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[Robb_K]

I've been a big fan of the original "Sherlock Holmes" stories by Arthur Conan Doyle since reading them as a pre-teen in the 1950s, as well as comic book portrayals of those stories from the 1940s and 1950s, as well as the films of his stories and new stories made in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and of the related British TV series in the 1950s.  I also love the 1940s and early 1950s cartoony comic book comedy parodies in US comic books.  I would like to find out if there are any which I have missed.  The following are the cartoony style comic book "Sherlock Holmes" parody series of which I have copies of all the issues:

Dinky Dinkerton - Tops Comics - Eastern Printing - Art Huhta


Hemlock Shomes & Dr. Potsam - Fox Features - Mystery Men Comics - Al Weine


Flatfoot Burns - Quality Comics - Police Comics/The Spirit - Harvey Kurtzman


Hector The Inspector  - E.C. Comics (Animal Fables) - writer: William Woolfolk art: Burton Geller


Inspector Klooz - Novelty Press - Young King Cole - Jason Comic Art Studio


Sherlock Monk & Chuck (Duck) - Fawcett Comics - Fawcett

[paw broon]

Sheer-luck Homes:-
https://www.comicdom.gr/2012/10/29/study-on-sherlock/
but it's all Greek to me!
Holmes has turned up in a lot of different places in comics, incl. Planetary; the very good Victorian Undead series and he meets Batman in the Detective Comics Anniversary issue #572.
He also turns up in an issue of Martin Mystere.
And there's this:-
https://sherlockholmesofstcharles.blogspot.com/2016/03/from-one-of-my-favorite-web-comics.html
This page might be of interest:-
https://planetpeschel.com/sherlock-holmes-fanfiction-1888-1930/

Apologies if none of this is as comedy parody as you would like but it interested me

[SuperScrounge]

A comic strip ad for Sterling Gum used Holmes and Watson in the November 6, 1915 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. There is a scan at the Internet Archive.

[The Australian Panther]

Sheer-luck Homes:-
https://www.comicdom.gr/2012/10/29/study-on-sherlock/
but it's all Greek to me!

This site, https://comicdom.blogspot.com/ is spanish!
But back to Holmes.
Not only Holmes, but there are comics on Mycroft, his brother and the kids gang he used, the irregulars.
In books, there are Series for Mycroft, Mrs Hudson, The irregulars,Moriarty and even Lestrade.
I'm pretty sure I remember a Mad Parody, back in the good old days.
What do we have on CB+?
No less than 49 Radio Episode with Rathbone and Bruce.
18 episodes in which  John Gielgud played Holmes for BBC radio in the 1950s, with Ralph Richardson as Watson.
34 Episodes starring Conway and Bruce.
26 Episodes featuring Stanley & Shirley
Television 29 Episodes featuring starring Ronald Howard (son of Leslie Howard) as Holmes and Howard Marion Crawford as Watson - They are not bad, I have some on CD.
2 Charlton Issues
Dell 1245 - New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Super Detective Library 074 (and 065)  - Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes in O Diadema Esmeraldas [Portuguese]
Elsewhere?
Sherlockian.net - Comics and Graphic Novels
https://www.sherlockian.net/adapting/comicsgraphicnovels/
'Canonical scenes reconstructed in Lego' But of course!
Here is pretty good guide to US and UK Holmes comics.
https://www.cbr.com/saturdays-sherlockian-conundrum/
I'm surprised at how many I am familiar with.

I'm going to have to find the Kelly Jones ones tho.
And Really even that is just the tip of the iceberg.
Holmes Material is very popular in Europe.   
This one, 'Crime Alleys' has apparently been republished by Dark Horse. there is another for my list.
https://www.europeancomics.net/index.html?a=o&b=Sherlock_Holmes_Crime_Alleys
Then there is the Baker Street Series

I know of others European ones but I'm going to have to stop, because this could go on forever.
Cheers   
   

[Robb_K]

Does anyone here know which artist at Jason Art Studio drew "Inspector Klooz" for Novelty Press?  So far, that is the only main artist for these series I haven't been able to identify.

[Robb_K]

Sheer-luck Homes:-
https://www.comicdom.gr/2012/10/29/study-on-sherlock/
but it's all Greek to me!

