| The Poe Clan | |
 Cover of the first Japanese paperback volume, featuring Edgar (left) and Marybelle (right) | |
| ポーの一族 (Pō no Ichizoku) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Moto Hagio |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Flower Comics |
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| Demographic | Shōjo, josei |
| Original run | Initial run March 1972 – June 1976 Continued run July 2016 – present |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Notable adaptations | |
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The Poe Clan (Japanese: ポーの一族, Hepburn: Pō no Ichizoku) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Moto Hagio. It was initially serialized in the manga magazines Bessatsu Shōjo Comic and Shūkan Shōjo Comic from 1972 to 1976, while a revival of the series has been serialized in Flowers since 2016. The Poe Clan is composed of a series of non-chronological stories set between the 18th and 21st centuries that follow the life of Edgar Portsnell, a teenage vampire.
The manga has been collected into seven tankōbon volumes by the publishing house Shogakukan, and was the first shōjo manga series to be published by the company in this format. The Poe Clan has been adapted multiple times, notably as a radio drama, a series of CD audio dramas, a live-action television drama, and a Takarazuka Revue stage play. Fantagraphics Books licensed the manga for an English-language release in North America to be published in two omnibus volumes, the first of which was released in 2019. The Poe Clan was a critical and commercial success upon its release, winning the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1975. The series significantly influenced shōjo manga, the shōnen-ai (male-male romance) genre, and vampire literature.
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