Frank Miller
Sin City
Dark Horse Comics. All written and drawn by Frank Miller.
1 Sin
City (a.k.a. The Hard Goodbye; TP, HC, Limited HC, 10th Anniversary
HC; Sin City stories from Dark Horse Presents 51-63, 5th Anniversary Special).
[Contains 18 new pages. From Dark Horse Comics: Frank
Miller (Give Me Liberty, Hard Boiled, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns) created
a new noir opus in Sin City. The critically-acclaimed triumph—recently
awarded the prestigious National Cartoonists' Award for Best Comic Book
of 1992— is now collected for the first time and features 18 new pages!
Sin City combines the pulp intensity of writers like Spillane and Cain with
the exciting graphic storytelling that only Miller and Dark Horse can deliver.
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! Sin City
makes a great gift for the holidays, so order accordingly. Cover by Miller.]
2 A
Dame to Kill For (TP, HC, Limited HC; 6-issue mini).
[From Dark Horse Comics: It's one of those hot nights, dry and windless.
The kind that makes people do sweaty, secret things. Dwight's thinking of
all they ways he's screwed up and what he'd give for one clear chance to
wipe the slate clean, to dig his way out of the numb grey hell that is his
life. And he'd give anything. Just to cut loose. Just to feel the fire.
One more time. And then Ava calls.] 
3 The
Big Fat Kill (TP, HC, Limited HC; 5-issue mini).
[From Dark Horse Comics: Criminals have always called the shots in
Sin City, whether they were bootleggers, gamblers, or politicians. But since
the first dame set up shop in Old Town, those side streets have been run
by the women that walk the night. Now the mob's looking to break up the
party and reclaim Old Town. They're gonna have to put down a bunch of tough
gals and one guy named Dwight to do it. Dwight, he knows something that
the mob's gotta learn the hard way: Sometimes standing up for your friends
means killing a whole lot of people...] Old Book of the Week 2/22/06: Speaking of things getting blowed up real good, you can't go wrong with any Sin City volume, but this one (featuring the movie's Miko) is my favorite wallow in meaningless violence. Girls with guns! In their underwear! How can you go wrong? And if you have more money than brains, get the Sin City Frank Miller Library Vol. 1, which has four volumes of Absolute-sized, beautifully printed stuff getting blowed up real good. And I mean real good! 
4 That
Yellow Bastard (TP, HC, Limited HC; 6-issue mini).
[From Dark Horse Comics: Just one hour to go. Hartigan's polishing
his badge and working himself up to kissing it good-bye, it and the thirty-odd
years of protecting and serving and tears and blood and triumph that it
represents. He's thinking about his wife's slow smile, about the thick,
fat steaks she's picked up at the butcher's, about the bottle of champagne
she's got packed in ice, about sleeping in till ten in the morning and spending
sunny afternoons flat on his back. Just one hour to go and he gets word
from a stoolie about that one loose end he hasn't tied up, a young girl
who's out there, helpless in the hands of a drooling lunatic. Just one hour
to go . . . and he's gonna go out with a bang. Collecting the entire six-issue
series, plus an additional 16 pages of story, an eight-page color cover
gallery, and an all-new color cover!] 
5 Family
Values (TP; OGN). [From Dark Horse Comics:
This 126-page epic spilled out of Frank all at once. He doesn't want to
serialize it -- he wants you to read it in one sitting. So we're bringing
it to you in a single package! It features Miho on roller-blades, Dwight
on adrenaline, and the Sin City mob on clean-up detail! If you've never
visited the town without pity, it's time to book your travel plans.]
6 Booze,
Broads, & Bullets (TP; short stories from various sources).
[From Dark Horse Comics: Dark Horse proudly releases the latest Sin
City collection from comics master Frank Miller. This new book features
never-before-collected stories in Miller's harsh, dramatic black-and-white
style, with some highlighted in a special color. This volume also features
new art by Miller created especially for this collection. Collects The Babe
Wore Red; Silent Night; Lost, Lonely, & Lethal; Sex & Violence;
Just Another Saturday Night; and more.] 
7 Hell
and Back (TP; 9-issue mini). [From Dark Horse
Comics: In the Town Without Pity, good men are hard to find. Enter Wallace,
a man of mystery. He's a nice guy who's very good at killing people. Out
for an evening drive along the beach, he meets the woman of his dreams --
and she's trying to kill herself. Why? And who are the shadowy cabal of
power brokers who wrench her from his arms? When will all hell break loose?
Comics legend Frank Miller, creator of the groundbreaking Batman: The Dark
Knight Returns, pounds out his longest Sin City graphic novel to date, a
bare-knuckle barrage of brutal action, dark secrets, and heroic sacrifice.
What the hell -- it's a love story! Includes color sections and pinups by
a who's who of comics luminaries, including Lynn Varley's first actual comics
illustration.] 
