Ronin

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Others are more career-defining - the look of the people, beaten and broken-faced, all ugliness on the inside and out, would mark Miller’s subsequent work with its ‘beautiful ugliness’ aesthetic (even the chiseled Spartans of 300 have faces that look like ground meat). Of course, Miller loves the feeling of being a rōnin; he wants something to believe in, but it’s not another master. Throwing Your Sword Always Works: In the beginning, the Ronin throws his sword into the chest of a demon. First, there is the idea that the ronin has been shamed by his failure and must carry that burden with him until he has expunged it by ridding the world of the entity that caused this situa­tion.

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The fact that Selina Kyle makes her first appearance not as a self-reliant thief or vigilante, but a prostitute -- and a dominatrix, at that!

There are a few controversial elements thrown in to try and keep things interesting -- babes with loose morals and an aversion to clothing, bad guys who are secretly Nazis, y’know the usual -- but mostly it’s just Samuel L. was particularly inspired by the 1962 film The 300 Spartans, a movie that Miller watched as a young boy. Virgo tries to scold him to take control but Billy can't control himself, blaming Virgo for making him feel worthless. After announcing he intended to release his work only via the independent publisher Dark Horse Comics, Miller completed one final project for Epic Comics, the mature-audience imprint of Marvel Comics.

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Ultimately, however, Miller was persuaded by publisher Jenette Kahn that DC Comics would give him as much freedom as he desired for the series, [5] and DC published Ronin beginning in 1983. Head plans to sell the ronin as "The Elvis of Violence", and makes deals with the heads of both the Nazi and Black factions to kill the other faction's leader in exchange for rice, beer, sterno, and a place to sleep. My reaction to the storyline is ultimately this: It’s a clever, if derivative conceit, and it kept me turning the pages. His differences with DC Comics put aside, he saw the sequel initially released as a three-issue miniseries, [68] and though it sold well, [69] it received a mixed to negative reception.With the help of Miller’s rapid-fire nar­rative techniques, the story barrels along at a rapid clip. Miller’s certainly not afraid to bring politics into his art, nor is he worried about getting his heroes’ hands dirty. Superman and Wonder Woman’s mid-air sex scene, which sets off a load of volcanoes, is enough to make anyone cringe, as is the damningly homophobic depiction of Hawk and Dove as incestuous lovers with porno ‘taches.