Sin City: The Hard Goodbye

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Sin City: The Hard Goodbye is a noir-style graphic novel by Frank Miller that launches the Sin City series with a gritty tale of revenge, corruption, and moral ambiguity in the violent Basin City.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comic book story arc
graphic novel
noir fiction work
adaptedAs segment of the 2005 film Sin City
artist Frank Miller NERFINISHED
artStyle black-and-white
high-contrast
containsElement crime investigation
graphic violence
vigilante justice
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Frank Miller NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Cardinal Roark NERFINISHED
Goldie NERFINISHED
Kevin NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceIn Dark Horse Presents NERFINISHED
firstPublicationForm serialized comic
genre crime
graphic novel
neo-noir
noir
influenced Sin City (film) NERFINISHED
language English
laterPublicationForm trade paperback collection
laterTitle The Hard Goodbye NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Marv NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor hardboiled narration
morally ambiguous characters
stylized noir visuals
originalPublisher Dark Horse Comics NERFINISHED
originalTitle Sin City NERFINISHED
partOfSeries Sin City NERFINISHED
protagonist Marv NERFINISHED
publisher Dark Horse Comics NERFINISHED
seriesPosition first volume of the Sin City series
setting Basin City NERFINISHED
targetAudience adult
theme corruption
moral ambiguity
revenge
tone gritty
violent
writer Frank Miller NERFINISHED

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Kevin (Sin City) firstAppearance Sin City: The Hard Goodbye
Wendy (Sin City) firstAppearance Sin City: The Hard Goodbye