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This article is about the fictional character. For other uses see, Marv (disambiguation) Marv is a fictional character from the Graphic Novel series Sin City , created by Frank Miller . He first appears in '' The Hard Goodbye '', '' A Dame To Kill For '', ''Just Another Saturday Night'', and ''Silent Night''. He makes a brief Cameo in ''Blue Eyes'' (as featured in ''Lost, Lonely, and Lethal''). He works the streets of Basin City, universally nicknamed Sin City, doing odd jobs for various people. APPEARANCE Marv is a 7-foot tall man with a heavily scarred face and a Buzzcut . He is always seen dressed in a trench-coat, leather pants and boots. He wears a cross around his neck. PERSONALITY In the book '' and Medieval stories. The result was the idea for a character he called " Conan in a trench coat." Despite his presumed Catholic upbringing, Marv is a violent, borderline Psychotic who uses his strength and fearsome build to bring down those who challange him or break his personal code of ethics. He suffers from an unnamed mental condition that causes him to "get confused," which, judging from his own awareness of his illness and the effects it is shown to have, probably involves short-term memory loss and possibly Hallucinations . Lucille, his Parole officer, supplies him with medication to control these effects of his condition, via her girlfriend Claire who is a psychiatrist (who he claims tried to analyze him once, but she got "too scared.") He doesn't seem to be supplied anything that would (or ''could'') curb his violent impulses, however. Marv is convinced that he is not that smart, but he shows a surprising amount of cleverness when needed. But in most situations, he just smashes his way through conflicts, such as kicking down a door and sending police flying, or to charge a squad of heavily armed cops, only armed with a Hatchet . Marv has a well developed skill and appetite for Torture ; he never blinks or seems to think twice about inflicting upon his worst enemies the slowest, most painful death he can possibly implement. He speaks in a soft, calm manner, showing no sign of hesitation or fear, even while committing gruesome Murder . While he has no compunction about maiming and killing anyone he feels has wronged him, however, even he has his limits. He is deeply afraid of winding up as "a maniac {Link without Title} a psycho killer" and thus will only kill someone if he "knows for sure he ought to." He adheres unrelentingly to his own personal code of honor, which also dictates the repayment of Debt s and chivalry towards women. He may also have a soft spot for children, suggested when he rescues a little girl from Pimp s in ''Silent Night''. TRAITS
MOVIE APPEARANCE He is played by Mickey Rourke in the Film Adaptation . Because of the speed at which the film was shot (and the fact most of the cast who appeared in multiple stories hadn't yet been cast), several of the people Rourke is seen interacting with weren't necessarily there during the day it was shot. During the scenes at Kadie's, he never met or interacted with Brittany Murphy , Clive Owen or Jessica Alba ; they were all shot on different days several months after. Similarly, Rutger Hauer and Elijah Wood (both of whom he kills) never met Rourke either. Hauer was one of the last people to be cast and his scene was shot months after ''The Hard Goodbye'' had finished principal photography. Wood and Rourke were shot fighting each other's stunt doubles. OTHER NOTES In ) and a gun while the other, known as "Death Row Marv", which comes with an electric chair. As it was battery operated, when activated, Marv's eyes lit up in red while a voice chip gives the famous line, "Is that the best you can do, you pansies?" Death Row Marv was comparably rare to most other action figures on the market, as it was offered exclusively to comic book specialty stores and was not made available to larger chains such as Toys R Us and Walmart . Despite the fact that this was a collectible marketed solely towards adults, it caused a considerable amount of controversy. {Link without Title} In 2005 , the license for ''Sin City'' toys has been acquired by NECA , who has also done their own versions of "Death Row Marv", although these will not likely be eliciting the same amount of controversy, given the mainstream acceptance of ''Sin City'' due to the successful film release. |
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