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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2 | 
 enlarge | Authors: Alan Moore, Kevin O'neill
Publisher: Wildstorm
Category: Book
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Rating:  55 reviews
Sales Rank: 8184
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 228
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 10 x 6.6 x 0.6
ISBN: 1401201180
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5941
EAN: 9781401201180
ASIN: 1401201180
Publication Date: September 1, 2004
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The inspiration behind the blockbuster movie, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN once again uses the classic characters from familiar literature to tell a tale of epic proportions in Victorian England.In volume two, when alien invaders from Mars mercilessly attack London, the throne quickly calls upon Allan Quatermain, Mina Harker, Captain Nemo, the Invisible Man, and Dr. Jekyll to protect the empire.Using their various skills and intellect, the League goes about preparing a defense against the invasion but when the Invisible Man joins the Martian's cause, all appears to be lost.Now, as one of the members dies a horrific death, the League turns to the legendary Dr. Moreau as their last desperate hope.
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More epic than vol 1 and Better than the movie September 5, 2008
This tale adds several new characters including John Carter and Dr. Moreau, who are not members of the League. In a play on the classic HG Wells story, Earth is attacked by Mars and it looks like the League is Earth's only hope.
The Martians are as deadly as Wells imagined them. Earth's weapons are no match, and the Martians have so many war machines that even the Nautilus cannot defeat them all.
This time there is treachery and intrigue within the League. Much of it revolves around the strong yet mysterious Mina as her relationships with the various characters change. Readers learn much about Mr. Hyde in a dining room scene that shows how effectively a graphic novel can tell a story.
This story is not for children. Filled with violence and peppered with sex, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol 2 is a thrilling action / adventure story that any adult should enjoy.
 Nothing. Happens. July 20, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The dialog is good, some of the characteriziation is good but in order to make a story stand out you need... a story. Martians invade, Quartermain and Miss harker go out of town and with no resistance pick up a box. Hyde fights for 3 panels. The end. The characters aren't DOING enough and excpet for Hyde aren't even remotely clever or engaging. One of your characters is a super genius, one is a superb tactician.. have them at least TRY something more brilliant than blow up the bridge and wait.
for the dedicated reader. May 15, 2008
The second installment in the LOEG saga (which apparently will go on as long as Alan Moore's library holds out) is not quite like the first one.
Volume 1 was at its heart a rollicking , globe-hopping adventure story, in the same vein as the books it pays homage to: the Alan Quatermain stories, Dracula, and Victorian trash adventures. My 9-year-old brother loves it. Volume 2 is a much darker story, and my brother won't be getting to read it any time soon. Volume 2, centered around H.G. Wells War of the Worlds, takes place more in England, and there's a whole bunch of pages dedicated to character development only hinted at in Vol. 1. The star of Vol. 2 is definitely Mr. Hyde, who comes across less as a simple monster, and more lke the great Moore anti-heroes, in the same league as Rorschach or V.
To be completely honest, the main selling point of Vo. 2 was the New Travelers' Almanac, a 6-part compendium in the back that acts as the densest fan-fiction ever. Under the guise of a series of travel notes, Moore weaves in every possible fiction of the time, and fiction from other times too. (His reference to the Big Lebowski rocked my world.)
This book is not for the casual reader.
 The League at it's best! March 18, 2008
I loved volume 1 and volume 2 was even better. I thoroughly enjoyed the Almanac section of the book and the cool board game and other little "quips" that were added by Moore and O'Neill. There is a little more sexual content in this volume, but it doesn't detract from the book at all. If you are an Allan Moore fan don't pass this book up and Kevin O'Neill's artistry has a superb fit with Alan's writing especially with the time period that The League is portrayed in. It's well worth the money and I can't wait to get the next in the series, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier!
 League of heroes from classical literature soiled by Alan Moore March 5, 2008
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
Definitely a title NOT intended for children, the second volume of League of Extraordinary Heroes features more of Moore's dark and subversive story-telling. And not being good enough to create his own characters, he's taken otherwise wholesome (and PUBLIC DOMAIN) characters from classic literature and warped and perverted these characters into violent, disgusting anti-heroes.
It's almost like Moore has an adgenda here: take popular characters from classics and find a way to soil them in a violent, disinteresting (and ultimately forgettable) book. The art is fairly bad too.
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