Frank Miller’s neo-noir comics setting

The actual numbers appearing on these books do not match their chronological order – or, for that matter, their publication order.
 
That Yellow Bastard (Book 4)
 
The Hard Goodbye (Book 1)
 
A Dame to Kill For (Book 2)
 
The Big Fat Kill (Book 3)
 
Family Values (Book 5)>
 
Hell and Back (Book 7)
 
Booze, Broads, & Bullets (Book 6)
a collection of shorter stories that take place at various points in the overall series, but best read here.