The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 4: The Tempest
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Welcome to the story to end all stories。 Two decades of literary League lunacy have all been building to this， the most ambitious meta-comic imaginable。
After an epic twenty-year journey through the entirety of human culture - the biggest cross-continuity 'universe' that is conceivable - Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill conclude both their legendary League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and their equally legendary comic-book careers with the series' spectacular fourth and final volume， The Tempest。 Tying up the slenderest of plot threads and allusions from the three preceding volumes， The Black Dossier， and the Nemo trilogy into a dazzling and ingenious bow， the world's most accomplished and bad-tempered artist-writer team use their most stylistically adventurous outing yet to display the glories of the medium they are leaving; to demonstrate the excitement that attracted them to the field in the first place; and to analyse， critically and entertainingly， the reasons for their departure。
Opening simultaneously in the panic-stricken headquarters of British Military Intelligence， the fabled Ayesha's lost African city of Kor and the domed citadel of 'We' on the devastated Earth of the year 2，996， the dense and yet furiously-paced narrative hurtles like an express locomotive across the fictional globe from Lincoln Island to modern America to the Blazing World; from the Jacobean antiquity of Prospero's Men to the superhero-inundated pastures of the present to the unimaginable reaches of a shimmering science-fiction future。 With a cast-list that includes many of the most iconic figures from literature and pop culture， and a tempo that conveys the terrible momentum of inevitable events， this is literally and literarily the story to end all stories。 Originally published as a six-issue run of unfashionable， outmoded and flimsy children's comics that would make you appear emotionally backward if you read them on the bus， this climactic magnum opus also reprints classic English super-team publication The Seven Stars from the murky black-and-white reaches of 1964。 A magnificent celebration of everything comics were， are and could be， any appreciator or student of the medium would be unwise to miss The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen， Volume IV: THE TEMPEST。
Co-Published by Top Shelf Productions （US） and Knockabout （UK）。
After an epic twenty-year journey through the entirety of human culture - the biggest cross-continuity 'universe' that is conceivable - Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill conclude both their legendary League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and their equally legendary comic-book careers with the series' spectacular fourth and final volume， The Tempest。 Tying up the slenderest of plot threads and allusions from the three preceding volumes， The Black Dossier， and the Nemo trilogy into a dazzling and ingenious bow， the world's most accomplished and bad-tempered artist-writer team use their most stylistically adventurous outing yet to display the glories of the medium they are leaving; to demonstrate the excitement that attracted them to the field in the first place; and to analyse， critically and entertainingly， the reasons for their departure。
Opening simultaneously in the panic-stricken headquarters of British Military Intelligence， the fabled Ayesha's lost African city of Kor and the domed citadel of 'We' on the devastated Earth of the year 2，996， the dense and yet furiously-paced narrative hurtles like an express locomotive across the fictional globe from Lincoln Island to modern America to the Blazing World; from the Jacobean antiquity of Prospero's Men to the superhero-inundated pastures of the present to the unimaginable reaches of a shimmering science-fiction future。 With a cast-list that includes many of the most iconic figures from literature and pop culture， and a tempo that conveys the terrible momentum of inevitable events， this is literally and literarily the story to end all stories。 Originally published as a six-issue run of unfashionable， outmoded and flimsy children's comics that would make you appear emotionally backward if you read them on the bus， this climactic magnum opus also reprints classic English super-team publication The Seven Stars from the murky black-and-white reaches of 1964。 A magnificent celebration of everything comics were， are and could be， any appreciator or student of the medium would be unwise to miss The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen， Volume IV: THE TEMPEST。
Co-Published by Top Shelf Productions （US） and Knockabout （UK）。
Reviews
Gonzalo Oyanedel
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Veinte años después de reutilizar los mitos narrativos de la cultura popular， Moore y O'Neill bajan el telón a su serie con una entrega ambiciosa， detallista y por momentos recargada; reflejo de una premisa que tomó impensados derroteros desde su inicio en 1999 y cierra acá más cerca del comentario satírico que de la aventura original。 Queda para la suma su extraordinario recorrido por la ficción narrativa y sus personajes， que consiguieron un segundo aire de cara a la nuevas generaciones。 Veinte años después de reutilizar los mitos narrativos de la cultura popular， Moore y O'Neill bajan el telón a su serie con una entrega ambiciosa， detallista y por momentos recargada; reflejo de una premisa que tomó impensados derroteros desde su inicio en 1999 y cierra acá más cerca del comentario satírico que de la aventura original。 Queda para la suma su extraordinario recorrido por la ficción narrativa y sus personajes， que consiguieron un segundo aire de cara a la nuevas generaciones。 。。。more
