The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier by Alan Moore
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Book Summary Author: Alan Moore Illustrator: Kevin O'Neill Edition: Hardcover Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2007-11-16 ISBN: 140120306X Number of pages: 208 Publisher: Wildstorm |
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Book Reviews of the The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier
Customer Review: Almost everything I hoped it would be... and more
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, after what seems like a lifetime of delays, copyright issues, publishing battles and general waiting, I finally have my hands on Black Dossier. and it's fantastic. The book is definately worth the money as it's chock full of all kinds of extra goodies including a Shakespeare folio, a sequel to Fanny Hill, a pornographic comic and of course the truly EPIC 3d section which closes the book (do NOT miss this bit!)
The story itself is probably more easily compared to volume 1 of the League than volume 2, as it involves several powers revolving around one item. However, Moore and O'Neill's storytelling seems like a natural progression from volume 2 ie. More sex, violence, nudity and swearing are included, in particular the swearing, which to be honest seems overused in some parts of the book. The nudity however is all tastefully done and does not detract from the quality of the story at all.
The book is basically arranged as follows:
It starts with Allan and Mina trying to obtain the Dossier... when they obtain it the first half of the Dossier itself is shown. This contains many different artistic and literary styles and is incredibly well made, even using different kinds of paper in parts! Then the story returns to Allan and Mina, and after that the second half of the Dossier is shown before the book's conclusion. This layout for the plot may sound confusing but it progresses very smoothly and works very well in detailing parts of the plot.
overall, this book is hugely successful and as a huge fan of the series my expectations were very high. I was not disappointed in the slightest and can therefore recommend this to any comics/League/literature fan as an incredible reading experience