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List of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen characters

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Reference excerpt

This is a collection of the characters from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a comic book series created by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, and its spin-off Nemo.

Overview Character's name

Original source/author Appearances or mention in the League universe Brief biography/overview Notes Abbreviations:

ASV: Allan and the Sundered Veil NTA: The New Traveller's Almanac BD: The Black Dossier MIM: Minions of the Moon NHI: Nemo: Heart of Ice NRB: Nemo: The Roses of Berlin NRG: Nemo: River of Ghosts T: Tales of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen An italicised appearance is either a graphic novel or film appearance where the character is only mentioned in dialogue or otherwise referenced but not shown or a text story appearance where the character is mentioned either briefly or indirectly.

Alice Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll NTA Mentioned in The New Traveller's Almanac, which suggests that Wonderland is somewhere underneath England and/or in a parallel universe. She is mentioned to have died following her second adventure, which had the effect of 'reversing' her body chemistry's chirality, making her incapable of digesting anything and causing her to starve. She is called 'A. L.', presumably for Alice Liddell, whom the character was named after.

King Arturus Arthurian Legend BD The King of England who had Sir Roland (Orlando) serve under him in the Knights of the Round Table. His sword Excalibur is taken by Sir Roland in the fall of Camelot.

Count Allamistakeo "Some Words with a Mummy", Edgar Allan Poe Volume 1 cover An immortal mummy and proposed member of a mid-19th century League. He is shown sleeping on the cover of Volume 1, and his name and portrait displayed.

Ariel The Tempest, William Shakespeare NTA, BD Faerie familiar of Prospero's and a member of Prospero's Men (the 17th century League).

Artful Dodger Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens Volume 1, issue #6 (p. 3) Dodger leads his gang of children into London's sewers for protection against the air war between Professor Moriarty and Fu Manchu.

Ayesha She, H. Rider Haggard BD, NHI, NRB Immortal, brutal, deposed ruler of the African kingdom of Kor, she is robbed of her most priceless treasures by Janni Nemo while in asylum in the United States in 1925. Ayesha joins forces with Adenoid Hynkel in 1941.

Babar the Elephant Histoire de Babar (The Story of Babar), Jean de Brunhoff NTA King of the Elephants, but not mentioned by name, Babar and his elephants escort Mina Murray and Allan Quatermain through the African jungle in The New Traveller's Almanac. Mina considers them very polite, but Allan denies that their leader is really wearing a crown.

Pvt. S. Baldrick Blackadder Goes Forth, Tony Robinson BD The stupid soldier serving under Captain Blackadder in World War I. Not mentioned by name, he appears as a visual cameo in Orlando's Trump biography.

Judah Ben-Hur Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, Lew Wallace BD Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem. Not mentioned by name, his name is written in a bust in the house of Billy Bunter.

Beowulf Beowulf BD A hero who aides King Hrothgar in killing the demon Grendel.

Bill and Ben Flower Pot Men, BBC BD A pair of creatures made up of flowerpots, their skeletons are seen in Greyfriars School.

Sir Percy Blakeney The Scarlet Pimpernel, Emma Orczy Volume 1, issue #2 (p. 23, pnl.2), Volume 1 cover, NTA, BD, F The masked do-gooder, the Scarlet Pimpernel, Percy saves members of the French aristocracy from the guillotine during the French Revolution. He is a member of the 18th century League under Lemuel Gulliver. In Volume 1 Sir Percy is shown in the Montegu House portrait of Gulliver's Fellowship (the 18th century League), and his name appears in the caption. In the film, he only appears in a painting on the wall.

Horatio Blimp The works of David Low Volume 2 issue #2, Volume 2 issue #3 BDS An overconfident major in the British army who leads the initial strike against the Martians, he is seen again in "What Ho, Gods of the Abyss!"

Peter Blood Captain Blood, Rafael Sabatini NTA Member of the Pirates' Conference.

Boadicea Real individual Volume 3 (1910) Warrior queen of the Iceni in Roman times. Seen by Andrew Norton, he also mentions the urban legend that her bones are buried beneath King's Cross Platform 10.

Sir Basildon Bond Character developed by Russ Abbot as a parody of James Bond, playing on the name of a well-known brand of notepaper. BD Associate of Sir Jack Wilton.

Campion Bond Original character Volume 1 issue #1, Volume 1 issue #2, Volume 1 issue #4, Volume 1 issue #5, Volume 2 issue #2, Volume 2 issue #3, Volume 2 issue #6, NTA, BD, Volume 3 issue #1, N Agent of MI5 and handler of the first Murray Group (the late 19th century League). Grandfather of James Bond.

James "Jimmy" Bond Casino Royale, Ian Fleming BD, Volume 3I2, Volume 3I3 Successor and grandson of Campion, he is portrayed as an incompetent bungler, a cowardly liar, and a sadistic rapist who betrayed his country and worked for the American government as a double agent. By 2009, he is said by Emma Night to be in constant physical pain from a combination of cirrhosis, emphysema, and syphilis. Having become a national treasure, he has been replaced by a succession of namesakes shown staffing MI5 headquarters and resembling the various Bond film portrayers Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. Identified only as "Jimmy" or as "Sir James" as the James Bond character is not in the public domain.

Dr. Peter Bradey The Invisible Man (1958 television series) BD Successor to Hawley Griffin in the 1946-1947 league that was led by Joan Warralson, Bradey achieved invisibility by duplicating Griffin's experiments from discovered notebooks. He is noted as being a "distinctly second rate" Invisible Man, largely due to his compulsive chain smoking and coughing fits which gave him away on several occasions.

Broad Arrow Jack Broad Arrow Jack, E. Harcourt Burrage Volume 1 issue #4, Volume 2 issue #3-6, Volume 2 supplemental material, NTA, Volume 3I1, NHI, NRB, MIM Officer on the Nautilus. Married and fathered the child of Janni Nemo between 1925 and 1941.

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