The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol I

PART 1

Empire Dreams

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Dover

A port in South East England, in E Kent on the Strait of Dover: the only one of the Cinque Ports that is still important; a stronghold since ancient times and Caesar’s first point of attack in the invasion of Britain (55 bc).

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(The matchbox)

John Bull : John Bull is a national personification of Britain in general and England in particular, especially in political cartoons and similar graphic works. He is usually depicted as a stout, middle-aged, country dwelling, jolly, matter-of-fact man.

Simply no Match

This is wordplay. Literally speaking simply no match is an idiomatic usage which means something that is the best. And the product happens to be matches.

Bryant and May

It is an actual match producing company that was formulated in the middle of the 19th century.

It is also the name of a detective horror mysteries written by Christopher Fowler.

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Remarkable : Something worthy of notice.

Page Summary

This page serves to introduce us to two of the major characters in this graphic novel series. The first of these is a male gentleman called Campion Bond. He works for British Intelligence and we could link his name to the famous James Bond, who was also in the service of British Intelligence. Campion Bond could be considered the predecessor of James Bond according to the novel’s Universe. Also the entire first page closely resembles the starting of the first Bond Movie, Dr. No, starring Sean Connery as James Bond.

(Earliest known image of James Bond)

The other person introduced to us is Miss Wilhelmina Murray who is a character from the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. She was to wed the man Dracula had enticed to his lands in Central Europe (Transylvania). Miss Murray travelled there nursed him back to health, came back to England, got bitten by Dracula, Managed to track and get Dracula killed and was spared the curse of being another Dracula. Her fate since is unknown.

(Miss Murray)

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Britannia

Britannia is an ancient term for Great Britain, and also a female personification of the island.

Lion

The Lion is the national animal of England and is also a very prominent symbol for England. It also features on England’s coat of Arms.

(The British Lion)

(The English coat of Arms)

Albion Reach (The saying on the wall below the lion)

Albion is an old, poetic word for England and Reach is is a stretch of water visible between bends in a river or channel. Dover is the closest port to the European Continent. The whole bridge appears to be built between ENgland and mainland Europe, much like the proposed Underwater tunnel between England and France. It’s quite natural that a bridge connecting England to the continent would be sited at Albion Reach. 

Page Summary

Here we learn that the comic is set in the early Victorian era and the genre is definitely Steampunk. Click here to look up Steampunk.

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Revert : To return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief.

Maiden : An unmarried girl or woman. Used in the context of ‘maiden name’, it is the family name women have before they are married.

Mortified : To cause to experience shame, humiliation, or wounded pride; humiliate.

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Sole turn

the only person who turned up. (sole from singular)

Menagerie : A collection of live wild animals on exhibition. used for a diverse or miscellaneous group in the same sense.

Inflammation : A localized protective reaction of tissue to irritation, injury, or infection, characterized by pain, redness, swelling, and sometimes loss of function.

Eccentricity : Deviation from the normal, expected, or established.

Courteous : Polite behavior.

 

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Social Pale : Social circle.

Ravished : Someone who is Carried away by force; used usually in a sexual context. Ravish is different from rape. Rape is absolutely by force, while ravish is getting ‘carried away’ by force. As in brutally coerced.

Page Summary

Miss Murray’s backstory is slightly hinted at by Companion Bond, who shows his subtle controlling techniques. We are aware of the cold and ruthless nature of Companion Bond. They both seem to be waiting on someone, possibly Captain Nemo.

 

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Chin Up 

Idiom, use is chiefly British and it means the maintenance of one’s dignity under any odds.

Mycroft Holmes : In the SHerlock Holme’s universe, Mycroft Holmes is Sherlock Holmes’s elder, smarter and way more adept brother. He functions as the nodal point for all British matters as he is in touch with intelligence, bureaucracy, the government and the armed forces by way of telegrams from them all which he gets throughout the day. He then sorts all the information in his mind and then issues directives to everyone. In the books it is hinted that Britain’s greatness was solely due to Mycroft Holmes.

 

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Cairo 

The capital and largest city of Egypt, in the northeast part of the country on the Nile River. Old Cairo was built in 642 as a military camp; the new city was founded in about 968 by the Fatimid dynasty and reached its greatest prosperity under the Mameluke sultans between the 13th and 16th century. Population: 7,790,000.

(Cairo….)

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Miss Murray is in an opium den, opium being a very addictive and very popular drug of the time. The long instruments the men are holding are opium pipes.

(Man with opium pipe)

(An opium den in France…)

Page summary

In this page, we are taken to an opium den in Cairo and introduced to one of the main protagonists of this series. The old man in panels 3 and 4 is Allan Quartermain, the chief protagonist of the Quartermain series by H. Rider Haggard. It was a best seller in the late 19th and early 20th century. He was always the great white hunter in forgotten worlds battling supernatural beings and natives, and on occasion the British themselves. Even contemporary adventurers like Indiana Jones can trace their lineage back to Allan Quartermain.

 

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Page Summary

Miss Murray is trying to cajole and coax Quartermain to join her cause while suddenly 2 arabs come in and try to rape Miss Murray.

 

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Page Summary

As the arabs are attempting to rape Miss Murray, we see that Quartermain has gotten hold of his revolver and is speaking to them in Arabic, probably asking them to back off. They call his bluff and as a result he kills the man who rushed him.

 

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Heathen : One who is regarded as irreligious, uncivilized, or unenlightened.

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Expedient : Speedy; expeditious. Not used in that sense in this day and age.

Page Summary

We see Miss Murray kill the other person and then they run out followed closely by a mob.

 

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Torn everything 

Old idiomatic usage, meant to signify that all hell has broken loose.

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Embroidered : Used here to signify fabricated.

Waterfront :  Land abutting a body of water.

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Pitiful : Pathetic and weak

Whining : To complain incessantly and in a nagging manner.

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God’s teeth

Akin to oh my God!

Page summary

The two have barely escaped from the mob and Quartermain is astounded to see something in the waters ahead.

 

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Page Summary

Our first glimpse of the legendary Nautlius, the submarine commandeered by the dreaded Captain Nemo. Captain Nemo was the main character of Jules Verne’s novels 20,000 leagues under the sea and Mysterious Island.

 

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Rabble : Used here to mean the lowest or coarsest class of people.

