13 May 1994 is the release date of The Crow, the film based on the 1988-89 comic book series of the same name by James O’Barr. This author had been inspired by the true story of a Detroit couple barbarously killed by a gang of criminals for a ring worth 20 dollars, and his black-and-white graphic novel had sold over a quarter-million copies worldwide and had been translated into almost a dozen languages.