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Sin City (Sin City #1)

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Sin CIty is the place - tough as leather and dry as tinder. Love is the fuel and "violent" Marv has the match. Watch it burn!

Frank Miller - creator of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Give Me Liberty, Hard Boiled and Elektra Lives Again -produces a modern noir masterpiece in Sin City. Awarded the prestigious National Cartoonists' Award for Best Comic Book of 1992, Sin City...more

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Published January 1993 by Titan Books Limited (first published April 1991)

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Feb 06, 2012 Stephen rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: comics-graphic-novels, 2000-2005

RESOLVED: The Sin City movie was superior to the graphic novel*.

*Note: This debate covers only the first 45 Minutes of the Sin City movie which encompassed the adaptation of this graphic novel.

BASIC ASSUMPTIONS NOT IN DISPUTE:

Assumption 1: Sin City: the Hard Goodbye was a ground-breaking graphic novel and worthy of its critical and commercial success.

Assumption 2: Sin City: the Hard Goodbye should be read by fans of the graphic novel format and those interested in a grittier, edgier read.

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May 17, 2008 Hannah Messler rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

If only boobs really looked like Frank Miller thinks they do . . . I would love boobs SO MUCH.

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Apr 12, 2008 Trebro rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: tradepaperbacks

About ten pages into this, I commented to Erica that "I forgot Frank Miller used to know how to draw." That's my first and most lasting impression of this trade, the fact that before he lost his anatomy books and gave way to caricatures-as-commentary, Miller was a damned good writer and artist of comic books that were dark without being oppressive.

Sin City is a really bad place, filled with really bad characters that do really bad things. And yet, none of it--save perhaps the jarring disfigureme...more About ten pages into this, I commented to Erica that "I forgot Frank Miller used to know how to draw." That's my first and most lasting impression of this trade, the fact that before he lost his anatomy books and gave way to caricatures-as-commentary, Miller was a damned good writer and artist of comic books that were dark without being oppressive.

Sin City is a really bad place, filled with really bad characters that do really bad things. And yet, none of it--save perhaps the jarring disfigurement that occurs here and there--feels like it doesn't belong. These are people living in a hell hole and they act accordingly to survive, doing what they must to get through the day. Savage beatings, corrupt cops, and prostitution are just part of the daily grind in this town, and anyone who acted differently would be completely out of place.

A collection of short pieces that form a whole from Dark Horse Presents, this story was supposed to be 48 pages, according to Miller but went much longer as Marv and what he was doing took off from the pages. He has one brief night of happiness, that leads to an unending string of murder, beatings, and mystery, rolled into a black and white world where everything and nothing lies in the shadows.

And before I say anything else, those shadows are #$%^$# gorgeous. This may be the best use of black and while I've ever seen in a comic. There's no hint of gray anywhere here--it's either black, white, or non-existent. I had to stop and just stare at the amazing drawings Miller did at times, and that's rare for me in a comic book--I tend to go "nice art" but rarely if ever do I linger at the drawing style the way I did frequently in this book.

Marv, the main character, looks a bit like Miller's Batman in places but I can forgive it. This does, however make me wish that Miller would do a serious Batman story in this style. I think it would work amazingly well.

The writing of the story fits the tone, though I do need to give it my patently "gratuitous harm to women" speech for the fact that the females in the story tend to just be body parts, often nude body parts. In the context of the story, however, I can understand some of it, though I still wish comic writers would stop the annoying (lack of proper) use of women. However, that's probably a false hope. There are some particularly good scenes in here, such as when an S&M practitioner is saddened by Marv's ability to get free of her ropes. Miller gives a few nice humour touches to keep the story from going so dark as to be unbearable.

Assuming you don't have a problem with extreme violence in your panels, I can recommend this without a single hesitation. It's great stuff, I hope the rest is even close to being this good.

