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Introduction
The six-issue mini-series League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was actually the first publication of America's Best Comics. Featuring scripts by Alan Moore and art by Kevil O'Neill, the mini-series saw the gathering of various characters from Victorian pulp fiction in an England half historic and half transformed by fictional technology.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #5 was delayed because this ad, which has become known as the "Marvel Vagina," was included among its faux-Victorian advertisements. While "marvel" was hardly unknown to Victorian advertisements, the ad clearly represented fun at the expense of Marvel Comics, and DC wanted it removed. Apparently, editors hadn't read the many phony advertisements too closely, as the "Marvel Vagina" made it through the editorial process and was only caught after the issue went to press. The entire run was pulped and reprinted without this ad.
A brilliant work, the mini-series won awards and lavish critical acclaim. It was, however, plagued by excessive lateness. To avoid having this same situation develop for the sequel, DC Comics insisted upon having the majority of the second mini-series complete prior to its launch. This greatly delayed that launch, eventually pushing it to July 2002, but the issues would be no more regular than the first mini-series, with the first half of the mini-series arriving regularly and the second half trickling in.
A movie adaptation of the original mini-series, starring Sean Connery, was released in the summer of 2003. It alters substantially the line-up of the League and gave them a Victorian automobile.

CONTENTS
PERIODICALS
BOOKS
  • League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #1-6
  • League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Bumper Compendium Edition #1-2
  • League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two #1-6
  • League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume Two Bumper Compendium Edition #1-2
  • Heroes and Monsters: The Unofficial Companion to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  • League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Book One
  • League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two
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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #1-6, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two #1-6: Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill art; features a continuing illustrated prose story as well as the main story; also features very amusing phony Victorian advertisements and letter column responses
    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #1-6; League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Bumper Compendium Edition #1-2; League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two #1-6: Kevin O'Neill cover

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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #1cover-dated March 1999
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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #2cover-dated April 1999
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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Bumper Compendium Edition #1collects League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #1-2 without the illustrated prose, letter columns, and advertisements
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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #3cover-dated May 1999
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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #4cover-dated November 1999
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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Bumper Compendium Edition #2collects League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #3-4 without the illustrated prose, letter columns, and advertisements
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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #5cover-dated June 2000
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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #6cover-dated September 2000; published on Wednesday, 26 July 2000
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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Book Onecollects League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #1-6 with the illustrated prose story
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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Book One [hardcover edition]published many months prior to the softcover
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    Heroes and Monsters: The Unofficial Companion to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemena non-fiction book by Jess Nevins, including his exhaustive annotations to the first series, plus articles by Nevins on the series and its themes; also includes an interview of Alan Moore by Nevins; Alan Moore introduction
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    The 2-page game based on The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (written by Alan Moore with art by Kevin O'Neill) from America's Best Comics Special, published on 29 December 2000, occurs / was published / should be read here
    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two #1cover-dated September 2002
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    The wraparound cover, sans titles and indicia, to League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two #1
    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two #2cover-dated October 2002
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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume Two Bumper Compendium Edition #1collects League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two #1-2 without the illustrated prose, letter columns, and advertisements
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    without titles or indicia

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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two #3cover-dated November 2002
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    without titles or indicia

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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two #4cover-dated February 2003
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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume Two Bumper Compendium Edition #2collects League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two #3-4 without the illustrated prose, letter columns, and advertisements
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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two #5Mr. Hyde rapes and kills the Invisible Man; cover-dated July 2003; published (after much delay) on Wednesday, 7 May 2003
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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two #6cover-dated November 2003; published on Wednesday, 10 September 2003
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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Twocollects League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two #1-6 with the illustrated prose story and the game from America's Best Comics Special
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    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two [hardcover edition]published on Wednesday, 19 November 2003
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    Other Sites of Interest
    The Continuity Pages on Sequart.com
    America's Best Comics
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