Sin City: The Babe Wore Red and Other Stories

Frank Miller's Sin City returns to its hard-boiled roots in this 1994 one-shot from Dark Horse, collecting two short stories that showcase the series' signature noir style. The title tale follows a desperate man caught in a web of betrayal and violence with a mysterious woman, while "The Customer is Always Right" offers a lean, brutal vignette of a hitman's cold efficiency. Miller's stark black-and-white art and terse, pulpy narration are on full display here, making this a concentrated dose of the grim, stylized world that defined his seminal crime series.