The League of Exraordinary Gentlemen

by Alan Moore
Category: "Graphic Story"
Pages:176
Year of Publication:1999
Date Added:07/23/2014
Date Read:09/05/2015
Notes:A group of characters from Victorian fiction — Captain Nemo, Allan Quatermain, the Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll and Wilhelmina Harker (from Dracula are assembled to help Mr. Bond and his employer, Mr. M, retrieve an anti-gravity device from a Chinese warlord in London. When the accomplish the task, the discover that Mr. M is Moriarty, who intends to use it to become London's crime lord himself by bombing the city from his floating craft. The group take off in Nemo's balloon and thwart the plot. The graphic novel is followed by a text story called Allan and Sundered Veil about a drug trip of Quatermain's during which he met John Carter and a time traveler and had visions of evil creatures from another dimension.
My Rating: 5

Reviews for The League of Exraordinary Gentlemen

Review - League of Exraordinary Gentlemen, The

An interesting idea does not, by itself, make for a good story. Bringing together characters from Victorian literature was clever — the plot was dull. The text story at the end was so awfully over-written and pointless that I'm a bit angry with myself for spending the time to read it.

Reviewed by Roger on 2015-09-05 12:19:56

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