The
Art of Sin City (HC original). [From Dark Horse
Comics: In 1991, visionary creator Frank Miller continued his shakedown
of the comics industry when he premiered his visceral and powerfully charged
Sin City series. With Sin City, Miller sent a shock wave through the industry
and beyond, stunning critics and amazing readers, the after-affects of which
are still being felt today. While Miller is primarily praised for his outstanding
stories, it is his breathtaking artwork that continues to shine on. To honor
the artist and his groundbreaking work, Dark Horse Maverick is pleased to
present Frank Miller: The Art of Sin City, a unique and handsomely bound
hardcover coffee table book, containing pieces both published and unpublished
-- some never before seen by the public. Printed on glossy 100 lb. coated
paper stock and featuring items ranging from preliminary sketches to promotional
pieces, this beautiful edition holds everything a Sin City fan, or connoisseur
of fine art, could ever hope for.] 
Sin City Library Set I (Vols. 1-4). [From Dark Horse Comics: A collector's dream! Sin City fans the world over are clamoring for oversized archival editions of the legendary noir series from Frank Miller, and Dark Horse is rising to the occasion! In the tradition of the EC Library, these deluxe hardcovers measure 9" x 12", are printed on high-quality paper stock, and collect each original series along with the color series covers. The four hardcover volumes of set I are packaged in a handsomely designed slipcase-a long-awaited addition to the bookshelves of discriminating comics fans.
This slipcase holds volumes one through four of Sin City, the hard-boiled stories that started it all! Never before seen at this size, the now-infamous Marv, Dwight, Gail, Miho, Hartigan, Nancy, and the Yellow Bastard will transport you to Sin City and show you the bloody lives they lead... bloody by choice or by circumstance.] Sin City Library Set II (Vols. 5-7, Art of Sin City). [From Dark Horse Comics: This second Sin City slipcase completes the oversized archival editions, available only in these exceptional collections. The handsome 8"x12" books feature the individual stories printed on high-quality paper stock and showcase Miller's atmospheric cover art from the original comics! Created with serious Frank Miller collectors and art connoisseurs in mind, these new archival editions are sure to satisfy! This slipcase holds Sin City volumes five through seven: Family Values, Miller's first direct-to-trade work; Booze, Broads, and Bullets, an expansive compilation of short stories from the Town without Pity; and Hell and Back, the longest Sin City story to date! This Library set also includes a special edition of The Art of Sin City, a lush complement to these deluxe volumes. The Art of Sin City extends the reach of the Eisner, Harvey, and National Cartoonists Society award-winning series by showcasing content‹such as Miller's preliminary sketches‹that cannot be found elsewhere. Now the groundbreaking work that sent a rush of adrenaline through the entire industry is available in an attractive archival format!] Martha Washington
Dark Horse Comics. All written by Frank Miller and drawn by Dave Gibbons.
Give
Me Liberty (4-issue mini). [From Dark Horse Comics:
Presenting this softcover 216-page collection of Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons'
critically-acclaimed and Eisner Award-winning futuristic tale about a young
girl from the ghetto who struggles against impossible odds to save the world
from the armies of Fat Boy Burgers, the Aryan Thrust, and the meanest Mr.
Clean ever...the Surgeon General!] 
Martha
Washington Goes to War (5-issue mini). [From
Dark Horse Comics: Martha Washington—prisoner, runaway, lunatic,
soldier, and now seditionist—has seen the future. It looks great on
paper, but it doesn't work. The U.S. government is controlled by power-hungry
nutcases. The ecology is a shambles. Everyone talks about the weather, but
nobody does anything about it...nobody, that is, except PAX and the very
expensive weather-control satellite, Harmony. In Martha Washington Goes
to War, it's Martha vs. PAX and the United States government, and the odds
are more even than you might think!] 
Happy
Birthday, Martha Washington (1-shot comic, uncollected).
[From Dark Horse Comics: On March 11, 1995, something hopeful happened
in the slums of Chicago. On that day, Martha Washington was born. Frank
Miller and Dave Gibbons began the chronicles of Martha Washington in the
1990 miniseries, Give Me Liberty. The first page of that fateful first issue
presents the birth of Martha, dated March 11, 1995. Now, almost five years
after the legendary team created that story, Martha's real birthdate is
fast approaching, and Frank and Dave invite you to join them for the celebration.
Happy Birthday, Martha Washington contains three complete short stories
featuring Martha Washington. In "State of the Art," Martha is
combat testing a new weapons system when she comes up against an enemy soldier
outfitted with the same system; this story originally appeared in the hard-to-find
San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2. From the DHP Fifth Anniversary Special comes
a story in which Martha learns a lesson about either political agendas or
political incompetence; the judges are still out. And in an all-new story,
a young Martha goes on assignment to meet America's great war hero, a super
soldier who's been fighting the good fight since America's glory days of
World War II; and at the rate he's going, the lucky stiff will be around
for World War III. The first two stories were originally presented in black
and white, but are presented here in full color. All three stories have
been colored by Angus McKie, whose work on MWGTW made the art community
stand up and take notice. And to top it all off, Dave Gibbons is producing
a beautiful new cover. We should all get such favored treatment on our birthdays!]
