300 is a historically-inspired comic book written and illustrated by Frank Miller with painted colors by Lynn Varley. The comic is a retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae and the events leading up to it from the perspective of Leonidas of Sparta. King Leonidas of Sparta gathers 300 of his best soldiers to fight the upcoming Persian invasion. Because he knows this is a suicide mission, Leonidas selects only men who have sired male children to carry on their legacy. They plan to stop King Xerxes's invasion of Greece at the narrow cliffs of Thermopylae, forcing their soldiers to funnel through a small opening in a cliff that will prevent the Spartans from being overwhelmed by Xerxes' army's numbers.*















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