The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Cover of Volume One
Publisher	Wildstorm/DC Comics
Publication date	1999 - Present
Number of issues	12
Main character(s)	Mina Murray Allan Quatermain Hawley Griffin Dr. Jekyll/Edward Hyde Captain Nemo
Creative team
Writer(s)	Alan Moore
Artist(s)	Kevin O'Neill
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill. The series was launched in 1999 as part of the America's Best Comics imprint of Wildstorm Comics. The series spans two six-issue limited series and a hardcover graphic novel, with a third miniseries due to be published by Top Shelf Productions. According to Moore, the initial concept behind the series was initially a "Justice League of Victorian England" but quickly grew into an opportunity to merge all works of fiction into one world. Says Moore: "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."^[1] Moore and O'Neill have revealed that they plan to map out many different eras in the League series with Allan Quatermain and Mina Murray (of Bram Stoker's Dracula) being the two constants. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a 2003 film adaption of the comic book limited series. ... Cover of graphic novel, deemed fair use This image is a book cover. ... WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm or Wildstorm, is a publishing imprint and studio of American comic book publisher DC Comics. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Allan Quatermain is a fictional character, the protagonist of H. Rider Haggards King Solomons Mines and its various sequels and prequels. ... The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a two comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin ONeill, published under the Americas Best Comics imprint of DC Comics. ... Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde[1] is a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886. ... This article is about the fictional character Captain Nemo. ... For other persons named Alan Moore, see Alan Moore (disambiguation). ... For other persons of the same name, see Kevin ONeill. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... For other persons named Alan Moore, see Alan Moore (disambiguation). ... For other persons of the same name, see Kevin ONeill. ... Alex Ross cover to Americas Best Comics 64 Page Giant, featuring all of the characters created by Alan Moore for the imprint. ... Wildstorm Wildstorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, is an American publisher of comic books. ... Trade paperback of Will Eisners A Contract with God (1978), often mistakenly cited as the first graphic novel. ... Top Shelf Productions is one of the critically-acclaimed independent press publishers of graphic novels and comics, owned by publishers Chris Staros and Brett Warnock. ... For the animated television series, see Justice League (TV series) or Justice League Unlimited. ... redirect Victorian eramonkey ... This article is about the Greek mountain. ... Allan Quatermain is a fictional character, the protagonist of H. Rider Haggards King Solomons Mines and its various sequels and prequels. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... This article is about the novel. ...

Plot

Volume I

Main article: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume I

Promotional image from "The Black Dossier".

At the behest of Campion Bond, Mina Murray (nee Harker) begins recruiting members of the new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. After recruiting Captain Nemo on Lincoln Island, Mina goes to Cairo to locate Allan Quatermain, then on to Paris in search of Dr. Jekyll; finally in London she contacts the Invisible Man, who completes this incarnation of the League. Volume I deals with a power struggle between Professor Moriarty and Fu Manchu. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume I is a comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin ONeill, published under the Americas Best Comics imprint of DC Comics. ... Image File history File links Black_Dossier_promo. ... Image File history File links Black_Dossier_promo. ... This article is about the fictional character Captain Nemo. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ... For other uses, see The Invisible Man (disambiguation). ... Professor Moriarty, illustration by Sidney Paget which accompanied the original publication of The Final Problem. Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character who is the best known antagonist (and archenemy) of the detective Sherlock Holmes. ... This article is about the fictional literature character. ...

Volume II

Main article: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II

Placed during the events of H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, the League split up into two groups; with Mina and Allan sent off to find a reclusive doctor in the woods, Nemo and Hyde remain to fight the first wave of tripods, but what is Griffin up to? Featuring John Carter and Gullivar Jones on Mars and a surprise ending to the invasion. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II is a comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin ONeill, published under the Americas Best Comics imprint of DC Comics. ... H. G. Wells at the door of his house at Sandgate Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946) was an English writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. ... The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novel which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. ... John Carter and Dejah Thoris from the cover of the first edition of A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, McClurg, 1917 John Carter is a fictional character, created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, who appears in the Martian series of novels. ...

