The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier

by Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill (Illustrator)

Overview

From Alan Moore, literary figures from throughout time and various bodies of work are brought together to form the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! Now, the history and origins of the League are revealed in THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN: BLACK DOSSIER!

Allan Quartermain, Mina Murray, Captain Nemo, Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde and Hawley Griffin, the Invisible Man, formed a new team at the turn of the 20th Century. But they weren't the only League.

In the 1950s, England is not what it was, and with the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen disavowed, Mina Murray and Allan Quatermain seek answers that can be found only in the Black Dossier, a book buried deep in the vaults of their old headquarters. These secrets are revealed, along with the secret history of their predecessors!

Now available in trade paperback, this amazing graphic novel includes a 3-D section complete with custom 3-D glasses and much more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401284169
Publisher:	DC Comics
Publication date:	05/08/2018
Series:	League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Series
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Alan Moore is perhaps the most acclaimed writer in the graphic story medium, having garnered countless awards for works such as Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing and Miracleman. He is also the mastermind behind the America's Best Comics line, through which he has created (along with many talented illustrators) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Promethea, Tom Strong, Tomorrow Stories and Top Ten.

Kevin O'Neill is a popular British comics illustrator best known as the co-creator of The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen with Alan Moore. His other credits include Nemesis the Warlock and Marshal Law.

Editorial Reviews

"Acclaimed comics author Moore (Watchmen) has combined his love of 19th-century adventure literature with an imaginative mastery of its 20th-century corollary, the superhero comic book."—Publishers Weekly 

"A sharp-witted gloss on the scientific and sexual obsessions of Victorian society."—Time

From the Publisher

After several delays, the latest installment of Moore's pastiche of public domain literary figures is finally here and it's worth the wait. In 1958, two mysterious figures steal the Black Dossier, a compendium of information and articles relating to the league's most renowned incarnation, the group headed by the intrepid Mina Murray. The theft launches a tense chase as the thieves fight to stay one step ahead of thuggish government agents while reading the contents of the dossier, pieces that shed light on centuries-worth of secret and bizarre intrigues. Moore and O'Neill are in top form, crafting a virtually flawless fusion of prose and visuals that's an overwhelmingly dense and exhaustive nod to pre-existing works in media ranging from literature, legends, television and film, teasing the reader in the know with appearances by Orwellian totalitarianism, Lovecraftian abominations, Jeeves and Wooster, Bulldog Drummond, Ian Fleming's famed "double-o" operative, lusty Fanny Hill and a host of others, capped with a section requiring 3-D glasses (included). Too loaded with content to be fully absorbed in one reading, this is a challenging, adult volume that's a delight for fans of pop culture and lovers of heroic adventure. (Nov.)

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