Real
Name: Joshua
Eric Draven is not the only person brought back by the Crow. Here is an (incomplete) list of others with similar missions.
A Murder of Crows
Real
Name: Joshua
Identity/Class: Revenant
Occupation: Farmer
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Confederate soldiers reincarnated as a motor-cycle gang
Known Relatives: Unnamed family (deceased)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unknown
First Appearance: The Crow: Deadtime Vols 1-3 (Jan 96 - Mar 96)
Powers/Abilities: Joshua feels no pain and heals wounds in seconds, so long as they are caused in his search for vengeance. Injuries taken when he diverts from this path do not automatically heal. He can see through the eyes of his guide, the crow. He has psychometric abilities, allowing him to feel pain and other sensations from past experience by the slightest touch of an object.
He appears to be faster and more agile than normal humans, and knows some variety of martial arts.
History: Joshua was a Native American of the Crow nation, who had left his tribe to become a farmer, adopting the ways of the white man. His lifestyle proved no defence when a band of marauding Confederate renegades rode through; they murdered Joshua and his entire family without hesitation. A century later the killers were reincarnated every bit as evil as their last lives, and drawn together to form a motorcycle gang. However retribution was coming when the Crow brought Joshua back to finally bring vengeance to them.
Comments: The first Crow to be created after Eric Draven. Unlike his predecessor, this Crow did not paint his face.
Real
Name: Iris Shaw
Identity/Class: Revenant
Occupation: Officer for the Bureau of Land Management
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Unknown
Known Relatives: Unnamed and unborn child (deceased)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unknown
First Appearance: The Crow: Flesh and Blood Vols 1-3 (May 96 - Jul 96)
Powers/Abilities: Iris feels no pain and wounds do not slow her down. Unlike other Crows, she does not heal those wounds, so after a while she began to resemble a zombie, thanks to all the damage done to her. She can see through the eyes of his guide, the crow. She has psychometric abilities, allowing her to feel pain and other sensations from past experience by the slightest touch of an object.
She appears to be faster and more agile than normal humans, and knows some variety of martial arts.
History: Iris Shaw worked for the Bureau of Land Management, and was an honest and incorruptible law enforcer. This made her an impediment to those who sought to evade that law, and so she was murdered. Pregnant at the time, her unborn child died too, and it was the death of her offspring which provided Iris with the rage that was required for her to come back for revenge.
Comments: Iris saw a reversion to the face paint, though she had a new design, dis-similar to that of Eric Draven. In Iris' case, she has a crow drawn across her eyes and nose.
Real
Name: Michael Korby
Identity/Class: Revenant
Occupation: Unknown
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Carjackers
Known Relatives: Unnamed wife (deceased)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unknown
First Appearance: The Crow: Wild Justice Vols 1-3 (Oct 96 - Dec 96)
Powers/Abilities: Michael feels no pain and heals wounds in seconds, so long as they are caused in his search for vengeance. Injuries taken when he diverts from this path do not automatically heal. His regenerative powers are limited by the amount of Gorgon blood he has in his system. He can see through the eyes of his guide, the crow. He has psychometric abilities, allowing him to feel pain and other sensations from past experience by the slightest touch of an object.
He appears to be faster and more agile than normal humans, and knows some variety of martial arts.
History: After carjackers murdered both Michael Korby and his wife, a pair of crows returned Michael to Earth in search of revenge. The revenant was covered with tattoos which contained the blood of the Gorgon God, and each time he regenerated a wound, he used up some of that blood. With a strict time limit on his chances for vengeance imposed by the amount of blood he had available to him, Michael carried out his mission with a greater sense of urgency than other Crow avatars. He also had to choose whether to seek vengeance on one of his killers who had truly repented for his past misdeeds, and decide if a man has changed his heart, does he deserve to die for past transgressions?
Comments: None.
Real
Name: Mark Leung
Identity/Class: Revenant
Occupation: Police detective
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Chinese mafia
Known Relatives: Unnamed wife (deceased), unnamed twin daughters
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unknown
First Appearance: The Crow: Waking Nightmares Vols 1-4 (January 1997 - May 1998)
Powers/Abilities: Mark feels no pain and heals wounds in seconds, so long as they are caused in his search for vengeance. Injuries taken when he diverts from this path do not automatically heal. He can see through the eyes of his guide, the crow. He has psychometric abilities, allowing him to feel pain and other sensations from past experience by the slightest touch of an object.
