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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 741.5941 EAN: 9781401201180 ISBN: 1401201180 Label: Wildstorm Manufacturer: Wildstorm Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 228 Publication Date: September 01, 2004 Publisher: Wildstorm Release Date: September 01, 2004 Studio: Wildstorm Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The Blazing WorldAllan Moore and Kevin O'Neill are at it again with the second installment of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen." When giant canisters from Mars crash land all over England, they release creatures so powerful that even the League can't seem to stop them. Worse yet--though not so surprising--one member of the League decides to switch sides. The remaining Gentlemen warm up to each other, while getting the reader fired up for their latest adventure. Vol. 2 gathers a wealth of references ... Read More Rating:  - Definitely DisappointingAlan Moore's first "League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen" installment sold itself more on mood, brooding but lighthearted, than it did on story, which I think had something to do with Chinese people in London; six months later I'm not exactly sure. But it was a very quick, devilishly deep read. "Vol. 2" represents a rather dispirited return to the well, with the League very quickly in tatters and a main storyline, regarding Martians in London now, introduced with some of Kevin O'Neill's horrifically ... Read More Rating: - More epic than vol 1 and Better than the movieThis 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 ... Read More Rating: - Nothing. Happens.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. Rating: - for the dedicated reader.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 ... Read More |
