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London, The Victorian Era draws to a close and the twentieth century approaches. It is a time of great change and an The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 of stagnation, a The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 of chaste order and ignoble chaos. It is an era in need of champions. In this amazingly imaginative tale, literary figures from throughout time and various bodies of work are brought together to face any and all threats to Br. In this amazingly imaginative tale, literary figures from throughout time and various bodies of work are brought together to face any and all threats to Britain. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. Kevin O'Neill Illustrator. In this amazingly imaginative tale, literary figures from throughout time and various bodies of work are brought together to face any and all threats to Br London, Get A Copy. Paperback1st editionpages. More Details Original Title. Mina HarkerDr. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Does anyone know if the scripts in the Absolute Editions contain the original english of the arabic and chinese portions? Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jun 29, Brad The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 it it was amazing Shelves: hyperrealitygraphic-novelcounter-fantasticalcomic-booksadventure. It doesn't smack you in the head with a puddle of blood and a happy face pin like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1. Nor does it open with a girl about The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 be raped in a post-apocalyptic Neo-Fascist London like V for Vendetta. It doesn't open with extreme gravitas. Instead, we get a fun variation of the classic spy mission opener: Mina Murray nee Harker, nee Murray is ordered on a mission by Campion Bond grandfather of to It's easy to see The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. Instead, we get a fun variation of the classic spy mission opener: Mina Murray nee Harker, nee Murray is ordered on a mission by Campion Bond grandfather of to collect members for MI5's "Menagerie. It looks, feels and reads like a summer blockbuster too bad it was such a flop on-screen. But this is Alan Mooreand he always has a purpose beyond entertainment. Too much to talk about here. But one of Moore's most important purposes is his need to challenge our conception of heroes and heroism. It's a theme he tackles in all of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 best works, but it takes on a special significance in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. Captain Nemo is a pirate, Allan Quartermain is an opium addict, Jekyll-Hyde may very well have The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 Jack the Ripper, the Invisible Man is a multiple rapist, and Mina Murray is a disgraced woman at least according to the conventions of her time who doesn't seem to like men much anymore. None of these heroes seem as ugly as Rorschach or Comedian, nor are any as ruthless as V, so we enjoy their adventure, cheer them on as they cross swords with the first M who turns out to be the granddaddy of villainous geniusesand overlook behaviours that are little better than the nastiest behaviour of some of Moore's more easy to disdain protagonists. What Moore wants us to consider is in the contrast between his characters and the established characters. He wants to challenge our affinity for these heroes. He wants us to ask questions about them and ourselves: why do we overlook the behaviour of the League? Why are we on their side? Why do we support -- and why do they support -- a nostalgic view of Blighty's colonialism? Why do we give The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 heroes a pass? His answer is that we do it because they are familiar. We know them. We know of their exploits, either through first hand experience or through hearsay, and we are ready to embrace their "greatness" before we even start reading about them in the League. We're steeped in their mythologies from the original books to film adaptations to stage plays to comic strips to animation, and having already accepted them as "heroes" we accept them as versions of us. They are us, and we can't see ourselves as anything other than likable, so we cut the "Menagerie" considerably more slack than we'd cut for Moore's other heroes -- and Moore wants us to see that our willing delusion when it comes to these characters is wrong. All the way through this story I couldn't help thinking about The Three Musketeers. It's one of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 favourite novels, though I haven't read it for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 while, and I don't know anyone who doesn't love d'Artagnan. Hell, I love d'Artagnan. What's not to love? Well, plenty if one takes the time to really consider his behaviour. He's a murderer, a rapist, and a purveyor of myriad nasty little vices. Yet