League poll

[mindstalk]

In the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic, did you think Mina Harker had acquired any powers from her time with Dracula, like slow aging or physical toughness or a mental domination ability explaining her ability to stare down Hyde?  I always thought all she acquired were scars and experience, and that her "powers" were simply being smart, willful, and Victorian.  But some rasfw posters disagreed, at least speculatively.

Separately, I got Order of the Stick books -- not just a compilation, but a character prequel never online.  Whee!

Comments

[zosimos.livejournal.com]

In the story itself (Vol 1-2) I don't recall any sign of supernatural powers, just that she seems to be a woman of unusual talent. However, all the above-mentioned abilities could have been used but left unnoticed due to their rather subtle nature.

However, the reader in the back of Volume 2 (and some comments made by Mr. Moore) imply that Mina remains active and perhaps youthful for a unusually long period of time, so there is some evidence that she might have slowed aging.

[mindstalk.livejournal.com]

Yeah, one of the posters referred to the back stuff. I didn't take in much of that material, though.

Slowed aging wouldn't be a big deal, anyway. Staring down Hyde because she had vampire powers would be a big change to how I viewed their characters.

[kniedzw.livejournal.com]

Honestly, that's a question I'd probably pose to ratmmjess, since he ... well ... wrote the book (http://www.amazon.com/Heroes-Monsters-Unofficial-Companion-Extraordinary/dp/193226504X/) on it. Literally. (Also, this second (http://www.amazon.com/Blazing-World-Unofficial-Companion-Extraordinary/dp/1932265104/) book.)

My understanding of the upcoming third volume is that Harker is again in the storyline, in the 1950s, not having aged at all. That said, I can't remember where I heard this (probably from moonandserpent), and I'm not sure how accurate this is.

...or rather, I looked around a little before posting, and apparently the Black Dossier (http://ratmmjess.livejournal.com/156709.html) is in DC's hands and will be published soon. There's a third volume that will come out, probably next year, and it will span a century of time in the world of the League.

So there's a strong probability that Mina is somehow supernaturally-powered from her time with D. I have always assumed there was.