Appearances by Sherlock Holmes and his
imitators in British comics.
WARNING: These are summaries, not reviews, and may contain story spoilers.
Appearances by Sherlock Holmes and his
imitators in British comics.
WARNING: These are summaries, not reviews, and may contain story spoilers.
Number 1371 (2nd March 1968)
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 Artist: Shamus O'Doherty |
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| Bodger reads The
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and wonders if he
could solve a mystery. His daydreaming leads to a pair
of bank robbers escaping, so he decides that it his
duty to track them down. He borrows a dog, which leads
him on a false trail. His bad luck turns to good, then
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Number 1627 (27th January 1973) |
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 Artist: Bill Holroyd |
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| Swotty Watt is given a
detective costume, but is teased by Charley Brand and
his friends when he wears it. Swotty asks Brassneck to
steal something and leave a trail that will lead to
Charley's house, so that he will get the blame.
Brassneck steals Fatty's chocolate bar, but when
Swotty finds it, no one believes that Charley stole
it. Brassneck tries again, but a fall downstairs
causes a malfunction, and Swotty gets his just
desserts. |
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Number 1690 (13th April 1974) |
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| Seeing a group of
elaborately dressed men arriving at the Police College
next door to Greytowers School, Winker Watson tells
Form Master Mr Creep that there is a fancy dress party
going on, and sends him along, dressed as Sherlock
Holmes. Creepy is caught climbing through the window
and discovers that it is actually an International
Police Convention. When he takes out his spite on
Watson, Watson hatches a plot involving a police horse
to get back in Creepy's good books. |
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Dandy Comic Library, Number 24 (1984) |
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| On the front cover, the
shadows of Holmes and Watson appear behind Nick Kelly
and Cedric. The story inside has no Sherlockian
content. |
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The Dandy Book 1986 |
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| The Hound of Cactusville: After seeing a Sherlock Holmes movie at the cinema, Desperate Dan and Aunt Aggie spot a glowing hound on a rooftop. Dan dresses as Sherlock Holmes to investigate. | ||
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The Dandy Annual 2007 |
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| The Hound of the
Baskervilles: Blinky inadvertently offends Dr Watson's
wife while following the footprints of a gigantic
hound. |
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