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Впервые на русском – легендарный графический роман Джеймса О’Барра, одно из ярчайших явлений готической субкультуры. Основанная на личной трагедии художника история Эрика, который встал из могилы, чтобы отомстить уличной банде за собственную смерть и гибель своей невесты, семь лет пролежала у О’Барра в столе, пока наконец не нашла издателя. А затем – немедленный культовый статус, верная любовь уже нескольких поколений фанатов («Ворон» стал крупнейшим бестселлером за всю историю независимых комиксов, разойдясь тиражом свыше одного миллиона экземпляров.) и не менее культовая экранизация. Главную роль в одноименном дебютном фильме Алекса Пройаса исполнил сын Брюса Ли Брэндон Ли, для которого она стала последней – актер погиб на съемочной площадке в результате несчастного случая... В основу данной книги, выходящей по свежим следам тридцатилетнего юбилея прославленного комикса и двадцатипятилетнего юбилея фильма, легло «специальное издание», которое включает новое предисловие Джеймса О’Барра, дополнительные материалы и восстановленные сцены.

When James O'Barr poured the pain and anguish of a personal tragedy into the drawings that comprise "The Crow", his intensely cathartic story of Eric - who returns from the dead to avenge his and his fiancee's murder at the hands of a street gang - resonated with readers around the world. Now, the illustrated tale that became the "thrilling" (Los Angeles Daily News) and "spectacular" (Chicago Tribune) screen triumph is re-released in an expanded version the author originally intended, complete at last with:
- Thirty pages of never-before-seen artwork, including a new closing segment, "Sparklehorse," and the touching new scene, "An August Noel" - A new Introduction by James O'Barr - Lost sequences restored using the artist's original technique

This is The Crow like you've never seen it before - the powerful journey of an avenging angel and a celebration of true love... as fierce, intelligent, and unforgettable as when it was first conceived.
Suggested for mature readers.

The Crow: Dead Time is the new crow story by James O’Barr in over a decade. This is the follow up to the original graphic novel that was the based for the internationally successful film The Crow starring the late Brandon Lee. Dead Time was written as O’Barr’s treatment for a new crow film, and has been brought to stunning life in graphic novel form with a script by John Wagner and the award winning artist Alexander Maleev.

Joshua, the hero of Dead Time, is a Native American, a member of the crow nation who has the adopted the white man’s way and become a farmer. In the 1860′s, he and his family was killed by a marauding band of Confererate renegades. Flash to the present, over a century later, where the murderers have been recincarnated as a motorcycle gang, and the crow brings back Joshua to carry out his mission of vengeance.

In the midst of a rural land-rights struggle, federal conservation officer Iris Shaw is murdered in a bombing by a rag-tag band of right-wing activists. Little do her killers know that Iris wasn't their only victim and now, with the help of the Crow, Iris must exact vengeance not only for her own death but also that of her unborn baby. Raised from her grave and armed with cold-blooded hatred and a few deadly weapons, Iris hunts down her killers one by one. But if exacting ultimate pain is the goal, when does vengeance cross the line to brutality? And what is the price to the soul?

The cult creation that spawned two hit movies and a bestselling soundtrack now takes flight again in a haunting anthology of original short stories and poems by noted horror and science fiction authors.