The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #5

Recalled ⋅ America's Best Comics ⋅ 2000

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Key Facts

Recalled issue due to a parody advertisement of a feminine hygiene product called 'Marvel Miracle Douche'

Issue Details

Publisher

America's Best Comics

Writer

Alan Moore

Artist

Kevin O'Neill

Published

June 2000

Synopsis

It opens with a battle to the death atop the abyss of Reisenbach Falls and closes with East London on the brink of a ferocious blitzkrieg forty years ahead of its time. In the penultimate installment of our already award-winning adventure, all the cards are on the table. Our champions learn at last the true and terrible identity of the mysterious spymaster they've been working for and glimpse too late the full and frightful motive at the heart of his intentions.The League Of Extraordinary GentlemenThe League finally discover that they have been duped by their very superiors and now it is time to est thing wright. It will not be easy as they have to face the likes of James Moriarty, Dr. Fu Manchu, Sebastion Moran and Campion Bond.Allan and the Sundered VeilAllan Quatermain, John Carter and Randolph Carter wake up from their collective nightmare. This leaves the Time Traveler all alone in with a busted Time Machine. Allan wakes up in the room where he first past out seeing a lot of his future.Historical Note:This issue was printed originally with a real vintage ad from a product called the Marvel Douche included in the back pages. Fear of legal reprisal saw this printing pulped. Legend has it that some copies survived and are in private collections, much like the pulped Elseworlds 80 page Giant special released in 1999.

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