Sin City: Hell and Back #8

The penultimate chapter of Frank Miller's Sin City: Hell and Back arrives with a cover that pulls no punches — a terrified woman with red hair pleads "Please, have mercy" as a gun is pressed directly against her temple, with the chilling reply "This is mercy." Miller's stark, emotionally charged artwork makes the desperation on her face impossible to look away from, capturing the brutal tension that defines Sin City at its darkest. Issue 8 of 9 signals that the end of this love story is close, and judging by the cover, the road there won't be kind.