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The story tells about a man named Eric who was murdered along with his fiancée, Shelly, who was also raped, by a gang of street thugs who came across the pair when they were stranded on a roadside by car trouble. One year later, he is resurrected by a crow and seeks out vengence on his murderers, killing them one at a time. He is able to defeat his enemies because the crow that brought him back to life has given him the power of invulnerability - nothing can kill him, and all injuries he takes are healed almost instantly, no matter how serious they are.
In the film version, Eric is given the last name Draven and is shown to be a guitarist, while Shelly is portrayed as an artist. The two are murdered the day before their wedding on Halloween in their home by a gang of criminals working for a larger crime syndicate, who ordered Shelly's death.
In 1999, Image Comics released a new comic series of The Crow, based on the original comic book. It ran for ten issues, ending in November of that year.
Also in 1999, James O'Barr and Editor Ed Kramer asked an array of fiction writers, poets, and artists (including Gene WolfeGene Wolfe (born May 7, 1931) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is noted for his dense, allusion-rich prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, which he adopted in marrying a Catholic. He is a prolific short story wr, Alan Dean FosterAlan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946) is a prolific writer of science fiction, fantasy and movie novelisations. He is best known for his science fiction novels set in the Commonwealth, an interstellar union of races including humankind and the insecto, Charles de LintCharles De Lint (born December 22, 1951) is a Canadian fantasy author and Celtic folk musician. He established the genre of mythic fiction which falls somewhere between fantasy literature, and mainstream fiction with a magical realist bent. It is sometime, Jack DannJack Dann (born February 15, 1945) is an American science fiction writer living in Australia. Dann began publishing science fiction in 1970 with the stories 'Dark, Dark the Dead Star" and "Traps," both of which appeared in the George Zebrowski edited Worl, Jane YolenJane Yolen is the author of more than 200 fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She wrote the Nebula Award-winning Sister Emily's Lightship (short story) and Lost Girls (novelette), as well as Owl Moon and The Emperor and the Kite Caldecott Meda, Henry RollinsHenry Rollins (born February 13, 1961) is an American rock music performer, storyteller, author, actor and poet. Born Henry Garfield in Washington D. he was enrolled in a prep school. He became involved in the punk scene through his close friend Ian MacKa, and Iggy PopIggy Pop (born James Newell Osterberg is an American singer, famous as the frontman of The Stooges and as a solo artist. He was born on April 21, 1947 in Muskegon, Michigan. He began his musical career as a drummer in different high school bands. One band) to interpret this Goth phenomenon. The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams was released by Random House on Halloween, and a year later, in a limited signed and numbered volume, by Donald M. Grant Publishing.
Two sequels to the movie were made: ( 1996) and ( 2000). The original film was remade as Wings of the Crow in 2000. A TV series, called The Crow: Stairway to Heaven ( 1998), was also made based on the first movie. A fourth movie, called The Crow: Wicked Prayer , is planned for 2004.