With The Crow remake starring Bill Skarsgard set to hit theaters in a few months, fans are wondering if the comics that this film, and the original 1994 The Crow film, are based on are from Marvel, DC, or a different publisher. Here are your questions answered.
Is The Crow a Marvel comic book?
No, The Crow is not a Marvel comic book.
For the unversed, The Crow is not a Marvel comic book. Therefore, Eric Draven and other iterations of the undead vigilante such as Joshua Zane, Iris Shaw, and Michael Korby are not Marvel characters.
However, the character’s role as an antihero in comic books on the quest for vengeance is comparable to that of Marvel’s Punisher. The supernatural themes present in the character’s stories are also reminiscent of some of the themes surrounding characters like Ghost Rider and Doctor Strange as well.
Is The Crow a DC comic book?
No, The Crow is not a DC comic book.
The Crow is not a DC comic book. Eric Draven and other versions of The Crow are not DC characters. However, The Crow’s dark story and supernatural themes might draw comparisons to characters like Batman, Deadman, and Etrigan the Demon.
Which company published The Crow?
The Crow was published by Caliber Press aka Caliber Comics.
Caliber Comics is the company that first published The Crow in 1989. However, unlike classic comic book characters such as Spider-Man or Superman, The Crow was handled by different comic book publishers at different points in time.
After Caliber Press, Kitchen Sink Press took charge of The Crow comics between 1996 and 1998. During that time, they published five miniseries comics and a one-shot comic based on The Crow character with a new avatar headlining each series.
Then, in 1999, Image Comics released a new The Crow comic series with a new take on Eric Draven’s story.
After this, from 2012 to 2020, IDW Publishing published a new five-issue Crow series followed by six more Crow comic series which were:
- The Crow: Skinning the Wolves (2013)
- The Crow: Curare (2013)
- The Crow: Pestilence (2014)
- The Crow: Memento Mori (2018)
- The Crow: Hack/Slash (2019)
- The Crow: Lethe (2020)
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