Page Summary

Here, we are introduced to another protagonist of the series. He is Captain Nemo, a scientific genius and the greatest enemy the British have had for a while. Captain Nemo has been variously described as a Hindu / Sikh prince who has a maniacal hatred for all oppressors, especially the British who he has clashed with on numerous occasions. He is also a scientific genius and a very adept fighter. He took part in the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and has ever since lived in his submarine, being disenchanted by both, the British and the Indians.

Also Miss Murray and Quartermain make it to safety inside the Nautilus and Captain Nemo uses some sort of Harpoon gun to stall the mob.

 

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Page Summary

The Mob is suitably taken aback and two of their numbers killed by Captain Nemo. This allows the Submarine time to dive and escape.

 

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Rather a mess 

Idiomatic usage meaning not doing so well.

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Acquaintance : Knowledge of a person acquired by a relationship less intimate than friendship.

The medicine that is being referred to is Opium, as that is what his body is craving.

Remedy : Solution, used usually in a medical context.

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Djin : Spirits according to Arabic and Persian mythologies. Creatures created out of fire.

 

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No-one

Here Nemo is simply alluding to his name. Nemo is Latin means no one….. Pretty cool……

Page Summary

Here we are made aware of the severe dependance Quartermain has for opium and a bit about Captain Nemo’s history.

 

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The fish show here is a Viperfish. A species of fish found really deep in the sea which tells us that the Nautilus is a very capable submarine for being able to dive to such depths.

 

Page Summary

Here we see Quartermain confined to his quarters as he feels the extremely painful effects of opium withdrawal, while Miss Murray relaxes outside with Captain Nemo over a cup of tea. Very British………

 

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Scarcely be worse

Idiom. Meant for a person or situation which is as bad as it can be.

Raving : Talking incoherently and repeatedly in a non sane way.

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My own affair

Idiom, means something you do not wish to involve others in, and do not wish for them to be involved with.

Press me

Force in the sense of coercion. Again an idiom.

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Subdued : To suppress, but with force.

Page summary

Idle banter about Paris and Quartermain and Miss Murray is still in a mood to reveal her past.

 

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Pressganged : Pressgang is a company of men under an officer detailed to force men into military or naval service. So pressganged means someone who has been forced into service, much like Mr. Quartermain.

Dotard : a person who is weak-minded, esp through senility

Buccaneer : A pirate, especially one of the freebooters who preyed on Spanish shipping in the West Indies during the 17th century. Used here for Captain Nemo.

 

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Opium-sot : Sot means a habitual or chronic drunkard, but with the addition of opium means a chronic junkie.

Deplorable : Worthy of severe condemnation or reproach.

Ilk : As in your kind, your type, etc.

Page Summary

We see France in the same Steampunk fashion that ENgland had been shown as. Also the discussion seems to be about why Nemo couldn’t be there and a crabby (Due to withdrawal) Quartermain, while they wait for Monsieur Dupont.

 

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Chevalier : A member of certain male orders of knighthood or merit, such as the Legion of Honor in France.

Corresponded : Stayed in communication via letters or telegrams.

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Catspaws : A person used by another as a dupe or tool.

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Deduced : Inferred through analysis and observation.

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Ferocity : With a lot of ferociousness.

Page Summary

Here we are introduced to the character of Auguste Dupin, a character created by Edgar Allan Poe. Dupin is akin to Sherlock holmes and predates him. This character is supposed to be the originator of the entire thriller genre of novels pioneered by Edgar Poe and perfected by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Also we are introduced to certain bizarre murders and a vague connection with an Englishman.

 

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Decapitated : Having one’s head cut off

 

Throttled : The act of cutting of air supply. The act of strangling someone, usually with bare hands.

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Praeter- : This is a prefix and it means beyond, more than, or exceeding.

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Whitechapel

Whitechapel is a district within London and was infamous as an area with prostitutes and a lot of crime. The famous Jack the Ripper murders took place in Whitechapel.

Fiend : An exceptionally bad person.

Fleeing : Running away hurriedly so as to escape.

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Demi-mondaine : In 18th and 19th century Europe, demimonde primarily referred to a social scene of upper-class people especially who lived a pleasure-seeking lifestyle that did not fit neatly into the conventional morality of the time, especially characterized by women who did not adhere to the conventional standards of sexual morality (such as refraining from sex before marriage or sexual loyalty to a husband or sweetheart). The denizens of the demimonde pursued this lifestyle on the fringes of mainstream society (for instance, visiting similarly-minded friends’ homes during night hours, or out-of-the-way bars, restaurants and theaters). As a group, the demimonde did not form a ‘society’ any more than modern prostitutes form a society. But they did represent a social class of women in the latter half of the 19th century and into the early 20th century who were commonplace fixtures in the upper class of French, English and, to some extent,American society.

Page Summary

We learn of new murders committed in a very deplorable manner which match from a case years ago. Also since all the victims are prostitutes, Miss Murray decides to be the bait by dressing up as a temptress.

 

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Loiter : To stand idly about; linger aimlessly.

Quarry : Used here to mean prey.

Page Summary

The trap has been prepared and set up.

 

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Page Summary

While waiting for a while, Quartermain gets really restless and decides to abandone his post for a while and go to a pharmacy. At that age pharmacies used to provide Laudanum, which was a form of opium. So, owing to the withdrawal, Quartermain abandoned his post and went to get some Laudanum.

 

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Abducted : To carry someone off by force.

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Warren : An overcrowded living area. Used originally for a place where small animals were kept.

Page Summary

Quartermain comes back to realize that Miss Murray is gone. He informs Dupin who immediately begins making enquiries nearby.

 

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Page Summary

Dupin and Quartermain think they have located where Miss Murray and a skinny Englishman who is a regular with the prostitutes have gone, to the Englishman’s House. Upon reaching below it they see furniture being hurled below on the street. With guns at the ready they rush upstairs. Note that the Englishman’s name is Henry.

 

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Rogue : A bad person

Page Summary

They go up and find a visibly shaken and bleeding Miss Murray who points to a darkened door where the creature is. Quartermain approaches it with threats but is promptly hit over the head with an iron.

 

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Bawdy Nature : Of a very rough and rude nature.

