History Awesome / SinCity

** Marv is given a confession to sign by the DA where he takes responsibility fro the murders of Kevin, Cardinal Roark and the girls they murdered. If he doesn't, [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas they'll kill his mom]]. Marv breaks the DA's arm in three places then signs.

** Or it could be at the end of the original ''Sin City'', when Marv is sent to the electric chair. After the switch is thrown, he coughs out, "is that the best you can do, you pansies?" They have to electrocute him a second time to finish him off.

** Or when Marv says to Roark "you can scream now if you want."

* Pretty much every time Miho appears she gets at least one crowning moment of awesome. Such as taking Jackie-boy's hand and wiping out everyone in the car.

--> '''Padre:''' And what have been your sins, my son?
--> '''Marv:''' Well, padre, I don't wanna keep you up all night, so I'll just fill you in on the latest batch....

* Miho is apparently asleep in the backseat of a car. The same mob enforcer decides to sneak his gun out of his jacket. She quickly opens her eyes and unsheathes her katana by just an inch. The enforcer puts his gun away and she calmly goes back to sleep.

** And in a bit of CreepyAwesome, Kevin never makes a sound, even as he's being torn to shreds.

* The second fight between Marv and Kevin. Marv knows that Kevin has him beat in regards to speed and agility, so he prepares accordingly, not only using razorwire, but also preparing a set of handcuffs to snap around Kevin's wrist, removing his advantage and allowing Marv to gain the upper hand and make the little bastard pay for murdering Goldie and everything he put everyone else through. And he leaves the guy alive just long enough for the guy's wolf, who he feeds the remains of his victims to, to come calling for him.

** '''''BANG!!!''''' "Worth dyin' for..." '''''BANG!!!''''' "Worth killin' for...'' '''''BANG!!!''''' "Worth goin' to Hell, for."

* Marv versus Kevin, the entire fight.

** You have to hand it to Marv when he can turn simply ''standing up'' into a Crowning Moment (he doesn't hit girls).

* Marv kicking the crap out of an entire squad of government agents, finally turning to the leader and saying "That there is one damn fine coat you're wearing."

* Marv revealing that he broke through his restraints and had been willingly taking a beating from the Old Town girls just to prove his innocence.

* Dwight waxes poetic about the three hundred Spartans who held off the entire Persian army at the Hot Gates, a narrow mountain pass. Sure, they all died, but by carefully choosing their terrain they were able to sell their lives dearly. Later, Dwight and the girls of Old Town are massively outnumbered by the gangs, so they lure them into a narrow, crooked alley, where Dwight reflects that "the choice of where to fight can mean a lot but there's nothing like having all your friends show up, with LOTS of guns."

* Miho is casually taking down a mob enforcer, chopping him up before kicking his head clean off (for throwing around Japanese slurs). Dwight lets two other mob enforcers watch. They happened to be brothers. Dwight tells one of the brothers to kill the other. When he refuses, Miho takes a moment out from toying with her prey to throw a shuriken, slicing his cigarette in half from across the parking lot. He obliges and shoots his own brother out of fear.
* Miho is apparently asleep in the backseat of a car. The same mob enforcer decides to sneak his gun out of his jacket. She quickly opens her eyes and unseaths her katanna by just an inch. The enforcer puts his gun away and she calmly goes back to sleep.

* Wallace shooting a sniper through his own scope.

* In ''The Big Fat Kill'' Dwight waxes poetic about the three hundred Spartans who held off the entire Persian army at the Hot Gates, a narrow mountain pass. Sure, they all died, but by carefully choosing their terrain they were able to sell their lives dearly. Later, Dwight and the girls of Old Town are massively outnumbered by the gangs, so they lure them into a narrow, crooked alley, where Dwight reflects that "the choice of where to fight can mean a lot but there's nothing like having all your friends show up, with LOTS of guns."
* In ''That Yellow Bastard'' Hartigan has his first at the end of the first issue ("I take his weapons away from him. Both of them." goes the captions while he shoots Junior's hand holding the gun and [[GroinAttack then his crotch]]) but probably his greatest at the very end: "An old man dies. A young woman lives. [[HeroicSacrifice Fair trade]]."
** 'The kid's a decent shot, but he's throwing bullets away like they're candy. He doesn't know how to aim true, look the devil in the eye.' * BANG*
** Or how about when he takes away both of his weapons again, only this time he [[GroinAttack grabs his penis and testicles and tears them off!]]
* Hartigan breaks a window and grabs a piece of glass with his feet to cut his bonds. ''While hanging from a noose.''
* Nancy's absolute refusal to scream for Junior at the Farm, despite being horribly tortured and completely at his mercy, buying Hartigan time to find and rescue her. Also playing dumb about her finicky car, which [[OnlyICanMakeItGo only she knows how to drive]], which forces Junior to take her to the Farm on foot, further tipping the odds in Hartigan's favor.
* Pretty much every time Miho appears she gets at least one crowning moment of awesome. Such as taking Jackie-boy's hand and wiping out everyone in the car.
* Dwight orchestrating the utter ruin of an entire mob family in the span of a single night in ''Family Values''.

* Wallace letting Manute know what body parts will be broken if he attacks him... and then apparently keeping his promise.
-->'''Manute''': You're a quick little thing. I should have brought a fly-swatter.
-->'''Wallace''': You should have brought an army.

* In ''Family Values'', we get a scene with about three CMOA in the span of a few pages. Miho is casually taking down a mob enforcer, chopping him up before kicking his head clean off (for throwing around Japanese slurs). Dwight lets two other mob enforcers watch. They happened to be brothers. Dwight tells one of the brothers to kill the other. When he refuses, Miho takes a moment out from toying with her prey to throw a shuriken, slicing his cigarette in half from across the parking lot. He obliges and shoots his own brother out of fear.
* Later in that same story, Miho is apparently asleep in the backseat of a car. The same mob enforcer decides to sneak his gun out of his jacket. She quickly opens her eyes and unseaths her katanna by just an inch. The enforcer puts his gun away and she calmly goes back to sleep.

* Marv versus Kevin, the entire fight.
* ''Family Values'': Dwight loses his cool when the mob don makes a homophobic remark about Carmen, and shoots him in the knee. Talk about being a good ally...

** Johnny's EstablishingCharacterMoment sequence has him showing off both his knack for good luck (by beating the slot machines in a manner that would please [[Series/HappyDays Fonzie]]) and his immense sense of style (his coin flipping).

* Creator/FrankMiller's ''ComicBook/SinCity'' comics are full of Moments of Awesome. Marv's best might be breaking down a barred metal door through pure stubbornness.

* Dwight orchestrating the utter ruin of an entire mob family in the span of a single night in Family Values.

* In Family Values, we get a scene with about three CMOA in the span of a few pages. Miho is casually taking down a mob enforcer, chopping him up before kicking his head clean off (for throwing around Japanese slurs). Dwight lets two other mob enforcers watch. They happened to be brothers. Dwight tells one of the brothers to kill the other. When he refuses, Miho takes a moment out from toying with her prey to throw a shuriken, slicing his cigarette in half from across the parking lot. He obliges and shoots his own brother out of fear.