Sherlock Holmes, of course, is a fictional creation—but, for a long time, the sleuth’s fans thought that his preferred method of hand-to-hand combat was fictional too. In the original Arthur ...

Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, with art by ... finding his son, whom he must admit is far too good at evading him. This help comes in the form of a subtle tribute to Sherlock Holmes.

ONE DOESN’T NEED the powers of deduction of the great investigator himself — Sherlock Holmes — to see that Richard Rutter of Redwood City is a lifelong fan of ... gave his son the middle ...

You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to deduce ... including one dressed as Holmes. Also present was Conan Doyle’s great-nephew, whose young son cried when the decision came down.