Irene Adler

Irene Adler is the celebrated antagonist from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, the one woman who famously outwitted the great detective. Malibu's comics adaptation brings her into illustrated form alongside Holmes, Watson, Lestrade, and Mrs. Hudson.

Few names in all of fiction carry the mystique of Irene Adler, and her comics incarnation — debuting in 1956's Super Detective Library #74 with art by Gil Kane — brings that legendary presence into the four-color world. Rooted in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original creation, she moves through a publishing span stretching across an impressive 55 years, appearing alongside the great Sherlock Holmes himself, Dr. Watson, Inspector Lestrade, and Mrs. Hudson in Malibu's adaptations including Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes: Year One, and A Case of Blind Fear. Her appearances may be select rather than sprawling, but that rarity only adds to her allure — this is a character whose every page counts. For collectors drawn to classic literary figures rendered in comics form, Irene Adler is precisely the kind of discovery that makes digging through a long box so rewarding.