The Black Dossier

Main article: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier

The Black Dossier centres on the eponymous fictional book (that provides a comprehensive review of all of the previous leagues over the centuries) which is stolen by a young man and woman in 1958 in a post-Big Brother England where they are pursued by a trio of ruthless government agents. This release also includes a variety of extras including a 3-D section and glasses, a Tijuana Bible, and the Absolute edition will include an LP record. Big Brother as portrayed in the 1954 BBC Television adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four. ... Infocom used the term feelies to refer to the extra content included with the boxed versions of their interactive fiction computer games. ... Stereo image anaglyphed for red (left eye) and cyan (right eye) filters. ... The cover of a typical Tijuana bible. ...

About the series

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, and also 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 real-world Channel Tunnel. The juxtaposition of characters from different sources in the same story is similar to science fiction writer Philip José Farmer's works centering around the Wold Newton family. For the comic book and the anthology, see Steampunk (comics) and Steampunk (anthology). ... The Channel Tunnel (French: ), also known as Chunnel or Eurotunnel, is a 50. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Philip José Farmer (born January 26, 1918) is an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. ... The Wold Newton family. ...

Besides the character of Campion Bond, who could not be called the ancestor of James Bond directly due to licensing issues, every character in the series, from the dominatrix schoolmistress Rosa Coote to even more minor characters like Inspector Dick Donovan, is an established character from a previous work of fiction or an ancestor of a character from modern-day fiction. 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. This article is about the spy series. ... French dominatrix Maîtresse Françoise. ... The Pearl was a collection of erotic tales that were published in London between 1879 to 1880, when they were forced to shut down by the authorities for publishing rude and obscene literature. ... James Edward Preston Muddock also known as Joyce Emmerson Preston Muddock, and Dick Donovan, born May 28, 1842, died January 23, 1934. ...

Sherlock Holmes and Dracula are notably absent from the League's adventures due to their deaths prior to the events of the series, though the former has a brother (Mycroft Holmes) in the League and appears in a flashback sequence, and the latter's connections to Wilhelmina Murray do not go unnoticed. Holmes is still believed by the public to be deceased following the events of The Final Problem. Moore has noted that he felt these two seminal characters would overwhelm the rest of the cast. According to The New Traveler's Almanac, Mina meets Sherlock Holmes in 1904 as an elderly beekeeper. She also comments that he is "more likeable and warm than Mycroft" — though she strongly suspects Sherlock to only fake being a likeable person, just as a part of his detective activities, in order to gather information more easily, when interrogating people. This article is about Arthur Conan Doyles fictional detective. ... This article is about the novel. ... Mycroft Holmes as depicted by Sidney Edward Paget in Strand Magazine Mycroft Holmes is a fictional character in the stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. ... Holmes and Moriarty fighting over the Reichenbach Falls. ... A commercial beekeeper working in an apiary. ...

Second press run on issue 5

Issue #5 of Volume one contained an authentic vintage advertisement for a Marvel-brand douche. Marvel Comics is DC's chief 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. None were ever distributed in the US, however, a small batch had been shipped to the UK and escaped the destruction. With only 100-200 thought to exist this makes it more than 10 times rarer than the Elseworlds 80-Page Giant that Paul Levitz also recalled, hence is probably the rarest modern comic book in existence.^[2]. See Recalled comics for more pulped, recalled and erroneous comics. This article is about the comic book company. ... The cover of the Elseworlds 80-Page Giant The Elseworlds 80-Page Giant was to be an 80-page collection of Elseworlds stories, published by DC comics. ...

In Top 10, 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 when Marvel Comics had previously forced Marvelman, which was written by Alan Moore, to change its name to Miracleman. Top 10 is a superhero comic book series published by the Americas Best Comics imprint of Wildstorm, itself an imprint of DC Comics. ...

Future works

Promotional illustration of Allan Quatermain, Jr. and Miss Wilhelmina Murray from The Black Dossier.