Page Summary

Here, we are introduced to a huge ape like creature who just smacks Quartermain out cold before screaming that he is not Henry but Edward. From this we can deduce that the creature before us is none other that Edward Hyde / Dr. Henry Jekyll, from the famous Novel, ‘The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ written by Rober Louis Stevenson. The story is about a respected doctor who creates a potion so that his personality splits between the well educated, urbane and humane Dr. Jekyll and its complete antithesis in Edward Hyde. The transformations are triggered by the potion, but eventually the transformations occur on their own. He is a formidable creature.

 

 

Part 2

Ghosts and Miracles

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Pugilist : The skill, practice, and sport of fighting with the fists; boxing.

 

Sterner stuff

Idiom. Meant to mean capable and one who holds his ground.

Page Summary

Quartermain is knocked out cold but Dupin manages to fire at the creature and takes off his ear, but this hardly phases Jekyll out; just makes him angrier.

 

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Composure : A calm or tranquil state of mind; self-possession.

Page Summary

Quartermain comes to and then lunges on the creature and forces him to drink his entire bottle of Laudanum.

 

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Page Summary

Jekyll is reeling under the effect of the drug and we see him pass out because of it.

 

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Page Summary

We learn that the creature is knocked out and everyone is displeased with Quartermain’s lapse back into drugs. They howevere want to find a cart to transport Jekyll to the waterfront and on to the Nautilus.

 

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Compendious : Containing or stating briefly and concisely all the essentials; succinct.

Page Summary

Quartermain carries Jekyll back to the Nautilus while Dupin figures out what it is and who its Captain is. He also figures out the identity of Miss. Murray and then wishes her luck and watches them submerge.

 

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Subdue : To quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion.

Appalling : Scarily disgusting.

Despite all appearances to the contrary

Used here to mean that despite what seems obvious.

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Changeling : Any creature who can change forms.

Forthcoming : Available when required or as promised

Imminent : Immediate, and about to occur any time now.

Page Summary

Murray has recruited the members but is displeased from Bond for withholding all the information on Jekyll/ Hyde. They all have returned to England and are greeted by the sight of Bond.

 

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Blighty : English slang from England, as in home.

Awfully : Slang. Used here to mean extremely, as in extremely well.

MonoGrammatic : A design composed of one or more letters, typically the initials of a name, used as an identifying mark; in this case M.

Immensely : Extremely large; huge.

Comforted :  To soothe in time of affliction or distress.

Page Summary

We see how pleased Bond is and how displeased Miss Murray is.

 

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Waspish : Indicative of irritation, annoyance, or spite; as in  ’a waspish remark’.

Suffragette : Suffragette is a term originally coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory label for members of the late-19th and early-20th century movement for women’s suffrage in the United Kingdom, in particular members of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU). However, after former and then active members of the movement began to reclaim the word, the term became a label without negative connotations. It derives from the word “suffrage”, meaning the right to vote. They wanted to be involed in the running of the country and they wanted to be treated as equally as men were.

(An advocate of women’s right in England)

 

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The great Detective : The Great detective is none other than the famous Sherlock Holmes.

Robur : Robur the Conqueror is a science fiction novel by Jules Verne, published in 1886. It is also known as The Clipper of the Clouds. It has a sequel, The Master of the World, which was published in 1904.

Plantagenet Palliser : Plantagenet Palliser, Duke of Omnium and Earl of Silverbridge, is a main character in the Palliser series of novels, also known as the “Parliamentary Novels,” by Anthony Trollope.

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Lavell : A character within the league universe.

Incandescent : Emitting visible light as a result of being heated.

Reverend Septimus Harding : Mr Septimus Harding is a fictional character from Anthony Trollope’s Chronicles of Barsetshire novel series. A meek elderly man who has been Precentor of Barchester, he is the protagonist of the first title The Warden. Mr Harding has been the Warden of Hiram’s Hospital which brings him a sizable income until he quits from his post in the final pages of The Warden. He has two daughters, Susan and Eleanor. The former marries Dr Grantly the Archdeacon, while the latter Eleanor marries first John Bold, and after Bold’s early death, the new Dean of Barchester, Mr Francis Arabin.

Page Summary

Here, we are introduces to he host of problems facing England and a short summary of how precarious the position of England is.

 

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Immaculate Conception : The doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived free from all stain of original sin; and that was because she remained a ‘virgin’ and got impregnated. That is immaculate conception.

Impregnation : To make pregnant.

Holy Spirit : In Christianity, the third person of the Holy Trinity. Though references to the spirit of Yahweh (God) abound in the Old Testament, Christian teaching about the Holy Spirit is derived mainly from the Gospels. The Holy Spirit descended on Jesus at his baptism, and outpourings of the Spirit are mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, in which healing, prophecy, exorcism, and speaking in tongues are associated with its activity. The Holy Spirit also came to the disciples duringPentecost. The definition of the Holy Spirit as a divine person equal in substance to the Father and the Son was made at the Council of Constantinople (AD381).

(The common depictions of the Holy Spirit)

Disreputable : Lacking respectability, as in character, behavior, or appearance.

Page Summary

The identity of another member of the team is partially revealed. It is implied that Hawley Griffin is their next target. Remember the name. Also,  the thing that distracted Mina is the partially-obscured name on the sign: “Whitby.” In Dracula, Whitby was the location of much of the action, including being the site of Dracula’s arrival in England, via the Russian schooner Demeter. The details of what has transpired as well as Griffin’s probable location are passed on to Miss Murray.

 

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Albino : A person or animal lacking normal pigmentation, with the result being that the skin and hair are abnormally white or milky and the eyes have a pink or blue iris and a deep-red pupil.

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Sedatives : An agent or a drug having a soothing, calming, or tranquilizing effect.

Philanthropist : The effort or inclination to increase the well-being of humankind, as by charitable aid or donations.

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The figure behind Nemo is of the Goddess Kali, the Goddess of destruction in Hindu lore.

Page Summary

Everyone is discussing how to go about the business of this Griffin fellow and the condition of Hyde. Also, suspicion is being cast on Bond’s reason for bringing such a team together.

 

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Schadenfreude : This appears on the school’s front. It means pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.

Rosa Coote : Rosa Coote is a woman who has appeared in several comics as a dominatrix. A dominatrix is a woman who is the dominant sexual partner in a sadomasochistic relationship. Also her character seems to be based on the real life Dominatrix Theresa Berkley.

