

Ģ009 brought the Black House Comics series The Dark Detective: Sherlock Holmes. In the 1990s, Caliber Comics issued a four-part Sherlock Holmes Reader which features quotes from Holmes, a map of 221-B Baker Street, and canon story adaptations as well as individual stories such as Dr. In The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Holmes appears in a flashback sequence depicting the climactic scene of "The Final Problem" and is still believed by the public to be deceased, although it is revealed in the second volume that Mina later meets with him. SelfMadeHero published "Hound of the Baskervilles", adapted by Ian Edginton and illustrated by Ian Culbard, in May 2009.

O'Neil and Cruz would each shortly take an additional turn at the character: The Joker #6, written by O'Neil, pitted Holmes (actually an actor suffering a head injury) against the title character, and the 50th anniversary issue of Detective Comics, drawn by Cruz, additionally commemorated the 100th anniversary of Sherlock Holmes. Cruz (artist) had coincidentally just come off of adapting another pulp crimefighter for DC, The Shadow. The one-shot's creative team of Dennis O'Neil (writer) and E. ĭC Comics' Sherlock Holmes one-shot (cover-dated September–October 1975) adapts " The Final Problem" and " The Adventure of the Empty House". Sherlock Holmes cover artist Walt Simonson has speculated that this may be because the period setting is so difficult to draw. There are many novels, novellas, and short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes that were written by authors other than Arthur Conan Doyle.Ĭomic books Front cover of issue #1 of Sherlock Holmes published by Charlton Comics in October 1955ĭespite the character's near-ubiquitous presence in other media and household recognition, in comic books Sherlock Holmes has been limited to the occasional miniseries or guest appearance. Main articles: List of authors of new Sherlock Holmes stories and Sherlock Holmes pastiches § Print This adaptation of the famous detective was not very popular down south, but experienced a series of faithful followers in northern states. Holmes of Baker Street" by Bill Barry appeared in 1976-1977. A short-lived half-page Sherlock Holmes comic strip appeared daily and Sunday in the 1950s, written by radio scriptwriter Edith Meiser and drawn by Frank Giacoia. Sherlock Holmes was drawn by Leo O'Mealia (who later drew covers for Action Comics) and distributed by the Bell Syndicate. The first, titled Sherlock Holmes, ran from 1930 to 1931. Three Sherlock Holmes adaptations have appeared in American newspapers. Card games based on Sherlock Holmes include I Say, Holmes! (2007, updated 2014), Holmes: Sherlock & Mycroft (Devir Games, 2015), and Clash of Minds: Holmes vs Moriarty (2019). Other Sherlock Holmes board games include Watson & Holmes (Ludonova, 2015), Beyond Baker Street (Z-Man Games, 2016), and Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty's Web (2016). The board game A Study in Emerald, released in 2013, was based on the Sherlock Holmes pastiche " A Study in Emerald" by Neil Gaiman. Multiple expansions have since been published for both games. The board game 221B Baker Street ( Gibsons Games) was first developed in 1975, and the book-based game Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective (Sleuth Publications) was published in 1981.
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They include the original writings, "together with the translations of these tales into sixty-three languages, plus Braille and shorthand, the writings about the Writings or higher criticism, writings about Sherlockians and their societies, memorials and memorabilia, games, puzzles and quizzes, phonograph records, audio and video tapes, compact discs, laser discs, ballets, films, musicals, operettas, oratorios, plays, radio and television programs, parodies and pastiches, children's books, cartoons, comics, and a multitude of other items - from advertisements to wine - that have accumulated throughout the world on the two most famous characters in literature." Board games

De Waal lists over 25,000 Holmes-related productions and products. The four volumes of the Universal Sherlock Holmes (1995) compiled by Ronald B. The stories of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have been very popular as adaptations for the stage, and later film, and still later television. See also: Popular culture references to Sherlock Holmes
