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Title: Sin City: The Big Fat Kill (Sin City) by Frank Miller ISBN: 1-56971-171-2 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: December, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Better than these guys say
Comment: I've never written one of these reviews before, but I had to put in my two cents and say that yeah, "Big Fat Kill" is kind of slim in terms of a plot, but it's slim like a sharp-ass ninja sword - it sticks right through ya. I can't look at a single page of this book without starting over and reading it all the way through (and there's something excellent about the fact that it takes maybe half-an-hour to do that). Don't let these chuckleheads fool you - this book has the simplicity and power of fairy tales, dirty jokes, and (gasp!) crime stories and comic books. It's a bracing reminder that not every graphic novel needs to be freakin' "Watchmen"!
Rating: 3
Summary: Not That Great
Comment: I give it 3 stars only because it was entertaining to some degree but I have to say I was pretty disappointed. I just finished reading "A Dame To Kill For" before reading this one and that book is far superior. The story here is weaker and a lot less beleivable and even the art seems rushed. There was something great about Miller's art in "A Dame To Kill For"- it was minimal, moody and atmospheric...but in this one it just looks overly crude and rushed.
Rating: 4
Summary: Not the best but still pretty good
Comment: The first thing you should realize before you order "The Big Fat Kill" is that it's really a big pro if you read the original Sin City story, and a MUST to read "A Dame to Kill For" prior to this one. See, the main character in this book is Dwight, a man who tries to stay as anonymous as possible because elseways his criminal past may catch up with him. This past that he's hiding from is the story from "A Dame to Kill For", so you should really get that first. It makes it a lot easier to understand a lot of why Dwight's acting the way he is. There's also some conversation about Marv, the main character from the original story. But Marv is not a major factor in this book so reading the original story is really only a pro, not a must.
About the story: Oneday a girl named Shelley is being harassed in her own home by a guy named Jack, her drunk ex-boyfriend, and his friends. Dwight, who is living with Shelley 'convinces' them to leave and decides to follow them to make sure he doesn't do any more damage. Only Jack turns out to be so dumb to drive into Old Town, a place where the hookers are the law because of the pact they made with the police ('they stay off the police's back, the police stays off their backs'). Jack and his friends wind up dead, upon which they find out Jack is really a cop while examing the body. This will clearly lead to war between the cops and Old Town, leaving it a free warzone for the mob, IF the cops ever find out about Jack. Dwight thinks to have the solution to get rid of the bodies and goes on his way. But things turn out to be not that easy. What follows is an interesting story with several different parties of power and interests, violence, a lot of backstabbing, loyalty and finally an interesting plot-twist.
In all honesty I think the original "Sin City", "A Dame to Kill For" and especially "That Yellow Bastard" are better books than this one, so if you haven't read all of those yet I think you'd rather read those first. With that I'm NOT saying this is a bad book because it isn't. In my opinion it's actually a very good tale which keeps interesting to the very end because of the different directions the story takes all the time. It's also carried by Frank Millers trademark (by now) art. This is really suitable for the story, it being a dark grimmy 'mad-cop' story, and of no less quality than you're used to if you've been a Sin City reader longer. I just don't think it's THE best Sin City story out there. Get the other ones I named first, than get this one and have yourself a good time with it.
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Title: Sin City: A Dame to Kill for (Sin City) by Frank Miller ISBN: 1569710686 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: November, 1995 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Sin City: That Yellow Bastard (Sin City Series , No 4) by Frank Miller ISBN: 1569712255 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Sin City by Frank Miller ISBN: 1878574590 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: March, 1993 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Sin City: Booze, Broads, & Bullets by Frank Miller ISBN: 1569713669 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: 09 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Sin City: Family Values by Frank Miller ISBN: 1569713138 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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