Gratz has plenty of fun with his alternate history, but returning readers will notice that the dark is definitely rising. Helquist’s portraits of intrepid or menacing figures at the chapter heads signal the story’s shifts in focus. Struggling with his own dark origins as well as a tendency to bouts of irrational, wildly destructive rage worthy of the Incredible Hulk, Archie leads a vividly drawn and diverse ensemble. He pitches his gathering band of Leaguers-grown by the end to five of the appointed seven-into a nonstop round of chases, flights, ambushes, narrow squeaks, and heroic feats. Gratz sets his colorful yarn in an alternate “North Americas” made up of several countries (both colonial and indigenous) and populates the teeming supporting cast with both historical personages, like a windup Jesse James, and an array of tentacled horrors. Meanwhile, the vengeful search for those who massacred her home village leads young Seminole warrior Hachi to Marie Laveau’s New Orleans for battles with zombis, loas, and a gigantic Mangleborn serpent. The theft of the titular lantern, which transforms people who see its light into monsters of diverse icky sorts, sends superstrong Archie in pursuit aboard a huge steam-powered robot captained by George Custer. At the same time, they learn deep-rooted secrets that could destroy the League forever….Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.The company of heroes destined to battle the immortal Mangleborn continues to assemble in a middle volume that blurs the line between the good guys and the bad further. In the course of their adventures the three heroes meet potential candidates to join their League. And Hachi and Fergus travel to New Orleans to find Madame Blavatsky, the only person who knows the circumstances surrounding the death of Hachi's father.
Rivets pursue a shapeshifting girl who has stolen the Dragon Lantern, an ancient artifact with mysterious powers. Archie and his faithful Tik-Tok servant Mr. His belief is put to the test when they are forced to undertake separate missions. The Dragon Lantern is the second action-packed, steampunk adventure in the League of Seven series by the acclaimed author of Samurai Shortstop, Alan Gratz.Īrchie Dent is convinced that he and his friends Hachi and Fergus are the first three members of a new League of Seven: a group of heroes who come together to fight the Mangleborn whenever the monsters arise to destroy humanity.
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