Alan Moore has announced his intentions to write the adventures of other leagues in different historical eras. One group of the heroes is seen in a portrait dated 1787 in the League's headquarters in the first volume of the comic. The group includes an elderly Lemuel Gulliver, dark-caped Doctor Syn, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his wife (Sir Percival and Lady Margeurite Blakeny), Fanny Hill, and Natty Bumppo. Image File history File links Allan_Quatermain_Jr. ... Image File history File links Allan_Quatermain_Jr. ... Allan Quatermain, Jr. ... Wilhelmina Mina Harker is a fictional character of Bram Stokers seminal horror novel Dracula. ... For other uses, see Gullivers Travels (disambiguation). ... The Reverend Doctor Christopher Syn is the smuggler hero of a series of novels by Russell Thorndike. ... Binomial name Anagallis arvensis L. The Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) is a low-growing plant in the family (Myrsinaceae). ... Illustration by Édouard-Henri Avril Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, also known as Fanny Hill, is a novel by John Cleland. ... The Leatherstocking Tales is a series of novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper, each featuring the hero Natty Bumppo, otherwise known as Leatherstocking, Pathfinder, Deerslayer, or Hawkeye. ...

Another "Alternative League" is shown in the form of a sketch drawn by O'Neill titled "Les Hommes Mystérieux", showing an ensemble of French heroes and anti-heroes like the Vernian Robur, the Master of the World, Fantômas, Arsène Lupin, and the lesser-known Nyctalope. It is mentioned in the back-up Almanac that both groups will eventually fight each other. Robur-the-Conqueror (Robur-le-Conquérant in original French) is a science fiction novel by Jules Verne, published in 1886. ... A poster for an early Fantômas film. ... Arsène Lupin is the name of a fictional gentleman thief who appears in a book series of detective fiction / crime fiction novels written by French writer Maurice Leblanc, as well as a number of non-canonical sequels and numerous film, television, stage play and comic book adaptations. ... Le Nyctalope is the name of a lesser known fictional superhero who appears in a book series of novels written by French writer Jean de La Hire, a prolific author of popular adventure series, many of which include science fiction elements. ...

Moore departed from Warner Bros., including its subsidiaries DC Comics and Wildstorm Comics, as a result of a dispute with the filmmaker over an incorrect allegation that Moore had approved of the film version of another of his comic book works, V for Vendetta, and failed to retract the comment or apologize. As a result, Moore has confirmed that any future installments of League stories will be published by Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout Comics. “WB” redirects here. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... Wildstorm Wildstorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, is an American publisher of comic books. ... This article is about the comic. ... Top Shelf Productions is one of the critically-acclaimed independent press publishers of graphic novels and comics, owned by publishers Chris Staros and Brett Warnock. ... Knockabout Comics is a UK publisher and distributer of underground and alternative comic books. ...

Volume III: Century

Main article: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century

The third volume will be a 216-page epic spanning almost a hundred years and entitled Century. Divided into three 72-page chapters, each a self-contained narrative to avoid frustrating cliff-hanger delays between episodes, it will take place in three distinct eras, building to an apocalyptic conclusion occurring in the current twenty-first century.

Chapter one is set against a backdrop of London, 1910, twelve years after the failed Martian invasion and nine years since England put a man upon the moon. With Halley's Comet passing overhead, the nation prepares for the coronation of King George V, and far away on his South Atlantic Island, the science-pirate Captain Nemo is dying. In the bowels of the British Museum, Carnacki the ghost-finder is plagued by visions of a shadowy occult order who are attempting to create something called a Moonchild, while on London's dockside the most notorious serial murderer of the previous century has returned to carry on his grisly trade. Working for Mycroft Holmes' British Intelligence alongside a rejuvenated Allan Quatermain, the reformed thief Anthony Raffles and the eternal warrior Orlando, Miss Murray is drawn into a brutal opera acted out upon the waterfront by players that include the furiously angry Pirate Jenny and the charismatic butcher known as Mack the Knife. In actual fact Chapter One revolves around the song Pirate Jenny (Seeräuberjenny) from Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera. Characters in this chapter will burst into song at various points in the narrative. Moore has written new lyrics for Mack the Knife, Pirate Jenny, What Keeps Mankind Alive and Mack's Plea From The Gallows.^[3] This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... Die Dreigroschenoper, original German poster from Berlin, 1928. ... For other uses, see Mack the Knife (disambiguation). ... {{dy justified his choice of form, and from about 1929 on he began to interpret its penchant for contradictions, much as had Eisenstein, in terms of the dialectic. ... Die Dreigroschenoper, original German poster from Berlin, 1928. ...

