Frank Miller Talks 300 Prequel
Legendary comic book creator Frank Miller has been chatting to IGN about a slew of upcoming projects.
Fresh from his appearance at SDCC, Miller, who created such seminal works as The Dark Knight Returns and 300, let slip a few new details about a ‘mythical’ prequel to 300, Xerxes or to give it it’s full title Xerxes: The Fall of The House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander, and his potential return to the world of the Dark Knight.
Teasing that the story was ‘big’ and operated as a wrap-around for 300, Miller went on to explain that the tale would feature Xerxes rise to power and that the three-day war between Xerxes and the Spartans was only a ‘blip’ compared to events to come.
Speaking about returning to the world of the Dark Knight – the third volume The Dark Knight III: The Master Race has just concluded – Miller said that he had a few notions about a potential fourth volume but it was ‘too early’ to commit to anything just yet.
What Miller will commit to however is a Superman origin story very much in the vein of Batman: Year One, which will be illustrated by John Romita Jr. and delve into the earliest days of Clark Kent coming into his own as a superhero.
Speaking to Vulture, Miller said: “You know through, Dark Knight I got to touch just about the ones in the DC pantheon but I never had my real meaningful crack at Superman. In the case of DC Comics, which has by far and away the strongest and richest mythology, there are those three fundamental pillars they have of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. All of the other characters, they kind of string along underneath them, which is wonderful.”
Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander will be out via Dark Horse Comics next year.