Jb
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Well， this was a fitting end to a great series。 In each volume， Moore and O'Neill have added progressively more bells and whistles， and this one certainly followed that trend。 There were multiple stories in each issue， some in the past， some in the present， and some in the future， as well as fake advertisements， ersatz "letters to the editor"， and biographies of unjustly ignored comics artists （those being real， naturally）。 While The Tempest was a good way to wrap up a massive， complex， and expe Well， this was a fitting end to a great series。 In each volume， Moore and O'Neill have added progressively more bells and whistles， and this one certainly followed that trend。 There were multiple stories in each issue， some in the past， some in the present， and some in the future， as well as fake advertisements， ersatz "letters to the editor"， and biographies of unjustly ignored comics artists （those being real， naturally）。 While The Tempest was a good way to wrap up a massive， complex， and experimental series， I do miss the "good old days" when there was just one storyline and it was still worth reading。 But all in all， I have no complaints- these folks are brilliant。 I suggest reading with annotations to fully appreciate the construction， if you're a massive nerd like me- they're available at various sites online。 。。。more
Barbarroja
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Una odisea psicodélica。 La imaginación de dos de los autores más grandes de la historia del cómic， desbordada a raudales en su último trabajo， su canto del cisne。 La verdad， impresionante。
Lauren
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The Tempsst is the final volume in The League of Extrordinary Gentlemen series。 This is probably the hardest story to summarize that I have ever read besides the high overarching concept - save the universe。 The story lines are many and seemingly all over the place throughout the book， which was thoroughly confusing at times。 The earlier volumes were average for me and then continued to drop in my rankings。 This rating， for full disclosure， may also be more indicative of my lower interest in thi The Tempsst is the final volume in The League of Extrordinary Gentlemen series。 This is probably the hardest story to summarize that I have ever read besides the high overarching concept - save the universe。 The story lines are many and seemingly all over the place throughout the book， which was thoroughly confusing at times。 The earlier volumes were average for me and then continued to drop in my rankings。 This rating， for full disclosure， may also be more indicative of my lower interest in this category of writing， but I started the series and wanted to finish it。 I enjoy stepping out of my comfort zone - you never know what you will find and enjoy。 A pass for me on this series overall though。 。。。more
Jamil
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Goodbye Alan。 Goodbye kev。
Sam Julian
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I can't give this book a rating。 It's too complex to consolidate this into a number of stars。As a story， I can't really recommend this book。 It's all over the place， thematically， tonally。 The meta narratives and style shifts make the story completely inaccessible to anyone not already deeply familiar with LOEG lore。 This book doesn't possess any of the qualities that make the original League of Extraordinary Gentlemen run so appealing。 What made LOEG volumes 1 and 2 so effective was that they f I can't give this book a rating。 It's too complex to consolidate this into a number of stars。As a story， I can't really recommend this book。 It's all over the place， thematically， tonally。 The meta narratives and style shifts make the story completely inaccessible to anyone not already deeply familiar with LOEG lore。 This book doesn't possess any of the qualities that make the original League of Extraordinary Gentlemen run so appealing。 What made LOEG volumes 1 and 2 so effective was that they felt like a story happening behind all the other stories you already knew and loved。 This story doesn't have any relationship to existing stories in its timeline （2010）， so it has to stand on its own merits。 Personally I didn't find the plot or characters particularly compelling in that regard。 Bizarre， unexpected events happens quickly without any impact or emotional weight， leaving me pretty puzzled。 The most fun parts were graphic depictions of episodes we already read about in The Black Dossier， but there wasn't anything new added to them。However， conceptually and structurally this book is insanely though-through and polished。 It's a technical masterpiece of the metacomic canon。 Almost every page is in a different aesthetic mode， in emulation of some classic of the comic genre。 The way the story incorporates 3D is really fun， innovative and inspiring。 The book was a treat to read， even when I felt that what I was reading what a mess。 That being said， as creative as the stylistic shifts were。 I felt that these meta-comic aspects undermined the sense of a shared universe that LOEG is built on。 Also the styles emulated didn't always have a strong relationship to the events being depicted。 They came from all different eras of comic history， and I often found myself wondering whether the reference was being used with much effect or intention other than to have some fun。 That contributed to the thematic schizophrenia I felt throughout the reading experience。Reading the book was an emotional experience， personally。 Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill really insert themselves as creators into this volume in a way that they never have before， and spent the epilogue reflecting on the work that they spent the better part of the last 20 years creating。 This series has been hugely influential in my reading life and I own every physical volume。 As preparation for reading The Tempest， I went back and read every single volume， even the Nemo trilogy， with annotations。 Century 2009 ended on a real downer， so it meant a lot to have a finale to the series that was as epic in scope and vision as the concepts underlying the series' premise。I really wish that the story didn't feel as rushed as it turned out， and that the story had spent more time exploring a real theme， tying the （spoiler） conclusion to some kind of coherent statement about the nature of our society's imagination。 There's something there， there really is。 This is by no means a perfect book， and to be perfectly frank I wouldn't recommend it to anyone except a complete superfan of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen。 But as one of those people， I cannot express to you how happy I am that this book exists at all。 Thank you， Al & Kev， for sharing this epic vision with me and the world。 。。。more
Ondřej
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Strašně komplikovaně odvyprávěný příběh bez konce se spoustou formálních fórů a scénáristických úskoků。 Ale čirého potěšení minimum。Bez neustálého otvírání webu a dohledávání odkazů skoro nejde číst。
Fraser Sherman
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And so the LGX saga ends， not with a bang but with a grumpy old fart muttering about how kids and those immature adults who like comic books should get off his lawn。 Lots of meta-commentary about how modern superhero comics suck。 James Bond goes from the calculating thug of Black Dossier （which fits the original） to a raving psycho （not so much）。 Orlando and Elric （not officially， but an albino with a black sword 。。。） lament that stories about superhumans like themselves just convince readers th And so the LGX saga ends， not with a bang but with a grumpy old fart muttering about how kids and those immature adults who like comic books should get off his lawn。 Lots of meta-commentary about how modern superhero comics suck。 James Bond goes from the calculating thug of Black Dossier （which fits the original） to a raving psycho （not so much）。 Orlando and Elric （not officially， but an albino with a black sword 。。。） lament that stories about superhumans like themselves just convince readers that ordinary people can't accomplish anything。 Moore is a tremendously talented writer， but as a cultural critic he's just a grump。The story itself suffers from expanding into way too many plotlines and broken up further by the device of modeling each issue on a British comics format， which fractures them further （like Golden Age American anthologies， British comics have multiple strips in a single issue）。 I lost track of who was doing what to whom。And while O'Neill and Moore mock their critics at the end， I can't help noticing they're snarking smugly about how readers wanted a "Bloomsbury Justice League" and not responding to criticism of， say， how much rape there was in the book。Back when I read the original， I'd never have anticipated this series ending so disappointingly。 。。。more
Kelly
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Perfect。 Really。
scarlettraces
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According to this Cthulu is just off the coast by Dunedin。 Makes sense。Also， I could care less about caped crusaders but I adored with many passions any of the rare photo-strips that came my way when I was a kid。 （Mostly Jackie， I think。） Century may have got me in my obsessions more squarely （Threepenny Opera AND Iain Sinclair at the same time？！） but this was a special wee treat so thank you， Al and Kev。
Joe
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I want to be the reader that follows Allan Moore through all his most out-there bouts of meta-fiction， formal experimentation， and mixture of oddball history/folklore/mythology。 But I’m not sure that I am。 This one was a little much for me and I found myself skimming and wishing there was more time given to individual stories/characters rather than larger arcs and meta-stories。
Alex Thompson
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Five stars for artistry。 Can't recommend Vol。 1 and 2 enough。 Five stars for artistry。 Can't recommend Vol。 1 and 2 enough。 。。。more
Neil Fein
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While there are a lot of good moments in The Tempest， the pacing is odd and the ending felt rushed。 I stalled the first time I tried to read this， got through it on y second attempt。 Still， it's a hell of a story and can't have been easy to bring to a close。 Overall， I liked it。 While there are a lot of good moments in The Tempest， the pacing is odd and the ending felt rushed。 I stalled the first time I tried to read this， got through it on y second attempt。 Still， it's a hell of a story and can't have been easy to bring to a close。 Overall， I liked it。 。。。more
Daniel
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Definitely enjoyed this ending to the League。 It has a great tempo to the story and exciting events。 The mix of fact and fiction and lessons in this volume are good without preachy。 The multiple story lines tie together well and create a great overall epic ending to this universe of novels， comics， and pop culture。
Jim Smith
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Big daft mess。 Riotously entertaining and silly。 Intrusive narration intentionally annoying in its self-indulgence。 Not fully satisfying as a conclusion to the League， but delightful and fun time pissing about from a retiring master of the form。