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Lodge : To place or establish in quarters.

Exacting Standards

Maintaining very high standards. Idiom.

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Obliged : To constrain by physical, legal, social, or moral means.

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Insufferable : Difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable.

Harpy : A cruel grasping woman, originally a creature in Greek mythology. Half woman and half bird. Very malevolent.

Page Summary

We learn that Murray and Quartermain are posing as a married couple with Nemo as their servant. They will infiltrate the school on the pretext of getting their daughter enrolled there and try and find out about Skinner and this anomaly.

 

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Disrupt : Disturb abruptly.

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Willful : Obstinately bent on having one’s own way.

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Durnedest : obscure slang to mean something very weird and inexplicable.

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Serene : Unaffected by disturbance; calm and unruffled.

(A serene face)

Hysterical : Of, characterized by, or arising from hysteria.

 

Page Summary

We are being toured into the school and informed about the immaculate conceptions and the nonchalance of the place.

 

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Hailed : The meaning here is to ‘come from’.

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Dusky : Rather dark in color.

Strapping : Having a sturdy muscular physique; robust.

Flogerry : Where people are flogged. Made up word.

Cheerio : British, informal, for bye.

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Bordello : Brothel.

Charade : A readily perceived pretense; a travesty.

Page Summary

The 3 are taken to their room where the suggestive Miss Cootes slyly asks Nemo to visit her chambers if he so wishes. Also Nemo and Quartermain have to share a single room while Murray gets the huge guest room.

 

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Moaning : A low, sustained, mournful cry, usually indicative of sorrow or pain.

Page Summary

WE see that there is some commotion in the dorm and it seems like the ‘Holy Spirit’ has seized another girl.

 

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Page Summary

We see a girl being raped by an unseen and unknown entity.

 

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Writhing : To twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment.

Page Summary

The 3 try and disengage the girl from the creature and realize they can feel him if nothing else, and he seems to have escaped when we see Murray by the door holding a paint bucket in her hand. (Remember renovation was going on…..)

 

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Page Summary

Murray throws the paint at the general direction of the commotion and ends up drenching a humanoid who starts abusing her the moment he is visible. Murray knocks him out cold with the empty paint can. Now we can infer that the person is none other than the Invisible Man written by H.G. Wells. He is also a main character of the league and seems to be a character devoid of any and all morals. Invisible and ruthless.

 

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Bagged : To gain possession of; capture.

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Spectral : Of or resembling a specter; ghostly.

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Plucky : Courageous and optimistic.

Page Summary

Rosa Cootes is informed of the true nature of the visit form the Extraordinary and they leave with the Invisible man.

 

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Annexe : an extension to a main building.

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Guinea Pig : A person who is used as a subject for experimentation or research; informal usage.

Enrage : Very angry

Subsequently : Following in time or order; succeeding.

Page Summary

We learn that Griffin has agreed to cooperate as he gets a pardon and a possible cure for his condition.

 

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Wart : One that resembles or is likened to a wart, especially in unattractiveness or smallness.

Turd : Shit

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Tough nut to crack

Idiom meant to mean a person who is very difficult to deal with and subdue.

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Necessitated : To make necessary or unavoidable.

Metabolism : The chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism that are necessary for the maintenance of life. In metabolism some substances are broken down to yield energy for vital processes while other substances, necessary for life, are synthesized.

Page Summary

We learn that Hyde is proving difficult to coerce, but that he eventually will.

 

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Ill-suited : NOt fitting in each other’s company; coming from varied and non related or hostile backgrounds.

About to adress

About to discuss, elaborate upon.

Lunar : Related to the moon.

Expedition : A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite objective.

Cavorite : A fictional element that results in anti gravity.

Page Summary

We learn that the whole purpose of the team is to recover the secret element Cavorite, utilizing which the British government proposes to launch a lunar expedition.

 

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Precisely : Exactly

Notorious : Grandly infamous

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Transpires : To become known; come to light.

In the panel we have a photograph of the League which preceded our given heroes. They are…..

Lemuel Gulliver : He comes from the book Gulliver’s Travels written by Jonathan Swift.

Mr. & Mrs. P. Blakeny : Otherwise known Sir Percy Blakeney and Marguerite Blakeney, the eponymous hero and wife from Baroness Emmuska Orczy’s The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) and its ten sequels.

The Reverend Dr. Syn : From Russell Thorndike’s Doctor Syn (1915) and its six prequels.

Mistress Hill : Is the bawdy heroine of John Cleland’s pornographic novel Fanny Hill, Or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (1749).

N. Bumpo : Natty Bumppo, aka “Hawkeye,” aka “Leatherstocking,” from James Fennimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking novels, the most famous of which is The Last of the Mohicans.

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Warlord : A military commander exercising civil power in a region, whether in nominal allegiance to the national government or in defiance of it.

Orient : Word used to refer to objects or people or customs from South East and East Asia, and even South Asia to a slight extent.

Opium Wars : This was a series of wars fought with the Chinese which resulted in British Victory and increased financial freedom along with the secession of Hong Kong and Kowloon to the British.

Abhors : To regard with horror or loathing; detest.

Vengeance : Infliction of punishment in return for a wrong committed; retribution.

 

Part 3

Mysteries of the East

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Thwart :  To oppose and defeat the efforts, plans, or ambitions of.

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Perish : Be destroyed

Unmourned : not grieved for; causing no mourning; as in “interred in an unlamented grave”.

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Bit of a state

Old idiomatic usage to mean to be in a problem.

Page Summary

All agree to help reclaim the Cavorite, though their motives are somewhat divided.

 

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Page Summary

All unanimously agree to find the Cavorite

 

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Reconnaissance : An inspection or exploration of an area, especially one made to gather military information.

Limehouse : A suburb of London, infamous at the turn of the 19th century for its opium trade and for its influx of the Chinese.

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Wapping : The docks of London.

Hideaway : A place of concealment; a hideout.

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Unrivaled : Without any equal, the best.

Discreetly : Secretly, without attracting attention.

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Cabin : A room in a ship used as living quarters by an officer or passenger.

Excursion : A usually short journey made for pleasure; an outing; used quite informally and sarcastically here. Typical British stiff upper lip…..understate everything.

Wharf :  A landing place or pier where ships may tie up and load or unload.