we all or most us love him. Moore wants us to think about that for a while. He wants us to think about why we love the characters we love, then apply that knowledge to the way we see ourselves and the world around us. I think he succeeds, even though its manifestation is so subtle it can be easily missed. The fault, dear Reader, is not in Moore's writing, But in our reading. That is why we are underlings. View all 6 comments. Mar 23, Lyn rated it really liked it. Great good fun! Jekyll and Mr. View all 4 comments. Dec 14, Tina Haigler rated it really liked it Shelves: graphic-novel. While I liked this, it did take me at least three chapters to get into it, or care about the characters. We have a group of rather strange characters, whom most will recognize from some of the classic horror and sci-fi tales, working for a man they don't know really know anything about, and of course, the true boss, hiding in the shadows. The stories are interesting, and kept my attention, but I wasn't truly into it until the characters started forming bonds and being emotionally invested. One t While I liked this, it did take me at least three chapters to get into it, or care about the characters. One thing I didn't like was speech bubbles in foreign languages that weren't translated. I get not everyone speaks English, and that's fine, but if you aren't going to translate text into the language it's published in, then just leave the speech bubbles out. The art is good, and keeps a dark, muddy tone throughout, with a splash of bright color here and there, which I found very fitting. I would recommend this for fans of classic horror and sci-fi, mashups, Sherlock Holmes, the Victorian Era, or England. While it is a good story, it is overly wordy, and repeats itself, using slightly different words or viewpoints, at the beginning of every chapter. It could've easily been a third shorter, just by getting rid of that. I would say read it or skip it, it's up to you, unless you are an H. Lovecraft fan. If you are a fan, I recommend reading it. Sep 30, Sud rated it really liked it Shelves: comics. This was much better than I thought it would be. Well done Alan Moore! A mysterious head of British Intelligence Mr. M wants to put together a League to combat extraordinary threats to the Empire. This first volume has Mina Murray from Dracula- Harker's wife acting as the recruiting agent. The first few stories show how each member was recruited from opium- This was much better than I thought it would be. The first few stories show how each member was recruited from opium-addict Alan Quartermain to Dr. [PDF] The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 Book by Alan Moore Free Download ( pages)

It is the first story in the larger League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series. The story takes place in in a fictional world where all of the characters and events from Victorian literature and possibly the entirety of fiction coexist. Wells and Robert Louis Stevenson. Inone year after her encounter with DraculaMina Murray has divorced her husband and now works for the British government. She meets with MI5 agent Campion Bond the grandfather of James Bondwho gives her the task of gathering selected members for the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a secret task force whose job it will be to protect the British Empire from potential threats. Captain Nemo escorts Mina to Egypt, where she finds a heavily intoxicated Allan Quatermain in an opium den. Two Arab men enter the den and attempt to rape Mina, but Allan intervenes and kills one of them. As the other man rushes off to tell the authorities, Mina drags Allan through the busy streets towards the docks, where Nemo's submarine, the Nautilusemerges from the sea. Nemo fends off the Egyptian police with a harpoon gun, and Allan is brought on board the Nautilus to recover from his opium addiction. For their next assignment, the League travel to Paris and meet with C. Auguste Dupin to investigate a recent string of violent murders. Mina poses as a prostitute to lure the The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 into a trap, but is kidnapped. Allan and Dupin trace the killer to his apartment and find Mina, but are attacked by a large monster. After a brief fight, Allan forces the monster out of the apartment window, and the fall renders it unconscious. Once on the Nautilusthe monster transforms into a frail, terrified man with no memory of recent events. Mina bids farewell to Dupin, and the Nautilus leaves Paris. When the League return to LondonBond sets them their The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 task: going undercover at a girls' school to investigate three separate cases of sexless conception. Mina, Allan and Nemo visit the school undercover and meet the dominatrix headmistress, Rosa Coote. The girls believe they have been impregnated The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 the Holy Spiritand the league stay the night for their investigation. Late at