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  • Paperback: 200 pages
  • Publisher: Wildstorm (10 Jul 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1401203078
  • ISBN-13: 978-1401203078
  • Product Dimensions: 26.7 x 17.1 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 103,012 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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38 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Want a copy?, 13 Nov 2007
By K. Newton "Karlos" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier (Hardcover)
Chances are, you're looking for this and wondering why it's unavailable?

Well, DC have spat their dummy out at Moore leaving them (again), so my advice is simple: get onto Amazon.com (the US site) and order a copy from there - with the cheapest shipping, it's a bargain.

Good luck!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars P.G Wodehouse meets H.P. Lovecraft, 16 Jun 2009
By G. Thomas (Canterbury UK) - See all my reviews
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I could have been forgiven for totally passing on this book if I'd believed the majority of negative reviews here and even one from a close friend.

I'd bought "1910: Century" and enjoyed it immensely but realised I'd missed out a chapter of the League's progression and quickly bought "Black Dossier".

To be fair I can understand why some people seemed unimpressed....it messed with their expectations. I suspect those who hate this book also didn't enjoy the prose sections in the other 2 volumes. What seems very clear is that Alan Moore is once again playing with the medium and challenging the reader in a similar manner to Dave Sim in later issues of the mighty "Cerebus the Aardvark"

This is a fantastic addition to the continuing mythology and any true fan of the "League" is going to revel in it. Those expecting a tongue-in-cheek boy's-own comic-book romp are only going to be partially satisfied. The text-heavy (inspired) literary sections are utterly essential to our understanding of the different incarnations of the Murray-Group. Through this device the overall timeline is finally revealed. There are sections which only now become relevent with the release of "1910" and these led to several "oh wow" moments on my behalf. Mr Moore most definitely has a larger plan.

Once again the inspired use of literary characters and references is an absolute pedant's joy. I especially enjoyed the P.G Wodehouse/H.P.Lovecraft pastiche and the Orwellian Jane but it's all good to be honest.

If you love the true spirit of the "League" then don't hesitate; it's an essential purchase which really helps you fill all those pesky spaces inbetween. On the other hand if you just want another off-the-wall oddball-superhero comic then I'd strongly advise you to go elsewhere. This volume represents a bold new evolution for the series and is certainly not a book for fairweather fans.
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21 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Reader, beware, 1 Feb 2008
By R. A. Monk "monklane" (London, U.K.) - See all my reviews
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Those who expect a straightforward follow-up to the the first two volumes of The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen will be disappointed and, in all probability, frustrated.

Perhaps a third of this volume is the continuation of our hero's adventures, the other two thirds is Alan Moore writing in a series of literary styles , mostly without illustration. (The Black Dossier of the title is a book containing tales of The League in its various forms throughout its history and we read these tales during the course of this volume.) And this would be fine were it not for the way one comes to realise that all of this is not going to be terribly relevant to the forward narrative of the book. No wonder this book was so late in being published. Mr Moore must have gone through many a midnight candle slaving away at his PC to write all this. But this can be Alan Moore in his latter-day Dylan Thomas mode where you feel he may be writing more for his own benefit than the general reader, who sometimes doesn't have much of an idea what the writer's on about. (Readers of the later issues of Promethea will know the feeling.) And the endless lewdness, no doubt in an attempt at being adult, mostly seems a little juvenile.

But, lest I seem too harsh, there's much to enjoy here. The comic narrative manages to contain endless references to British culture from days of yore - 1984, Billy Bunter, Fireball XL5, you name it. And the concluding chapter, in 3D, is a treat for the eyes.

I still think Alan Moore is head and shoulders above any other writer currently working in the medium. His body of work speaks for itself. I've been reading some of his earliest work, Future Shocks, D.R. And Quinch, while reading this volume and it all comes over as delightfully silly by comparison, but what remains the same is the ever-fertile imagination. Alan Moore challenges us and we're all the better for it.

Perhaps this all an elaborate set-up for stories yet to come. If so, it's to be hoped that we've covered the history now and can all move on.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Black Dossier
The Black Dossier is the third graphic novel (and the only one which was not previously released as a six volume comics series) in the critically acclaimed League of Extraordinary... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ms. E. Britton

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor and bewildering
Anyone expecting a continuation of the strong first volume or weaker second is bound for disappointment. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Halo572

2.0 out of 5 stars Just don't bother
Black Dossier is essentially a book within a book. Retrieved from the vaults of MI5 by Mina Murray and Allan Quartermain, the Dossier contains all collated information on the... Read more
Published 10 months ago

1.0 out of 5 stars More porn than yarn
I found the first 2 installments OK, but have to say I was dissapointed with this. I know Moore is'nt a 1 trick pony but it sure feels like it sometimes. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Chris Morse

3.0 out of 5 stars A challenge for the reader - or a chore...?
I'll keep this short, as RA Monk has pretty much summed up exactly how I feel about this book. I didn't dislike it as such, but I was massively frustrated by it. Read more
Published 15 months ago by mr-benn

5.0 out of 5 stars My Quest Is Over
After having waded through lakes of lava and duelled with a menagerie of many-headed beasts to get my hands on this comic (well, not quite, but you get my drift), I can say here... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Ruth W

2.0 out of 5 stars And with a mighty clang, the wheels fell off ...
Being long-awaited is no guarantee of quality alas, and what was announced as an original League 'graphic novel' actually turns out to be a set of footnotes with the occasional... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Brian Flange

4.0 out of 5 stars Too clever by half?
I don't know, maybe sheer quality of LoEG volumes 1 and 2, and the length of time I'd been waiting to finally read this latest entry to the series meant that it was never going to... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Dr. Mark W. Stephens

2.0 out of 5 stars Bad Jazz
There's a saying about bad jazz that it's enjoyed by the performer and not the audience...

I love Alan Moore, he and Grant Morrison are the reason that I read comics... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mr. P. Rigby

2.0 out of 5 stars Self-indulgent and disappointing
Those expecting an adventure yarn in the vein of the first two volumes will be disappointed; in fact those expecting a comic strip graphic novel will be disappointed too. Read more
Published 18 months ago by J. Taylor

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