Page Summary

A plan is made to investigate Limehouse in two temas. One of Quartermain and Jekyll; the other of Griffin and Murray. Nemo is to stay back at the base of operations.

 

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Greasepaint : Theatrical makeup, especially a preparation of grease mixed with colorings.

Pursue : To strive to gain or accomplish

Page Summary

The teams split up.

 

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Panel 2

Squalid : Dirty and wretched, as from poverty or lack of care.

Panel 3

Purveyor : One that furnishes provisions, especially foodstuffs.

Sought : Past tense of seek.

Panel 4

Urges : An involuntary tendency to perform a given activity; an instinct.

Page Summary

We learn a bot about Griffin’s disdain of humanity and his desires. Also they arrive at the place mentioned by Bond.

 

PAGE 6

Page Summary

They walk into an old Tea House and are greeted warmly by their contact, a Mr. Quong who leads them to someplace private so as to have a word with them.

 

PAGE 7

Panel 5

Parables : A simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson.

Page Summary

a highly cryptic message is all Mr. Quong is willing to reveal.

 

PAGE 8

Panel 2

My eye : In no way; not at all. Used interjectionally.

Bluff : To mislead or deceive.

Panel 3

Wager : Gamble

Pagoda : A religious building of the Far East, especially a multistory Buddhist tower, erected as a memorial or shrine.

Panel 5

The figures here are nothing but Britannia wearing full plate Knight armor.

Page Summary

It seems they have figured out the riddle.

 

PAGE 9

Panel 3

Horde : A lot. Coming form the Mongol word Ordu, which was an army composed of 2-5 Tumens. A Tumen was 10,000 soldiers.

Bantu : Bantu is used as a general label for 300-600 ethnic groups in Africa who speakBantu languages, distributed from Cameroon east across Central Africa and Eastern Africa to Southern Africa.

Ticking off

Being scolded, old idiom.

Panel 4

Rum : Used here, not to mean the alcoholic dring, rather something odd or strange.

Panel 5

Mopes : Hanging around all sad.

Panel 6

Striking Profile : Something very similar.

Page Summary

Quartermain and Jekyll discuss Murray and how Quartermain has no urging for opium anymore. The  they arrive at the place they were looking for.

 

PAGE 10

Page Summary

They enter the ‘Barber’ shop and ask about for their contact.

 

PAGE 11

Page Summary

While establishing their alibi for seeing Ho Ling (Their contact) they witness a scene where an old Chinese man is torturing a fat chinese guy with corrosive acid. He is writing on his skin with it. We can deduce that the fat man is none other than Ho Ling.

 

PAGE 12

Panel 2

Check out the eye of the Chinese guy. From the look and feel of the whole t8hing, this Chinese guy is none other than the infamous villain of the Sherlock Holmes universe, Dr. Fu Manchu.!

Panel 5

Trivial : Very small, paltry.

Imposing : Impressive, as by virtue of size, bearing, or power; used here in a gentlemanly sense.

Page Summary

Quartermain and Jekyll try and leave but are suddenly stopped by the Manager of the establishment.

 

PAGE 13

Panel 1

Does not ring true

Means it seems falsified, fabricated.

Panel 2

Tar : In this context, opium smoke residue, sold to cheat opium users.

Escape your eye

Idiom, means someone who is very observational.

Panel 3

Gulled : To be tricked; made gullible.

Page Summary

Quartermain makes up an elaborate and very placatory excuse while Jekyll tries to control Hyde.

 

PAGE 14

Panel 1

Berserk : From the German word Berserkergang. Imagine a very powerful rage, akin to a battle frenzy. Berserkergang were priests of the God Wodan and they would whip themselves into a battle frenzy. Battle was then awesomely enjoyed till they were killed.

Panel 3

Unnerved : Caused one to lose one’s nerve.

Page Summary

Jekyll and Quartermain remark upon their close shave and also about the old Chinese guy.

 

PAGE 15

Panel 2

Fancies : Imagination

Panel 3

Relevant : Having a bearing on or connection with the matter at hand.

Page Summary

Miss Murray is relating her inferences upon the Chinese contact’s puzzling hint.

 

PAGE 16

Panel 1

Poorhouse : A house very destitute and poor people could stay for a night if they had no other shelter.

Transpires : To become known; come to light.

Page Summary

More revealing……

 

PAGE 17

Panel 1

Adequately : Sufficiently

Concealed : Very well hidden.

Panel 4

Pose : To hide your identity and assume a new one.

Page Summary

The cryptic message of the Chinese informer is finally revealed and our heroes gear up to take action.

 

PAGE 18

Panel 1

Vagrant : One who lives on the streets and constitutes a public nuisance.

Elephant Gun : An elephant gun is a large caliber gun, rifled or otherwise, so named because they were originally developed for use by big-game hunters for elephants and other large dangerous game. They used black powder at first but then started using smokeless powder. They were sometimes used in wars.

The 585 Gehringer

Panel 2

Triads : The Chinese mafia.

Panel 3

Queer : Weird, also used as a term for gay people.

Panel 4

Remorse : The ‘Guilty’ feeling.

Page Summary

Quartermain and Murray pose as a good natured couple who have fallen on hard times and they talk about Griffin and the Chinese mafia.

 

PAGE 19

Panel 1

Blimey : Mild interjection.

Panel 3

Teetotal : People who have no alcohol, tobacco or any other of its variants. As in they just have tea in total.

Page Summary

Quartermain and Murray bluff their way in the poorhouse and also manage to sneak in the invisible Griffin.

 

PAGE 20

Page Summary

We are shown the squalid condition of the poor as the two are led to their respective rooms.

 

PAGE 21

Panel 5

Be a sport

Idiom, meaning be a friend, as in be sporty about the affair.

Page Summary

Quartermain and Murray link up to begin investigating and a bit of unintended humor occurs.

 

PAGE 22

Panel 2

Outlandish : Conspicuously unconventional; bizarre.

Panel 3

Mask : to hide something.

Conveniently : Suited or favorable to one’s comfort, purpose, or needs.

Page Summary

Quartermain and Murray are exploring the entrance to the tunnel.

 

PAGE 23

Page Summary

They explore the tunnel and find it guarded and also find a peculiar room in there, but Murray sees something far more extraordinary.

