Sherlock Holmes: The Retired Detective

by Gary Reed, Wayne Reid (Illustrator)

A look at Sherlock Holmes in his retirement years as a reporter is curious about the whisperings at the University of a mysterious man rumored to be exploring and examining corpses in the dead of night. If it isn’t related to a crime, what could he possibly be searching for? The Retired Detective hints as that. The lead story is joined by a shorter tale by the same creative team as Sherlock Holmes is pulled into solving a maze set up by Lewis Carroll and the maze master, Mr. Townsend. Also included is one of Doyle’s unabridged classic tales, A Case of Identity, illustrated also by Wayne Reid.

Genres: Graphic Novels

52 pages, Paperback

First published August 18, 2014

About the author

There is more than one author with this name

Gary Reed was a prolific comic book writer and publisher. He was formerly the publisher of Caliber Comics and Vice President of McFarlane Toys.

Also wrote under assumed names (including Brent Truax, Kyle Garrett, Randall Thayer).

Reviews

[Zoë Birss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gary Reed's career-long love for Sherlock Holmes is as evident in this short book as it was in Honour Among Punks. It's a simple story, and reminds me of one of the "extra" stories in Reed's Baker Street series. It makes me wish we could have that old classic back again.

[Kris Ivy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sherlock Holmes retired and getting to focus on his experiments and work on a theory on humanity. plus, a story of mazes.

[Lukas Holmes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Weird. Great artwork, but the initial story is really weak and nothing really to it. The ending piece is pretty fun, but not really redemptive.