Sin City

Frank Miller's Sin City, launched by Dark Horse in 1993, is a landmark in crime comics, a hardboiled neo-noir saga that Miller both wrote and painted in stark, high-contrast black and white. The series follows a sprawling cast of desperate characters—cops, killers, and femmes fatales—through the rain-slicked, corrupt streets of Basin City. Its brutally stylish visual language and pulp storytelling redefined the crime genre in comics, influencing countless creators and adaptations to come.