He appears to be faster and more agile than normal humans, and knows some variety of martial arts.
History: Detective Mark Leung was marked for death for his part in cracking down on the Chinese mafia. The gangs brutally killed Mark and his wife, then kidnapped his twin daughters and sold them as child slaves. Brought back by a Crow to gain revenge, Mark instead tried to track down and free his daughters, thus giving up his mystical protection, and risking his very soul.
Comments: Mark did not paint his face like some earlier avatars. Since his eyes were ripped from their sockets during his murder, Mark wore a pair of sunglasses over the still bleeding sockets, with the Chinese symbol for "Devil Bird" written on them.
Real Name:
Ashe Corvin
Identity/Class: Revenant
Occupation: Car mechanic and body shop owner
Affiliations: Sarah Mohr
Enemies: Jadah Earl, Spidermonkey, Kali
Known Relatives: Danny (son, deceased)
Aliases: Michael Corvin (name in early versions of the script)
Base of Operations: Los Angeles
First Appearance: The Crow: City of Angels (Miramax, 1996)
Powers/Abilities: Ashe feels no pain and heals wounds in seconds, so long as they are caused in his search for vengeance. Injuries taken when he diverts from this path do not automatically heal. He can see through the eyes of his guide, the crow. He has psychometric abilities, allowing him to feel pain and other sensations from past experience by the slightest touch of an object.
He appears to be faster and more agile than normal humans, and knows some variety of martial arts.
History: After witnessing the murder of a man by a drug gang, body shop owner Ashe Corvin and his son Danny are murdered to silence them. Brought back from a watery grave, Ashe is helped to understand his mission of vengeance by Sarah Mohr, a friend of Eric Draven, a previous Crow avatar. However the two fall in love, causing a conflict for Ashe, who has been returned to life to seek revenge, not romance. The leader of the gang, Judah Earl, discovers how to sever Ashe's connection to his avian guide, then murders Sarah, leaving Ashe vulnerable for a final confrontation. In spite of this, Judah still loses in the end.
Comments: Played by Vincent Perez. The original version of the script for this movie (and indeed the filmed version prior to Miramax re-cutting it), was far more satisfactory than the finished version. Allegedly it also included a different end to the tale, with Ashe forced to live forever on Earth, denied Heaven for choosing to protect Sarah over seeking vengeance - however Sarah, murdered by Judah, also returns to life as a Crow avatar, brought back by her love for Ashe.
Real
Name: William Blessing
Identity/Class: Revenant
Occupation: Professor and author
Affiliations: None
Enemies: David Marquette
Known Relatives: Unnamed wife
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unknown
First Appearance: The Crow: Quoth The Crow (Feb 1998)
Powers/Abilities: William feels no pain and heals wounds in seconds, so long as they are caused in his search for vengeance. Injuries taken when he diverts from this path do not automatically heal. He can see through the eyes of his guide, the crow. He has psychometric abilities, allowing him to feel pain and other sensations from past experience by the slightest touch of an object.
He appears to be faster and more agile than normal humans, and knows some variety of martial arts.
History: Murdered by an apprentice who coveted his wife and his stories, Professor William Blessing, an author with an affinity for Edgar Allen Poe, came back as a Crow avatar to seek revenge.
Comments: Though William is depicted on the cover of the novel wearing the make-up common to many of the avatars, there is no sign of it anywhere in the text of the book.
This novel describes for the first time the eternal damnation facing those slain by the Crow avatars - their punishment doesn't just end with their deaths.
Real
Name: Jared Poe
Identity/Class: Revenant
Occupation: Photographer (specialising in S&M)
Affiliations: Benjamin DuBois (lover, deceased)
Enemies: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: New Orleans
First Appearance: The Crow: The Lazarus Heart (April 1988)
Powers/Abilities: Jared feels no pain and heals wounds in seconds, so long as they are caused in his search for vengeance. Injuries taken when he diverts from this path do not automatically heal. He can see through the eyes of his guide, the crow. He has psychometric abilities, allowing him to feel pain and other sensations from past experience by the slightest touch of an object.
