of-the-century Bangkok is a glittering modern city where high-tech industry and ancient mystery meet. It is a powerhouse of international finance by day ... and a playground of depravity by night. The Klong Toey shantytowns are home to shadowy eroticemporiums, where millionaire celebrities act out their darkest sexual fantasies, protected by money, influence, and American diplomacy.Enter a young American journalist, assigned to expose the latest cover-up. Stephen is about to break the two cardinal rules of journalism: Don't fall in love. And don't get killed.... |
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The Crow: The Wicked Prayer
 | John Church and Kyra Damon would like nothing more than to be immortal but Leticia Dreams the Truth hardin is a bit hesitant to help them. They need her eyes for the task. Literally she's a blue-eyed Crow, an extremely rare commodity. All of which is why Dan finds himself in Arizona heading for a showdown between forces of light and dark.
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The Crow: Hellbound
 The Crow: Hellbound by A.A. Attanasio | A demon named Dren is looking for salvation. Satan's fiery underworld has become a foreign place to him. He feels he is different from the other souls. He's changed over time. He's ready for redemption. But getting out of hell is no easy task. Escaping was the easy part. But now, alone in a world unfamiliar to him, Dren must save a single soul in order to pass on to the heavens above.Billy is a young hoodlum working for a big-time mobster. Like Dren he has also changed. He wants out of the seedy underworld he calls his home. Just, one more run, one more big payday, and he's finished with it all. He'll, get his cash, grab the woman he loves, and be gone forever. But the mob doesn't look kindly on deserters.Satan has sent two rogue demons from hell to stop Dren. The mob has hired a conjurer named Nadja to kill Billy. In the end, the two must call on the powers of the Crow to, save them both -- waging a full-scale war on the mobsters of Earth above and the lord of darkness below.
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A Murder of Crows: Other Crow Avatars
Eric Draven is not the only one brought back by the Crow.
 Iris Shaw Iris Shaw worked for the Bureau of Land Management as a law enforcer. She was killed by terrorists along with her unborn child and was bought back by the Crow to hunt them down. |
 Joshua Joshua is a Native American of the Crow Nation who became a farmer that adopted the ways of white. A group of Confederate soldiers killed him along with his wife and child and has being brought back to kill the soldiers that have reincarnated as biker gangs. |
 Michael Korby Michael and his wife were murdered by carjackers. He was brought back by two crows to avenge his wife and himself. |
 Mark Leung He and his wife were murdered by the Chinese Mafia. Instead of killing the ones who killed him, he rescues his twin daughters from slavery. |
HANNAH FOSTER
Also known as Talon, Hannah Foster is a female Crow and friend of Eric Draven, she and her daughter were brutally murdered by a pedophile.
ASHE CORVIN
Ash was a garage mechanic who was murdered along with his son after his son inadvertantly witnessed a murder.
JIMMY CUERVO
Jimmy and his girlfriend were murdered by a Satanic cult who called themselves The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse, Jimmy came back as The Crow and began to kill the cult members one by one
| Super Name: | The Crow |
| Real Name: | Eric Draven |
| Aliases: |
Eric Draven Joshua Iris Shaw Michael Korby Mark Leung Ashe Corvin William Blessing Jared Poe Amy Carlisle Stephen Lelliott Dan Cody Billy Max Alex Corvis Hannah Foster Talon Jimmy Cuervo The Crow The Killer Of Killer's The Avenger The Mime From Hell The Vigilante Blackfeather |
| Publisher: | Image |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Other |
| 1st Appearance: | Caliber Presents #1 |
| Appears in: | 50 issues |
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The Crow Wicked Prayer
Fourth film in The Crow series |
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The Crow Salvation
Third installment in The Crow film series |
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The Crow City of Angels
First Sequel to The Crow |
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The Crow
Brandon Lee's last movie. |
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