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The Crow: Dead Time #2, "Throw Wide the Gates of Hell"

Second issue of the three-issue limited comic book series The Crow: Dead Time, signed by James O'Barr, the creator of The Crow, who also handled cover art and is credited for the story for this series. The issue was published by Top Dollar Comics, an imprint of Kitchen Sink Comix, and was released in February 1996. The series tells the story of Joshua Zane, a 19th century Native American man who returns from the dead in the modern era as a new incarnation of the vengeance-seeking supernatural being, The Crow. In this issue, Joshua attracts the attention of the police as he continues to hunt down members of the motorcycle gang who parallel his 19th century murderers. This issue also includes an advertisements for an issue of the anthology comic Death Rattle featuring James O'Barr's work, as well as three pages of The Crow merchandise related both to O'Barr's original comic series, as well as the 1994 movie adapted from it.