night, Mina catches an unseen force attacking one of the girls and throws a tin of paint over it, making the entity partly visible. The League successfully apprehend the "Holy Spirit", which is actually Hawley Griffinthe Invisible Manand take him to their new headquarters within the secret annexe of the British Museum. Bond promises Griffin that if he agrees to work for them, he will be granted a pardon for his past crimes and MI5 will research a cure for Griffin's invisibility. With the League fully The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1, Bond gives them the task of recovering a stolen supply of Cavorite from a crime lord referred to as "The Doctor" an alias for Fu Manchuwhich name the comic was not allowed to use, for trademark reasons. He explains that Britain was secretly planning a moon landing to coincide with the turn of the 20th century celebrations, supervised by Professor Selwyn Cavor and using Cavorite to power and levitate heavier-than-air machines. Mina and Griffin question Quong Lee a storyteller from books by Thomas Burkewho reveals that The Doctor is indeed operating within the area, but only gives them information in the form of a cryptic riddle: "The waters lap beneath the heavenly bridge. The dragon sleeps below it. My advice to you: do not awaken it. Meanwhile, Allan and Dr Jekyll enter The Doctor's lair, where they spy on him carving Chinese symbols into a man's flesh with acid. The league re-group on the Nautilus and organise their evidence. Mina believes The Doctor has stolen the Cavorite for some nefarious purpose, and suspects that he is building an aerial war machine in the unfinished Rotherhithe Tunnel. She and Allan return to the Limehouse district to investigate The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 around the abandoned Rotherhithe Tunnel, and eventually find a large cavern where The Doctor's airship the "dragon" from Quong Lee's riddle is being constructed. Allan and Mina infiltrate The Doctor's lair, but are caught by a guard. An unnoticed Griffin kills the guard and Allan disguises himself in his uniform, planning to get inside the airship and steal back the Cavorite. Griffin meets with Jekyll and tells him to create a distraction. Jekyll turns into Mr Hyde and starts slaughtering the guards, while Allan and Mina sneak into the ship, locate the Cavorite engine and steal it. They reunite with Hyde and Griffin in an underwater glass tunnel, but are cornered by more guards. To escape, Allan shoots a hole in the glass and Mina activates the Cavorite, propelling them upwards through the cascading water. The Doctor's lair is flooded, the ship is destroyed, and the Nautilus rescues the league as they fall back down into the Thames. Bond congratulates the league on their success, and leaves the Nautilus with the Cavorite, telling them he will take it back to his superior M. However, Moriarty survives his fall into the water below though The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 spine and right arm are broken and heal in a deformed stateand is rescued by Campion Bond and Colonel Sebastian Moran. His criminal empire is in fact a front created by British Intelligence, which Moriarty now controls along with London's West end criminal underworld, while The Doctor controls the East. Moriarty has built his own aerial warship, which he can now power with the Cavorite. Griffin returns to the Nautilus and informs the league of what he's discovered, and that Moriarty plans to bomb London's East end and destroy what remains of The Doctor's criminal empire. Moriarty launches his airship and starts to bomb the East end of London. While the Doctor sends armed boarders to the airship on gliders, the League boards the Victoriaa hot-air balloon Nemo had stored on the Nautilusand anchor it to the airship. Allan guns down the guards, but Moriarty shoots him in the shoulder and prepares to kill him. Mina smashes the Cavorite engine's container with a monkey wrench, and Moriarty rushes toward the device, grabs onto it, and is propelled into the night sky. The League leave the airship in the Victoriaand are once again rescued by the Nautilusthis time manned by Nemo's first mate Ishmael the narrator from Moby-Dick. The story ends with Mycroft Holmes the brother The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 Sherlock Holmes becoming the new director of British Intelligence, congratulating the League for their work, and telling them to remain in London should there be further need for them in the future. Meanwhile, Martian ships fall from the sky and descend on Wokingsetting in motion the second volume. Each issue of the comic also includes a chapter of a short illustrated prose prequel called Allan and the Sundered Veilwhich features Allan Quatermain, John CarterH. Wells ' The Time Machine. The entire story is included in the book version of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 One. Also at the back of Volume One are several extras, including the covers of all issues contained