Batman The Dark Knight Returns Collector's Edition Slipcase Box Set

Script Frank Miller, art Frank Miller, Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley. All illustration are ©DC Comics. For a complete list of  all books reviewed in this blog, please visit the index page.

Batman The Dark Knight Returns Limited Signed and Numbered Gallery Edition

Script by Frank Miller, art by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson (original coloring by Lynn Varley). All illustrations are ©DC Comics. For a complete list of all books reviewed in this blog, please visit the index page.

Another instant hit by the Graphitti Designs team!

Elektra by Frank Miller & Bill Sienkiewicz Omnibus

Script by Frank Miller, art by Bill Sienkiewicz (Elektra Assassin), Frank Miller & Lynn Varley (Elektra Lives Again). All material is ©Marvel Comics. For a complete list of  all books reviewed in this blog, please visit the index page.

Frank Miller's Ronin Limited Signed and Numbered Gallery Edition

Script and art by Frank Miller (colouring by Lynn Varley). All material is ©Frank Miller and DC Comics. All illustrations are ©DC Comics. For a complete list of all books reviewed in this blog, please visit the index page.

Frank Miller's Big Damn Sin City Oversized Hardcover

Script and art Frank Miller with additional coloring by Lynn Varley. All illustrations are ©Frank Miller.

note that there is no dust jacket for this book

Published in June 2014 by Dark Horse (ISBN 978-1-61655-237-4, cover price 100$), this über hardcover book (8.5 x 12.5 inches or 22 x 32 cm, around 10 kg for 1360 pages) is printed on thin glossy paper. The picture below is here for size comparison with original issue #1 of A Dame to Kill For.

Diana Schutz is still the editor of the series, and this edition has been designed by Cary Grazzini.


Second an third of cover are identical (plain red). This edition goes to the essential right away, i.e. the complete Sin City stories. No introduction, afterword or any extra whatsoever (only a short bio at the end of the book).

All original issues are reprinted with their respective virgin covers and back covers (except for The Hard Goodbye that were originally published in Dark Horse Presents anthology).

That Yellow Bastard

Hell and Back

My own Dark Horse "Big Book" collection so far:

breathtaking! (especially if you are used to read in bed)

Ronin Absolute Edition

Script Frank Miller, art Frank Miller with Lynn Varley. All material (except Jenette Kahn introduction) is ©Frank Miller and used for illustration purpose only.

This beautiful glossy oversized slipcase (8.5 x 12.8 inches, 21.5 x 32.5 cm) designed by Amelia Grohman was published in October 2008 by DC Comics (ISBN: 978-1-4012-1908-6, cover price 99$, my copy is a first print).

The main book inside comes with a glossy fully illustrated dust jacket. It contains the collected Ronin originally published in six parts in 1983 and 1984, printed on mat quality paper (328 pages).

back cover of the dust jacket

The inner cover of the book is also fully illustrated, as well as the second and third of cover displaying different illustrations. It features a black ribbon bookmark.

After the credits pages, there is 2 pages introduction written by Jenette Kahn exclusive to this edition. It is followed by two pages "from the diary of Casey McKenna" that I am not able to source (they doesn't appear in the French edition that I also own, so it's perhaps exclusive to this edition).

Jenette Kahn intro

Casey McKenna diary

Then comes the main material. Each part of the original 6 issues mini-series is introduced by its wraparound virgin cover (plus sometimes enhanced excerpts). Original fold-out pages are indeed in their fold-out form.

fold out final pages (recto)

verso

This edition ends with a bonus section of 14 pages. The pictures below display them all:

poster illustration

Frank Miller short bio