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Professor Moriarty

opponent of Sherlock Holmes

41 appearances

Professor James Moriarty is known to be the most formidable enemy of Sherlock Holmes. Considered one of the first criminal mastermind of literature, Moriarty is described by Holmes as the 'Napoleon of crime'.

Character history

Key issues

2 issues

Detective Comics
#108
death
1946-02-00
Detective Comics
#110
intro
1946-04-00

Across the catalog

Appears in

27 series

SIGCape Archive 1987
Scarlet in Gaslight
1987–1988
3 issues →
SHCape Archive 1988
Sherlock Holmes
1988–1990
3 issues →

TLOCape Archive 1999

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

1999–2000

3 issues →

VUCape Archive 2010

Victorian Undead

2010–2010

3 issues →

Detective Comics cover

Detective Comics

1937–2011

2 issues →

FCCape Archive 1942

Four Color

1942–1962

2 issues →

SHYCape Archive 2011

Sherlock Holmes: Year One

2011–2011

2 issues →

Tim Drake: Robin cover

Tim Drake: Robin

2022–2023

2 issues →

SHCape Archive 1975

Sherlock Holmes

1975–1975

1 issue →

SIGCape Archive 1988

Scarlet in Gaslight

1988–1988

1 issue →

TBBCape Archive 1998

The Big Book of Bad

1998–1998

1 issue →

CCape Archive 1999

Crimson

1999–2001

1 issue →

SCCape Archive 2000

Special Collection

2000–2001

1 issue →

TGDCape Archive 2000

The Great Detective

2000–2000

1 issue →

TLOCape Archive 2002

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

2002–2004

1 issue →

TLOCape Archive 2003

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 1: The Absolute Edition

2003–2003

1 issue →

VUSCape Archive 2010

Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes vs. Zombies

2010–2010

1 issue →

SHYCape Archive 2011

Sherlock Holmes: Year One

2011–2011

1 issue →

TLOCape Archive 2011

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Omnibus Edition

2011–2011

1 issue →

Legends of the Dark Knight: Alan Davis cover

Legends of the Dark Knight: Alan Davis

2012–2012

1 issue →

TLOCape Archive 2013

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Omnibus Edition

2013–2013

1 issue →

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus cover

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus

2015–2023

1 issue →

Batman: The Dark Knight Detective cover

Batman: The Dark Knight Detective

2018–2023

1 issue →

TLOCape Archive 2019

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Jubilee Edition

2019–2019

1 issue →

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DGDCape Archive 2021
DC's Greatest Detective Stories Ever Told
2021–2021
1 issue →
TDRCape Archive 2023
Tim Drake: Robin
2023–2024
1 issue →
DC Finest: Batman: Year One & Two
2024–2024
1 issue →