This is getting 3 stars rather than 2 for old times sake more than anything. I generally preferred this to the second part, maintaining a clearer structure and more simple story but it ultimately felt a let down. Spoilers ahoy.

The League has changed so much from the first two volumes that I really loved. Alan is barely in it, Mina is absent for the first half and we are left with Orlando, mostly in the female form (which I prefer). The current ancestor of Nemo is occasionally mentioned and briefly is seen in an otherwise unconnected and insignificant side plot. I enjoyed the scenes with Andrew Norton as always.

Whereas I felt a little lost with the 60s references in Century 1969, I felt Alan came across more lost here. The James Bond/MI5 references were smart but some of the 'up to date' fictional cameos where at times, stretching it. A couple of old Doctors sure, but characters from the Fast Show which (aside from the special) ended in 1997?

The inclusion of Harry Potter should have been inevitable after the veiled hints throughout but I still wasn't quite expecting the lengths they went to. The flashbacks to a destroyed Hogwarts were effective and haunting (also giving us a skeletonised Thomas the Tank Engine, much to my amusement) and the final confrontations with a vengeful Mary Poppins was bizarre and beautifully drawn (there is some great work here by Kevin O'Neill). I think Alan holding Rowling/Potter for everything wrong in current society a little harsh and as for corrupting the minds of all the children? Hmmm.

It all inevitably felt very anticlimactic and in no way a complete story (as the 3 part arc was sold to us). Clearly there are more than enough loose ends (putting it mildly) to continue. It's generally been fun and I'd still recommend the original 2 League stories for fans of Victorian Boys-Own literature but I think I'm going to call it a day on the current League.