Auguste Dupin

Few characters arrive with quite the literary pedigree of Auguste Dupin — the legendary detective of Poe's imagination, stepping from 19th-century fiction into the pages of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's landmark 1999 DC series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. In this celebrated Modern Age work, Dupin keeps extraordinary company indeed, sharing adventures with the likes of Captain Nemo, Wilhelmina Murray, Mr. Edward Hyde, and Dr. Jekyll. With only a handful of catalog appearances, he's a rare and tantalizing presence — a brush with literary history for any collector lucky enough to spot him.