The last instalment in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series is dense, dizzying and satisfying
Alan Moore says that this wild and playful volume, the conclusion to the acclaimed League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series, will be his last major work in comics. For a man stepping back from the spotlight, his influence is as strong as ever. HBO’s reimagining of his Watchmen series is a TV blockbuster, and the masks from V for Vendetta are a symbol of modern protest. He rarely does press, but scraps are seized on, such as his claim in one interview with a Brazilian newspaper that the impact of superheroes on culture is “both tremendously embarrassing and not a little worrying”.
That might seem a strange remark from a man whose work has included Batman, Superman and the Swamp Thing – and whose latest project is jam-packed with superheroes. But Moore has spent his career muddying heroic waters, and the caped crusaders of The Tempest are not the bantering big-screen heroes of Marvel or their glowering DC counterparts. These are British superheroes. And they’re not going to save the world.
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