 

PAGE 24

Page Summary

A huge air ship, obviously Chinese in make and design is seen, most probably powered by the Cavorite.

 

 

Part 4

Gods of Annihilation

PAGE 1

Panel 2

Ishmael : Ishmael was the narrator in the novel ‘Moby Dick’. The ‘Call me Ishmael’ is a very famous line in the book. He is the second in command aboard the Nautilus.

Decent cove

Sailor talk for a good, reliable person. Read it literally, a ‘Descent Cove’.

(A decent Cove)

Bit o fluff :Slang usage for a woman, slightly derogatory.

Panel 4

Tubby : Fat

Pawns : A person or an entity used to further the purposes of another.

Page Summary

Once alone on his submarine, Nemo asks his most trusted crew members about the League. All agree that the danger comes form Bond, and Nemo warms to the challenge.

 

PAGE 2

Abyss : The primeval chaos out of which it was believed that the earth and sky were formed.

Page Summary

Quartermain and Murray descend to where the air ship is.

 

PAGE 3

Panel 1

Endeavor : A conscientious or concerted effort toward an end; an earnest attempt.

Panel 2

Scaffolding : Materials used for constructing scaffolds. As in the bamboo structures used by construction workers to climb buildings and what not.

Panel 3

Adversary : Enemy, worthy enemy.

Page Summary

Quartermain and Murray make it to the base of the scaffolding and hide behind crates, just as (presumably) the Chinese warlord passes through.

 

PAGE 4

Page Summary

We see the Warlord Fu Manchu being treated as a God by his subordinates and Quartermain unwrapping his famous elephant gun.

 

PAGE 5

Page Summary

Quartermain and Murray start bickering and fail to notice a Chinese guard come there way. Quartermain wants to shoot him while Murray tries to prevent that. (The report of the gun would alert everyone around.)

 

PAGE 6

Page Summary

While Quartermain and Murray are arguing, Griffin comes up from behind them and sneakily cuts the Guard’s neck with a knife, ending the debate on wether to shoot him or not.

 

PAGE 7

Panel 1

Wobble : Walk or move in an unsteady, shaky, clumsy manner.

Panel 3

Callous : Cold and insensitive.

Panel 4

Diversion : A massive distraction.

Page Summary

Murray decides to use the slain Chinaman’s clothes and sends Griffin to get Jekyll to create a diversion.

 

PAGE 8

Page Summary

Jekyll goes out and meets up with a nervous Jekyll.

 

PAGE 9

Panel 7

Badgering : To harass or pester persistently.

Panel 8

Hectoring : To intimidate or dominate in a blustering way.

Page Summary

Jekyll tries to get enraged helped immensely by Griffin and by the rude Chinese around him.

 

PAGE 10

Page Summary

Exit Jekyll, enter Hyde……

 

PAGE 11

Panel 3

Cretinous : Like a cretin….

Page Summary

Hyde is introduced to Griffin and it is revealed that Hyde can see Griffin, though he does not let Griffin know this. Also they have started a fire in the poorhouse.

 

PAGE 12

Page Summary

Griffin and Hyde talk, and Griffin tries to trick Hyde into revealing that he can see him; but Hyde turns out to be smarter than what he looks and sees through the ruse.

 

PAGE 13

Panel 2

Commotion : An agitated disturbance; a hubbub.

Drawing them away 

Something that causes people to move towards it. Idiom.

Pantomime : The telling of a story without words, by means of bodily movements, gestures, and facial expressions.

Panel 3

Chainmail : Chainmail is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh.

Hideous : Ugly, in a deformed way.

Page Summary

Quartermain reluctantly goes to retrieve the Cavorite and is spellbound upon seeing it.

 

PAGE 14

Page Summary

Quartermain recovers the very impressive Cavorite.

 

PAGE 15

Panel 7

Evidently : Apparently, obviously.

Dash it : Mild interjection, used to denote defeat.

Panel 9

Strewn with roses 

Idiom. Meaning something very easy.

Page Summary

Quartermain, enamored by the Cavorite, and Murray make fast their escape until they seem to have reached a dead end.

 

PAGE 16

Panel 2

Barmy : Mental, Crazy.

Page Summary

They see Hyde has blocked their route and has exacted a heavy toll on the Chinese. The 4 of them manage to enter into a side chamber, as it is the only one available.

 

PAGE 17

Page Summary

The 4 of them hatch a last minute plan. The plan being to breach the class ceiling of their chambre and simultaneously activating the Cavorite. This would ensure that the reach the surface instantly.

 

PAGE 18

Page Summary

They fire and then……

 

PAGE 19

Page Summary

…..they are hurled through the river Thames (The river which flows through London) while water rushes into the entire underground tunnel, coming out from the mouth of it and resulting in the water reaching the poorhouse, extinguishing its flames.

 

PAGE 20

Panel 3

Budge : to move by a fraction.

Page Summary

They have escaped the thames, But seems to be going off in the air as Miss Murray cannot switch off the Cavorite. She finally manages to and they all hurl into the Thames.

 

PAGE 21

Page Summary

The Nautilus Surfaces and rescues them all. We see the use of Nautilus’s tentacles for the first time.

 

PAGE 22

Panel 3

Mobilis in Mobili : This appears above the door, and is the motto adopted by Captain Nemo. It means moving within the moving element. ANd the Emblem of the Nautilus is just below it.

Panel 4

Supercilious : displaying arrogant pride, scorn, or indifference

Hog’s : pig, swine.

Pizzle : The penis of an animal.

Page Summary

We see Bond thanking them for the Cavorite in his typically arrogant manner and the payment being discussed. When he leaves we learn that Griffin was not there at all and it was a decoy. Everyone save Nemo seems to be very worried about this.

 

PAGE 23

Panel 4

The symbol on the wall to the left of Bond is a Freemasonry symbol FYI.

Panel 5

We learn that Bond is reporting to his superior who runs the MI5.

(The MI5 headquarters)

Page Summary

Bond goes to report to his senior.