Chapter two takes place almost sixty years later in the psychedelic daze of Swinging London during 1968, a place where Tadukic Acid Diethylamide 26 is the drug of choice, and where different underworlds are starting to overlap dangerously to an accompaniment of sit-ins and sitars. The vicious gangster bosses of London's East End find themselves brought into contact with a counter-culture underground of mystical and medicated flower-children, or amoral pop-stars on the edge of psychological disintegration and developing a taste for Satanism. Alerted to a threat concerning the same magic order that she and her colleagues were investigating during 1910, a thoroughly modern Mina Murray and her dwindling league of comrades attempt to navigate the perilous rapids of London's hippy and criminal subculture, as well as the twilight world of its occultists. Starting to buckle from the pressures of the twentieth century and the weight of their own endless lives, Mina and her companions must nevertheless prevent the making of a Moonchild that might well turn out to be the antichrist. In Christian eschatology, the Antichrist or anti-Christ means a person, office, or group recognized as fulfilling the Biblical prophecies about one who will oppose Christ and substitute himself in Christs place. ...

In chapter three, the narrative draws to its cataclysmic close in London 2008. The magical child whose ominous coming has been foretold for the past hundred years has now been born and has grown up to claim his dreadful heritage. His promised aeon of unending terror can commence, the world can now be ended starting with North London, and there is no League, extraordinary or otherwise, that now stands in his way. The bitter, intractable war of attrition in Q'umar crawls bloodily to its fifth year, away in Kashmir a Sikh terrorist with a now-nuclear-armed submarine wages a holy war against Islam that might push the whole world into atomic holocaust, and in a London mental institution there's a patient who insists that she has all the answers. This volume is set to be released in 2008.^[4] Complexity theory is part of the theory of computation dealing with the resources required during computation to solve a given problem. ... Qumar is a fictional Middle Eastern country in the television show The West Wing. ... Kashmir (or Cashmere) may refer to: Kashmir region, the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent India, Kashmir conflict, the territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and the China over the Kashmir region. ... Religions Sikhism Scriptures Guru Granth Sahib Languages English, Punjabi] A Sikh (English: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ) is an adherent to Sikhism. ... Holy war may refer to: Jihad, war fought to spread the religion of Islam. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... A psychiatric hospital (also called a mental hospital or asylum) is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ...

Tales of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

After volume three Alan Moore said that he would like to write some special, one shot stories that focus upon the personal adventures of the characters. "...me and Kevin would probably like to get on with some individual stories, some Tales of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen that could focus upon, say, one character. Orlando is a very tempting character to do a one-off special based upon, especially after you see the way that we've treated him/her in The Dossier." ^[5] It will have three separate stories in it, the first two will focus on a single character, whereas the third will detail something that Mina did in the 1960s.^[3]

The world of the League

Main article: The world of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Volume two has an extensive appendix, most of which is filled with an imaginary traveller's account of the alternate universe the League is set in, called The New Traveller's Almanac. This Almanac is noteworthy in that it provides a huge amount (46 pages) of background information - all of which is taken from pre-existing literary works or mythology, a large majority of which is difficult to read or at least appreciate without an esoteric knowledge of literature. 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. The world of The League of Extraordinary Gentleman is detailed by creator Alan Moore in an extensive appendix to the second volume of the comic book series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. ... Parallel universe or alternate reality in science fiction and fantasy is a self-contained separate reality coexisting with our own. ...

