Dark Horse Comics is welcoming fans back to the blood-soaked, bullet-strewn, ultraviolent noir streets of Sin City in a manner that was they’ve ever seen it before in honor of the series’ 30 th commemoration last-minute this year.

It’s hard to believe that it’s been three decades since the world countries was first introduced to the likes of Marv, Goldie, the Roark family and its insidious stranglehold on the titular metropolis. Since the 1991 launching of Sin City in the sheets of Dark Horse Presents, columnist/ master Frank Miller’s world of Basin City and its ne’er-do-well inhabitant rascals has exploded in remit, including seven volumes of comics and two movies – 2005 ‘s Sin City and 2014 ‘s Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, with the latter being directed by Miller himself. There was even the prospect of a video gameSin Cityadaptation, but that project was eventually scrapped. The dismal, almost entirely black-and-white crime epic grew from humble beginnings into a genuine blockbuster franchise and now it’s back once again in epic fashion.

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A recent announcement from Dark horse is demonstrated that the series’ first story arc, The Hard Goodbye, will be getting a brand-new rerelease to celebrate the books’ debut. Set to touch shelves on October 12, the magnitude will peculiarity brand new cover art and a hall of pinup pieces from masters including Joyce Chin, Amanda Conner, Klaus Janson, Paul Pope, Philip Tan, and Gerardo Zaffino. A softcover publication will be available, but the real standout is the hardcover Deluxe Edition. Along with the pinups, The Hard Goodbye’s payment parcel will include a slipcase and an exclusive sketchbook of never-before-published development art hand-selected by Miller himself. Both explanations are available now for preorder with the softcover going for $ 25 and the Deluxe edition costing $100.

“Frank Miller’s association with Dark Horse has abounded for over thirty years, ” said Dark Horse publisher Mike Richardson. “The original pamphlet of Sin City was a watershed moment for our fellowship, and we are very pleased to celebrate its 30 th Anniversary with a brand-new edition. Readers will find that Sin City is just at strong today as it was the day it was first liberated, exactly what you would expect from one of comics’ master creators.”

Dark Horse’s proclamation merely mentions The Hard Goodbye as getting the red carpet rerelease treatment, but there’s always the opportunities that the precede volumes – A Dame to Kill For; The Big Fat Kill; That Yellow Bastard; Family Cost; Booze, Broads,& Bullets; and Hell and Back – could be updated handouts as well, peculiarly if fan interest in this first secrete is rabid enough.

“When I first decided to write and draw a black and white crime comic, Mike Richardson didn’t blink. We were off and moving and continue to do so 30 years later.” – Frank Miller

Even lead comic book love are likely familiar with Miller’s work whether they realize it or not. Besides the Sin City films, Miller’s 300 was also adapted to the big screen, courtesy of Zack Snyder. And Miller’s work outside of Sin City has provided some of the most influential comic book storylines in recent history, including Batman: Year One, The Dark Knight Returns, and Daredevil: The Man Without Fear.

Hopefully this is a sign of more opportunities coming to revisit the seething cesspool that is Frank Miller’s Sin City, and things are almost assuredly going to get nasty all over again.

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