League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Kevin J. Anderson

In the Year of our Lord 1898 a heretofore-unknown threat has become apparent. This threat so far been able to defeat members of the Secret Service of the British Empire. With the recent theft of the Cavorite material, a substance that resists gravity itself, this menace has become Empire threatening. As such it has been decided by M, since ‘The Great Detective’ is no more, that I shall begin the gathering of subjects of the British Empire that have extraordinary skills or talents with which to combat this ‘Yellow Peril’. Through contacts within society I was able to find our first operative ... more

What a great book! I've been away from comics for some time now. I finally let go when I traveeled off to study for a degree as there were just too many things to spend too little money on. However recently I've started reading them again and was not disapointed when I picked this little beauty up. Penned by the ever quirky and creative Mr Alan Moore it is a strange tail set in a not too familiar Victorian World. The Brits are all powerful and the technology is playfully tweaked to give a ghostly sense of familiarity and alieness all at once. Moore rose to prominence in the comic world firstly ... more