Philip Crane

Philip Crane made his entrance into the shadowy world of Italian horror comics in 1992, debuting in the pages of Dylan Dog — Sergio Bonelli Editore's beloved supernatural mystery series — crafted by writer Claudio Chiaverotti and artist Luigi Piccatto. Over a publishing span stretching nearly three decades across Dylan Dog, Dylan Dog Color Fest, and Maxi Dylan Dog, Crane has kept some remarkable company, sharing pages with the series' iconic leads and recurring figures like Groucho, Ispettore Bloch, and Mana Cerace. He's a character rooted in the rich Copper/Modern Age tradition of Italian genre storytelling, and for dedicated Dylan Dog collectors, tracking down his handful of appearances is exactly the kind of rewarding hunt that makes this universe so endlessly fascinating.