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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: v. 2

Authors: Alan Moore, Kevin O'neill
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
Category: Book

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

11 reviews
Sales Rank: 4857

Media: Paperback
Pages: 228
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.6

ISBN: 1840238488
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781840238488
ASIN: 1840238488

Publication Date: October 22, 2004
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3 out of 5 stars

Fun. But no classic like the first May 29, 2008
With the first League book you could actually picture writer Alan Moore scribbling the tale out with a look of joyous glee on his face as he wrote. And because of that the first League is and always will be a classic. You don't get that sense of joyous glee with League volume two. It reads more like Moore is doing the obligitory sequel, with a relationship between Quartermaine and Mina that seemed contrived, and some of the literary characters were hard to place this time around(John Carter of mars? Etc, etc). Making League volume two no less fun, but much less classic.

4 out of 5 stars

Collision of comic worlds April 30, 2008
I have to say that I was of the opinion that this was more of the same as the first volume (which I enjoyed) but nothing special (and rather a lot of pages devoted to rumpy-pumpy). Then I got to the section where Quatermain and Mina meet Moreau's creatures and I found turning the page a real, actual shock - one of those occasions where the brain has to turn itself through several revolutions in order to get the pieces to fit, eventually laughing out loud. I won't say more than that as it would spoil it for others, but I thought it a brilliant bit of invention.

5 out of 5 stars

Moore on top of his game July 25, 2007
The second comic allows the characters to develop. It's just as entertaining and imaginative as the first with some wonderful situations. I felt empty when it ended (I guess it was Moore's intention). The book at the end is hard to digest though.

3 out of 5 stars

Dark Second Act, or Daft Sequel Axed? May 15, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful

I loved the idea, the artwork and the dialogue of the first book. I also love H.G.Wells' War of the Worlds so expectations were high. Too high as it transpired.

There probably is a great story to be told around the theme of War of the Worlds in much the same way there are endless Star Wars stories woven around the six films, but my overriding impression with this second League book is that Moore was so angry with the movie of the first one that he wanted to write an unfilmable sequel. He succeeded.

Still, there's enough here to keep me keen to read the next instalment. Maybe with lower expectations it will be more satisfying.

3 out of 5 stars

Could do better- see me after class August 25, 2006
3 out of 5 found this review helpful

Not Moores finest but O'Neill on tip-top form. Mild eroticism, Dr Moreau and Hyde demise aside, a rather straight forward retelling of Wells plot. Feels like a single volume story that's been stretched to fit; extras at the end of hardback version usual trite, poor mans 'Haggard-meets-Lovecraft' nonsense.
Hopefully the third series will be a return to form.