in the volume. Also included is a "paint by numbers" The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 attributed to Basil Hallward, who was the painter of the eponymous The Picture of Dorian Gray in the novel. A second version is seen two pages later, coloured, and clearly intended to be the portrait towards the end of the novel when Gray's painted visage has become decrepit and horrid, thus reflecting Gray's personality. The blurb about the paint-by-numbers drawing mentions Hallward's mysterious disappearance, which is a reference to a part of the novel where Dorian Gray, upset that Hallward found out about the fate of his artwork, kills Hallward and has a friend dispose of the body, leaving no trace of evidence. The blurb for the second version of the drawing also mentions failed attempts at The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 paint-by- numbers by Richard Pickman of " Pickman's Model " and a cabinet-making kit by Caligari of The Cabinet of Dr. A painting of Nemo's submarine, the Nautilusin the background of the cover of volume one also bears Hallward's signature. Issue 5 contained an authentic vintage advertisement for a Marvel-brand douche. Marvel Comics is DC's chief competitive rival within the comics industry and Moore had had a public dispute with Marvel, his former employer. This ad caused DC executive Paul Levitz to order the entire print run destroyed and reprinted with the offending advertisement edited. In a later title, Moore creates a "Miracle Douche Recall" headline on a newspaper, which is not only a reference to the furor, but is also a reference to the Marvelman, when Marvel Comics had previously retitled Marvelmanwhich was written by Alan Moore, to Miracleman, despite Marvelman having been around for 40 years. Elements from Volume One are present in the loose film adaptation. Similar to the comic, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 Moriarty is revealed to be the antagonist in the film, though here he physically approaches the League as M, with no presence of Campion Bond. The revelation is not made clear until well into the film's climax, with no reference to Sherlock Holmes or Moriarty apparent at any earlier point. The film also mimics Volume One in a sequence where the The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 Man here named Rodney Skinner, a thief who stole Griffin's invisibility formula departs from the team to spy on the antagonists while the League wrongly accuse him of betraying the group. Subtle references to the comic are also made in the background, such as a mutual newspaper front page which speculates the Martian phenomenon leading to the Martian invasion from H. Wells' The War of the Worlds. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alan Moore. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Film Novel Soundtrack. Wells Fiction set in Hidden categories: Title pop Redundant infobox title param. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Add links. Alternate history Steampunk. March - September Edward Hyde Captain Nemo. Bill Oakley. Benedict Dimagmaliw. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume I | League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Wiki | Fandom The series spans four volumes, an original graphic noveland a spin-off trilogy of graphic The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1. After leaving the America's Best imprint, the series moved to Top Shelf and Knockabout Comicswhich published Volume III: Century originally released as three graphic novellathe Nemo Trilogy a spin-off of three graphic novella centered on the character of Nemoand Volume IV: The Tempest originally released as a six-issue limited series. According to Moore, the concept behind the series was initially a " Justice League of Victorian England " but he quickly developed it as an opportunity to merge elements from many works of fiction into one world. Elements of Volume I were used in a loosely adapted feature film of the same namereleased in and starring Sean Connery. The year isand Mina Murray is recruited by Campion Bond on behalf of British Intelligence and asked to assemble a league of other extraordinary individuals to protect the interests of the Empire : Captain NemoAllan QuatermainDr. Jekylland Hawley Griffin the Invisible Man. Following this they take part in the events of H. Wells 's The War of the Worlds. Two members of the League Mina Murray and Allan Quatermain achieve immortality, and are next seen in an adventure in This follows events that take place after the fall of the Big Brother government from Nineteen Eighty Four. Following this Mina and Allan team up with fellow immortal Orlando and are shown in an adventure which spans a century, from toconcerning a plot by evil magicians to create a Moonchild that might well turn out to be the Antichrist. During this adventure Captain Nemo 's daughter, Janni Dakkar, is introduced, and some of her adventures are chronicled subsequently. Moore changed the name to