Sherlock Holmes

Golden Age Origin
Sherlock Holmes was a brilliant London-based "consulting detective." Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and is renowned for his skillful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning, and inference to solve difficult cases. Besides his talent for deduction, Holmes was also a master of disguise, a skilled fighter in both hand-to-hand and weapon-based combat, profoundly knowledgeable in many sciences, and a skilled musician. He was assisted by his friend Dr. Watson, who would chronicle their adventures. Holmes had a brother named Mycroft Holmes who was a government official. Sherlock Holmes's nemesis was Professor Moriarty, whom he clashed with on multiple occasions.

Novels

 * A Study in Scarlet (published 1887, in Beeton's Christmas Annual )
 * The Sign of the Four (published 1890, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine)
 * The Hound of the Baskervilles (serialised 1901–1902 in The Strand)
 * The Valley of Fear (serialised 1914–1915 in The Strand)

Short stories

 * The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (contains stories published 1891–1892 in The Strand)
 * The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (contains stories published 1892–1893 in The Strand as further episodes of the Adventures)
 * The Return of Sherlock Holmes (contains stories published 1903–1904 in The Strand)
 * His Last Bow (contains stories published 1908–1913 and 1917)
 * The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (contains stories published 1921–1927) The stories in this volume originally published after 1923 are still under copyright in the United States.

Golden Age Appearances

 * Sherlock Holmes #1-2
 * Cartoons by McCutcheon #[nn]
 * Captain Marvel, Jr. #2
 * Kid Eternity #4