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List of the league of extraordinary gentlemen characters. Jerry boyajian notes that the title of the book may be an allusion to the 1960 british film the league of gentlemen, based on a 1958 novel of the same. The league of extraordinary gentlemen, also promoted as lxg, is a 2003 steampunkdieselpunk superhero film loosely based on the first volume of the comic book series of the same name by alan moore and kevin oneill. An italicised appearance is either a graphic novel or film appearance where the character is only mentioned in dialogue or. It was the last volume of the series to be published by dc comics. Comic book fans may have to wait a while longer for a justice league movie, or for guillermo del toros adaptation of the justice league dark series, but the horizon of superhero teamups now includes the justice league of classic literature.
Cocreated by moore and the artist kevin oneill, the initial idea was a simple one. A recent inventioncavoritepromises the capability of powered flight and hints at the possibility of a massive aerial. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the league of extraordinary gentlemen vol. In the aftermath of the events of the novel dracula, a now disgraced and divorced mina harker nee murray is recruited by campion bond on behalf of british. The league of extraordinary gentlemen 2003 cast and. Chapter one is set against a backdrop of london, 1910, twelve years after the failed martian invasion and nine years since england put a man upon the moon. Proving that mainstream comics could be infused with past literarycultural ideals and still be bestsellers, the americas best comics imprint took the dilapidated.
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