Sin City Research: Character 4 - The Yellow Bastard

That Yellow Bastard

 The Yellow Bastard started out as Roark Jnr. He's a spoilt brat of a man, who escapes his rapes of children because of his corrupt senator dad. When honest cop Hartigan saves his fourth victim Nancy, it seems its the first time someone has said to him 'no, you can't do that. Its wrong.' Hartigan shoots his genitals off, his ear and hand. While he is in prison, Roark has numerous operations to grow the back having the side effect of turning him yellow.

 The Yellow Bastard claims to have raped many children, "dozens maybe a hundred, and everyone has screamed." He is made even more sickening by the fact he can't erect himself without a scream from his victim. As a wealthy man who can escape justice, he is the ultimate vile villain. He is a pevert, rapist, murder and torturer, at one point tying Nancy up and whipping her into screaming. His evil made more evident when he says that Nancy (aged 19) is "a little old for my taste but I can forget this just this once" and he tortures and attempts to rape her purely for revenge against Hartigan. "I'm going to take all night doing dear old Nancy and you're gonna die knowing its all you're fault!"

To me, his is one of the most disgusting and vile comic book villains. In comparison to villains such as Marvels Dr. Doom, he seems so much more evil as though his acts don't effect much people, his deeds are more disturbing and horrifying, as they are realistic and are something that exists in the real world.

He is the epitome of evil, a sickening, pedophile that has no mercy, compassion or care for anyone but himself. If I were to create a villain for my character, I feel I would create a character like the Yellow Bastard as he is a very effective villain, especially for a honor-bound hero like Hartigan.

"Yellow Bastard is a villain in the tradition of the Joker and other Batman villains as such, who originally were terrifying characters. It was only the old TV  show that have made them more clownish, and I think that the Yellow Bastard is going to remind people how scary that stuff can be. its also going to remind people how scary a comic can be, and I hope to hell it reminds people of a time before people started thinking comic books were just for kids. Because they never really have been, but maybe Sin City can help my other field stand a bit taller."

- Frank Miller - Sin City: The making of the Movie - P125