The story ends with Marv being executed by the electric chair. Before his death, Marv only found comfort while incarcerated in his visits from Wendy, in which he would share about his time spent with Goldie. The authorities force him to confess to Goldie's murder and the murder of the other prostitutes when they threaten his mother. Unfortunately, Marv is arrested, tried, and executed for all of his crimes. Marv kills the cardinal after hearing him confess to the murders, especially Goldie's murder and his obsession with eating women. They approach Roark's home and confront him about the murders and his cannibalistic actions. Wendy is also a prostitute and together they decide to go after the cardinal. Marv is able to escape the cops but not before he forces their leader to reveal Roark's name.ĭuring Marv's journey he comes across Goldie's twin sister, Wendy. Although, when the cops show up to the scene, Lucille is murdered by a corrupt cop.
He also discovers that Kevin kidnapped his parole officer, Lucille and had eaten her hand. Marv follows the trail of clues to an abandoned farm where the serial killer, Kevin, is keeping his victims heads as trophies. Continuing his investigation, he is led to priest who then tells him to question the leading family in Sin City and the cardinal of the church, Roark. Before he kills the two men, he forces them tell him who sent them. By this time, Marv goes to the bar to hide out but unfortunately two assassins come and attack him. His mother informs him that some men came by the house looking for him. Marv becomes determined to find Goldie's killer and immediately goes to his mother's house to retrieve his gun. During this time, a serial killer is on the loose in Sin City who preys on prostitutes and eats them. Marv has become a prime suspect when he is framed for Goldie's murder. Suddenly the cop sirens grew closer and louder, which made Marv slip out on to the streets of Sin City. He wondered why she would agree to sleep with him and he referred to her as his own personal heaven in the hell that he called Sin City. Three hours later, Marv wakes up and found Goldie dead. The night of her murder she and Marv got drunk, made love, and fell asleep together. However, he felt connected to Goldie and spent one night with her before her tragic death. Marv is an ex-military man and a trained professional killer so naturally framing him would be easy. "The Hard Goodbye" begins with the protagonist, Marv, being accused of the murder of the beautiful prostitute, Goldie. The original issues were edited by Randy Stradley, and Diana Schutz is editor of the 2005 collected edition. The comic was first published as "Sin City" in Dark Horse Presents: 5th Anniversary Special (April 1991) and then in the continuing series Dark Horse Presents issues #51-62 and 5th Anniversary Special (June 1991–June 1992) and was written, drawn and lettered by Frank Miller.
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