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Sin City

Sin City is a series of neo-noir comics by American comic book writer-artist Frank Miller. The first story originally appeared in Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special (April 1991), and continued in Dark Horse Presents 51–62 from May 1991 to June 1992, under the title of Sin City, serialized in thirteen parts. Several other stories of variable…

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Genre
Crime fiction, neo-noir, thriller
Publication date
April 1991 – 2000
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
A Dame to Kill For
ISBN 1-59307-294-5
Artist(s)
Frank Miller
Booze, Broads & Bullets
ISBN 1-59307-298-8

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related to Awards · 43
Sin City → Back, Best Continuing, Best Graphic Album, Best Graphic Album-Reprint, Best Graphic Novel Collection, Best Limited Series, Best Penciller/Inker, Best Short Story, Best Writer/Artist, Black, Buyer's Guide Fan AwardSin, City, Dame, Eagle Award, Eisner Award, Eisner Award1996, Eisner AwardFamily Values, Eisner AwardFrank Miller, Eisner AwardThe Big Fat, Favorite Limited Series Comics
related to Collected editions · 17
Sin City → Collection, Dark Horse Comics, Frank Miller’s Sin City, I'm, In, John Lind, Michael Dooley, Print Magazine, That, The, The Art, The Hard Goodbye Curator’s, There, This, When, When Frank, You
related to Organizations · 17
Sin City → Back, Basin City, Because, Bob, Bundy, Commissioner Liebowitz, Department, Detective John Hartigan, Few, Hell, Lieutenants Jack Rafferty, Listed, Mort, Notable, Officers Manson, So, The Basin City Police
related to history · 13
Sin City → American, Dark Horse Comics, Dark Horse Presents, DC Comics, In, Kubert School, Marvel Comics' Daredevil, Miller, Miller's, The, The Dark Knight Returns, The Hard Goodbye, Writer-artist Frank Miller
related to Setting · 11
Sin City → Basin City, Department, Desert, Only, Sacred Oaks, SWAT, The, The Basin City Police, Those, Usually, Western United States
related to Television · 7
Sin City → Dimension Films, Frank Miller, Legendary Pictures, On November, Stephen L’Heureux, The, TV
related to Films · 6
Sin City → April, August, Dame, Frank Miller, Kill For, Robert Rodriguez
related to Reception · 4
Sin City → It, Larry Snelly, March, White Wolf Inphobia
related to External links · 3
Sin City → Dark Horse ComicsSin City, Don Markstein's Toonopedia Archived, June
see also · 3
Sin City → Dame, Kill For, United States

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Sin CityA Dame to Kill ForISBN 1-59307-294-51.00infobox
Sin CityArtist(s)Frank Miller1.00infobox
Sin CityBooze, Broads & BulletsISBN 1-59307-298-81.00infobox
Sin CityCreated byFrank Miller1.00infobox
Sin CityFamily ValuesISBN 1-59307-297-X1.00infobox
Sin CityFirst appearanceDark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special (April 1991)1.00infobox
Sin CityFormatsOriginal material for the series has been published as a strip in the comics anthology(s) Dark Horse Presents and a set of limited series, graphic novels, and one-shot comics.1.00infobox
Sin CityGenreCrime fiction, neo-noir, thriller1.00infobox
Sin CityHell and BackISBN 1-59307-299-61.00infobox
Sin CityMain character(s)Marv John Hartigan Gail Dwight McCarthy Nancy Callahan The Roark Family Wallace Miho1.00infobox
Sin CityPublication dateApril 1991 – 20001.00infobox
Sin CityPublisherDark Horse Comics1.00infobox
Sin CityThat Yellow BastardISBN 1-59307-296-11.00infobox
Sin CityThe Big Fat KillISBN 1-59307-295-31.00infobox
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Sin CityTitle(s)Title(s)Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special Dark Horse Presents #51–62 The Big Fat Kill #1–5 A Dame to Kill For #1–6 Family Values Hell and Back (A Sin City Love Story…1.00infobox
Sin CityWriter(s)Frank Miller1.00infobox
Sin Cityis aseries of neo-noir comics by American comic book writer-artist Frank Miller0.90text

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