Erik
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Old man yells how much everything and everyone sucks while making increasingly more obscure references。 What happened to the fun the League started with？ At least O'Neill's art is great。 It's worth a look if only to see him mimic a bunch of old comic and art styles。 Old man yells how much everything and everyone sucks while making increasingly more obscure references。 What happened to the fun the League started with？ At least O'Neill's art is great。 It's worth a look if only to see him mimic a bunch of old comic and art styles。 。。。more
Chris
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I nearly didn't finish this crap。 Every few pages are in a completely different style and sometimes timeline， and sometimes different story completely。 None of the characters are interesting。 You have three immortal ladies trying to 。。。 save the world from a young james bond rip off？ There are so many references to other literacy that the actual story falls apart。 I nearly didn't finish this crap。 Every few pages are in a completely different style and sometimes timeline， and sometimes different story completely。 None of the characters are interesting。 You have three immortal ladies trying to 。。。 save the world from a young james bond rip off？ There are so many references to other literacy that the actual story falls apart。 。。。more
Philip Daniel
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A very fitting ending to one of the greatest comic book sagas of all time。 I shall have to go back to the very beginning and read them all again now。 What a terrible shame。 Enormous in scope and scale， hilarious and encompassing just about every genre of comic and style you could imagine， it's another work of genius from the greatest comic writer of them all。 A very fitting ending to one of the greatest comic book sagas of all time。 I shall have to go back to the very beginning and read them all again now。 What a terrible shame。 Enormous in scope and scale， hilarious and encompassing just about every genre of comic and style you could imagine， it's another work of genius from the greatest comic writer of them all。 。。。more
Rus Wornom
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Brilliant in concept， yet seemingly chaotic in execution。 Kevin O'Neill's art is always a delight， and the mixing of 2D and 3D art is exciting。 And yet， none of the sequels has been as good as their original volume of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen。 Brilliant in concept， yet seemingly chaotic in execution。 Kevin O'Neill's art is always a delight， and the mixing of 2D and 3D art is exciting。 And yet， none of the sequels has been as good as their original volume of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen。 。。。more
Santi
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Que pena que se acabe。 Pero que mejor broche para estas dos décadas de disfrute。
fonz
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Finaliza la serie y la carrera de Moore y O´Neill con este nostálgico， loquísimo y autoindulgente （no es peyorativo） batiburrillo de ficciones británicas que sirve como reafirmación final de las ideas de Moore sobre los tebeos de género en general y los seriales de superhéroes más en particular。 Es decir， el tebeo visto como un espacio único donde ocurre algo que no acontece en otras artes narrativas， donde pueden darse todos los géneros a la vez， donde los riquísimos pasados de los personajes c Finaliza la serie y la carrera de Moore y O´Neill con este nostálgico， loquísimo y autoindulgente （no es peyorativo） batiburrillo de ficciones británicas que sirve como reafirmación final de las ideas de Moore sobre los tebeos de género en general y los seriales de superhéroes más en particular。 Es decir， el tebeo visto como un espacio único donde ocurre algo que no acontece en otras artes narrativas， donde pueden darse todos los géneros a la vez， donde los riquísimos pasados de los personajes contextualizan y añaden significados a la obra que estás leyendo y que， si eres aficionado， reconocerás inmediatamente， y donde las épocas， años y fases aparecen distintivamente codificadas y reconocibles de un vistazo。 El resultado no puede ser otra cosa que una brillante exhibición formal que remite a otros tebeos de Moore， desde "1963" a los "Tomorrow Stories" （incluso recuerda a ciertos recursos de Chris Ware， o al Pepito Magefesa de Miguel Gallardo， mismamente， que ya hacía estos experimentos pop en los ochenta）， pero únicamente legible para el que posea un conocimiento enciclopédico del tebeo británico y no le importe， como a los autores， el desarrollo y la resolución de la trama。 。。。more
Gabriel
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And just like that League is fun again。 This is a fantastic kaleidoscope of pop culture and comic book history。 As overstuffed as the early League was an example of controlled storytelling。 It is highly recommended that you read all the other League books and the Nemo trilogy or you have even less a chance of understanding this。 A fitting， glorious， ecstatic goodbye from two masters。
Chris Neumann
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All of my favorite comic books are ending！ I will miss this one the most - it changed the way I consumed and appreciated literature， pop culture， and well。。。 everything really。 Art is alive and it burns brightly in the Blazing World。 Cheers to you Al & Kev。
Zac