He appears to be faster and more agile than normal humans, and knows some variety of martial arts.
History: Wrongly convicted for the murder of his lover Benjamin DuBois, controversial S&M photographer Jared Poe was sent to Death Row and executed before he could clear his name. He returned to prove his innocence and gain revenge, guided by a Crow.
Comments: For the first time, the loved one who has died is not a spouse, child or straight lover, but a gay one.
Thanks to Amanda Joy for supplying Benjamin DuBois' name.
Real
Name: Amy Carlisle
Identity/Class: Revenant
Occupation: Daycare centre owner
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Unnamed terrorist militia
Known Relatives: Richard (husband)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unknown
First Appearance: The Crow: Clash By Night (July 1998)
Powers/Abilities: Amy feels no pain and heals wounds in seconds, so long as they are caused in her search for vengeance. Injuries taken when she diverts from this path do not automatically heal. She can see through the eyes of her guide, the crow. She has psychometric abilities, allowing her to feel pain and other sensations from past experience by the slightest touch of an object.
She appears to be faster and more agile than normal humans, and knows some variety of martial arts.
History: Killed along with several children in her care when a terrorist bomb went off in the daycare centre she ran, Amy Carlisle came back from the dead to stop the "Sons of a Free America "militia group who planted the device. The real target had been a Senator who had been scheduled to visit the centre, only to cancel at the last minute. As well as seeking revenge for the children, Amy also had to deal with discovering that her husband had moved on with his life and married her best friend, one of the few survivors of the blast.
Comments: Thanks to Billy Carr for informing of Amy's husband's name and the name of the militia group.
Real
Name: Stephen Lelliott
Identity/Class: Revenant
Occupation: Worked for a film company in some capacity
Affiliations: Linda Dusit
Enemies: Unknown
Known Relatives: Linda Dusit (grandmother)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Thailand
First Appearance: The Crow: Temple of Night (Nov 1999)
Powers/Abilities: Stephen feels no pain and heals wounds in seconds, so long as they are caused in his search for vengeance. Injuries taken when he diverts from this path do not automatically heal. He can see through the eyes of his guide, the crow. He has psychometric abilities, allowing him to feel pain and other sensations from past experience by the slightest touch of an object.
He appears to be faster and more agile than normal humans, and knows some variety of martial arts.
History: Stephen Lelliott was half Thai and half American, and had gone to Thailand to bring back the ultimate human survival story for his film company. However he soon fell in love with the woman who was the subject of his film, only to be caught in the cover-up when she was murdered. He too was killed to prevent him exposing a high level conspiracy, only to come back for revenge thanks to the Crow, allied with his grandmother, who is knowledgeable of the "other world".
Comments: None.
Real
Name: Dan Cody
Identity/Class: Revenant
Occupation: Unknown
Affiliations: Leticia Dreams the Truth Hardin
Enemies: Kyra Damon. Johnny, Raymundo
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Nevada
First Appearance: The Crow: Wicked Prayer (Fall 2000)
Powers/Abilities: Dan feels no pain and heals wounds in seconds, so long as they are caused in his search for vengeance. Injuries taken when he diverts from this path do not automatically heal. He can see through the eyes of his guide, the crow. He has psychometric abilities, allowing him to feel pain and other sensations from past experience by the slightest touch of an object.
He appears to be faster and more agile than normal humans, and knows some variety of martial arts.
History: Dan Cody loved Leticia Dreams the Truth Hardin, a Crow Indian descendent, but this placed him in the way of the plans of Kyra Damon, who believed that Leticia's unique combination of Crow Indian blood and blue eyes somehow held the key to gaining immortality. Though killing the lovers had not been part of Kyra's plans, since she knew death could empower those that refused it, nonetheless, death is what she gave to them. The power of the Crow brought Dan back to avenge them both, and stop Kyra from attaining her ultimate goal.
Comments: None
Real
Name: William Max
Identity/Class: Revenant
Occupation: Drugs runner
Affiliations: Dren
Enemies: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: None.
