John Hartigan

John Hartigan is the main protagonist in the Sin City segment, "That Yellow Bastard". In the story,, he is a cop who dedicates himself to protect a nine year old girl named Nancy Callahan from a sadistic pedophile named Roark Junior. When Nancy was kidnapped by Junior, Hartigan injured Junior and saved Nancy, injuring himself in the process. However, Hartigan was proud to know that Nancy was safe. Eight years later, Hartigan discovered that Nancy was kidnapped again by Junior (who was now a disfigured yellow skinned freak) and is now a stripper. Hartigan tried to save Nancy, but was almost killed by Junior in the process. He then follows Junior and Nancy to the Roark family barn and kills Junior, keeping Nancy safe again. After sharing a kiss with Nancy, Hartigan commits suicide fearing that Junior's father, Senator Roark, will go after Nancy so that he can get revenge on him for his son's death.