Sin City: Hell and Back #6

Six issues into Frank Miller's nine-part Sin City love story, this 1999 Dark Horse Maverick entry delivers the moody, high-contrast storytelling the series does so well. The cover — penciled and inked by Miller himself — shows a dark-haired man holding a limp or swooning woman in his arms, a speech bubble commanding "Do exactly what I tell you to do — obey my every word," met with a quiet "Yes, sir." It's an image that captures the brooding tension and charged, complicated relationships at the heart of Hell and Back with Miller's unmistakable linework front and center.