Sin City: The Hard Goodbye

    (Dark Horse, 2005)
™ and © Dark Horse Comics, Inc.

Originally serialized in the pages of Dark Horse Presents, this is the story that started the Sin City phenomenon, which includes five more miniseries, several one-shots, and a movie adaptation by Robert Rodriguez. Already a legend in the field for his work on Daredevil and Batman, writer and artist Frank Miller tried out a stark new art style for this book. Coupled with a hard-boiled script that echoes Mickey Spillane, the result is a raw, stylish, violent, and uncompromising tale about an unlucky lug named Marv who embarks on a bloody quest for vengeance. Though Miller’s Sin City books would continue to evolve creatively, this first tale remains arguably the best of the bunch, as evidenced by its prominence in the big screen version. But as good as the movie is, nothing can quite match the intensity of the original.

— Colin Chan
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  • 1-5
    #1 - 5th printing
    Included in the Recut and Extended DVD Movie Edition
    Dec 2004
    This volume collects stories originally published in issues 51 through 62 of the Dark Horse Comic Book Series Dark Horse Presents and in the Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special; Digest size; B&W
    1 copy for $5.00
  • 1/A
    #1 Variation A
    Sep 2010
    Cover: $19.00
    W: Frank Miller  ·  A: Frank Miller
    Collects from Dark Horse Presents #51-62 and Dark Horse Present Fifth Anniversary Special #1; B&W
    1 copy for $15.00
  • 1/LE
    #1 Limited Edition
    Nov 1995
    W: Frank Miller  ·  A: Frank Miller
    Collects from Dark Horse Presents #51-62 and Dark Horse Present Fifth Anniversary Special #1; Digest size; Includes signed note from Mike Richardson; B&W
    1 copy for $106.00