Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander, or simply Xerxes, is a 2018 comic book limited series written and illustrated by Frank Miller. Acting as both a prequel and sequel to the events chronicled in Miller's earlier series 300, a fictional retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae, the series garnered a mixed reception. Parts of the series were loosely adapted for the 2014 film 300: Rise of an Empire, a sequel to the 2007 film adaptation of 300. However, the comic series was not actually published until 2018, four years after the film's release. A further film adaptation of Xerxes' Rise of Alexander segments, Blood and Ashes, is also in development. Source: Wikipedia (en)