id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9297 300 (comics) - Wikipedia .html text/html 2424 271 75 300 is a historically inspired 1998 comic book limited series written and illustrated by Frank Miller with painted colors by Lynn Varley. In 2018, Dark Horse published Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander, also written and drawn by Miller, acting as a prequel and sequel to the events of 300, depicting Xerxes I's rise to the throne, and the subsequent destruction of the Persian Empire under his descendant Darius III, by Alexander the Great. There are references to the Battle at Thermopylae in several of Frank Miller's other comic books. ISBN 1-56971-402-9 Hardcover, 88 pages, Dark Horse Comics ^ Frank Miller, 300 #3 (July 1998),"Slings & Arrows" letters page, Dark Horse Comics ^ Frank Miller, 300 #4 (August 1998), "Combat" letters page, Dark Horse Comics ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9297.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9297.txt