Martha
Washington: Stranded in Space (1-shot comic, uncollected).
[From Dark Horse Comics: All her life she has fought for freedom,
tried to make her imperfect world into something perfect. Now, on the far
edge of space, Martha Washington has found the road to her utopia. There's
a perfect world in another galaxy, and all the signposts are pointing her
in the right direction. Martha's no stranger to war, but now the battle
is being fought in her head—and in her heart. Can she leave behind
her cause for the brass ring she's always reached for? In the toughest battles,
being a warrior isn't always enough. "Crossover" is an all-new,
full-color 18-page story by Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons, featuring a guest
appearance by The Big Guy. Martha Washington in Space also features the
six-page story "Martha Washington and the Attack of the Flesh-Eating
Monsters" (originally printed in black and white in Dark Horse Presents
100 #4), presented here for the first time in color.] 
Martha
Washington Saves the World (3-issue mini). [From
Dark Horse Comics: Venus, a global computer intelligence gone mad, is
a heartbeat away from enslaving every mind on Earth. But Venus hasn't counted
on her mortal enemy, Martha Washington, who captains a mission to observe
the collision with a massive asteroid whose secrets may provide the key
to Venus' destruction --- and the very key to Creation itself! Frank Miller
and Dave Gibbons, along with Angus McKie, have produced another science-fiction
tour-de-force of epic magnitude.] 
Martha Washington Dies (1-shot comic, uncollected). [From Dark Horse Comics: On Earth, the battle for freedom rages on. The year is 2095 and the day is the one-hundredth birthday of Martha Washington. She is the leader of a small, resolute band that will not forfeit the pursuit of liberty‹no matter what the cost. Today, the cost will be high. Martha has seen much in her hundred years, from the triumphs and tragedies of the battlefront, to the deepest reaches of space. Today, she will finally see the truth.
Includes a special section of never-before-seen production sketches and drawings that predate Martha's first series, Give Me Liberty, along with Frank Miller's original plot notes, all wrapped inside a high-quality card stock cover. This all-new story by two of comics' legendary creators is the unprecedented conclusion to one woman's epic struggle for life's most valuable quality -- freedom. Miller and Gibbons reunite to tell the final chapter!] Misc.
Big
Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (Dark Horse; 2-issue mini; w Frank Miller;
a Geof Darrow). [From Dark Horse Comics: Front and
center, America! Here comes action! Here comes adventure! Here comes The
Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot—a roller-coaster ride through the minds
of Geof Darrow and Frank Miller, the tag team that set you reeling with
their hard-hitting series, Hard Boiled! Everything you remember about being
eight years old and watching monster movies is right here, but with all
the magnified detail that you always wanted to see.] 
Eisner/Miller (Dark Horse; interview book). [From
Dark Horse Comics: It would be hard to imagine any creators who have
more greatly affected their chosen medium than Will Eisner and Frank Miller
have influenced the world of comic books and graphic novels. Now, culture-curious
readers and life-long fans of the comics medium are invited to read along
as two of the medium's greatest contributors‹legendary innovator and
godfather of sequential art, Will Eisner, and the modern master of cinematic
comics storytelling, Frank Miller‹discuss one-on-one, in an intimate
interview format, the ins-and-outs of this compelling and often controversial
art form. Eisner/Miller is widely illustrated and features rare, behind-the-scenes
photos of Eisner, Miller and other notable creators.] 
Hard
Boiled (Dark Horse; 3-issue mini; w Frank Miller; a Geof Darrow).
[From Dark Horse Comics: Winner of the coveted Eisner Award! Carl
Seltz is a suburban insurance investigator, a loving husband, and devoted
father. Nixon is a berserk, homicidal tax collector racking up mind-boggling
body counts in a diseased urban slaughterhouse. Unit Four is the ultimate
robot killing machine—and the last hope of the future's enslaved mechanical
servants. And they're all the same psychotic entity.] 
Ronin (DC Comics; 6-issue mini; w & a Frank
Miller). [From DC Comics: In this tale of a legendary
warrior, the Ronin, a dishonored, masterless 13th century samurai, is mystically
given a second chance to avenge his master's death. Finding himself suddenly
reborn in a futuristic and corrupt 21st century New York City, the samurai
discovers he has one last chance to regain his honor. But to do so, he must
defeat the reincarnation of his master's killer, the ancient demon Agat.
In a time and place both foreign and unfathomable to him, the Ronin stands
against his greatest enemy with his life and more importantly, his soul
at stake.] 
300
(Dark Horse; 5-issue mini; w & a Frank Miller). [From
Dark Horse Comics: The armies of Persia—a vast horde greater than
any the world has ever known—are poised to crush Greece, an island
of reason and freedom in a sea of madness and tyranny. Standing between
Greece and this tidal wave of destruction are a tiny detachment of but three
hundred warriors. Frank Miller's epic retelling of history's supreme moment
of battlefield valor is finally collected in a glorious hardcover volume
in its intended format—each two-page spread from the original comics
is presented as a single undivided page.] ArtBomb
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