 

PAGE 24

Page Summary

We learn that Bond’s superior is not Mycroft Holmes, rather Professor James Moriarty. Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character and the archenemy of the detective Sherlock Holmes in the fiction of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Moriarty is a criminal mastermind, described by Holmes as the “Napoleon of crime.” Doyle lifted the phrase from a real Scotland Yard inspector who was referring to Adam Worth, one of the real life models of Moriarty. The character of Moriarty as Holmes’ greatest enemy was introduced primarily as a narrative device to enable Conan Doyle to kill off Sherlock Holmes, and only featured directly in two of the Sherlock Holmes stories. However, in more recent derivative work he is often given a greater prominence and treated as Holmes’ primary antagonist.

 

Part 5

Some deep, organizing Power…

PAGE 1

Reichenbach falls

The Reichenbach Falls (Reichenbachfall) are a series of waterfalls on the River Aar nearMeiringen in Bern canton in central Switzerland. They have a total drop of 250 m (820 ft). At 90 m (295.2 ft), the Upper Reichenbach Falls is one of the highest cataracts in the Alps. The falls are made accessible by the Reichenbachfall-Bahn funicular railway. It is famous as the site where Moriarty and Holmes had a fight resulting in death.

Page Summary

Moriarty and Holmes meet for their epic showdown.

 

PAGE 2

Panel 1

Devising : Planning

Panel 3

Courtesy : Manners

Mar : Spoil, ruin.

Pettiness : Small mindedness.

Panel 4

Disaffected : Estranged, here to mean the kind of a resentful and grudging one.

Panel 5

Spray : Here, it means the spray of the water.

Panel 7

A man below so blue a sky

Expressing great satisfaction at being where one is.

Page Summary

Holmes and Moriarty have an extremely civil talk, while Holmes writes a farewell note to Dr. Watson and Moriarty wonders about how brilliant and culminating the moment is for the both of them.

 

PAGE 3

Panel 1

Olympian : Meaning something grand, as in Mount Olympus was the house of all the Greek Gods. It is used in a very literal sense as well here.

Panel 3

Sham : Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine; a spurious imitation.

Modesty : Lack of pretentiousness; simplicity.

Alpenstock : A long staff with an iron point, used by mountain climbers.

Panel 4

Keepsake : Something given or kept; a memento.

Page Summary

After a bit more banter, Holmes and Moriarty begin their duel to the death.

 

PAGE 4

Page Summary

Holmes Bests Moriarty and Moriarty falls in the falls.

 

PAGE 5

Page Summary

Moriarty hits a rock outcrop midway and continues his fall. Holmes remarks upon the cut he has received on his shoulder.

 

PAGE 6

Page Summary

Holmes begins climbing upwards while Moriarty, barely alive and horribly twisted, heaps curses on him.

 

PAGE 7

Panel 2

Moran : Colonel Sebastian Moran is a character from the Sherlock Holmes universe who belongs to Military Intelligence.

Panel 9

Shadowboxing : To spar with an imaginary opponent, as for exercise or training purposes.

Page Summary

We learn that Holmes will be attacked shortly by Moran, while Moriarty will survive. Moriarty also muses on why Holmes hates him and ho he cannot fully see why.

 

PAGE 8

Panel 1

Vauxhall : An inner City area of London.

Panel 2

Espionage : The act of spying and counter intelligence and Intel gathering.

Underworld : Here, it is used to denote the mafia and other such elements, as in a crime underworld.

Panel 3

Embittered : To arouse bitter feelings in.

Underlings : Henchmen, people working under you, minions.

Page Summary

Moriarty discusses with Bond the nature of espionage and what his true identity is.

 

PAGE 9

Panel 1

Charade :  A readily perceived pretense; a travesty.

Page Summary

The reason why the Cavorite was stolen is revealed along with the way the League has been fooled. but in the last panel we see that all of this is heard by the Invisible Man who has been spying on them the entire time.

 

PAGE 10

Panel 6

Blimey : Brit slang an exclamation of surprise or annoyance; it is an interjection.

Panel 8

Not Mucking about

British idiom / slang to means being very serious.

Page Summary

We see a guard alerted to the Griffin and who is subsequently hit on the head by a shovel by Griffin.

 

PAGE 11

Page Summary

We see Griffin brutally kill the guard with a brick and the he started donning the dead guard’s uniform.

 

PAGE 12

Page Summary

Griffin finishes putting on the uniform, calmly, next to a dead policeman.

 

PAGE 13

Page Summary

Griffin walking down a crowded street attracting odd looks.

 

PAGE 14

Panel 1

harebrained : Stupid, silly, bound to fail, idiotic.

Panel 3

Deck : A platform extending horizontally from one side of a ship to the other.

(The ship….)

Page Summary

Murray is livid with Nemo for having sent Griffin to spy without consulting her first as she is the head of this League. She turns on Quartermain who defends Captain Nemo and then heads to the deck along with Nemo.

 

PAGE 15

Panel 1

Submersible : Something that can submerge.

Panel 2

Undermine : To weaken gradually or insidiously.

Panel 4

Smitten : Infatuated, charmed, taken up with.

Page Summary

Murray continues her tirade and then speaks with Jekyll about it revealing that she thinks that Quartermain detests her to which Jekyll replies that he thinks that Quartermain actually is quite taken by her.

 

PAGE 16

Panel 1

Infuriating : To make furious; enrage.

Jolly Good : An English expression used to describe happiness and joy. It is mostly used when certain ideas, situations, or themes are extremely positive.

Smack : Meant as slap here.

Panel 3

Accursed : Cursed horribly

Page Summary

Nemo and Quartermain are talking on the deck when they see a policeman approach, probably Griffin.

 

PAGE 17

Panel 3 

Hatch : An opening, as in the deck of a ship, in the roof or floor of a building, or in an aircraft.

Panel 4

Dense : Used here to mean stupid.

Contradiction : Inconsistency; discrepancy.

Page Summary

Quartermain and Nemo hurriedly try and get Griffin inside the Nautilus before someone ‘sees’ him.

 

PAGE 18

Page Summary

Everyone has extreme reactions to Griffin wearing clothes without putting on any makeup and to him having killed a policeman for his uniform as Griffin was feeling chilly. Griffin dismisses all their bewilderment.

 

PAGE 19

Panel 2

Pray continue : Used to mean please continue.

Prominent : Very noticeable.

Panel 4

To boot 

Idiom, meaning in addition too.

Preposterous : Contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd.

