History Awesome / SinCity

** Or it could be at the end of the original ''Sin City'', when Marv [[spoiler: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.]]

* 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 [[spoiler: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 [[spoiler:shoots Junior's hand holding the gun and [[GroinAttack then his crotch]]]]) but probably his greatest at the very end: [[spoiler:"An old man dies. A young woman lives. [[HeroicSacrifice Fair trade]]."]]

** Or how about when he takes away both of his weapons again, only this time he [[spoiler:[[GroinAttack grabs his penis and testicles and tears them off!]]]]

* Nancy Callahan [[spoiler:killing Senator Roark and avenging Hartigan]].

* After being tortured and humiliated by Senator Roark for beating him at cards once, Johnny, [[spoiler:the Senator's bastard son, returns the next night to another poker game and wipes the floor with him again. Humiliating the Senator again in front of his powerful friends, he ensures that the story of his defeat will be told throughout the city. [[DoomedMoralVictor Johnny does this despite knowing that the Senator will kill him for the embarrassment]] and [[FaceDeathWithDignity dies with dignity]].]]

* 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 [[spoiler:shoots Junior's hand holding the gun and [[GroinAttack then his crotch]]]]) but probably his greatest at the very end: [[spoiler:"An old man dies. A young woman lives. Fair trade."]]

*** [[spoiler:Truth in television since more than a few death row inmates have been known to survive several jolts from an electric chair. Though none were coherent enough afterward to trash-talk the executioners.]]

*** Though he does quite calmly [[spoiler:shoot one in the head]] in the Silent Night one-shot. Seems he's willing to bend the rules when it comes to child abuse.
*** Though Frank Miller hasn't exactly been clear on whether she's actually a woman, so it may not actually count.

** 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]].

* Nancy's absolute refusal to scream for Junior at the Farm, despite being horribly tortured and completely at his mercy.

* 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 chosing 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 [[spoiler:but there's nothing like having all your friends show up, with LOTS of guns."]]

** 'The kids 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*

* 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 chosing 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 [[spoiler:but there's nothing like having all your friends show up, with LOTS of guns.]]

* 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.

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

* After being tortured and humiliated by Senator Roark for beating him at cards once, Johnny, [[spoiler:the Senator's bastard son, returns the next night to another poker game and wipes the floor with him again. Humiliating the Senator again in front of his powerful friends, he ensures that the story of his defeat will be told throughout the city. [[DoomedMoralVictor Johnny does this despite knowing that the Senator will kill him for the embarrassment]] and [[FaceDeathWithDignity dies with dignity]].]]

* After being tortured and humiliated by Senator Roark for beating him at cards once, Johnny, [[spoiler:the Senator's bastard son, returns the next night to another poker game and wipes the floor with him again. Humiliating the Senator again in front of his powerful friends, he ensures that the story of his defeat will be told throughout the city. Johnny does this despite knowing that the Senator will kill him for the embarrassment and [[FaceDeathWithDignity dies with dignity]].]]

* Marv versus Kevin, the entire fight.

*** [[spoiler:Truth in television since more than a few death row inmates have been known to survive several jolts from an electric chair. Though none to this troper's knowledge were coherent enough afterward to trash-talk the executioners.]]

**** Though Frank Miller hasn't exactly been clear on whether she's actually a woman.

* 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 [[spoiler:shoots Junior's hand holding the gun and then his crotch]]) but probably his greatest at the very end: [[spoiler:"An old man dies. A young woman lives. Fair trade."]]

** Or how about when he takes away both of his weapons again, only this time he [[spoiler:grabs his penis and testicles and tears them off!]]

** Or it could be at the end of the original ''Sin City'', when Marv [[spoiler: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 electroute him a second time to finish him off.]]

**** [[spoiler:Though it is implied that she was a [[{{Squick}} transexual.]]]]

* 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. 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.

* When Marv [[spoiler:gets dose of 2,000 volts from the electric chair, coughs up blood and responds "Is the best you can do you pansies?" He then gets his second and final dose]].

!!Film

* So many moments, but to start off the list, when Marv [[spoiler:gets dose of 2,000 volts from the electric chair, coughs up blood and responds "Is the best you can do you pansies?" He then gets his second and final dose]].

* Wallace taking down an entire factory filled with assassins before any of them can really react. The fastest one "almost fires a shot."