The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Writer Alan Moore (Watchmen, From Hell) and illustrator Kevin O’Neill crafted the somewhat geeky premise of a Victorian-era Justice League in the graphic novel The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Mina Harker, the femme fatale from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, is appointed to assemble a few literary titans to foil the nefarious plans of the late Sherlock Holmes’ nemesis, Professor Moriarty. The motley crew assembled includes adventurer Allan Quatermain, Dr. Jekyll, Captain Nemo, and the Invisible Man. 20th Century Fox has thrown Sean Connery into the Quatermain role, added art connoisseur Dorian Gray, and, in a fit of xenophobia, a Missouri problem-child-turned-international-spy by the name of Tom Sawyer. We’re choosing Mr. Hyde over the Hulk this summer, and partying like it’s 1899.