First Sin City Graphic Novel
Sin City
Publication: Milwaikie (sic, Milwaukie), OR: Dark Horse Comics, 1992. First edition, wrappers issue.
Notes: The original graphic novel introducing the Sin City, now commonly called The Hard Goodbye to distinguish it from the seven-book Sin City series as a whole.
When Miller began writing and drawing the comics collected here, he had already re-invented the Daredevil and Bat-man superhero series. In this book, his drawing mostly depends upon negative space. "The high contrast combined with a more abstract, geometric, and less realistic style to create a pure noir world... with a kind of inverted morality. The villains are often the moral arbiters of society... while the heroes operate at the fringes."—Cambridge History of the Graphic Novel.
This book was issued simultaneously in a signed and numbered hardcover and this trade paperback graphic novel format.
Collects stories from Dark Horse Presents (1986) #51-62 and Dark Horse Presents Special (1991). Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller co-directed a live-action film based on this and several other books in the Sin City series.
Edition + Condition: First edition (stated). A fine or very nearly fine copy in wrappers.
Item No: #365028
Price: $100