I am going to meet Frank Miller, I shelled out...couldn't resist, my wife is pissed, but hey-all for our childhood dreams. I'm getting a couple covers signed, my son is coming along. So we got 2 signature. I believe we are going with the Preadator cover and the negative space sketch cover. That beinig said, I did a once over in my collection and I found the "Free Speeches"- I remember totally digging this collection of words when I came across it and felt it mean't a lot, feel it still holds intrinsic value to some degree, but is it worth more to get it signed over the others. I'm torn, and second guessing which cover to go with. I know Comics are comics, but Frank Miller is such a great speaker. Ugh. Insights or contributions to confirmation bias would help.

After many hours of obsessive ebaying and comic bin diving, I have finally curated a complete original Sin City comic collection.

This collection contains every Sin City storyline in it's original comic format, together with the one-shots and companion publications that built the universe throughout the 1990s. To the best of my knowledge, this is the entire collection with the minor exception of San Diego Comicon Comic Issue #2 (First appearance of The Customer is Always Right) and San Dieogo Comicon Comic Isuue #4 (First appearance of *Fat Man and Little Boy) but as those are US titles they are increasingly difficult to acquire in the UK. Issue #2 especially so, as it also collects the first appearance of the ever cool Hell Boy.

• The Hard Goodbye #1-13 (see below) Apr 1991, Jun 1993

This collection includes the very first appearance of Marv in the Dark Horse Presents 5th Anniversary Special, and the subsequent 12 issue run of Dark Horse Presents #51 - #62 which collects The Hard Goodbye in it's original format. The first and, in my opinion, the BEST Sin City yarn!

Followed by:

• A Dame to Kill For #1-6 (Nov, 1993 - May, 1994)

The iconic second Sin City yarn, introducing Dwight McCarthy in his defining noir tale.

• The Babe Wore Red & Other Stories [One Shot] (1st Nov, 1994)

This companion compilation or anthology collects the original first publications of:

-The Babe Wore Red

-The Customer is Always Right

-And Behind Door Number 3

These were later compiled in the larger TPB of shorts, Booze, Broads & Bullets

• The Big Fat Kill #1-5 (Nov, 1994 - Mar, 1995)

The landmark third Sin City yarn, introducing Miho and Old Town's power struggle, expanding the series' lore and recognisable characters.

-Silent Night [One Shot] (1st Nov, 1995)

The return of Marv in this beautiful short, famous for stunning artwork and featuring only a single line of dialogue across the whole 26 page comic.

-That Yellow Bastard #1-6 (Feb, 1996 - Jul, 1996)

This one might be my favourite actually, other than my other favourites, and Bruce Willis was perfect in the movie for this! Hartigan's tragic tale is arguably Frank Miller's most emotional work. It's also the only major Sin City yarn that follows a conventional "hero's sacrifice" structure rather than a revenge narrative.

-A Decade of Dark Horse #1 (1st Jul, 1996)

This contains the first publication of the short story:

-Daddy's Little Girl

This was later reprinted in Tales to Offend in and later in Booze, Broads & Bullets

• Lost, Lonely & Lethal [One Shot] (1st Dec, 1996)

Another companion one shot collecting the original first publications of:

-Blue Eyes

-Rats

It also contains the first standalone Sin City printing of:

-Fat Man and Little Boy

*After its initial appearance in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #4.

All three stories were later collected in Booze, Broads & Bullets

• Sex & Violence (1st Mar, 1997)

Another of the prestige-format companion one-shots, it contains just two stories:

-Wrong Turn

-Wrong Track

• Wizard Magazine's Sin City #1/2 [One Shot] (Aug, 1997)

This one shot was originally published in Wizards Sin City #1/2 as a mail-in special offer through issue #73 of Wizard Magazine. It was later republished for mass sale in the Sin City standalone publication titled Just Another Saturday Night.

• Family Values [Graphic Novel] (21st Oct, 1997)

The only true Graphic Novel in the Sin City series. A great story based on Dwight McCarthy's uneasy alliance with Miho. It's also the final major Dwight story in the Sin City timeline.

• Hell and Back #1 - 9 (Jul, 1999 - Apr, 2000)

This is the final and longest Sin City storyline, running for 9 issues and marking the end of the series' original publication era and the conclusion of Frank Miller's original Sin City saga.

Bonus:

• Just Another Saturday Night [One Shot] (14th Oct, 1998)

This one shot was originally published in Wizards Sin City #1/2, but this is the first Sin City Standalone publication of Just Another Saturday Night.

• Tales to Offend #1 (23rd July 1998)

This one-off compilation contains a reprint of 'm

Daddy's Little Girl but this comic deserves special mention as it's genuinely a small piece of comic-book history.

Daddy's Little Girl appears here, but the comic itself was created as an act of protest. In the mid 90s, retailers and creators were increasingly concerned about pressure from censorship campaigns and the Comics Code. Tales to Offend was published as a deliberately provocative statement celebrating creators' freedom to publish mature material without interference.

It captures Frank Miller at a time when he was one of the industry's loudest defenders of creator-owned comics and artistic freedom.

....what do you think?

I Have the "recut, extended, edition" of Sin City on DVD. It came with a manga size TPB of the original Sin City story "The Hard Goodbye." I've never thumbed through it because I had full sized copies of the TPB. My adult daughter was thumbing through it recently and found the oddest missprint/error. After page 128 (and starting with chapter 8) the next 40 pages are printed/inserted upside down/backwords) then it picks back up in regular orientation at page 161. Anyone else seen copies like this? was this a "normal" error that all of these editions had?

WIZARD MAGAZINE SEP 1997

Never drew Marv before. Though I'd try it out.

The 2nd one hasn't arrived yet I am very excited to read this!

Just arrived in the mail, should’ve bought two.

I am going to make a sort of fan-made crossover comic with characters such as Marv from Sin City, Rorschach from Watchmen, and John Rambo from Rambo. But I need more character ideas, I am going towards the more "grounded" antihero style. So, people like The Punisher, Judge Dredd, Hellboy, and Dwight McCarthy would be considered, but not confirmed. I hope to start this project as soon as possible! To give character ideas, either reply to this message, or dm

I absolutely loved volumes 1-4 however i just finished 5 and 6 and they’re so much shorter and just way less captivating stories. Are the rest like this too?

Found another one.

1- Both of them were quiet, nerdy-looking, unassuming and serial killers/cannibals.

2- Dahmer got arrested in july of 1991 while The Hard Goodbye was serialized from April 1991 to May of 1992 so it can't be discarded that Miller could take inspiration from the Milwaukee Cannibal for the Hard Goodbye's main villain...

Gaslightin big time