Sin City: The Big Fat Kill #2

Frank Miller's Sin City: The Big Fat Kill rolls into its second chapter with a cover that oozes dangerous attitude — a leather-clad woman armed and adorned with chains stands back-to-back with a scarred, broad-shouldered man gripping a pistol, both radiating the kind of cold confidence that Basin City breeds. The tagline "A good kill takes a long time" sets the mood perfectly, promising the slow-burn noir tension that defines this world. Miller handles every line himself — pencils, inks, words — and that total creative control gives the image a razor-sharp, high-contrast energy that feels utterly unlike anything else on shelves in 1994.