Inspired by Jules Verne's novel Around the World in Eighty Days, three late-nineteenth-century individuals separately attempt to travel around the world, each by different means. My personal favorite is Nellie Bly, but all three stories are compelling. Phelan's trademark watercolors work especially well in this graphic novel. Though the dialogue is certainly imagined, these true accounts are all thoroughly researched. These three adventurous spirits offer plenty of action, but it is the added personal angles - the story behind the story - that makes them such engaging reading and memorable after you close the cover.