Trebby's Take: Much better than I'd hoped for. (less)

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Jul 11, 2010 Lindsay rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Frank Miller fans, film noir fans, graphic novel fans

Shelves: graphic-novels

"Sin City" is over-the-top, but not in a good way. I like the art style, but that was about it.
Now, I know that the town is called "Sin City" for a reason, but come on, no place is that crummy. The villain is a pedophile whose father is a public official, which makes him automatically immune to any sort of law enforcement or punishment. Look, if it's one thing the world unanimously hates, it's pedophiles. It doesn't matter whose son you are, if you molest a little kid - and then brutally kill t...more

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Jun 10, 2013 Serial Saudi_00 rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I vary Severely try to avoid books as these from time to time , especially when the title name is sin city ( at first sight i thought it to be some sort of pornography ?) but I couldn't help seeing frank millar name as the author . Being a big fan of his daredevil and batman stuff , I thought it was unavoidable to check this book out .

And it pretty much reminded me of what i like about frank millar in the first place . I dont know what to say , but finishing the first chapter alone , I couldn't...more

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Oct 01, 2012 Andrea rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Miller mette in scena Davide contro Golia ma fa vincere Golia.

C'è una cosa che odio nei fumetti di Miller, ed è questo mettere in scena il Forte contro l'Astuto e far vincere il Forte.

Purtroppo il mio mito è sempre stato Ulisse, mentre Ercole e Achille li ho sempre trovati goffi, ottusi e brutali. Che è esattamente quello che sono gli eroi di Miller: goffi, ottusi e brutali.

Ora, visto che non puoi mettere in scena Ulisse così com'è e farlo uccidere da un bruto senza che il lettore non si ribelli...more

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Jun 10, 2010 Max Moritz rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Oct 15, 2009 Jennifer rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: comics-manga-graphic-novels

Eh. I really wanted to like this one, since it's Frank Miller and Sin City and all, but I didn't, really. I will admit that I found the art stunning. The black and white was gorgeous, and the fact that the movie version followed the visuals of the graphic novel so closely is probably why I found the movie intriguing. I do also like the idea Sin City, of a place that merely exists and prospers due to it's prostitution trade, which has interesting effects, such as the paradox of a town with a thri...more

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Apr 17, 2009 Gaelan D'costa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I'm coming at this as an avid fan of the movie. As the movie apperas hyper-faithful, I have no complaints and feel justified in my appreciation for the series in two mediums. If you like/hate one, you'll like/hate the other.

As to my interest in Feminist criticisms of Frank Miller ... yeah, it's pretty machismo. It's no more offensive thus far than most film noirs, barring one rape/violent-sex metaphor which was uncomfortable. Even then, this is an ugly city with Marv being the good guy by virtue...more

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Nov 30, 2012 Gene rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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What could I say? It's the first episode of this series, and doubtlessly the one that I've enjoyed the most. Don't know whether for the fact that it was the first I got to read, or its lack of corniness found in later episodes, but I am 100% certainly that Marv's character weighed a lot. He is just perfect in the role of the villain with a heart of gold... considering that he is 100% villain with bad guys and 100% heart of gold with helpless chicks. The narration is that type of big-nutted, clum...more

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Nov 01, 2012 Christopher F. rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This kind of comic is not my cup of tea, usually, and it's not from the era when I read many comics, but I picked this up to see what the fuss was all about. It took me a bit to get past the cover image, which has a typical steroid-pumped, crewcutted muscle-ripped dude of the type that all of Image and Malibu and Valiant's identical-looking heroes all looked like in the '90s, always gritting their teeth like Charlton Heston and carrying bazookas as big as tank cannons. I never respected that; it...more

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Oct 26, 2009 Abraham rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: graphic-novels

I thought the Sin City movie was great, when I watched it on DVD in 2007... Since then, the wait for Sin City 2 has been a bit of a pain. (OK, I don't agonise about it every second, but it would be nice to see.) I've flirted with reading the graphic novels on several occasions, until I finally got a hold of the first in the series. I'm going to take a leap here and call it the best.

