Sin City
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Cover of The Hard Goodbye showing Marv walking through the rain
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| First appearance | Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special (1991) | ||
| Created by | Frank Miller | ||
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| Publisher | Dark Horse Comics | ||
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| Formats | Original 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. | ||
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| Publication date | April 1991 – 2000 | ||
| Main character(s) |
Marv John Hartigan Gail Dwight McCarthy Nancy Callahan The Roark Family Wallace Miho |
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| Creative team | |||
| Writer(s) | Frank Miller | ||
| Artist(s) | Frank Miller | ||
| Creator(s) | Frank Miller | ||
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| Collected editions | |||
| The Hard Goodbye | |||
| A Dame to Kill For | |||
| The Big Fat Kill | |||
| That Yellow Bastard | |||
| Family Values | |||
| Booze, Broads & Bullets | |||
| Hell and Back | |||
Sin City is a series of neo-noir comics by American comic book writer 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 lengths have followed. The intertwining stories, with frequently recurring characters, take place in Basin City.
A movie adaptation of Sin City, co-directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, was released on April 1, 2005. A sequel, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, was released on August 22, 2014.
Basin City, almost universally referred to by the nickname Sin City, is a fictional town in the American west. The climate is hot and arid, although Sacred Oaks is characterized as being heavily wooded. A major river runs through the city, which has an extensive waterfront. Usually twice a year, a major downpour comes, and the city is prone to heavy snowfall in the winter. In the comics, Basin City has a surreal, Pan-American feel. Desert lizards and palm trees are common, while tar pits, desert areas, mountain ranges and flat farmland make up the landscape around the city.
The Basin City Police Department are more or less along the lines of paramilitary or SWAT, as they have to deal with incredibly high crime rates among criminals and civilians alike, which is why they have access to what most would consider "heavy weaponry" and full body armor. Those who make up the force have been described as commonly being lazy, cowardly and/or corrupt. Only a handful of the cops are honest, though frequently the wealthy of the city bribe the corrupt members of the police into performing their duty (usually as a result of some crime being committed or threatened against a member of their family).
During the California Gold Rush, the Roark family "imported" a large number of attractive women to keep the miners happy, making a fortune and turning a struggling mining camp into a thriving, bustling city. Over the years, as the Roark family migrated into other areas of business and power, these women ended up forming the district of Old Town, the prostitute quarter of the city where they rule with absolute authority. In addition, the people charged with governing the city, most of them from the Roark line, remained in power for generations, running it as they saw fit.
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