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Cover: Bill Molno & Vince Alascia
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Sherlock Holmes #2

Mar 1956 · Charlton · 0.10 USD
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This issue contains two Sherlock Holmes stories. "Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Challenge" involves a man sought by the Canadian Mounties for a brazenly executed crime who has eluded capture, prompting the government to call upon Holmes to track down the criminal, with the case referred to as "The Overseas Smuggling Racket." In the second story, Holmes confronts a diamond smuggling operation where fortune in diamonds is being smuggled into the country via an ocean liner, and he must identify which passenger among them is the cunning smuggler, involving complications with a blonde woman and wedding plans before the criminals attempt a midnight robbery that leads to a violent confrontation.

Contains 4 stories
The Mystery of the Doomed Daredevil
7 pp · Detective-Mystery
Sgt. SmithersPaul CarterTed Jenks (villain)

When Sherlock Holmes and Sergeant Smithers witness a harrowing car accident on Park Mall, they meet Ted Jenks, a news cameraman who seems remarkably skilled at capturing catastrophes on film—from train collisions to the upcoming daredevil performance at Valley Gulch. As Holmes grows suspicious of Jenks's uncanny talent for finding disasters, he and Smithers race to uncover the truth before the aerial performer's final act. What starts as a chance rescue becomes a desperate hunt to stop a man who'll stop at nothing for a sensational story.

Sherlock Holmes Greatest Challenge
6 pp · Detective-Mystery
Arthur Duncan (death)Mountie Paul HarteMountie KenMr. Peters (villain)

When a wealthy resident is found dead and robbed at his Canadian lodge, Mountie Paul Harte calls in the world's greatest detective to crack the case—but Sherlock Holmes must outthink a desperate killer who knows he's been discovered. Working from a crucial detail glimpsed in tourist photographs, Holmes pieces together the truth about Mr. Peters, the lodge guide, before the criminal can escape or silence them both. It's a battle of wits where one misstep could be fatal.

The Overseas Smuggling Racket
6 pp · Detective-Mystery
Captain HigginsF.B.I. [Agent DodsonAgent John Summers (death)]

When a fortune in diamonds mysteriously flows into the country aboard ocean liners, the government calls on Sherlock Holmes to crack an ingenious smuggling operation—one whose only clue is the dying word "anchor" whispered by FBI Agent John Summers before he succumbs. Holmes and Agent Dodson board the King Anthony to investigate, but as the 24-hour customs window closes, the riddle of what "anchor" means threatens to slip away with the departing passengers.

The Danger Run
6 pp · Crime
Al CraddockDip MurphyPete (villain)

Two truck drivers find themselves trapped in a dangerous scheme when one of them makes a deal with hijackers to stage a robbery—a decision that spirals into violence and forces Al Craddock into complicity despite his resistance. As the heists escalate and the stakes grow deadlier, both men must navigate a treacherous path between the criminals demanding cooperation and the authorities closing in with suspicion. "The Danger Run" explores how one moment of weakness can pull an honest man into a web of crime he never wanted any part of.

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Full credits

writer Joe Gill
artist Bill Molno
cover pencils Bill Molno
cover inks Vince Alascia

Reprints

Reprinted in Classic Pulp #2 (2013), Classic Pulp Detectives #[nn] (2020), Classic Pulp #1 (2021)

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