Panel 8

Napoleon : Here, used to mean the very best. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815. His legal reform, the Napoleonic Code, has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide, but he is best remembered for his role in the wars led against France by a series of coalitions, the so-called Napoleonic Wars. He established hegemony over most of continental Europe and sought to spread the ideals of the French Revolution, while consolidating an imperial monarchy which restored aspects of the deposed ancient régime. Due to his success in these wars, often against numerically superior enemies, he is generally regarded as one of the greatest military commanders of all time.

Page Summary

The League is alerted to the true identity of Bond’s senior and of what he wishes to accomplish.

 

PAGE 20

Panel 2

Arch-enemy : Your foremost opponent; as in Batman’s is the Joker.

Panel 3

Nemesis : Something causing misery or death. In Greek mythology, Nemesis, also called Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia (“the goddess of Rhamnous”) at her sanctuary at Rhamnous, north of Marathon, was the spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris (arrogance before the gods). The Greeks personified vengeful fate as a remorseless goddess; the goddess of revenge. The name Nemesis is related to the Greekword meaning “to give what is due”. The Romans equated the Greek Nemesis with Invidia.

Panel 7

Contingency : An event that may occur but that is not likely or intended; a possibility.

Page Summary

The team instantly starts taking preventive measures with Quartermain and Murray going to try and ground the Air ship while Nemo searches for a suitable weapon against the Air-ship.

 

PAGE 21

Panel 3

Naivete : The state or quality of being naive, naive being simple and guileless.

Ingenious : Marked by inventive skill and imagination.

Panel 4

Cabby : Someone who drive a taxi or a cab.

Page Summary

We see that Bond and Moriarty shake hands, signaling the beginning of Moriarty’s journey. Quartermain and Murray try to hire a cab.

 

PAGE 22

Panel 3

At a stroke

Idiom meaning in one go, all at once.

Panel 4

Estuary : he part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.

Page Summary

WE see Moriarty’s ship take off while Jekyll figures out the full extent of Moriarty’s plan and Nemo finds what he is looking for to combat the airship.

 

PAGE 23

Page Summary

Quartermain and Murray’s journey is halted by the crowds that have gathered along the way, and they all seem to be looking up at something with a mix of dread and fascination.

 

PAGE 24

Page Summary

The massive airship commandeered by Moriarty.

 

Part 6

The Day of Be-With-Us

PAGE 1

Panel 2

celestial : A heavenly body, belonging to the heavenly bodies.

Panel 4

Huddled : Grouped together.

Page Summary

Moriarty muses on the power he has received because of the Cavorite and then carelessly orders an aerial bombardment.

 

PAGE 2

Panel 1

Hold Her Fast

Shippie talk for keeping the craft at an even keel and in firm control.

Bequeathed : To leave or give (personal property) by will.

Page Summary

Nemo unveils a flying balloon which will be boarded by all who belong to the League in their attempt to catch up with, and dismantle the ship commandeered by Moriarty.

 

PAGE 3

Page Summary

We see that as the ship approaches, the Chinese calmly stare at it and when the warlord issues a command everyone goes to battle stations.

 

PAGE 4

Panel 1

Vulnerable : Very susceptible.

Panel 3

Anecdote : A short account of an interesting or humorous incident.

Pressing : Very urgent

Page Summary

The League prepares as best they can to confront Moriarty.

 

PAGE 5

Panel 1

Prevailing : Most frequent or common; predominant.

Panel 5

Grapple :  An iron shaft with claws at one end, usually thrown by a rope and used for grasping and holding, especially one for drawing and holding an enemy ship alongside.

Rigging : The system of ropes, chains, and tackle used to support and control the masts, sails, and yards of a sailing vessel.

 

Page Summary

They are boarding the enormous airship and Nemo explains his harpoon gun to Quartermain.

 

PAGE 6

Panel 2

Board : The side of a ship.

Swarms : A large number of insects or other small organisms, especially when in motion.

Page Summary

All have successfully boarded and are heading to the action.

 

PAGE 7

Page Summary

We see the Chinese and Moriarty’s forces attacking each other and the League goes unnoticed. However, Murray slaps Jekyll to get him to convert into Hyde, and it works….

 

PAGE 8

Panel 2 

Grateful : Very thankful.

Page Summary

Hyde arrived and is contained by Murray.

 

PAGE  9

Panel 1

Ingress : A means or place of entering.

Panel 2

Pissing : Interjection, but a very abusive and vulgar one.

Page Summary

The League is trying to find a way into the structure of the airship, while Hyde tears through a door and they seem surrounded by moriarty’s henchmen.

 

PAGE 10

Panel 3

Darky : An offensive term for someone from India and Africa, used primarily in the UK.

Page Summary

We see Nemo unleash his full fury with the automatic harpoon gun as Hyde bids Quartermain and Murray to find the Cavorite while they hold all of Moriarty’s henchmen at bay.

 

PAGE 11

Page Summary

While traumatized by Nemo’s brutality, Quartermain and Murray continue upward to the source of the light (Cavorite). Murray comes up first and sees Moriarty.

 

PAGE 12

Page Summary

Quartermain uses the harpoon guns and manages to kill all the guards while Moriarty uses a guard as a personal shield.

 

PAGE 13

Page Summary

Quartermain gets shot but before Moriarty can finish him off Murray takes a wrench and breakks the container housing the Cavorite.

 

PAGE 14

Page Summary

The Cavorite escapes into space with Moriarty attached to it, in a desperate bid to save the element.

 

PAGE 15

Page Summary

Everyone makes a hurried escape to the balloon, since the Cavorite is now gone and the ship is fast losing altitude. They find Griffin in the Balloon about to cut the ropes when they arrive.

 

PAGE 16-21

Page Summary

The are falling and they make a lucky escape being rescued by the Nautilus and all.

 

PAGE 22

Panel 2

A good turn

Idiom, done something unexpectedly but with good results.

Intricacies : The condition or quality of being intricate; complexity.

Panel 3

Retainer : Money paid in advance for services yet to be rendered.

Predecessor : The person who held the position before the current one.

Panel 4

treachery : Deceit.

Panel 5

Tumultuous : Characterized by tumult; noisy and disorderly

Page Summary

We learn that the head of Intelligence, now, is none other than Holme’s elder brother Mycroft and that the League has been retained for further services.

 

PAGE 23

Page Summary

We see huge meteorites heading for the Earth, possibly a teaser for the next volume.