THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (VOL. III): CENTURY
Written by Alan Moore
Illustrated by Kevin O'Neill

Moore, the elder statesman of modern comics (Watchmen), revisits his band of famous crime-fighting Victorians, including globe-trotting thrill seeker Allan Quatermain and Dracula's special lady friend, Mina Murray. This third volume contains a trio of self-contained stories in which the diminishing League embarks on quantum leaps between London in 1910, 1968, and 2008 — all in an effort to stave off the creation of an apocalyptic Moonchild. ''It's a rather dark narrative,'' Moore says. ''This magical child manifests in quite a terrifying form.'' He then adds ominously: ''The Antichrist project finally pays off.'' But League IIIisn't all gloom and doom, Moore says. ''We've also got a marvelous scene in an occult gentlemen's club, where all the occult detectives of that period [1910] are sitting around drinking sherry.'' How civilized. (Published April 2009
At Comic-Con: Moore's new publisher, Top Shelf Productions, will display League III art at its booth.