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Two members of the League (Mina Murray and Allan Quatermain) achieve immortality, and are next seen in an adventure in 1958. This follows events that take place after the fall of the Big Brother government from George Orwell 's Nineteen Eighty Four.
This is a collection of the characters from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a comic book series created by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, and its spin-off Nemo
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Directed by Stephen Norrington. With Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran. In an alternate Victorian Age world, a group of famous contemporary fantasy, science fiction, and adventure characters team up on a secret mission.
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LoEG) is a crossover fiction mythology, created by writer Alan Moore and illustrator Kevin O'Neill. The comic takes characters from countless works of fiction and media, from traditional literature to film and television productions, and puts them in a shared, cohesive universe.
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- Incarnations of The British League
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- Foreign League
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Various incarnations of the League were never officially named, only informal names or descriptions by several individuals. Additionally, these names were based around the leaders of each team, such as Prospero, Lemuel Gulliver, and Mina Murray. In the Black Dossier, intelligence officer Campion Bond used the term "League" when referring to Murray'...
Queen Gloriana hired Prosperoaka John Suttle to form a group of heroes, forming the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. This version of the League existed for many years in the 17th Century. In the 18th Century a new League was formed, led by Lemuel Gulliver. This incarnation lasted until Gulliver's death in 1799. A 19th Century League was formed an...
The first League was established at the behest of England's Queen Gloriana recommending that Italian sorcerer Prospero and his squire Orlando found a group of extraordinary individuals after her death who would operate independently of the government. This seems to have been done in the hope of establishing a bridgehead between her own faerie realm and the mortal world, via the ethereal Blazing World archipelago in the North Atlantic, in the wake of her successor King Jacob's ruthless purge o...
The second League was formed by Lemuel Gulliver in the 1750s and secretly gathered in Montague House, London, in service to the British Crown. 1. Lemuel Gulliver- a traveller of many worlds 2. Fanny Hill- a prostitute 3. Natty Bumppo 4. Orlando- now female, she returns and is an occasional member of this League, she notably is in bed with Lemuel Gulliver when he dies. 5. Captain Clegg / Dr. Syn- a man with a split personality as both a clergyman and a pirate Captain. 6. Percy and Marguerite B...
Mid-19th Century League
Based on some of the portraits displayed at the British Museum HQ, there has been since the first issue of the LEG some fan speculation about the existence of mid-19th century league. Some names frequently mentioned are: 1. Sir Francis Varney- a vampire. 2. Count Allamistakeo 3. The Blue Dwarf, a.k.a. Sapathwa 4. Jack Harkaway 5. Phileas Fogg- Britisch gentleman traveler. 6. Dorian Gray, a forever young man. Although there are some strong hints of its existence, no reference is made, not even...
Although not officially referred to as a League, this group of characters was formed by The Time Traveller and consisted of three heroes from different points in time. It had been the Traveller's hope to create a group capable of heading off the looming threats of the Lovecraftian world of Yuggoth. This gathering proves ill-fated however, as the three heroes were each drawn from out-of-body experiences, and each returns to his own life before the Traveler can impart any knowledge of consequen...
Minions on the Moon reveals that Mina was part of a British super team in 1964, whose full membership is shown in 1969. 1. Captain Universe, alias of Jim Logan, interplanetary superhero. 2. Vull the Invisible, in actuality Mina Murray 3. Mars Man, a Martian explorer who came to Earth to study its "social life and civilization" 4. Zom of The Zodiac, who magic grants victims of crime the power to stand up to criminals 5. Satin Astro 6. Captain Zenith, a super-speedster. 7. Electro Girl
Victory Vanguard was a super team formed by MI5 in the 1960s as a rival to the Seven Stars. 1. Ace Hart 2. Mark Tyme 3. The Purple Hood 4. Tommy Walls 5. Crash Britannus 6. Mr Apollo 7. Swift Morgan 8. Silver
Based on the reports in the Black Dossier, many countries have been inspired by the British team to make their own covert unit comprised of remarkable individuals, most notably France and Germany.
Loosely adapting Volume I, the 2003 adaptation featured a slightly different take on the First Murray Group. This time the team was referred to as "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen." Allan Quatermain was the leader instead of Mina Murray (going by her maiden name Harker in the movie). Rodney Skinner as An Invisible Man instead of Griffin's The...
With a newly announced reboot, it is only speculation at this point as to who will be included in the League.
Spoof 1988 American League
This spoof 1988 league was the successor to another spoof league which was disbanded in 1979 by Oscar Goldman. The 1988 League was created after the murder of Mr. Miyagi to prevent a resurrected Tony Montana and his occult gang killing all those between him and domination of America. 1. Emmett Brown, scientist. 2. Jack Burton, transportation specialist. 3. B. A. Baracus, ex-commando. 4. Angus MacGyver, tech. 5. "Lisa", mysteriously powerful femme fatale. This spoof was made by comic fansite C...
Spoof 1996 "Extraordinary Gentlepersons" League
"The League of Extraordinary Gentlepersons 1996" Abuse of Playback, the technologically-derived drug made from distilled human memories, is sweeping the world – and Special Agent Fox Mulder learned too late that Playback was put forth on this planet by the Purity, seeking to condition humanity to their rule so as to better combat the Deadite incursion threatening the aliens’ homeworld. Now Mulder is missing, and it falls to his partner, Dana Scully, to re-activate secret protocol LXG-71, the...
It was directed by Stephen Norrington and starred Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, Jason Flemyng, and Richard Roxburgh. It was Connery's final role in a theatrically released live-action film before his retirement in 2006 and death in 2020.
James Robinson. Screenplay. To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.
