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Sin City is a neo-noir comic book series created by Frank Miller, first appearing in 1991 and continuing as an ongoing series from Dark Horse Comics beginning in 1992, told across interlocking hardboiled crime stories set in the corrupt fictional Basin City. Miller drew the series in stark black and white with selective, often symbolic use of color, an art style directly modeled on the visual language of classic film noir. The series was a commercial and critical success that helped drive the broader early-1990s turn toward creator-owned, mature-audience crime comics, and it was later adapted into feature films co-directed by Miller and Robert Rodriguez.

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1991 2
Country
United States 1
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Original Language
English 1
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Frank Miller, Figures
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1. Sin City (comics) - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence (country)
    Sin City is a series of neo-noir comics by American comic book writer-artist Frank Miller.
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence (country), original language
    Sin City is a series of neo-noir comics by American comic book writer-artist Frank Miller.
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2. Sin City (Wikipedia)
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    The first story originally appeared in Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special (April 1991), and continued in Dark Horse Presents 51-62 from May 1991 to June 1992, under the title of Sin City, serialized in thirteen parts.
  • In Medium: Comics, Article lead sentence
    Sin City is a series of neo-noir comics by American comic book writer-artist Frank Miller.
  • Created By: Frank Miller, Infobox: creators
    Frank Miller
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