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300 Hardcover – December 15, 1999

by Frank Miller (Author), Lynn Varley (Author)
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The armies of Persia—a vast horde greater than any the world has ever known—are poised to crush Greece, an island of reason and freedom in a sea of madness and tyranny. Standing between Greece and this tidal wave of destruction are a tiny detachment of but three hundred warriors. Frank Miller's epic retelling of history's supreme moment of battlefield valor is finally collected in its intended format—each two-page spread from the original comics is presented as a single undivided page.
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    13 x 0.5 x 10.07 inches
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An emperor amasses an army of hundreds of thousands, drawn from two continents, to invade a third continent and conquer a tiny, divided nation. Only a few hundred warriors stand against them. Yet the tiny nation is saved. It sounds like the plot of a preposterous fantasy novel. It is historical fact. In 481-480 B.C., King Xerxes of Persia raised forces in Asia and Africa and invaded Greece with an army so huge that it "drank rivers dry." Then they entered the mountain pass of Thermopylae and encountered 300 determined soldiers from Sparta....

Writer-artist Frank Miller and colorist Lynn Varley retell the battle of Thermopylae in the exciting and moving graphic novel 300. They focus on King Leonidas, the young foot soldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios to highlight the Spartans' awe-inspiring toughness and valor. Miller and Varley's art is terrific, as always; the combat scenes are especially powerful. And Miller's writing is his best in years. Read it.

Do not, however, read 300 expecting a strictly accurate history. The Phocians did not "scatter," as Miller describes. His Spartans are mildly homophobic, which is goofy in such a gay society. Miller doesn't say how many Greeks remained for the climactic battle--you'd think 300 Spartans and maybe a dozen others, when there were between 700 and 1,100 Greeks. Herodotus's Histories does not identify the traitor Ephialtes as ugly and hunchbacked, or even as Spartan. 300 establishes a believable connection between Ephialtes's affliction and behavior, but his monstrous appearance, King Xerxes's effeminacy, and the Persians' inexplicable pierced-GenX-African looks make for an eyebrow-raising choice of villain imagery. Nonetheless, 300 is a brilliant dramatization.

For the full story of the failed invasion, read Herodotus's Histories or, for a concise, graphic-novel retelling, Larry Gonick's great Cartoon History of the Universe: Volumes 1-7, From the Big Bang to Alexander the Great. For a lighthearted look at post-invasion Athens and a very young Alexander the Great, check out William Messner-Loebs and Sam Kieth's witty and gorgeous graphic novels, Epicurus the Sage Vol. I and Vol. II. --Cynthia Ward

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The Battle of Thermopylae ranks as one of the ancient world's most important events, where Spartan King Leonidas and his 300-man bodyguard met the massive army of Emperor Xerxes of Persia, who intended to add Greece to his empire. To no one's surprise, the Spartans were destroyed. While the battle bought the Greeks enough time to defeat the mighty Persians, it was more important for the metaphor it created: occasionally one has to lose to win. This is clearly the inspiration behind Miller's attempt to place this epic tale in the context of a graphic novel. A renowned comics artist and writer known for hard-boiled stories of almost operatic intensity and stylishly overwrought violence, Miller (Sin City) injects his own brand of graphic sensationalism into this ancient tale of national survival. Miller clearly isn't as interested in being a historian as he is in telling a story, but his portrayal of the ancient world is compelling. His drawings of the bearded Leonidas are pensive and starkly imperial. The Persian King Xerxes is represented as majestically African, his body covered in a gaudy and bejeweled network of meticulously rendered chains and bracelets. Form and content are ideally wedded: Miller's writing is stark, his drawings moody and dramatic, and intensified by Varley's grimly appropriate palette of earth and blood. The reader can see and feel the harshness of both the Grecian landscape and Sparta's battle-worshipping culture, as Miller presents the complex historical moment facing the 300. (May)
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dark Horse Books; GPH edition (December 15, 1999)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 88 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1569714029
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1569714027
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.95 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13 x 0.5 x 10.07 inches
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    Frank Miller is one of the seminal creative talents who sparked the current gigantic sub-industry of motion pictures featuring comic book- initiated product. A sub-industry which had become a super-industry. This most profitable aspect of this millennium’s film production, now producing an annual flow of box office profits in the Billions of dollars, was launched when Frank Miller’s graphic novel re-take on the classic comic book hero, Batman, resulted in an entertainment industry-wide reconsideration of the genre in the deeper and darker vision Miller brought to it.

    Miller re-defined the presentation of comic book characters and heroic fiction with his grand-daddy of graphic novels, “The Dark Knight.” This revolutionary work

    not only kicked off the series of Batman films based on his redefinition, but a craze for such material that has thrown dozens of such heroes into multiple film franchise heaven. Certainly chief among these has been Miller’s uniquely classical take on superheroic narrative, “300,” and his “Sin City” books, each of which entered motion pictures with historic successes, and each now in Miller's creative phase of achieving its highly-anticipated sequel. Miller’s co-direction of “Sin City” has made him one of the hottest

    directors… as well as a guiding creative force…for the new genre. Or one might say “super genre.”