Many of the places described in the appendices seem to be drawn from Alberto Manguel and Gianni Guadalupi's The Dictionary of Imaginary Places (1980), though Moore adds numerous places not covered there. Alberto Manguel is a writer, translator, and editor who was born in 1948 in Buenos Aires. ... The Dictionary of Imaginary Places (1980, 1987, 1999) is a book written by Alberto Manguel and Gianni Guadalupi. ...

History of the League

Main article: The history of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Moore's work includes references to previous leagues and suggests there will be others subsequently. According to the New Traveller's Almanac, an appendix to the trade paperback collection of The League Vol. 2, the earliest incarnation of the League was known as "Prospero's Men".

Reception and influence

Volume I won the 2000 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative. Volume II was nominated for the 2003 award, but lost to The Sandman: Endless Nights. Volume II received the 2003 Eisner Award for Best Finite Series/Limited Series. Time Magazine listed Volume II as the 9th best comic of 2003. ^[6] It was included in the 2005 edition of The Year's Best Graphic Novels, Comics, & Manga. Time also listed Black Dossier as the second best comic of 2007.^[7] Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is given for creative achievement in comic books. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ...

Kevin J. Anderson's 2005 novel The Martian War uses several plot points from Volume II. Anderson wrote the 2003 novelization of the League film. |200px| ]] Pseudonym: Gabriel Mesta Born: March 27, 1962 ) Oregon, Wisconsin, U.S. Occupation: Author Genres: Science fiction Debut works: Resurrection, Inc Influences: The War of the Worlds Kevin J. Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is a prolific American science fiction author. ... The Martian War: A Thrilling Eyewitness Account of the Recent Invasion As Reported by Mr. ... The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a 2003 steampunk/adventure novel by Kevin J. Anderson. ...

UK Hip Hop artist CASS also assumes the identity of Hawley Griffin, going as far as to cover his face for promotional and public appearances when performing. CASS/Hawley Griffin's lyrics often contain references to themes and plot issues within Alan Moore's and H.G.Wells' works, including but not restricted to The League of Extraordinary Gentleman series or The Invisible Man. ^[8]

A chapter in the 2005 nonfiction work The Cult of Alien Gods: H. P. Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture is titled "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen."

In his 2005 book The Areas of My Expertise, John Hodgman refers to Nemo as "the Sikh" and "the Science-Pirate", as Nemo was referred to in the League comics. The Areas of My Expertise is a satirical almanac written by John Hodgman. ... John Hodgman in 2006 John Kellogg Hodgman[1] (born June 1971) is an American author and humorist who is best known for his personification of a PC in Apples Get a Mac advertising campaign and his correspondent work on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. ...

Appendices

Collections

Cover of Volume Two.

• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume I, collects vol 1 #1-6
  • hardcover: ISBN 1-56389-665-6
  • paperback: ISBN 1-56389-858-6
  • Absolute edition (deluxe hardcover): ISBN 1-4012-0052-4, including Moore's original scripts and additional artwork by O'Neill
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II, collects vol 2 #1-6
  • hardcover: ISBN 1-4012-0117-2
  • paperback: ISBN 1-4012-0118-0
  • Absolute edition (deluxe hardcover): ISBN 1-4012-0611-5, including Moore's original scripts and additional artwork by O'Neill
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Black Dossier
  • hardcover: ISBN 1-4012-0306-X (November 2007)
  • Absolute edition (deluxe hardcover): ISBN 1-4012-0751-0 (June, 2008)

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Source works

Principal characters

• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• King Solomon's Mines and sequels, by H. Rider Haggard
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
• The Insidious Dr Fu Manchu and sequels, by Sax Rohmer
• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
• The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
• The Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Moonchild by Aleister Crowley

