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  The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1

  by Alan Moore

  Proving that mainstream comics could be infused with past literary/cultural ideals and still be bestsellers, the America's Best Comics imprint took the dilapidated superhero genre and created three vastly entertaining hybrids with Tom Strong, Promethea and Top Ten. Now, a stunning coup de grace is delivered with this masterful pairing of Victorian adventure fiction's greatest characters and the old war-horse of... (more)
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  The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2

  by Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill

  The inspiration behind the blockbuster movie, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN once again uses the classic characters from familiar literature to tell a tale of epic proportions in Victorian England.In volume two, when alien invaders from Mars mercilessly attack London, the throne quickly calls upon Allan Quatermain, Mina Harker, Captain Nemo, the Invisible Man, and Dr. Jekyll to protect the empire.Using... (more)
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  The Absolute League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

  by Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill

  Comics scriptwriting supremo Alan Moore's incredible reinvention of classic heroes and villains - now available in an astounding, feature-packed oversized hardback edition, containing all six issues, Alan Moore's scripts, which have never been collected to date, and never-before-seen Kevin O'Neill artwork! What if some of the best loved literary characters in history were to band together to fight crime? What if... (more)
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  League of Extraordinary Gentleman, The: The Absolute Edition - Volume 2

  by Alan Moore

  Alan Moore and Kevin ONeills epic Victorian adventure continues in grand fashion as our intrepid band of heroesMina Murray, Allan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Mr. Edward Hyde, Dr. Thomas Jekyll and the Invisible Man (a.k.a. Hawley Griffin)once again must face a most dire threatbut this time its not just the fate of an empire that hangs in the balance, but that of the entire world! The first volume contains the... (more)
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  Scarlet Traces

  by Ian Edginton, D'Israeli

  A decade after the Martians abortive assault on the Earth and their attempt to establish an invasion bridgehead on the British Isles; the industrious Victorians have assimilated the Martian technologies into their everyday lives. Hansom cabs now scuttle along the Capital's streets on multi-limbed crab legs and the terrible monopoly of the Martian heat-ray has assured the dominance of the British Empire over... (more)
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  Five Fists Of Science

  by Matt Fraction, Steven Sanders

  True story: in 1899, Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla decided to end war forever. With Twain's connections and Tesla's inventions, they went into business selling world peace. So, what happened? Only now can the tale be told - in which Twain and Tesla collided with Edison and Morgan, an evil science cabal merging the Black Arts and the Industrial Age. Turn of the century New York City sets the stage for a titanic... (more)
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  Space 1889: Science Fiction Role Playing in a More Civilized Time

  by Frank Chadwick, Tim Bradstreet, Rick Harris

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  Barnum!: In Secret Service to the USA

  by Howard V. Chaykin, Niko Henrichon

  Who knew that amid the bearded lady, the wolf boy and the human fly at Barnum and Bailey's circus, there was also a secret agent? After P.T. Barnum saves President Grover Cleveland's life, he becomes the president's newest agent to help thwart an attempt to destroy the Union. Aided by Span the human fly, diminutive powerhouse Colonel Dyna-Mite, Hypnosia the mesmerist, Plastino the rubber man, Primeva the animal... (more)
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  The Remarkable Worlds Of Professor Phineas B. Fuddle Book 3 of 4

  by Boaz Yakin

  Published by the Paradox Press division of DC Comics. Features the misadventures of a time-traveling Victorian scientist and his cronies. Book 3 of 4.
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  The Remarkable Worlds of Professor Phineas B. Fuddle

  by Boaz Yakin

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  The Remarkable Worlds Of Professor Phineas B. Fuddle Book 2 of 4

  by Boaz Yakin

  Published by the Paradox Press division of DC Comics. Features the misadventures of a time-travelling Victorian scientist and his cronies. Book 2 of 4.
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  Soldier's Companion (Space 1889)

  by Frank Chadwick

  his long awaited reprint combines a good, solid set of 19th-century miniatures rules with the Victorian Science Fiction elements of Space: 1889 ®. While allowing for the addition of land juggernauts, combat tripods, and aerial flyers, the rules work just was well for a rag-tag British column fighting its way through the passes of the Northwest Frontier. Soldier's Companion covers the wealth of period military... (more)
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  Conklin's Atlas of the Worlds (Space 1889)

  by Frank Chadwick

  "Conklins Atlas supplies vital information, for player and referee alike, to broaden the horizons of adventure throughout the Solar System. An informative timeline covers 1879 to 1889, putting political developments, scientific achievements, and important inventions in historical context. Mercury's temperate Twilight Zone is completely covered, with encounter charts, animal descriptions, rare finds, and rules... (more)
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  Doctor Grordbort's Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory

  by Greg Broadmore

  By jingo, by crikey, and by all that's good in this world, he's done it! Dr. Grordbort has released his directory of scientific splendor. A catalogue of wondrous contraptions and wave weapons of unprecedented power, this book makes available a myriad of destructive and beneficial devices to any intergalactic explorer: Rayguns, Metal Men, Ironclads, and Rocketships are all presented. Also included is a sequential... (more)
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  The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume 3: Century #1

  by Alan Moore

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  Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel

  by Paul Guinan

  Meet Boilerplate, the world’s first robot soldier—not in a present-day military lab or a science-fiction movie, but in the past, during one of the most fascinating periods of U.S. history. Designed by Professor Archibald Campion in 1893 as a prototype, for the self-proclaimed purpose of “preventing the deaths of men in the conflicts of nations,” Boilerplate charged into combat alongside such notables as Teddy... (more)
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  Beastmen of Mars (Space 1889 Sci-Fi Roleplaying)

  by GDW Staff

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  Doctor Grordbort Presents: Victory

  by Greg Broadmore

  Doctor Grordbort Presents: Victory - Scientific Adventure Violence for Young Men and Literate Women is the year's foremost journal of progressive armaments and weaponry! Behold the latest line of defense captured in action! Filled to the brim with firsthand tales of exploration and progress from the great heroes of our time, picture strips of unimaginable escapades on the frontier, never-seen-before portraits of... (more)