The Crow

James O'Barr's hauntingly beautiful gothic revenge saga, The Crow, began as a single self-published issue from Graphitti Designs in 1993. Driven by O'Barr's stark, expressionistic art and a deeply personal story of love and loss, the series follows a resurrected musician seeking vengeance against the gang that murdered him and his fiancée. Though it launched as a one-shot, its raw emotional power and iconic visual style quickly established it as a cornerstone of 1990s alternative comics, inspiring a multimedia franchise that would define the era's dark romanticism.