A crossbow is a weapon consisting of a bow mounted on a stock that shoots projectiles, often called bolts or quarrels. The medieval crossbow was called by many names, most of which derived from the word ballista, a torsion engine resembling a crossbow in appearance. Crossbows have been known to be ideal weapons for fighting supernatural creatures, in particular vampires. The teenage vampire slayer Buffy Summers has been known to keep a crossbow as part of her arsenal and her comic book male counterpart, Blade, has also used on one occasion (though he typically prefers swords or wooden stakes). On the AMC television series The Walking Dead, the character of Daryl Dixon prefers the use of a crossbow for not only hunting, but also for killing zombies.
Appearances[]
Television[]
- Angel: Smile Time - Charles is armed with a crossbow in a battle against puppets.
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Prophecy Girl - Buffy uses a crossbow in her final battle against the Order of Aurelius.
- Charmed: Charmed and Dangerous - Darklighters use a special crossbow, which fires bolts dipped with a poison that is lethal to Whitelighters.
- Inhumans: Divide and Conquer - One of the Inhuman Royal Guard members uses a crossbow during their fight against Gorgon.
- Walking Dead: New Best Friends - Daryl gets his 3rd crossbow.
- Walking Dead: Something They Need - Daryl shoots numerous walkers at Oceanside.
- Walking Dead: Mercy - Dwight uses a crossbow to send messages to the Alexandrians.
- Walking Dead: The Damned - Daryl uses a crossbow against the Saviors.
Comics[]
- Archer & Armstrong 0 - Archer uses a crossbow.
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1 - Buffy Summers uses a crossbow to kill vampires.
- Flash Comics 1 - Hawkman uses a crossbow to fight Doctor Hastor.
- Tomb of Dracula 3 - Rachel van Helsing tries to kill Dracula.
- Tomb of Dracula 20 - Rachel van Helsing kills Clifton Graves while aiming for Dracula.
- Tomb of Dracula 40 - Rachel Van Helsing kills Juno with a crossbow.
- Tomb of Dracula 64 - Rachel Van Helsing patrols with her crossbow.
- Walking Dead 98 - Dwight shoots Abraham Ford through the eye.
- Walking Dead 150 - Dwight carries a crossbow on his trip from the Sanctuary to Alexandria.
Notes[]
- Crossbows redirects to this page.
- There is a movie production company called Crossbow Productions. They produced the 1974 horror/comedy film Young Frankenstein.