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''Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook'' is an American series of 5 [[Conan Doyle in comics|comics]], written by [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]] and illustrated by [[Joshua Cassara]], published by ''Titan Books'' from 3 august 2016 to 15 february 2017.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a former American former basketball player, who wrote several [[Mycroft Holmes]] / [[Sherlock Holmes]] pastiches.

The stories of these comics are not adapted from [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s original [[Sherlock Holmes]] stories.

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== Covers ==

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File:titan-2016-08-03-mycroft-n01.jpg|Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook No. 1 (3 august 2016)
File:titan-2016-09-14-mycroft-n02.jpg|Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook No. 2 (14 september 2016)
File:titan-2016-10-12-mycroft-n03.jpg|Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook No. 3 (12 october 2016)
File:titan-2016-12-21-mycroft-n04.jpg|Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook No. 4 (21 december 2016)
File:titan-2017-02-15-mycroft-n05.jpg|Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook No. 5 (15 february 2017)
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== Contents ==

* '''Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook No. 01'''
: Mycroft Holmes is pulled into a globe-spanning adventure at the behest of Queen Victoria and a secret organization at the heart of the British government. A madman is on the loose with civilization-destroying weapons, each two hundred years in advance of the status quo.

* '''Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook No. 02'''
: Mycroft Holmes: rake, adventurer, intellectual; deductive mind without peer! Thrust into the greatest quest of his young life, Mycroft is forced to battle a monstrous abomination in the bowels of Buckingham Palace, as a courtly conspiracy threatens the world with steampunk weapons of mass destruction! With only his wits to aid him, Mycroft is soon set on a globe-trotting mission to reclaim the plans for the weapons – before they fall into more nefarious hands!

* '''Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook No. 03'''
: Mycroft hits the USA in search of the Apocalypse Handbook - but an encounter at the New York docks leaves him battered and bruised at the hands of impossible superweapons – and that's even before he follows the trail out West, where an unexpected face boards his train, with robbery on his mind! And introducing... Lark Adler!

* '''Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook No. 04'''
: In search of the purloined Apocalypse Handbook, Mycroft Holmes and Lark Adler criss-cross the United States, facing danger and intrigue at every turn. But what does the latest heist of Jesse James and his band of outlaws have to do with their quest? What secrets is Lark hiding in her past? And what traumas and triumphs have shaped Mycroft into the man he is today?

* '''Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook No. 05'''
: 1874. Despite the best efforts of a cadre of international thieves, criminals, and assassins, Mycroft Holmes and Adler have finally found the Apocalypse Handbook – a collection of working blueprints for deadly, highly-advanced weapons. But their young ward, Kerry, has been abducted. Now, they await delivery of the ransom demands. The fates of both Kerry, and of the free world, rest in their hands!








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* [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]