Characters
For a list of protagonists in spin-off comics, novels, film and television adaptations, see Crow (comics).- Sherri: A young street girl whom Eric meets while going after Funboy. Sherri is shown as upset, due to her mother not being there for her, and even goes so far as to tell Eric that she believes she's been bad and God sent her to Hell. She and Eric seem to bond closely, and feeling sorry for her, he gives her Shelly's engagement ring. She's overjoyed, because no one has ever given her a gift before, and she calls him a "clown", while he calls her a "princess". She is renamed Sarah in the film adaptation.
- T-Bird: The head of the gang that murders Shelly and Eric.
- Funboy: T-Bird's right-hand man, a morphine addict who is sleeping with Sherri's mother.
- Top Dollar: A low-level drug dealer.
- Tin-Tin: The first of T-Bird's gang to be eliminated by Eric.
- Tom-Tom: One of T-Bird's soldiers and one of Shelly's rapists. Tom-Tom is absent of the film adaptation, being replaced by Skank.
- Gideon: A pawnbroker who is used by T-Bird's lackeys to fence Shelly's engagement ring.
- Officer Albrecht: A beat cop who confronts Eric outside Gideon's pawnshop.
- Captain Hook: The detective who originally handled Eric and Shelly's case. Eric sends him his regards through Albrecht.
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