This article is about the novel. ... Abraham Bram Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish writer of novels and short stories, who is best known today for his 1897 horror novel Dracula. ... King Solomons Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the Victorian adventure writer and fabulist, Sir H. Rider Haggard. ... H. Rider Haggard, author Sir Henry Rider Haggard (June 22, 1856 – May 14, 1925), born in Norfolk, England, was a Victorian writer of adventure novels set in locations considered exotic by readers in his native England. ... The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ... Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850–December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, and a representative of neo-romanticism in English literature. ... The first novel published in 1913 by Sax Rohmer in the Dr Fu Manchu (sometimes “Fu-Manchu”) series, collates various short stories published the preceding year. ... Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (February 15, 1883 - June 1, 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. ... Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: ) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, published in 1870. ... Map of Lincoln Island Cyrus Smith blessing Captain Nemo on his death bed in The Mysterious Island The Mysterious Island (original title: LÎle mystérieuse) is a French novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. ... This article is about the French author. ... For other uses, see The Invisible Man (disambiguation). ... The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novel (or novella) which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. ... Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon and The Island of Doctor Moreau. ... This article is about Arthur Conan Doyles fictional detective. ... Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. ... Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947, pronounced ) was a British occultist, writer, mountaineer, philosopher, poet, and yogi. ...

Secondary characters

• The First Men in the Moon, The Time Machine, and The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells
• A Princess of Mars and its sequels in the Martian novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation by Edwin Lester Linden Arnold
• The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft
• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
• Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
• "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
• Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

The First Men in the Moon is a 1901 science fiction novel by the British author H. G. Wells. ... The Time Machine is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895, later made into two films of the same title. ... // The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells, addressing ideas of society and community, human nature and identity, religion, Darwinism, eugenics, and the dangers of unchecked and irresponsible scientific research. ... Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon and The Island of Doctor Moreau. ... A Princess of Mars is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the first of his famous Barsoom series. ... A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, McClurg, 1917 Barsoom is a fictional version of the planet Mars invented by author Edgar Rice Burroughs for a series of action adventure stories. ... Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he also produced works in many genres. ... Edwin Lester Linden Arnold (1857-1935) was an English author. ... The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is a novella by H. P. Lovecraft. ... This article is about the author. ... The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel written by Oscar Wilde, and first came out as the lead story in Lippincotts Monthly Magazine on June 20, 1890. ... Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. ... Moby-Dick book cover Moby-Dick - the official title of the first edition - is a novel by Herman Melville. ... Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. ... The Murders in the Rue Morgue is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in Grahams Magazine in 1841. ... Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, literary critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. ... For other uses, see The Wind in the Willows (disambiguation). ... Kenneth Grahame Kenneth Grahame (March 8, 1859 – July 6, 1932) was a Scottish novelist. ... Oliver Twist (1838) is Charles Dickens second novel. ... Dickens redirects here. ...

Tertiary characters

girls in Ms. Coote's school:

• Olive Chancellor, The Bostonians
• Becky Randall, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
• Polly Whittier, Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
• Katy Carr, What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge

The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885-1886 and then as a book in 1886. ... Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is an American 1903 childrens classic novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin. ... Kate Douglas Wiggin Cover of The Romance of a Christmas Card Kate Douglas Wiggin (September 28, 1856 - August 24, 1923) was an American childrens author and educator. ... For the album by rock band Northstar, see Pollyanna (album). ... Eleanor H. Porter Eleanor Hodgman Porter (December 19, 1868 – May 21, 1920) was an American novelist. ... What Katy Did is a childrens book written by Susan Coolidge, the pen name of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey. ... Susan Coolidge is an American writer. ...