As has been said, the story in this graphic novel was one of three plotlines in the movie. As has not been said, i...more I thought the Sin City movie was great, when I watched it on DVD in 2007... Since then, the wait for Sin City 2 has been a bit of a pain. (OK, I don't agonise about it every second, but it would be nice to see.) I've flirted with reading the graphic novels on several occasions, until I finally got a hold of the first in the series. I'm going to take a leap here and call it the best.

As has been said, the story in this graphic novel was one of three plotlines in the movie. As has not been said, it was by far the best -- in my eyes, it bumped the movie from a C+/B- to a solid A. In a world full of hokey monologues and manly bad-assery, Marv outshines them all -- both in the movie, with Micky Rourke's stand-out performance, and as it turns out, in the graphic novel.

I am a big fan of highly-quotable, "B" movies. Some are so "bad" unintentionally, like Mommie Dearest, while productions like Sin City obviously took a lot of effort to be so hokey. Some people are turned off by the supposed testosterone-fuelled orgy -- I see it all as one big joke. I, and my kinsfolk, were laughing throughout the movie, in a good way.

As for specific scenes, who could forget the opening? (Apparently "She smells how angels oughta smell.") And how about the ending? ("Can we get a move on? I haven't got all night," says Marv in the electric chair.) Two classic moments that serve as the bread to an absolutely delicious sandwich.

Well, I've gone and made this review mostly about the movie, but that isn't completely inappropriate -- the two are remarkably similar. Must be Miller's famed cinematic style, and it couldn't hurt that he had a major role in the production of the movie.

The book has only a few minor differences. Marv never visits his mother in the movie, for example, and of course this GN only includes the one plotline. I prefer it that way -- every time I see Nancy in the book I think of Jessica Alba's horrific performance. I still cringed a little at "Sure, Marv. Who's the babe?"

But, overall, the book is shorter, and sweeter for it.

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Apr 03, 2013 Joyce rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 50-books-challenge-2013, favorites

I couldn't have started this month better. My brother lend this book to me and when I started reading, I had to continue. Off course I saw the movie and this first story is featured in it. "The Hard Goodbye" is sort of a noir detective story, but with Marv as the 'detective'. He's the protagonist of the story. He's not superpowered, but takes an unrealistic amount of injury without dying, and does a few impossible things through sheer brute force and blind determination. And all for one reason:...more

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Jun 07, 2013 William Redd rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Frank Miller writes the darkness that weighs on men's souls. He takes hard-boiled to another dimension, really. There is no hope in this world. Sin City is just a jungle where everyone is fighting to survive as long as possible.

Here we have the first Sin City tale, The Hard Goodbye. Marv, a monster of a man that would make Frankenstein proud, spends a night with a beautiful woman named Goldie only to wake up and find her dead, with the cops practically at the door ready to charge him with her de...more

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Feb 16, 2012 Anna (Pocketful of Books) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: graphic-novels

It is not very often that I say this but, in the case of Sin City, I am glad I saw the film first. I think the film gave a depth and a soul to this graphic novel that it struggles with on its own. Saying that, it is a fantastic comic and took an imagination of the highest, and rather demented, calibre to realise the murky underworld of Sin City.

Marv is an awesome character in every sense of the word; memorable, unapologetically and ecstatically violent, and huge in stature and presence. A tank o...more It is not very often that I say this but, in the case of Sin City, I am glad I saw the film first. I think the film gave a depth and a soul to this graphic novel that it struggles with on its own. Saying that, it is a fantastic comic and took an imagination of the highest, and rather demented, calibre to realise the murky underworld of Sin City.

Marv is an awesome character in every sense of the word; memorable, unapologetically and ecstatically violent, and huge in stature and presence. A tank of a man; almost impervious to pain and bullets, inhuman and with only one thought on his mind: Goldie the whore who gave him the only night of love in his lonely murderous life. I love him.

