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Allen Quatermain, the world's greatest adventurer, leads a legion of superheroes the likes of which the world has never seen, in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Quatermain's extraordinary League is comprised of Captain Nemo, Dracula vampiress Mina Harker, an invisible man Rodney Skinner, american secret service agent Sawyer, Dorian Gray, and Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde. The League menbers are staunch individualists, outcasts in fact, with checkered pasts and singular gifts that have been both blessing and curse. Now they must learn to trust each other and work as a team for the very hope of civilization. With little preparation and no time to lose, they will be transported via Casptain Nemo's extraordinary submarine, The Nautilus, to the frontline of defense: Venice, Italy. There, a masked madman known as the Fantom plans to sabotage a conference of world leaders by setting off a domino chain of explosions sinking the entire city. The threat is catastrophic, the risks are staggering. The league of Extraordinary Gentlemen has 9 hours to save the world.