First Appearance: The Crow: Hellbound (July 2001)
Powers/Abilities: Billy feels no pain and heals wounds in seconds, so long as they are caused in his search for vengeance. Injuries taken when he diverts from this path do not automatically heal. He can see through the eyes of his guide, the crow. He has psychometric abilities, allowing him to feel pain and other sensations from past experience by the slightest touch of an object.
He appears to be faster and more agile than normal humans, and knows some variety of martial arts.
History: Brought up by the state in care homes, 18 year old Billy Max had known Amy Darien since both of them were 12. Now trying to make their own way in the world as adults, Billy supported the two of them running drugs for a local businessman, unaware that the two were soon to run foul of a battle between Dren, a demon who wished to find redemption and become an angel, and other denizens of Hell dispatched to prevent this. Both Amy and Billy were slain, but Billy came back through the power of the Crow to ensure evil would not triumph in this infernal battle.
Comments: Thanks to Taz D for confirming that it was Billy who became the Crow in this novel.
Real Name:
Alex Corvis
Identity/Class: Revenant
Occupation: Unknown
Affiliations: Erin Randall
Enemies: The Captain, Phillip Dutton, Vincent Erlich, Tommy Leonard
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of
Operations: Salt Lake City
First Appearance: The Crow: Salvation (Miramax, 2000)
Powers/Abilities: Alex
History: Framed for the murder of his girlfriend Lauren Randall, Alex Corvis is sent to the electric chair. Returning to find the true killer, he teamed up with Lauren's younger sister Erin to seek out those who conspired to frame him and identify the real villain.
Comments: Played by Eric Mabius.
This time round, the "mask" worn by the revenant Crow avatar was not make-up, but the results of burns from his death by electrocution. Thanks to BansheeX for writing in to point this out to me.
Real
Name: Hannah Foster
Identity/Class: Revenant
Occupation: Doctor
Affiliations: Eric Draven
Enemies: Slaughter
Known Relatives: Unnamed husband, Rebecca Foster (daughter, deceased)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unknown city
First Appearance: Crow: Stairway to Heaven "Birds of a Feather"
Powers/Abilities: Amy feels no pain and heals wounds in seconds, so long as they are caused in her search for vengeance. Injuries taken when she diverts from this path do not automatically heal. She can see through the eyes of her guide, the crow. She has psychometric abilities, allowing her to feel pain and other sensations from past experience by the slightest touch of an object.
She appears to be faster and more agile than normal humans, and knows some variety of martial arts.
History: Hannah Foster had been a successful doctor, living a happily married life with her husband and young daughter, until she and her child were kidnapped by a colleague of hers, Slaughter, and left to die a horrendous death. Hannah returned to life as Talon, a female Crow, but was confused by the thirst for vengeance overwhelming her new existence. She encountered another Crow avatar, Eric Draven, who tried to prevent her from killing Slaughter; he failed, and Slaughter returned to life as a supernatural snake, the nemesis of the Crows. With Eric's help, Hannah managed to destroy the snake, but was distraught to learn that she could not return to the afterlife until she could make amends, leaving her stuck on Earth to cope with her grief.
Comments: Played by Bobbie Philips. Thanks to Felipe Valdez for providing the name of Talon's daughter.
Real
Name: Jimmy Cuervo
Identity/Class: Revenant
Occupation: Unknown, former convict
Affiliations: None
Enemies: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Luc Crash, Lola Byrne, War, Famine and Pestilence)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: American southwest
First Appearance: Wicked Prayer (Miramax, 2004)
Powers/Abilities: Jimmy feels no pain and heals wounds in seconds, so long as they are caused in his search for vengeance. Injuries taken when he diverts from this path do not automatically heal. He can see through the eyes of his guide, the crow. He has psychometric abilities, allowing him to feel pain and other sensations from past experience by the slightest touch of an object.
He appears to be faster and more agile than normal humans, and knows some variety of martial arts.
History: Murdered by a satanic gang along with his girlfriend Lily, ex-con Jimmy Cuervo came back to life thanks to the power of the Crow, so that he could revenge the couples' deaths at the hands of Luc Crash and his "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse".
Comments: Edward Furlong plays the latest Crow in the movie series, with a storyline loosely based on the Crow book of the same name.
CLARIFICATIONS: Joshua should not be confused with
Neither Alex Corvis nor Michael Ashe Corvin should be confused with
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