The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two: A Penny
Dreadful Review
Aliens!
Aliens have invaded England. They came from Mars and decimate the countryside
with their heat rays! Only the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (and one
gentlewoman) stand in their way!
In this
comic, every piece of fiction or myth written about England is true, from The Island of Dr. Moreau to The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde.
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen,
is in a way, the ultimate mash-up fanfiction. It is glorious. Yes, the League
must defeat the aliens from The War Of
The Worlds, while dealing with treachery in their ranks. It was rumored
that the common cold eliminated the alien menace… it did not.
This volume
includes even more literary references than the last. I only recognized about
three fourths of them – I recommend reading The
Princess Of Mars and The War Of The
Worlds and generally the entirety of Victorian classical literature before
picking up The League Of Extraordinary
Gentlemen, Volume Two. Or volume one, for that matter.
It seems that once the creators got
the origin story out of the way they could have more fun exploring the world
they’d created. Volume Two is glorious and bloody, able to get deeper into
character development.
Volume Two
earns four point five gears out of five, just like its predecessor. It is adventurous
and dark, though this one has a touch more sick humor. (It is Mr. Hyde that
displays this humor, so it is quite twisted indeed.) Again, this is not in the
least appropriate for children, but it is a Must Have in your Steampunk
library.
Your Correspondent From The Bookstore,
Penny J. Merriweather
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