This site, https://comicdom.blogspot.com/ is spanish!
But back to Holmes.
Not only Holmes, but there are comics on Mycroft, his brother and the kids gang he used, the irregulars.
In books, there are Series for Mycroft, Mrs Hudson, The irregulars,Moriarty and even Lestrade.
I'm pretty sure I remember a Mad Parody, back in the good old days.
What do we have on CB+?
No less than 49 Radio Episode with Rathbone and Bruce.
18 episodes in which  John Gielgud played Holmes for BBC radio in the 1950s, with Ralph Richardson as Watson.
34 Episodes starring Conway and Bruce.
26 Episodes featuring Stanley & Shirley
Television 29 Episodes featuring starring Ronald Howard (son of Leslie Howard) as Holmes and Howard Marion Crawford as Watson - They are not bad, I have some on CD.
2 Charlton Issues
Dell 1245 - New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Super Detective Library 074 (and 065)  - Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes in O Diadema Esmeraldas [Portuguese]
Elsewhere?
Sherlockian.net - Comics and Graphic Novels
https://www.sherlockian.net/adapting/comicsgraphicnovels/
'Canonical scenes reconstructed in Lego' But of course!
Here is pretty good guide to US and UK Holmes comics.
https://www.cbr.com/saturdays-sherlockian-conundrum/
I'm surprised at how many I am familiar with.

I'm going to have to find the Kelly Jones ones tho.
And Really even that is just the tip of the iceberg.
Holmes Material is very popular in Europe.   
This one, 'Crime Alleys' has apparently been republished by Dark Horse. there is another for my list.
https://www.europeancomics.net/index.html?a=o&b=Sherlock_Holmes_Crime_Alleys
Then there is the 'Baker Street' website.
I know of other European ones but I'm going to have to stop, because this could go on forever.
Cheers   

Thanks for your extensive input, Eric.

The Ron Howard 1950s British TV series was excellent!  I've watched all of the episodes over and over through the years, as I have the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce film series.  The Gielgud/Richardson and Rathbone/Bruce radio shows are excellent as well.  ALL of these actors are among my very favourites.

[Andrew999]

There was a terrific Russian Sherlock Holmes series in 2013:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXKOeBcqC0M

Not sure if there is a version with English subtitles though. Sadly, the actor who played Dr Watson died in an accident shortly after the first series so there was no series 2.

An earlier Russian version, much loved like the Jeremy Brett Sherlock, does come with subtitles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAAImJkUOjA

[The Australian Panther]

I've had Holmes on my mind all day.
A couple of questions. I will throw them out there.
1/ If there ere so many Holmes properties today - from the 70;s on?
Why so few in the Golden Age? There were movies, radio and no doubt the books were steady sellers, so why so few comic books?
We have about 5 in English on CB+ and I've looked around the net and that seems to be about all there is.
Today, tho, there are so many It's hard to know where to start.
Dynamite has done about 1/2 a dozen series, There are multiple European series.
Says three things to me.
1/ The fact that Holmes is in the public domain is a serious plus.
2/ There is clearly an audience for Holmes. You don't keep publishing, if no one is buying.
3/ Many creators (Artists and Writers) want to do Holmes stories.
Comments?
My tips for a few good ones.
a) Renegade press - Cases of Sherlock Holmes - beautiful BnW work of the original stories by Dan Day.
b)Sherlock Holmes & Kolchack the Night Stalker - Moonstone did a few Sherlock Holmes, How could you resist this?
c) A terrific French set of 5 tomes of Baker Street. A semi-serious comedy take on Holmes, very clever and quite funny.
d) Les Quatre de Baker Street (The Baker Street Four)  - 5 volumes to date. A series about the Irregulars. Beautiful work but I don't think they are yet available in English.
In various comics I haven't mentioned, Holmes also meets Dracula, Dr Jeckel and Mr Hyde, Zombies, Jack the Ripper, Vampires and Time Travellers. As a detective he goes looking for a Missing Martian from War of the Worlds and the Necronomicon.
Just occurred to me, he's probably the one character who has had more adventures than Superman - or Batman. then again, he got a head start of about 50 years.   
He leads a full life.
Cheers.   


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[Andrew999]

Absolutely correct with the public domain argument Panther. The almost eternal delay these days before a character enters the public domain means a near-infinity of lost stories that may have been created.

Imagine if a character could be only copyrighted/trademarked for fifty years - we could by now have had hundreds of stories of James Bond, the Saint, Batman, what you will. Some would be rubbish of course but mostly people show respect for the characters they are using. On the whole, modern Sherlock stories are generally of good quality.