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Title: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore ISBN: 1-56389-858-6 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.49 (81 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A host of literary and cultural references
Comment: After reading the introduction, to the first Hellboy graphic novel, by Alan Moore, I was well prepared for this tremendous piece. This is fiction, but woven throughout are allusions to English literature and culture. Knowing these allusions clearly adds to the experience of the book.
Some of the key characters of many Victorian adventure stories are gathered together to protect England from her enemies. This first volume covers the gathering of its members and the first mission.
To get all the allusions, pay close attention to everything on the page. References, names, and even background images in the pages have information for you to help set the tone.
This graphic novel includes a short story with Allan Quartermain in the end. Although a good story, really good if you know your Lovecraft and remember John Carter of Mars, I believe it was originally done in serial. Whenever you have a serial, there is some repetition to get everyone up to speed, kind of a "Last week on ...." Since everything is together here, the repetition can be a little distracting. It is an interesting story though.
I would highly recommend reading this. I have been away from the comics scene, and this was a fabulous re-introduction into the genre.
Rating: 5
Summary: dark, delightful graphic novel
Comment: I used to read comic books a lot when I was younger and recently, having heard good things about graphic novels, decided to check out some of the highly rated ones. I was certainly not disappointed by this extraordinary tale with its fantastical characters and settings.
In this story, the mysterious Mr. M has commissioned Wilhelmina Harker Murray (from Bram Stoker's Dracula) to gather a league of adventurers who will perform extraordinary tasks when the need arises. The first part of the story is devoted to the formidable Miss Murray's finding and assembling her group: Allan Quatermain, H. Rider Haggard's hero; Captain Nemo from Jules Verne's tale; Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll (and his counterpart Mr. Edward Hyde); and Hawley Griffin, from H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man. Along the way they are assisted by Auguste Dupin, literature's first detective, and threatened by Fu Manchu. There are lots of other literary references and these are fun, but you can easily enjoy this fine graphic novel without catching them.
Throughout the book, in editorial notes, author blurbs, etc, the conceit is maintained that this tale was written and published in the 19th century. Also included is a heavily-illustrated prose tale, 'Allan and the Sundered Veil'.
Caveat: If you are a parent buying for children, you might want to find something else -- there is a lot of graphic violence and coercive [explicits].
Rating: 5
Summary: great story but where's Dorian Gray?
Comment: I got this graphic novel after I collected all the books on the chracters in the movie League of Extraordinary Gentleman, And it was great, but I kept wondering where Dorian Gray was. You see his portrait on the front cover, but he's not in the book. You would think since this stroy is based in 19th centry England he would be in this stroy, but no. Anyway this is a great novel to have. It has great graphics, great story, great chracters too. But there are somethings I wish theyed put in there, like how miss Murry is, and I'd wish you could see more of Nemo's crew. One of the many cool things in this book is if you look in some pages there are news papers that say Mars is Volcanic(guess who's gonna drop to earth in the next stroy). Another cool thing in this stroy is when someone is talking to someone in another launge it's written in that launge like Aribic, and Chinese. This is a great novel to add to your collection.
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Title: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2 (Comic) by Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill ISBN: 1401201172 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons ISBN: 0930289234 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Heroes & Monsters: The Unofficial Companion to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Jess Nevins ISBN: 193226504X Publisher: Natl Book Network Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: FROM HELL by Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell ISBN: 0958578346 Publisher: Top Shelf Production Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Top Ten (Book 1) by Alan Moore ISBN: 1563896680 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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