The dialogue is typically comic book; Marv sounds like a rougher and dumber Rorschach; economical with language but what he does say is meaningful and necessary. It sounds like the 40's and makes you picture smoky bars and flapper girls. Except much, much filthier.

I love the character if Kevin but I think I do more because of the film than his depiction in the comic. I love the way that in the film his glasses never really showed his eyes and how his silence was really unnerving. It is hard to portray sinister silence in a comic or a novel but a film manages it perfectly. I like the idea that he eats people's souls and it brings him closer to God. There's a message there somewhere.

The one silly reason why I knocked a star off the rating was because, for me, the art was a little disappointing. I know it fits really well with the dark and brooding characters and the sinister, grubby underbelly of Sin City as it is all dark and disjointed but, at times, it is really hard to make out what it being depicted. I felt that because of that the flow was interrupted and I had to look hard. Also the noises that are portrayed get kind of annoying and don't really add anything and are used too often.

This is such an amazing comic. If you like your comics and graphic novels violent and dark then why wouldn't you read it!?

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May 01, 2013 Matt rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Sin City was the next Graphic Novel that seemed to make sense for me to experience. I’ve seen the movie and was utterly confused and entertained (by the movie that is). I figured I should see what the movie is based on.

Let’s get this out of the way first. Sin City has 7 volumes to it, so don’t watch the movie until you’ve read all of them. At least, that is my assumption. When I finished this first book and started to watch the movie again, the first scene in the movie is not in Volume 1. So get...more Sin City was the next Graphic Novel that seemed to make sense for me to experience. I’ve seen the movie and was utterly confused and entertained (by the movie that is). I figured I should see what the movie is based on.

Let’s get this out of the way first. Sin City has 7 volumes to it, so don’t watch the movie until you’ve read all of them. At least, that is my assumption. When I finished this first book and started to watch the movie again, the first scene in the movie is not in Volume 1. So get through all of them first, then watch the movie.

I was super excited to get started reading Sin City and the story Miller gave us does not disappoint. It’s gritty and dark and full of malice. Marv is the hero you are disgusted by but you root for him anyway.

Marv is scum in a city made for scum. He spends the night with Goldie, a bombshell of a woman he knows he could never have and she winds up dead in his bed. This sends Marv on a rampage to find and kill the guy who killed Goldie. The problem is that Goldie was ordered dead by the most powerful man in Sin City.

Again, the story was awesome. I managed to read the entire book in about two days. The problem for me was the artwork. It’s not that everything was in black and white as that I feel gives the story its darkness, it’s just there were lots of frames that were nearly impossible to see what was happening. Many of the fights were hard to determine who was who or if they even were people. Considering the majority of a Graphic Novel is pictures, I felt the story lacked in artwork, which is why I’d give this book 3 out of 5 stars. The strange part, was that Miller seemed to be intent on getting every detail right when he drew the female characters nude. Perhaps I just don’t get the style, but some of the frames appeared, dare I say, sloppy. I am very excited to start Volume 2 though (Sin City, Vol. 2: A Dame to Kill For). I hope to read all seven volumes and then watch the movie to see how they compare.(less)

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Apr 13, 2012 Peter William Warn rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Summary: Frank Miller tells a riveting story through hard-boiled dialogue and hard-hitting illustrations in glorious black & white. It is not bloody but too implicitly violent for some readers. The Hard Goodbye tells one of three stories in the movie Sin City (2005). The book was published originally as just Sin City.