    Miller's latest graphic novel, Holy Terror, is his first original graphic novel in ten years. Join The Fixer, a brand new, hard-edged hero as he battles terror in the inaugural release from Legendary Comics.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Frank Miller deserves a seat in Olympus as the god of sequential art
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2007
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As a collection of the original comics, 300 is much better read in one sitting than reading the individual comics on a monthly schedule (which is what I did eight years ago). This book first achieved phenomenal success after its release as a single graphic novel (or hardcover trade, or whatever, I'm not going to argue terminology here) simply because after one issue you become so restless you just have to read the next one. That's why I enjoyed it much more in its current format; collecting the issues was a chore because Miller makes it so compulsively readable and the interim between issues killed me. The art is breathtaking, the writing appropriate, and the coloring by Liz Varley is brilliantly done. A lot of criticism has been directed toward this hardcover, chief among these being the fact that it is not historically accurate and that it is an excercise in racism while simultaneously objectifying women. Since I loved this comic, I respectfully disagree with all these arguments. Just look at the characterization of the Spartan Queen, done in only a handful of panels, which show that Miller did devote time and thought to what kind of people Spartan women were to survive in such a warlike society. This book is about soldiers, above all else, and during that time soldiers were men who protected their families at the cost of their own lives. The slave-oracle of the Ephors is a device Miller uses to highlight the lecherous and corrupt natures of these so-called holy men, but it is not intended to objectify women (and I meant no offense by calling the girl a 'device.') Miller definitely did not plan to espouse any racist views either; he simply conceived a cosmopolitan Persian army consisting of dozens of conquered nations and hundreds of tribes as a disorganized force unable to match the dicipline of the Spartans who received identical training in war. Authorial intent is what we must consider when reading 300 which uses Greece in 480 B.C as its setting, so it is not meant to comment on current issues in society, but issues that, according to historical speculation, were common at the time. I enjoyed this book because I was looking for a beautifully-drawn, action packed read, and this is exactly what I found. Recommended to all Frank Miller fans and artists starting out in the comics medium.
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Kerry Walters
5.0 out of 5 stars "Into hell's mouth we march..."
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2008
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Although the differences are sometimes difficult to articulate, there really IS a distinction between a comic and a graphic novel. Frank Miller's 300 falls squarely in the former category. As in all comics (here's one of those differences), the plot is simple and the message is straightforward. Miller is intent on depicting and applauding the heroics of military sacrifice exemplified in the stand of Leonidas and his 300 Spartans at Thermopylae, the "hot gateway." His narrative and dialogue are minimalistic and punch home a few key words: "honor," "justice," "law," "strength," "courage." So far as I can tell, there are only three women in the entire story--Leonidas' wife, an oracle, and a slave girl in the market place--and their presence is fleeting and inessential. The story is relentlessly masculine and a glorification of the masculine art of war.

Morally disconcerting as the butchery depicted by Frank Miller is, there really is something stirring about his re-telling of the Themopylae story. Clearly both the story of courageous sacrifice and his rendering of it touch deep responsive chords. Miller's artwork is superb, impressionistic and subtle at times, hard-lined and deliberately brutal at others. The observant eye can discover visual tricks--drawn connotations, as it were--that enhance the story. Just one marvelous example: at one point, Leonidas consults the ephors, corrupt priests of the "old gods" who demand gold for their advice. The ephors keep young maidens as oracles, and the clear implication is that they sexually abuse them. In painting the maiden oracle, Miller has scattered fingerprints across her body--actual ones, from the looks of them--which are so skillfully worked into the overall composition that one doesn't immediately see them for what they are. Brilliant!

Highly recommended.
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Holly H
5.0 out of 5 stars 300 graphic novel that inspired a film
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2024
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My son was interested in this graphic novel before they made it into a film. Amazon always has the books & other items that small stores don't have. This book & the fact that I am a Gerard Butler fan lead to my son & I spending more time together as we read the graphic novel many times & watched the film together too.
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Dr. AL
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Historical Fiction comic
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2007
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If you like other Frank Miller stuff you'll likely go for this one also. Great art if you like this type of comic and a decent historical fiction portrayal/interpretation. Don't go basing your history paper on the story presented here, however Miller's version is likely a little closer to the actual "gore of war" than was presented in the "clean" movie (The 300 Spartans) it was based on. Personally, I wish Miller had based his book/movie on the "Gates of Fire" book by Pressfield; it would have been even better. It isn't politcally correct, but then it doesn't need to be. The spartans certainly weren't. For me, it was entertaining and that is the bottom line.
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Enrique
5.0 out of 5 stars Muy bien
Reviewed in Mexico on May 10, 2022
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Lo comopre de segunda mano a muy bien precio y se encuentra en muy buen estado el comic, en cuanto la historia es ya un clásico de los cómics, tanto la narrativa y el dibujo es bastante bueno y entretenido
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5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoying it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2024
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Good story. I've seen the film before so it's good to read the GN that inspired the film. Really good. Some of Frank Miller's finest work.
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Samuele
5.0 out of 5 stars Uno dei capolavori di Miller. C'è altro da dire?
Reviewed in Italy on November 21, 2022
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Perfetto sia per chi ama Miller da tempo, sia per chi vuole scoprirlo perché ancora non lo conosce (amanti dei cine comics parlo con voi 😏). Facile da godere e da comprendere, entrambe qualità non scontate in tutte le opere di Miller. Adesso che ci penso potrebbe veramente essere il più adatto per avvicinarsi all'autore, anche se differisce molto dal suo lavoro "tipico". Ad ogni modo, conosciutissimo, lettissimo, raccomandatissimo.
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john manoussos
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in Canada on July 5, 2019
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My father used to tell me this story when I was a child, so when i got older and saw Frank Miller had written an adaptation, i jumped on it. The movie also did a great job of reproducing the feel of the graphic novel
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luis guilhermino
5.0 out of 5 stars Trabalho primoroso!
Reviewed in Brazil on June 24, 2018
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Trabalho primoroso, editorial! Incrível a qualidade do produto final. Valoriza demais a sempre incrível e fantástica arte de Frank Miller, que realmente traz à obra um sentido cinematográfico especial. Quanto ao roteiro, não acho dos mais brilhantes, mas é algo bem divertido e sem compromisso com a realidade. Frank aproveita a história e cria sua mitologia. Mas não se engane, somente pela edição e pela arte já vale ter essa peça na sua coleção.
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