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 1 (16th October 1976) |
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 Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| On the way to school,
Cheeky meets Sherlock who tells him about the
deductions he made about his father at breakfast. |
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Number 2 (23rd October 1976) |
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Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| Sherlock tells Cheeky
how a grain of salt, a greasy newspaper and a burping
man led him to the solution of his most succesful
case. |
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Number 4 (6th November 1976)
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 Artist: Leslie Harding |
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| Paws appears in a
deerstalker, holding a magnifying glass in the title
frame of the story. Paws follows the scents of a cat
and a pie before finally smelling the sweet smell of
success. |
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Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| After asking Cheeky a
riddle about a detective who can't remember the words
of songs, Sherlock tells him about his latest case,
discovering the culprit behind the disappearance of
twelve cream cakes: a theft that he has been accused
of. |
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Number 7 (27th November 1976) |
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Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| Sherlock is among the
spectator's at the Krazy Town football stadium. |
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Number 10 (18th December 1976) |
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Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| Sherlock is sleuthing in
the background while Cheeky advises his friend about
what gift to buy her brother for Christmas. |
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Number 11 (25th December 1976) |
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Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| It's Christmas day and
Cheeky asks Sherlock what he got for Christmas. |
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Number 14 (15th January 1977) |
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Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| Sherlock instructs
Cheeky in the art of interpreting footprint tracks. |
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Number 17 (5th February 1977) |
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Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| Among the people Cheeky meets on the golf course is Sherlock, looking for a lost ball. | ||
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Number 23 (19th March 1977) |
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Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| Sherlock is confined to
his home with a case of spottyitis. |
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Number 26 (9th April 1977) |
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 Artist: Alf Saporito |
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| When he meets Willie who
is crying because his lollipop is gone, Micky takes up
the search in the roles of McCloud, Hutch, Sherlock
Holmes, and finally Kojak to bring the case to a happy
conclusion. |
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Number 27 (16th April 1977) |
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 Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| On Easter Day, Cheeky
spots Sherlock tugging on a leash, but it's not a
tracker dog on the other end. |
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Number 37 (25th June 1977) |
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Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| Sherlock comes face to
face with Detective Fumbly during the school trip to
the Krazy offices. |
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Krazy Special (1977) |
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Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| Sherlock gets a shock
while following some mysterious tracks on the beach. |
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Number 39 (9th July 1977) |
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Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| Sherlock demonstrates
his new code to Cheeky. |
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Number 41 (23rd July 1977) |
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| Watson is startled by
Holmes's deductions about a murderer. |
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Number 46 (27th August 1977) |
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 Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| Cheeky and Sherlock
alarm Walter Wurx with a riddle about a thing with a
hundred legs that's full of peas. |
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 Artist: Mike Lacey |
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| The highwayman, Duck Turpin, attempts to rob Holmes and Watson. | ||
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Number 48 (27th August 1977) |
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 Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| Sherlock shows the
reader the tools of his trade, but Cheeky delivers him
a shock. |
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Number 52 (8th October 1977) |
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Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| Sherlock is among those
celebrating at Krazy's first birthday party. |
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Number 53 (15th October 1977) |
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 Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| Sherlock is among those
who take umbrage at Posh Claude referring to the other
Krazy characters as "scruffy layabouts". |
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| Ian Law's winning birthday card design features Sherlock. | ||
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Number 55 (29th October 1977) |
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| The "Call Yourself a
Krazy Fan? quiz asks the reader to identify Sherlock. |
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Krazy Annual 1978 |
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Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| Sherlock deduces what
Cheeky has been doing for the last half hour. |
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Number 65 (7th January 1978) |
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| Grant Biggott's winning
caption is "Are you sure he came down here, Holmes?" |
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Number 74 (11th March 1978) |
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| When the lights go out
in Krazy Town, Sherlock is among those that the reader
is asked to identify in the dark. |
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Number 79 (15th April 1978) |
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Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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| Sherlock is among those
on the move from Krazy to Cheeky Weekly. |
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The Best of Krazy (1978) |
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| Watson is startled by
Holmes's deductions about a murderer. A reprint of the strip from Issue 41. |
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Krazy Special (1978) |
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| The chief shows up for
the annual police outing to the seaside wearing a
t-shirt with the slogan "Sherlock Holmes couldn't
detect a banana in his left ear". |
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Krazy Annual 1979 |
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| Sherlock is among the
students who arrive at school before teacher. |
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Krazy Holiday Special (1979) |
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| The "Guess Who?" puzzle
includes Brains dressed as Sherlock Holmes. |
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Krazy Annual 1981
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 Artist: Arthur Mac |
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| On television, Sherlock
Holmes examines a scrap of cloth, a footprint, a glass
and a dagger. |
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A ventriloquist's dummy is
delieverd to the home of Sherlock Bones, and asks
him to find its owner, the Great Chatto. Bones
deduces the location of the ventriloquist's captors
by throwing bricks over the the rooftops. A trapdoor
leads Bones and What's-on to the Great Chatto and a
joke-telling dog.
A reprint of "Badtime Bedtime
Book: Sherlock Bones" from Monster Fun,
issue 15.
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| A maze puzzle in which
the reader is invited to help Sherlock's bloodhound
sniff out the riches without being sidetracked. |
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Krazy Annual 1982 |
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| During a chase through a
cemetery, Holmes and Watson discover a man lying on a
grave with the marks of two large front teeth on his
neck. |
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Krazy Holiday Special (1982) |
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| Holmes and Watson
discover huge footprints on a misty moor. |
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Krazy Holiday Special (1983) |
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 Artist: Frank McDiarmid |
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Among the people Cheeky meets on
the golf course is Sherlock, looking for a lost
ball.
Reprinted from issue 17.
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