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Marv is a tough guy. He's a good one too, or at least about as good as people get to be in Basin City, Frank Miller's dark metropolis that is the setting for his acclaimed...more

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Jan 01, 2012 Alicia Scully rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adult-lit, fiction, graphic-novel-manga

I have finally taken the time to start reading _Sin City_! This volume follows Marv as he struggles to uncover the mystery of his lover Goldie's death, a murder that he is framed for. Though Goldie had not met Marv until the night of her murder, Marv still takes it upon himself to find her killer. He sees it as finally finding his own purpose in life and he doesn't care about the consequences. By searching for the people who set him up, Marv gets dragged further into the secrets of Sin City and...more

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Jun 07, 2011 Benjamin rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Anyone who likes noir or graphic novels

Recommended to Benjamin by: Martin Brown

Quickest reading I think I've ever done of a book. Less than 2 days. I feel bad for having seen the film first, which is pretty much exactly the same as this graphic novel but with less nudity. The Hard Goodbye is as pulpy as it gets, at some points a little melodramatic. Frank Miller's drawing is amazing, each frame feels like it could be one of those cool little lino cut they use for printing presses. I especially loved the sections set in the rain...those illustrations were breathtaking.

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Dec 04, 2011 Amber Ditullio rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Dark, stark graphic novels

Shelves: graphic-novel, high-recommendations

I've heard a lot of things about Frank Miller's Sin City. It's a dark, gritty graphic novel that doesn't pull any punches. It had been on me To Read list for awhile, but passively rather than aggressively. So when I saw the first volume in the library, I knew the time was right for me to read it. I wasn't 100% sure what to expect, but it wasn't what I got.

What I got blew me away. The artwork is purely black and white, but very intricately drawn. The contrasts that Miller shows between light and...more

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Sep 02, 2012 Michael (Tattoogirl Reads) rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: series-finished

While I liked “A Dame To Kil For” by Frank Miller, it does not compare to The Hard Goodbye. This installment is where most of the Sin City movie comes from. It’s the story of Marv chasing down Goldie’s killer.

Marv is such a sympathetic character. Yeah, he’s a violent bruiser but it’s like he doesn’t know how to be anything else. He’s slow and “get’s confused” but that makes him all the more likable. In “A Dame To Kill For,” Dwight describes him as being born in the wrong time, he’d of had girls...more

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Jan 19, 2011 Peter rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: comics

Troubling, brilliant. Very vindictive, brutally harsh. I agree with others that Miller may be a closet (an open?) fascist. His view of violence as a means to redemption, as the only adequate language of human experience is both engrossing and disturbing at the same time. Primal.

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Mar 21, 2009 Teresa rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: graphic-novels, to-buy

I don't know what it is about this story, but it's my favorite so far. The author managed to make me feel so bad for Marv, it might be because of the simplistic way he refers to his mental disorder ex. "i get confused" or the fact that he really isn't a bad guy just a little off. Who knows, maybe it's because i'm a romantic and the idea of a guy tracking down his girls murderer and killing anyone involved is...kinda romantic to me. Don't let that scare you away though, the book is a bunch of vio...more

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Feb 14, 2013 Steve rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: american, 20th-century, graphic-novels

I remember seeing the "Sin City" movie back when it came out a few years back, and although I enjoyed it, I never really got around to reading the source material. I'm glad I finally changed that.

This is the first little collection of "yarns." The artwork is iconic and incredible. The storyline is darker than a city alleyway, just as a good noir should be. The only weakness is the writing, which seems like an afterthought. It's not that its overly pulpy--it's supposed to be, so I don't fault it...more

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Feb 29, 2012 Lyle rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: graphic-novels, depressing

Interesting take on the noir (neo-noir) genre... really enjoyed the class discussion on this text in Graphic Novel studies. I am troubled by the misogynistic and over-the-top nature of the work, and I sometimes fear Miller is hiding behind his use of genre to make his nasty and anti-heroic characters in some way okay. But, at the same time, the black and white artwork is at times brilliant and there are certainly some unique elements here. Corruption is the key idea with Miller, I think (like in...more

