300

About

300 is a comic book series written and illustrated by Frank Miller which was published by Dark Horse Comics from May to December of 1998. The comic centers around a fictional retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. A movie adaptation was released on 2006 followed by a sequel on 2014.

Premise

In 480 BC, King Xerxes of The Persian Empires begins his invasion of Greece with over a million soldiers under his command. In response, King Leonidas of Sparta amasses 300 of his best soldiers at the hot gates in Thermopylae to hold off the advancing Persian advance.

History

300 began as a comic series which was written and illustrated by Frank Miller with painted colors by Lynn Varley. The comic was published by Dark Horse Comics from May to September of 1998 with a total of 5 volumes.

In 2006, a movie adaptation of the comic under the same name was released to theaters (shown below, left). The movie was directed by Zack Snyder and starred Gerrard Butler as King Leonidas. In 2014, a sequel titled 300: Rise of an Empire was released to theaters (shown below, right). The sequel was directed by Noam Murro and starred Sullivan Stapleton as Themistokles..

Reception

As of June, 2015, The first movie earned a 7.8 user rating on IMDb^[1] and a score of 51 on Metacritic^[3]. Its sequel earned a 6.3 user rating on IMDb^[2] and a score of 48 on Metacritic^[4].

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