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1September-October 1975
$0.25

Sherlock Holmes #1

DC · September-October 1975 · on sale 1975-06-26

First appearance: Colonel Sebastian Moran
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Identification plate

Series
Sherlock Holmes (DC, 1975 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
September-October 1975
Key date
1975-09-00
On-sale date
1975-06-26
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Colonel Sebastian Moran - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Final Problem; The Adventure of the Empty Housecover1pencils: Walt Simonson; inks: Walt Simonson; colors: Tatjana WoodSherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson
2Chapter One: The Final Problemcomic story9script: Denny O'Neil, Arthur Conan Doyle; pencils: E. R. Cruz; inks: E. R. Cruz; colors: Jerry SerpeSherlock Holmes, Professor Moriarty, Dr. Watson
3Chapter Two: The Adventure of the Empty Housecomic story9script: Denny O'Neil, Arthur Conan Doyle; pencils: E. R. Cruz; inks: E. R. Cruz; colors: Jerry SerpeSherlock Holmes, Colonel Sebastian Moran First, Professor Moriarty, Dr. Watson
4The Real Sherlock Holmestext article1script: Allan Asherman

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q2499763 (Colonel Sebastian Moran), first-appearance property (CC0)

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