Sin City

This article is about the series of comics by Frank Miller. For the film, see Sin City (film). For other uses, see Sin City (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with SimCity.
Sin City
Cover of The Hard Goodbye showing Marv walking through the rain
First appearanceDark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special (April 1991)
Created byFrank Miller
Publication information
PublisherDark Horse Comics
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) #1–9
That Yellow Bastard #1–6
FormatsOriginal 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.
GenreCrime fiction, neo-noir, thriller
Publication dateApril 1991 – 2000
Main character(s)Marv
John Hartigan
Gail
Dwight McCarthy
Nancy Callahan
The Roark Family
Wallace
Miho
Creative team
Writer(s)Frank Miller
Artist(s)Frank Miller
Reprints
Collected editions
The Hard GoodbyeISBN 1-59307-293-7
A Dame to Kill ForISBN 1-59307-294-5
The Big Fat KillISBN 1-59307-295-3
That Yellow BastardISBN 1-59307-296-1
Family ValuesISBN 1-59307-297-X
Booze, Broads & BulletsISBN 1-59307-298-8
Hell and BackISBN 1-59307-299-6

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 lengths have followed. The intertwining stories, with frequently recurring characters, take place in Basin City.

A film 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.