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Author: Frank Miller, Lynn Varley
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-12-15
ISBN: 1569714029
Number of pages: 88
Publisher: Dark Horse

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Book Review: Historic blockbuster graphic novel
Summary: 5 Stars

Everybody knows that if you want a tough, manly comic book, you should turn to Frank Miller. Frank specializes in violent, testosterone-driven morality plays that make you want to run right out and hurt people. After years of hard-hitting crime stories, Frank turned his attention to what is possibly the ruggedest, manliest story in history: the battle of Thermopylae. In 480 B.C. King Leonidas of Sparta led 300 men to defend Greece from the vast Persian army. "But," as the book's back cover says, "these warriors are more than men... they are SPARTANS."

You only think you've seen bad-asses before. The Spartans set whole new standards for bad-assery. The story's all about 300 mostly naked, sweaty Greek men, but you don't for a second imagine that they're gay. In fact, you don't think of them as sexual at all -they're purely devoted to killing, and they're very good at it. Even if you begin this book unsympathetic to their brutal culture, by the end you'll be cheering for them.

Frank did a great job writing and drawing this story, and Lynn Varley did a great job adding the colors. The extra-wide pages allow for huge, sweeping shots and incredible battle scenes. The book has high production values all around - you'll want to leave it sitting out because it's just so damn pretty.

Great artwork. Lots of memorable lines. And bone-crunching, overwhelming violence like you've never seen before. Five out of five

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