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Title: Sin City: Hell and Back by Frank Miller, Lynn Varley ISBN: 1-56971-481-9 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: 06 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: great stuff from miller
Comment: This is the latest Sin City title from Frank Miller. Although I personally don't think he's topped himself as far as the story since the first one, his art has gotten more and more polished in each title. The story here is pretty standard Frank Miller fare: dangerous, unhappy loner meets the woman of his dreams, complications arise, he kills lots and lots of underworld types to save her. This story ties in to several of the earlier Sin City tales with peripheral characters: Delia, Colonel, and Manute all appear in other tales. Like the other tales of Sin City, this is done in black and white; like some of the later ones, color is used sparingly to great effect. The use of color is more extensive here, but is very effective when used, always intentionally to call attention to a character or scene. If you've never read anything by Frank Miller, do yourself a favor and buy any and all of the Sin City titles, as well as Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
PS Several of the earlier reviews aren't talking about this story. Any references to "Marv" or "the handcuff scene" are talking about the original Sin City book, which I also highly reccomend.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good, but not the best Sin City story
Comment: An artist/mysteryman named Wallace meets and falls in love with a mysterywoman named Esther. When she turns up missing, he goes into and through Hell to find her.
I am a big fan of Frank Miller's work. I am a big fan of his Sin City work. That being said, this collection just seemed to be missing something for me, and I cannot figure out what it is. The art is stellar, the story is engrossing, and the characters are interesting. This is still better than 95% of the other graphic novels that I have read in my life, but there is just something missing that prevents me from giving it a perfect score.
If you like Frank Miller's work, then pick it up. If you like love stories with a film-noir feel, then definitely get it. If you are looking for the very best of Frank Miller's noirish love stories, then get A Dame To Kill For, then after you get one come back for this and maybe you can tell me what this one is missing.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not for me
Comment: I am not really familiar w/ Frank Miller's Sin City works, I had mostly read his Batman: DKR, Year One, Wolverine and Daredevil books, So, I decided to give the Sin City books a try. I really didn't enjoy the story and seems like your run-of-the-mill hot damsel in distress with the "hero" to the rescue. But the rescue soon turns to a Stevel Segal movie with a lot of violence, topped off with nudity and sex. It's not a bad story but it's not a great story, not for me anyways. Maybe, it's because I've been reading superhero comic books for nearly 15 years, so it wasn't to my liking.
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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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Title: Sin City: The Big Fat Kill (Sin City) by Frank Miller ISBN: 1569711712 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: December, 1996 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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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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