The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 1: The Absolute Edition #[nn]

In "2: Ghosts & Miracles," Wilhelmina Murray, Allan Quatermain, and Captain Nemo pursue a dangerous trail that leads them from the shadows of London to the secluded halls of Miss Coote's Academy for Wayward Gentlewomen. There, they close in on the elusive Hawley Griffin, whose invisibility makes him a ghost among the living—and a threat too great to ignore.

In the shadowed corridors of a forgotten city, Wilhelmina Murray and Hawley Griffin follow a cryptic clue from Quong Lee, uncovering whispers of a dragon slumbering beneath a celestial bridge. Meanwhile, Allan Quatermain and Dr. Jekyll encounter the mysterious Doctor, and together they venture into a hidden chunnel where an astonishing airship lies waiting—its secrets as deep as the legends that surround it.

In the shadowed depths of a hidden tunnel beneath the Thames, Allan Quatermain races against time to secure the cavorite, while Edward Hyde draws fire from the Doctor’s guards. With a desperate break of glass and Mina’s quick hand, the team escapes the underground labyrinth, their fate now tied to the device’s power. Back on the surface, the cavorite is delivered to Campion Bond, who presents it to the enigmatic James Moriarty—leaving the true purpose of the device, and the stakes of its power, dangerously unclear.

In a tale of shadowed ambitions and steam-powered scheming, Hawley Griffin uncovers a dangerous plot: James Moriarty intends to harness cavorite to fuel an airship, aiming to destroy Dr. Henry Jekyll, Limehouse, and possibly Captain Nemo’s Nautilus. With tensions rising and old alliances fraying, the fate of the League hangs in the balance as secrets from the past threaten to unravel everything.

In "6: The Day of Be-With-Us," the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ascends in the balloon Victoria to confront James Moriarty’s aerial assault on Limehouse, as Captain Nemo and Mr. Hyde clash with his forces below. While Miss Murray and Allan Quatermain work to disable the ship’s cavorite, the Doctor deploys a fleet of balloons and kites to meet the threat, and Mycroft Holmes prepares to formally enlist the team—just as the sky erupts in fire.