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Who Is Edgar Allan Poe? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Edgar Allan Poe (Non-Fictional): An American poet (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) author, editor, and literary critic first known for such poetry as "The Raven". He later was kno

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Edgar Allan Poe is a Non-Fictional comic book character, with over 156 comic issue appearances. An American poet (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) author, editor, and literary critic first known for such poetry as "The Raven". He later was known for creating the first detective story, and especially for his horror, mystery, and suspense tales.

Who is Edgar Allan Poe?

See Edgar Allan Poe's Page for the creator's full history. More than one and a half centuries after his death, Edgar Allan Poe's poems, novels, and short stories remain an inspiration today, many having been adapted into movies, comics and TV shorts. Edgar himself has appeared as a character in DC Comic's Death: At Death's Door , a manga re-telling of events in The Sandman: Season of Mists , as well as the Vertigo one-shot In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe . MAX Comics produced a three issue series of Poe's stories called Haunt Of Horror , with a dark feel brought to the art by horror comics legend Richard Corben . Poe also appeared in four issue series by both Image ( Alter Nation ) and Boom! Studios ( POE ), but most notably in the five issue series Batman Nevermore .

Key facts

Edgar Allan Poe is of human origin. The character is published by Non-Fictional. With 156 recorded issue appearances, Edgar Allan Poe ranks among the most featured characters in comics.

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Who is Edgar Allan Poe?

An American poet (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) author, editor, and literary critic first known for such poetry as "The Raven". He later was known for creating the first detective story, and especially for his horror, mystery, and suspense tales.

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