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Mar 29, 2010 Kate rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Sep 13, 2010 abatage rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Sin City is awesome - there's not much else to it. I really dig the over-the-top/gratuitous nature of the thick trench-coat-noir style, campy dialogue and all. The artwork makes it and there are some panels that I'd put on my wall. Often I caught myself gazing at a panel, just to find the intricate details that aren't always there at a first glance. It's a thrill to see someone do so much with the simple standard of black and white (no grey) juxtaposition of space. It's the twist and turn of how...more

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Jun 09, 2013 Jack Bravo rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Everyone

Shelves: crime, disturbing, graphic-novel, noir, comic, serial-killer, sexual, sin-city, frank-miller, favorites

“Sin City: The Hard Goodbye” really is that good! It deserves every bit of hype and fame it gets. Its a freaking work of art! Its that good. The black and white drawings seem to come alive, almost jumping out of the page at you. There is almost a sort of electricity in every page, almost burning my fingers with so much energy bursting out of Frank Miller´s work. Every drawing is fascinating and amazingly stylish. There isn't a bad page in the whole graphic novel, not one detail missing, everythi...more “Sin City: The Hard Goodbye” really is that good! It deserves every bit of hype and fame it gets. Its a freaking work of art! Its that good. The black and white drawings seem to come alive, almost jumping out of the page at you. There is almost a sort of electricity in every page, almost burning my fingers with so much energy bursting out of Frank Miller´s work. Every drawing is fascinating and amazingly stylish. There isn't a bad page in the whole graphic novel, not one detail missing, everything screams care and love by the artist.
The story is classic noir with an anti-hero taking revenge for the death of his lover. Marv is a compelling and even complex character. He is not a good guy, he´s even a bit crazy. A crazy and violent homicidal maniac. He has no place in the world and has never felt anything but alone. When a beautiful woman offers him her love and care even if just for one night, Marv finally sees what he is supposed to do, what his purpose in Sin City is. To avenge the death of the only person who ever showed kindness to him. He goes on a rampage, “going up the food chain” until every last one responsible for her death pays.
The plot is touching in a twisted sort of way. It is also incredibly sick. The amount of raw violence and depravity showed here is off the charts. This is a disturbing but strangely absorbing and enthralling read. The writing is also perfect with Marv´s noir inner voice narrating this sinister and macabre tale. There are amazingly cool quotes in every page where you can almost hear Marv in your head. Another magnificent triumph is Sin City itself. The seedy, run-down, corrupt city comes alive with striking detail. The drawings transport you there and make the sleazy nature of the city come alive. Sin City is as much the star of the graphic novel as Marv... or the villain. The villain in Sin City is horrific and shocking and also completely fascinating and totally unforgettable. He´s simply one of the most vile and unique characters I have ever encountered.
The story is divided in chapters as it was originally published back in the day. Its sense of pace is stunning. There is never a dull moment. The ending is completely satisfying with total resolution and you just get a sense of closure.
This tale started the whole “Sin City” phenomenon and when you read it you can understand why. Its rare in any medium to find a work which is of such high quality that it can be called a masterpiece. “The Hard Goodbye” is such a work. Truly superb. A masterpiece. I cannot wait to go back! (less)

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Oct 22, 2012 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: graphic-novel

I was reading outside my graphic novel comfort zone for class and Tim suggested this to me. I don't think that I would have picked this up on my own, but I am glad I read it.
The story in this first volume follows Marv as he tries to figure out who killed Goldie, dealing with his parole officer, a cannibal, a gaggle of prostitutes, and corrupt police and church officials. The story is flimsy and overly dramatic. The art however is amazingly beautiful. Illustrated in all black and white, the shad...more

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Aug 21, 2012 Ben rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: noir

Frank Miller's incredible misogyny isn't absolutely apparent in the first volume of Sin City. It features strong female characters and the lead is obsessed at avenging a woman he barely knew for a kindness he didn't expect.

I hadn't read this volume since high school and fully expected it to come across as trite, bland, and disappointing, but I was pleasantly surprised at how well it held up. Certainly, Miller, as always, has his flaws, but they're also what draw people to his work: violence, gri...more

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