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When you ask someone to name the greatest detective in fiction, they will likely answer one of
Both men have become icons for their fancy duds, great brains, and memorable sidekicks
Fortunately, little things like the laws of time and space are no barrier for DC Comics
In Detective Comics #572, to commemorate the series’ 50th anniversary, we got not only a love letter to
We start not with Batman but with Slam Bradley, a detective character conceived by Superman creators Jerry
Unfortunately, Morgan ends up getting kidnapped anyway, so the Dynamic Duo heads off to London while Bradley
He makes the rounds of Gotham’s crummiest bars and neighborhoods until he finds the missing girl
Once they are safe, she reveals that Morgan’s real name is Moriarty, and that her own
In London, yet another detective, the Elongated Man, shows up
He stumbles upon another Moriarty (not the kidnap victim), who is determined to destroy a recently rediscovered
The manuscript, “The Adventure of the Red Leech,” tells the story of a young doctor who has
Since he is about to join Queen Victoria’s medical team, he wants to figure out what’
There’s even a wink-and-nod to fans of the Basil Rathbone films: the client’s name, Nigel
Brewster’s wife, an agent of Moriarty’s, had been keeping him docile with a leech with
With Brewster indisposed, a doppelgänger could get to the queen, kill her with a leech, and
So why did this evil Moriarty descendant want to destroy the manuscript? He was afraid it would
It all culminates in this fantastic image of Batman punting a bomb disguised as a book while
Instead, he receives a timely assist from an old man with a deerstalker
Yes, Sherlock Holmes is alive and well! In 1987! You’ll never guess how that happened!
Sherlock Holmes discovered immortality through beekeeping and living in Tibet
This is absolutely not the story I was expecting from the cover, which features a young Holmes
But if you’re here solely for the Batman/Holmes crossover, you’ll probably be disappointed
Lucky for us, the last few Sherlock Holmes stories are entering the U
public domain as of January 1, 2023, so the Doyle estate will no longer have grounds to pull nonsense
) Hopefully, this means creators from companies big and small will now feel free to take Holmes in