Scotland Yard (comics)
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Scotland Yard is a French series of 2 comics, written by Dobbs (Olivier Dobremel) and illustrated by Stéphane Perger, published by Soleil Productions on 4 july 2012 (volume 1) and 3 july 2013 (volume 2).
These are pastiches, not adapted from a Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes original stories.
Comics (example of page)
Covers
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Scotland Yard No. 1 : Au coeur des ténèbres (4 july 2012) -
Scotland Yard No. 2 : Poupées de sang (3 july 2013)
Plots
- Scotland Yard No. 1 : Au coeur des ténèbres (4 july 2012)
- Au coeur des ténèbres : London, 1890. Inspector Tobias Gregson is one of the Yard's rising stars. But his career would have accelerated if he weren't considered an overly sensitive and avant-garde humanist, and especially if his primary function weren't to be his superior Lestrade's daily blow-off valve. So when a prisoner transfer doesn't go as planned, Gregson finds himself in the closet. A reprimand that quickly turns into an opportunity to demonstrate his true worth in the eyes of the boss of bosses, Commissioner Fix. Leading an atypical team comprising a street urchin, a former informant for Sherlock Holmes, a psychiatrist with atypical methods, and his strange assistant, Gregson will make an alliance with the devil: cooperate with the London underworld to hunt down two extremely dangerous madmen who took advantage of the transfer operation fiasco to vanish into thin air. Two mentally ill men who will teach the citizens of London the meaning of the word terror.
- Scotland Yard No. 2 : Poupées de sang (3 july 2013)
- Poupées de sang : In London, the young women can breathe again... They can finally go out without fear of encountering the man they called Carfax: this mad killer is no longer a threat, having just been put out of action by the combined actions of Scotland Yard and the criminal underworld. Despite this success, Inspector Gregson and his team know they must get their hands on the other monster who escaped from New Gate Prison, and who is still hiding in the shadows. His final hunt begins as the alliance between police and criminals shows its limits. Renfield, a new extreme clinical case for Doctor Seward. A terrifying blood drinker who has regressed to an almost animal level after a traumatic childhood. A madman who made even the biggest villain in the prison tremble. A solitary hunter in search of the only thing that can remind him of his humanity: the dolls of a broken childhood.