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The League。。。 lost me a bit during the Nemo trilogy， but it has ended strongly。 It had been a while since I'd read the previous volumes so had forgotten some of the characters and their backstories but， as always， I read along with the annotations。 The references in this book seem to drawn upon the history of comics more than I remember the other books did， and the stories were illustrated in a variety of styles to replicate particular publications and artists。 I’m not sure that the ending was t The League。。。 lost me a bit during the Nemo trilogy， but it has ended strongly。 It had been a while since I'd read the previous volumes so had forgotten some of the characters and their backstories but， as always， I read along with the annotations。 The references in this book seem to drawn upon the history of comics more than I remember the other books did， and the stories were illustrated in a variety of styles to replicate particular publications and artists。 I’m not sure that the ending was that satisfying， but I guess it had to end somehow。 I would like to try to read this whole series again one day without paying too much attention to all of the references hidden in the background， and instead read it on its surface level as a great adventure spy story。 。。。more
Dennis Lynch
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Sadly， this anthology is an incoherent mess。 The only parts that were interesting were the 6 editorials about British illustrators and comic book creators。 I truly enjoyed all the earlier books in this series。
Kealan O'ver
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Brings the saga to an end in an impenetrable but yet strangely satisfying way。
Mark
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I’m going to go back and rate all the other volumes/stories with five （seven） stars。 What a yarn。 Well done， gents。 Bravo。
D。M。
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I suppose if you must go out， it's best to go out with a bang。 Only Moore and O'Neill （in retiring this story-series as well as Moore retiring from comics） manage a lot of bang touched with a bit of whimper。It has been 20 years since the first adventures of Moore's Victorian League appeared， and the leaps， bounds and stretches the characters （only Mina Murray has lasted through the entire run） and the story （including the Nemo trilogy and the peripheral-but-no-less-essential Black Dossier ） have I suppose if you must go out， it's best to go out with a bang。 Only Moore and O'Neill （in retiring this story-series as well as Moore retiring from comics） manage a lot of bang touched with a bit of whimper。It has been 20 years since the first adventures of Moore's Victorian League appeared， and the leaps， bounds and stretches the characters （only Mina Murray has lasted through the entire run） and the story （including the Nemo trilogy and the peripheral-but-no-less-essential Black Dossier ） have been wonderful， occasionally hilarious and sometimes baffling。 So， to try to take this whole mess and wrap it up was going to be a challenge。 Naturally， a writer of Moore's calibre and an illustrator of O'Neill's aptitude are more than up to the task。So。。。Tempest。Though this is a continuing story， the creators have gone with a bit of a Dossier approach to gift us with six parts （from the original six issues） in dozens of styles that serve as tribute to the comics medium， homage to the roots of the characters and loving parody of the ridiculousness of all that transpires。 There are Blazing World 3-D sections， some sideways 'comic strips' pages， laughably-contorted 'kids' style bits， some monochrome-tinted secret agent stuff （the fantastically funny and largely incompetent Bond amalgamation J-Force Six） and just so， SO much more。 Every section/issue is divided between our main League （currently roughly represented by Murray， Orlando and Emma Knight/Peel） story and a six-part 'issue' of 1960s British superteam The Seven Stars （of which Murray was part， under another name）; the latter is regularly depicted in classic black-line super-style on slightly-aged looking paper。The story is just a wonderful explosion of fun madness that this series has somehow lacked since its original outing， and the variety of visual styles make it an absolute cornucopia of comics pleasures。 If I have a single problem with the volume， it's that after all that happens herein the ending（s） when it finally comes is a bit of a squelcher。 It is probably exactly what it needs to be， and certainly charming， but knowing this is going to be IT makes me wish for just that little bit。。。more。 In its entirety， though， this is a wonderful addition to the League canon， and a fitting end to their tales。This edition includes all the front and back covers of the original six-issue series， several additional introductory art pages， gloriously painted endsheets which actually tie into the story's beginning and end， and a charming further epilogue titled 'Retiring Types' starring the creators。 A pair of Blazing World spectacles （the same 3-D glasses included in the Black Dossier） are also included。 。。。more
Alan O'Neill
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Excellente conclusion à la saga de la Ligue。Excellent adieu d'Al et de Kev au monde comic books。Excellent scénario。Excellent dessin （bien qu'un peu moins bon que dans le Dossier Noir ou dans Century）。Excellente suite à Century。Excellente édition française （pour une fois ！）。Excellent。 Excellente conclusion à la saga de la Ligue。Excellent adieu d'Al et de Kev au monde comic books。Excellent scénario。Excellent dessin （bien qu'un peu moins bon que dans le Dossier Noir ou dans Century）。Excellente suite à Century。Excellente édition française （pour une fois ！）。Excellent。 。。。more
Jeremy
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