Eric Draven

==Summary==
Eric Draven is the fictional protagonist in James O'Barr's The Crow, who was conceived as a vent for O'Barr to channel all his anger and pain after the tragic loss of his fiancée to a drunk driver.
In the graphic novel, Eric loses his life to a gang of thugs and is forced to watch as his girlfriend Shelly is raped and beaten to death. Eric is then resurrected from the dead and begins to methodically stalk and kill the thugs one by one, aided by the crow which acts as both a guide and a goad.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least | At least 
Key: Original | Image Comics
Name: Eric Draven, The Crow, A Boy and His Bird, Ghost, Killer of Killers, The Avenger
Origin: The Crow
Gender: Male
Age: Approximately mid to late '20s
Classification: Supernatural Vigilante 
Powers and Abilities: 
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|-|Powers and Abilities=Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Telepathy (Can read minds and other Crows can communicate via dreams), Acrobatics, Stealth, Empathy (Turned a drug-addicted mother's life around), Memory Manipulation (erased Razor's memory), Pain Manipulation (Crows can force others to feel their victim's pain), Immortality (Types 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8: reliant on The Crow), Psychometry, Clairvoyance (Demonstrated here), Regeneration (Mid, scales to Vincent, who regenerated from a skeleton), Self-Sustenance (Types 2 and 3), Nigh-Invulnerability, Weapon Mastery, Martial Arts, Marksmanship, Summoning (Can summon crows), Transformation (turns into a murder of crows)
|-|Resistances=Resistance to Pain and all Diseases and Toxins
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Attack Potency: At least Wall level (Broke through the steel enforced door of a pawn shop with a punch, requiring this much strength; crushed a man's skull against a wall which would require this much force) | At least Wall level (Should be comparable to his durability)
Speed: At least Subsonic reactions and combat speed (Cut a head off at FTE speeds and vanished from in front of a gang and appeared behind them) | At least Subsonic reactions and combat speed (Sliced a thug without getting shot, which should both be at these speeds; blocked a thrown knife with his hand and intercepted throwing knives with apples, making him this fast)
Lifting Strength: At least Class 25 (Can casually rip arms off, which would require this much force)
Striking Strength: At least Wall level | At least Wall level
Durability: At least Wall level (Shrugged off being hit by a truck; survives gunshots to both the head and the chest) | At least Wall level (Leapt off a building to save a cat and appeared unharmed from the fall; surviving heights would require him to be this durable)
Stamina: Peak Human
Range: Standard Melee Range, far higher via The Crow (his powers stem from its magic and shares his vision with it)
Standard Equipment: None notable
* Optional Equipment: Guns, swords
* Can Create/Summon: The Crow
Intelligence: Gifted. Eric was once a talented musician in his past life. He's extremely proficient with handguns and swords and is also an adept martial artist, demonstrating unique strikes with his limbs and other weapons.
Standard Tactics: Eric is bloodlusted towards his targets.
Weaknesses:
* Emotional instability: Eric is emotionally unstable, showing fits of tears, rage and bloodlust, resulting in self-mutilation and drug abuse.
* Insanity: He's also insane, which can distort some of his choices and fracture his emotional state rendering him incapacitated
* Regeneration: Even with his healing factor, Eric cannot recover from wounds he inflicts upon himself
* The Crow: If the Crow is wounded, Eric or any other Crow Avatar will also be wounded. Like all The Crow Avatars, Eric will lose his powers and abilities once he finishes his goal for vengeance or if he abandons the mission of vengeance, though returning to the mission regains it.
Notes: This profile covers only one of The Crow Avatars. There are several other Avatars that share the same powers and abilities as Eric.
==Explanations==
* Immortality: Eric cannot die a natural death, due to already being dead and being resurrected by the Crow.
* Invulnerability: Although Eric can feel pain, he is invulnerable, nothing can stop him.
* Physical prowess: Whether or not Eric was at peak of human fitness before the events of The Crow is unknown, although other Crows were more clearly physically enhanced.
* Animal telepathy: Eric can communicate with the crow inside of his head, it is implied he can also do the same with cats.
* Sheer brilliance: Both before and after resurrection, Eric displays strong levels of intellect.
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
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