Necronauts

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"I see. You're aware, of course, that we are being followed?"

"For the last twelve blocks. You propose we do something about it?"

Originally appearing in 2000 AD, Necronauts is a graphic novel which features a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen style team-up involving none other than Harry Houdini, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft and Charles Fort facing Cosmic Horror. The story is set in 1926, created in 2001 by Gordon Rennie and Frazer Irving. It draws heavily from Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos and many of the legends surrounding Houdini.

Tropes used in Necronauts include:

• Cosmic Horror: The Sleepers in the Void
• Crowning Moment of Awesome: Charles Fort going to town on some Tcho Tchos with a cricket bat.
• Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: The Aviator of the Unknown, Charles Lindburgh, who sacrifices his first born child so he can survive when the Sleepers awake.
• I Have Many Names: The Sleepers in the Void, The Great Old Ones, The Dark Ones, Shadows at the Threshold etc...
• The Roaring Twenties