A Dame to Kill For

SinCityComic
comic_name = A Dame To Kill For


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comic_color=background:#000
publisher = Dark Horse Comics
creators = Frank Miller
editors = Jerry Prosser
protagonist(s) = Dwight McCarthy
Marv
antagonist(s) = Ava Lord
Manute
number of issues = 6
first release = November 1993

"A Dame to Kill For" is the second "Sin City" story, and the first "Sin City" story to have its own comic. It was written and drawn by Frank Miller. It was originally published by Dark Horse Comics between November 1993 and May 1994. It was edited by Jerry Prosser. [ [http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator_title.php?ID=197&cID=435&pID=6 ComicBookDB - Jerry Prosser & Sin City: A Dame to Kill For] . Accessed January 31, 2008]

Summary

"A Dame to Kill For" is a prequel to "The Hard Goodbye", as Marv is still alive, but about half-way through after Marv is last seen with Dwight, it is a midquel as some of the events that appear in "The Hard Goodbye" appear in the background of some parts.

Episode One

The first singular Sin City comic and was published November 1993 titled A Dame To Kill For "Issue #1" Issues following a Q&A section called BLAM, which starts in Issue 2.
Dwight McCarthy is on top of a house with a window on the roof with a camera. He is on a private investigation and is about to leave and give up but then he hears two people coming in, Joey and his mistress Sally. Dwight was sent to investigate Joey, who is having a rough marriage and that is why he has a mistress, Sally, who is an Old Town Girl.

Literary significance and reception

In his review for the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, James Blasingame said that even though "A Dame To Kill For" is a quick read due to its graphic nature it is not simplistic. Graphic meaning and script meaning are well integrated to communicate a complete story. He says, "All of the elements of a good novel are present, plot; beginning, middle, ending; dramatic crescendo; fully developed characters; complex constructions of narrative perspective; and, despite Miller’s graphic style, not so black-andwhite socially troubling questions about the nature of good and evil, justice, and redemption."cite journal|last=Blasingame|first= James|date=February 2006|title=Sin City Volumes 1-4: The Hard Goodbye; A Dame to Kill for; The Big Fat Kill; That Yellow Bastard|journal=Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy|volume=Vol. 49|issue=Issue 5|pages=p446–448|issn=10813004]

In film

"A Dame to Kill For" is one of the stories told in "Sin City 2", the sequel to the first "Sin City" film, which is scheduled to be released in 2010.Fact|date=September 2008

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