I Knew They Would never be a sequel to Alan Moore's classic comic series "The Watchmen" (and I wish Frank Miller HAD let well enough alone with "The Dark Knight Returns"), goal Certainly "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" is a kindred spirit in key looks. If the Watchmen Were Supposed to be superheroes Abebooks web reconnu, Even Though We had never seen 'em before, Then the League recognizable fictional characters offers up Abebooks web-have never seen together before. Going back a century for inspiration, Moore Creates a Pax Britannia circa 1898 Where the "superheroes" are fictional characters Who HAD beens created by That Particular points in time, to wit: Mina Murray (Harker) from Bram Stoker's "Dracula," Captain Nemo from Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea," Alan Quartermain from H. Rider Haggard's "King Solomon's Mines," and the titular characters of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and HG Wells' "The Invisible Man. " There est aussi reason to Believe That "M," the shadowy face Who orders the League about, might in fact be Mycroft Holmes (and if you do not know what he is from literary series Then just totally forget about enjoying this series). If That, in and of Itself, is not enough of a hook to get your interested in checking out this collection of the first comic book adventure of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen let me remind You That Alan Moore is doing the writing. The artwork is by Kevin O'Neill Certainly evocative of the turn of the last century, or, more to the point, does not look like a contemporary superhero comic book. Moore and O'Neill aussi Maintain a wonderful conceit Throughout the series of presenting the comics as being white published at the time of the story, filled with wonderful "ads" that are as interesting as Often the story (one of qui Actually the required initial print run of one of the issues to be destroyed, a story you will-have to find elsewhere related, patient reader). Moore's intention Was to deal with a superhero group before all the clichés Were Established (again, similar to how "The Watchmen" was in a different reality unencumbered by the DC and Marvel universes). Seeing year Obvious parallel entre les Hulk and Jekyll / Hyde, Moore let His imagination roam In His alternate, more advanced Technically Version of Victorian London. The more you know about literary history from this period (eg, Emile Zola's Nana is killed in the Rue Morgue by Hyde), the more you will enjoy all this work. Aim this first adventure for the League still works if late 19th-century fiction is not your strong. British Intelligence HAS Discovered That cavorite, a material That Makes flying machines possible, has-been stolen by a mysterious Chinese figure (Oh, come on, take a wild guess who It has to be). Campion Bond of MI5 has-been ordered to assemble a team of adventurers to retrieve the cavorite, qui is crucial to the race to get to the Moon. "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" is really much more fun than we usually associate with Moore's work. Certainly his tongue HAS never been further Top In His cheeks than with this series. The first three issues of Volume 2-have seen the light of day so far this year and if you read through this original endeavor you can Quickly get up to speed with the current adventure. Just remember it is 1898 and Britannia waives the rules ...