Similar pastiches

• One of the first modern works to combine characters from earlier fictions is the 1949 novel Silverlock, written by John Myers Myers; every character in this novel is lifted from the pages of works dating back to Beowulf and other ancient tales. It is unclear whether Moore drew any inspiration from Myers' book.
• Tarzan Alive, Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life, The Other Log of Phileas Fogg, and the rest of the Wold Newton family stories by Philip José Farmer present various heroes and villains of adventure fiction as being part of the same family tree.
• Anno Dracula and sequels, by Kim Newman; the original book is set in London at about the same time as The League of Extraordinary Gentleman and features several characters in common.
• The League of Heroes and sequels, by Xavier Mauméjean ISBN 1-932983-44-9
• Tales of the Shadowmen and sequels, edited by Jean-Marc Lofficier ISBN 1-932983-36-8
• A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny depicts several iconic characters coming together in a battle between good and evil. Zelazny's Roadmarks includes guest appearances, although unnamed, of both Doc Savage and his foe John Sunlight.
• The comic novels of Jasper Fforde concern a world inside fiction; and feature fictional characters, e.g Miss Havisham and Humpty Dumpty as some of the key protagonists.
• Warren Ellis's comic Planetary offers a "secret history" of the 20th century which integrates well known characters from pulp fiction and comics into a cohesive world. Characters in the public domain, such as Sherlock Holmes are present as themselves, while characters still under copyright are represented by close analogues.
• Pulp Heroes is a popular trilogy of fiction books set in the pulp era of the 1930’s and 1940’s. The titles of the three novels are More Than Mortal, Khan Dynasty and Sanctuary Falls. The story features famous characters from Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly's Frankenstein, Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger series, Chester Hawks' Captain Hazzard, Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde, J.H. Rosny’s Ironcastle, John W. Campbell’s Who Goes There?/Thing from Another World, H. Rider Haggard's Allan Quatermain, Philip Wylie's Savage Gentleman and Gladiator, and many more.

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Film

A film adaptation was released in 2003, also by the name The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The film stars Sean Connery and features the characters but an original story, which is common for comic book adaptations which seldom feature direct translations. The film was intended to begin a franchise but because of its poor reception (a 16% at Rotten Tomatoes) it is unlikely. Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a feature film. ... The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a 2003 film adaption of the comic book limited series. ... Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25, 1930) is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, and BAFTA Award-winning Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema, starring in seven Bond films. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

The film was disowned by Moore and O'Neill. Alan Moore has since openly refused to acknowledge any adaptation of his work including From Hell, V for Vendetta and Watchmen. For other persons named Alan Moore, see Alan Moore (disambiguation). ... From Hell is a graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell speculating upon the identity and motives of Jack the Ripper. ... This article is about the comic. ... For other uses, see Watchman. ...

Interviews

The DVD of the documentary feature film The Mindscape of Alan Moore contains an exclusive bonus interview with the artist Kevin O'Neill, elaborately detailing the collaboration with Alan Moore. The Mindscape of Alan Moore is a documentary which chronicles the life and work of Alan Moore, author of acclaimed graphic novels such as From Hell and V for Vendetta. ... Kevin ONeill can be Kevin ONeill, the comics illustrator Kevin ONeill, the basketball coach Kevin ONeil, the music drummer: see The Honeydrippers: Volume One. ... For other persons named Alan Moore, see Alan Moore (disambiguation). ...

References

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Annotations

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: Jess Nevins is an American author and librarian. ...

• Heroes & Monsters: The Unofficial Companion to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (MonkeyBrain Books, 2003), ISBN 193226504X
  • Heroes & Monsters (UK) (Titan Books, 2006), ISBN 1845763165
• A Blazing World: The Unofficial Companion to the Second League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (MonkeyBrain Books, 2004) ISBN 1932265104
  • A Blazing World (UK) (Titan Books, 2006) ISBN 1845763173)
• Impossible Territories: An Unofficial Companion to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The Black Dossier (MonkeyBrain Books, due August 2007) ISBN 1932265244

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See also

• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen timeline
• The world of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)
• Steampunk

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External links

• Annotations to the League (Notes and annotations collected by Jess Nevins in a page-by-page commentary to the comics.)
  • A mirror site for the Commentary
• The League Foundation
• The League of Leagues website
  • League News
  • About the Black Dossier
  • About Volume III
  • Black Dossier Books
• The DC Comics Message Board for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
• Peter Sanderson's in-depth analysis

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• Original Text of Gulliver of Mars
• Review of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2, and in-depth detail on other War of the Worlds related comics