You may recognize the name Alan Moore from Watchmen, but he’s also the creative genius behind The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series of alternative history, supernatural thriller graphic novels.
Note that these graphic novels are intended for a mature audience: older teens and adults.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 1 (4/5 stars, currently priced at $10.35)
“A sharp-witted gloss on the scientific and sexual obsessions of Victorian society.” — TIME
London, 1898. The Victorian Era draws to a close and the twentieth century approaches. It is a time of great change and an age of stagnation, a period 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 Britain.
Allan Quatermain, Mina Murray, Captain Nemo, Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde and Hawley Griffin, the Invisible Man, form a remarkable legion of intellectual aptitude and physical prowess: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 2 (4/5 stars, currently priced at $9.99)
The second collection of one of the most beloved comics miniseries of our time is here!
This story immediately follows the events of THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN Volume I!
The distinguished cast of Victorian heroes—Allan Quatermain, Mina Harker, Captain Nemo, The Invisible Man, and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde—once again answers the call of mother England to face the most unimaginable and fearsome foes ever: invaders from Mars!
As London is attacked, leaving the Thames aglow from burning husks of tenements, mass hysteria seizes the nation. But now is the time for courage, for self-sacrifice, for valor … and for treachery!
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