When discussing comic-book adaptations, it’s important to note the difference between stand-alone titles such as these and more popular series such as Batman and Superman. Frank Miller's epic retelling of history's supreme moment of battlefield valor is finally collected in its intended format-each two-page spread from the original comics is presented as a single undivided page.

Telling the story of the resurrection of Elektra from the dead and Daredevil's quest to find her, as well as showing Miller's will to experiment with new story-telling techniques. This is truly the power of the comic book medium, a power well-remembered by those of us who dropped the melodrama and tissue paper plots of the X-clones long ago. The dialogue is delivered with too much stern solemness, so hilarious lines such as 'Only the ha--rd' or 'Tonight we dine in Hell! Similar numbers were posted soon after by another long-awaited graphic-novel adaptation, James McTeigue’s version of Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta. L'Heureux alleged the pair had repeatedly made, "false, misleading and defamatory statements" about L'Heureux's ownership of the developmental rights of Sin City and Hard Boiled to Skydance Media CEO David Ellison and other Skydance executives and prevented the creation of a film adaptation of Hard Boiled and a TV series based on Sin City.Miller has received every major comic book industry award, and in 2015 he was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame. In every Look Back, we examine a comic book issue from 10/25/50/75 years ago (plus a wild card every month with a fifth week in it). The pacing is off and runs too quickly, the action scenes are a confusing mess of Jackson Pollock scratches that convey little dynamic movement, but plenty of lifeless gore. When one of the soldiers stumbles, he is brutalized by one of his superiors, but Leonidas shows off his strength of character when he steps in and knocks out the superior, sparing the young soldier. He is a charismatic and yet laconic character who’s sarcasm stands out, particularly in his interaction with Xerxes.

Released the same year as Alan Moore's and Dave Gibbons' DC miniseries Watchmen, it showcased a new form of more adult-oriented storytelling to both comics fans and a crossover mainstream audience.NOW OUT OF PRINT BUT WE STILL HAVE A REMAINING QUANTITY OF NEW COPIES - IMPORTED DIRECTLY FROM THE UNITED STATES. His first published work was at Western Publishing's Gold Key Comics imprint, received at the recommendation of comics artist Neal Adams, to whom a fledgling Miller, after moving to New York City, had shown samples and received much critique and occasional informal lessons. To me, the largest issue is the concept of civilization itself, and the clash between Western and Eastern points of view, which has been ongoing ever since.