The Crow’s First Female-Led Series Returns in 32 Years After Brandon Lee’s Epic

Iris takes center stage

Iris Shaw works as a federal conservation officer in the western mountains. Right-wing extremists destroy her office in an explosion, killing her while she is pregnant; the attack also ends the future she was preparing with her unborn child.

A crow brings Iris back to life, as it did Eric Draven. Rather than seek a conventional legal resolution, she hunts down her killers one by one in a supernatural revenge campaign.

A miniseries returns

Dark Horse collected the story in a 96-page trade paperback in 2004. Massive Publishing’s 2026 edition restores it to single-issue format, with the first issue released October 7 for $4.99. Suspiria Vilchez created the main cover; Ingrid Gala, Damian Connelly, Brao Var, and Christian Rosado contributed variant artwork.

More chapters planned

The second issue is scheduled for November 11 and continues Iris’s revenge campaign. The FBI is pursuing her, complicating her mission and forcing her to consider what she is becoming and whether vengeance is all she has left.

A third issue is scheduled for December 9. The release plan brings the story back in installments rather than as a one-off reprint or anniversary collectible.

A wider Crow legacy

For many audiences, The Crow remains closely tied to Eric Draven, the musician resurrected after he and his fiancée Shelly are murdered. Brandon Lee’s performance anchors Alex Proyas’ 1994 film, and Mark Dacascos later played the role in the 1998 television series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven.

Later stories introduced other people who inherited the Crow’s supernatural power, including Elorah in The French Crow, Carrie in The Crow: Curare, and Angeles Cero in the 2019 The Crow / Hack/Slash crossover. Iris came first among the female Crows, expanding the franchise without displacing Eric as its best-known figure.