Sin City: Hell and Back #3

Part three of Frank Miller's nine-issue Sin City love story finds its protagonist in a tight spot, as depicted on this cover by Miller himself — a long-haired man in a white coat stands cornered by two thuggish cops brandishing nightsticks, one of them quipping, "Oooh! I do believe the man is looking to do the Rodney!" It's a quintessentially Sin City moment: darkly comic menace rendered in Miller's bold, gritty linework against a washed-out, sepia-toned backdrop. For anyone following this 1999 Dark Horse Maverick series, issue three promises the kind of street-level tension and sharp attitude that makes this noir saga so compelling.