Gentlemen to better reflect the Victorian era. Simon Bisley was originally going to be the artist for the series before being replaced by Kevin O'Neill. The Victorian setting allowed Moore and O'Neill to insert "in-jokes" and cameos from many works of Victorian fiction, while also making contemporary references and jibes. The works bear numerous steampunk influences. In the first issue, for example, there is a half-finished bridge to link Britain and France, referencing problems constructing the Channel Tunnel. Most characters in the series, from the dominatrix schoolmistress Rosa Coote to minor characters such as Inspector Dick Donovanare either established characters from existing works of fiction or ancestors of the same, to the extent that individuals depicted in crowd scenes in Volume I have been said both by Moore, and in annotations by Jess Nevins to be visually designed as the ancestors of the cast of EastEnders. This has lent the series considerable popularity with fans of esoteric Victoriana, who have delighted in attempting to place every character who makes an appearance. The planet of the imagination is as old as we are. It has been humanity's constant companion with all of its fictional locations, like Mount Olympus and the gods, and since we first came down from the trees, basically. It seems very important, otherwise, we wouldn't have it. Moore's long-standing outspoken criticism of DC Comics stemming in large part from his mistreatment at their hands over the rights to Watchmen made his position with DC-owned subsidiary Wildstorm Comics of which LoEG publisher America's Best Comics is an imprint tenuous from the start. Moore agreed to honor his contracts with Lee, but made it clear that he wished to continue to have no dealings with DC directly. The fifth issue of the first volume contained an authentic vintage advertisement for a douche with the brand name Marvel Douche. The entire initial print run was destroyed and reprinted because the publisher felt that this could be perceived as an attack on Marvel ComicsDC's main competition. After several additional complaints over DC interference, Moore decided to wind up his ABC projects, intending to only continue with League the only title he, with O'Neill, actually owned. He subsequently took offense at inaccurate comments made by the producer of the film version of his V for Vendettawhich stated that the author —who had distanced himself completely from film adaptations of his work, particularly after LXG —had commented favorably on a draft of the script. Moore requested that someone involved with the film's production company—and DC Comics parent company, Warner Bros. He also claims that his lack of support The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 DC regarding a minor lawsuit related to the film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was instrumental in his departure. When no such apology was forthcoming, Moore and O'Neill decided to withdraw future volumes of the League from DC in protest. Volume II has an extensive appendix, most of which is filled with an imaginary travelers' account of the alternate universe the League is set in, called The The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 Traveler's Almanac. It shows the plot of the comic to be just a small section of a world inhabited by what appears to be the entirety of fiction. Many of the places described in the appendices seem to be drawn from Alberto Manguel and Gianni Guadalupi's The Dictionary of Imaginary Places[ original research? Moore's work includes references to previous leagues and suggests there will be others subsequently. In much the same way that the New Traveller's Almanacan appendix to the trade paperback collection of The League Vol. Time Magazine listed Volume II as the 9th best comic of Time also listed Black Dossier as the second best comic of The steampunk band Unextraordinary Gentlemen was inspired by this comic. Jess Nevins has produced a series of annotations for each volume which are available online see links and have also been expanded into book form:. A film adaptation was released inalso by the name The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Secret Service agent Tom Sawyer. Though Gray and Sawyer were not featured in the comics, a painting of a young man holding a cane with "Dorian Gray" printed under it appears on the cover of Volume I. In May20th Century Fox announced that a reboot is being developed. Init was reported that Fox was ordering a pilot for the television version of LoEG The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1 Michael Green serving as writer and executive producer. Should the project go to series, showrunner Erwin Stoff would also executive produce. Neither Moore nor O'Neill would be producers on the series. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the film adaptation, see The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen film. For other uses, see Loeg. 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